Churches open for private prayer
Monday: Tarleton, 10am-3pm
Tuesday: Rufford, 10am-3pm
Wednesday: Tarleton, 10.30am-3pm
Thursday: Rufford, 10am-3pm
Friday: Tarleton, 10am-3pm
Saturday: Rufford, 10am-3pm
BOOKING ESSENTIAL FOR LIVE WORSHIP: Rufford, Roy (01704)821464: Tarleton, Neil (01772)816390 ( Please book by 5pm on the day before)
Sunday 18 April – 3rd Sunday of Easter
✝️ 8am Eucharist, Holy Trinity, Tarleton
✝️ 10.30am: Eucharist: St Mary the Virgin, Rufford
The Collect
Almighty Father, who in your great mercy gladdened the disciples with the sight of the risen Lord: give us such knowledge of his presence with us, that we may be strengthened and sustained by his risen life and serve you continually in righteousness and truth; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Old Testament – Acts 3.12-19
3 12 Peter addressed the people, ‘You Israelites, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we had made him walk? 13 The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our ancestors has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and rejected in the presence of Pilate, though he had decided to release him. 14 But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked to have a murderer given to you, 15 and you killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses. 16 And by faith in his name, his name itself has made this man strong, whom you see and know; and the faith that is through Jesus has given him this perfect health in the presence of all of you.
17 ‘And now, friends, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers. 18 In this way God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, that his Messiah would suffer. 19 Repent therefore, and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out.’
Psalm 4 – Refrain: Lift up the light of your face on us, O Lord
When I call, answer me, O God of justice; from anguish you release me, have mercy and hear me! It is the Lord who grants favours to those who are merciful; the Lord hear me whenever I call. Refrain
‘What can bring us happiness?’ many say.
Lift up the light of your face on us, O Lord.
I will lie down in peace and sleep comes at once for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety. Refrain
New Testament – 1 John 3.1-7
Gospel – Luke 24.36b-48
24 36 While the eleven and their companions were talking about what they had heard, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’ 37 They were startled and terrified, and thought that they were seeing a ghost. 38 He said to them, ‘Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? 39 Look at my hands and my feet; see that it is I myself. Touch me and see; for a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.’ 40 And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. 41 While in their joy they were disbelieving and still wondering, he said to them, ‘Have you anything here to eat?’ 42 They gave him a piece of broiled fish, 43 and he took it and ate in their presence.
44 Then he said to them, ‘These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you — that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms must be fulfilled.’ 45 Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, 46 and he said to them, ‘Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day, 47 and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. 48 You are witnesses of these things.
Prayer intentions
🙏🏼 Please pray for those preparing to be confirmed on May 7th: Marie, Harry, Neve, Leah, Amy, Isabella, James, Emily & Shaunah.
🙏🏼 For the sick and those in need: Zena Ashcroft, Margaret Baxter, Colin Brown, Bill Duggan, Joan Gordon, Wayne Jackett, Jimmy Johnstone, Elsie Latham, Haydn Latham, Paddy MacDonagh, Lillian Magrath, Ruth Middlesborough, Roland Orr, Donald Sephton, Mary Sephton & Amanda Soady.
🙏🏼 Year’s mind: Dorothy Joyce Becker, Fritz Becker, Moira Becker, Sarah Ellen Berry, Robert Burns, Terence Butler, Edith Cartwright Caunce, Albert Henry Davidson, Bertha Gatland, Harold Gatland, Darren Jackett, Elsie Harrison, James Martland, Betty Audrey Molyneux, Betty Parker, Evan Rimmer, Richard Sephton, John Taylor, Ethel Webster, Margaret Webster, Andrew Williamson & Margaret Yates.
🙏🏼 For the recently departed: The Prince Philip. May he Rest in Peace and Rise in Glory.
🙏🏼 We pray that our communities are places of trust and friendship and in our cycle of prayer, we pray for those living in Fletcher Avenue and Glebelands.
Monday 19th April – Alphege, Archbishop, Martyr, 1012
Today’s readings – Acts 6.8-15, Ps. 119.17-24 & John 6.22-29
🙏🏼 We pray for care homes, their residents and staff.
Tuesday 20th April
Today’s readings – Acts 7.51-8.1a, Ps.31.1-5,16 & John 6.30-35
🙏🏼 We pray for foodbanks, their organisers, their recipients and their donors.
Wednesday 21st April – Anselm, Abbot, Archbishop, 1109
10.00am Eucharist – Holy Trinity, Tarleton
Today’s readings – Acts 8.1b-8, Ps. 66.1-6 & John 6.35-40
🙏🏼 We pray for young people struggling with mental health or high levels of anxiety.
Thursday 22nd April
7.00pm Eucharist – St Mary the Virgin, Rufford
Today’s readings – Acts 8.26-end; Ps. 66.7-8,14-end; John 6,44-51;
🙏🏼 We pray for those in the hospitality and leisure industries as they manage the complexities of business re-opening.
Friday 23rd April – George, Martyr, Patron of England, c304
Today’s readings – Revelation 12.7-12, Psalm 126, 2 Timothy 2.3-13 & John 15.18-21.
🙏🏼 We pray for our nation that it would continue to be a place where all can live together.
Saturday 24th April – Seven martyrs of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 2003
Today’s readings – Acts 9.31-42, Ps.116.10-15 & John 6.60-69
🙏🏼 We pray for the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, and the central structures of our church.
Next Sunday 25th April 4th Sundays of Easter
9am Eucharist – St Mary the Virgin, Rufford
10.30am Eucharist – Holy Trinity, Tarleton (also virtual on our Facebook page)
Today’s readings – Acts 4.5-12, Psalm 23, 1 John 3.16-end & John 10.11-18
🙏🏼 We pray for the Cathedral, Dean and canons, for the vaccination centre based there and its staff.
🙏🏼 In our cycle of prayer we for those living in Gorse Lane.
