Churches open for private prayer:
Monday: Tarleton, 10am-3pm
Wednesday: Tarleton, 10.30am-3pm
Thursday: Rufford, 10am-3pm
Friday: Tarleton, 10am-3pm
Saturday: Rufford, 10am-3pm
BOOKING ESSENTIAL FOR LIVE WORSHIP: (by 5pm the day before).
Rufford, Roy (01704)821464: Tarleton, Neil (01772)816390
Sunday 27th June – 4th Sunday after Trinity
8am Eucharist: St Mary the Virgin, Rufford
9.15am Eucharist: St Mary the Virgin, Rufford
10.45am Eucharist: Holy Trinity, Tarleton (also streamed live on the benefice Facebook page).
Today’s readings – Wisdom 1.13-15; 2.23-24, Psalm 30, 2 Corinthians 8.7-end & Mark 5.21-end
The Collect
O God, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: increase and multiply upon us your mercy; that with you as our ruler and guide we may so pass through things temporal that we lose not our hold on things eternal; grant this, heavenly Father,
for our Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
First Reading – Wisdom 1.13-15 & 2.23-24
1 13 God did not make death, and he does not delight in the death of the living. 14 For he created all things that they might exist; the generative forces of the world are wholesome, and there is no destruction in them, and the dominion of Hades is not on earth. 15 For righteousness is immortal. 23 for God created us for incorruption, and made us in the image of his own eternity, 24 but through the devil’s envy death entered the world, and those who belong to his company experience it.
From Psalm 29 – Refrain: I will praise you, O Lord, you have rescued me.
I will praise you O Lord, you have rescued me and have not let my enemies rejoice over me. O Lord, you have raised my soul from the dead, restored me to life with those who sink into the grave. Refrain. Sing psalms to the Lord, you who love him, give thanks to his holy name. His anger lasts but a moment: his favour through life. At night there are tears, but joy comes with the dawn. Refrain. The Lord listened and had pity. The Lord came to my help. For me you have changed my mourning into dancing, O Lord my God, I will thank you for ever. Refrain.
Second Reading – 2 Corinthians 8. 7-15
Gospel – Mark 5.21-43
21 When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered round him; and he was by the lake. 22 Then one of the leaders of the synagogue named Jairus came and, when he saw him, fell at his feet 23 and begged him repeatedly, ‘My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well, and live.’ 24 So he went with him.
And a large crowd followed him and pressed in on him. 25 Now there was a woman who had been suffering from haemorrhages for twelve years. 26 She had endured much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had; and she was no better, but rather grew worse. 27 She had heard about Jesus, and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, 28 for she said, ‘If I but touch his clothes, I will be made well.’ 29 Immediately her haemorrhage stopped; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. 30 Immediately aware that power had gone forth from him, Jesus turned about in the crowd and said, ‘Who touched my clothes?’ 31 And his disciples said to him, ‘You see the crowd pressing in on you; how can you say, “Who touched me?”’ 32 He looked all round to see who had done it. 33 But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling, fell down before him, and told him the whole truth. 34 He said to her, ‘Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.’
35 While he was still speaking, some people came from the leader’s house to say, ‘Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the teacher any further?’ 36 But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the leader of the synagogue, ‘Do not fear, only believe.’ 37 He allowed no one to follow him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James. 38 When they came to the house of the leader of the synagogue, he saw a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly. 39 When he had entered, he said to them, ‘Why do you make a commotion and weep? The child is not dead but sleeping.’ 40 And they laughed at him. Then he put them all outside, and took the child’s father and mother and those who were with him, and went in where the child was. 41 He took her by the hand and said to her, ‘Talitha cum’, which means, ‘Little girl, get up!’ 42 And immediately the girl got up and began to walk about (she was twelve years of age). At this they were overcome with amazement. 43 He strictly ordered them that no one should know this, and told them to give her something to eat.
🙏🏼 We pray for the archbishops of Canterbury & York and their support teams
🙏🏼 For the sick and those in need – Zena Ashcroft, Margaret Baxter, Colin Brown, Bill Duggan, Wayne Jackett, Mark Kinley, Gemma Jones, Brenda Lloyd, Paddy MacDonagh, Lillian Magrath, Ruth Middlesborough, Donald & Mary Sephton & Amanda Soady
🙏🏼 Year’s mind – Percy Douglas Beamish, William Lever Chadwick, Thomas Caunce, Elizabeth Dalton, Betty Dutton, James William Howard, Pauline Margaret Jay, Ernest Edward McCall, Albert Melling, Albert James Parr, Eleanora Mary Parsons, David Randall, Kevin Rimmer, Lilian Emily Sheldon, Harriet White & John Wrennall
🙏🏼 In our cycle of prayer, we pray for those living in Janes Meadow
Monday 28th June – Irenaeus, bishop, teacher of the faith, c200
Today’s readings – Genesis 18.16-end; Ps. 103.6-17; Matthew 8.18-22
🙏🏼 We pray for Alan Rimmer, as he is priested tonight; that parishes may engage with social media and technology to spread the Gospel
Tuesday 29th June – PETER THE APOSTLE
7pm – Fr Mark’s Jubilee Mass
Today’s readings – Acts 3.22-end, Psalm 125, 1 Peter 2.19-end & Matthew 16.13-19
🙏🏼 We pray for community cohesion across the diocese and for Fr Mark as he celebrates 25 years of ordained ministry.
Wednesday 30th June
10am Eucharist – Holy Trinity, Tarleton;
Today’s readings – Genesis 21.5,8-20, Ps. 34.1-12 & Matthew 8.28-end
🙏🏼 We give thanks for God’s amazing generosity
Thursday 1st July – Henry, John and Henry Venn, priests, evangelical divines, 1797, 1813, 1873
7pm Eucharist – St Mary the Virgin, Rufford
Today’s readings – Genesis 22.1-19, Ps. 116.1-7 & Matthew 9.1-8
🙏🏼 We pray for our lay officers.
Friday 2nd July
Today’s readings – Genesis 23.1-4,19 & 24.1-8,62-end, Ps. 106.1-5 & Matthew 9.9-13
🙏🏼 We pray for Fr Alan as he consecrates the elements for the first time
Saturday 3rd July – THOMAS the Apostle
Today’s readings – Habakkuk 2.1-4, Psalm 31.1-6, Ephesians 2.19-end & John 20.24-29
🙏🏼 We pray for those who doubt, that like Thomas, they may recognise Jesus as Lord
Next Sunday – 4th July – 5th Sunday after Trinity
8am Eucharist: Holy Trinity, Tarleton;
9.15am Eucharist: St Mary the Virgin, Rufford;
10.45am Eucharist: Holy Trinity, Tarleton (also streamed live on the benefice Facebook page).
Today’s readings – Ezekiel 2.1-3, Psalm 123, 2 Corinthians 12.2-10 & Mark 6.1-13
🙏🏼 We pray for those leading worship today
🙏🏼 In our cycle of prayer, we pray for those living in Kearsley Avenue and Latham Crescent
