The week in Bible reading and prayer
Sunday 10th October – HARVEST FESTIVAL
Visiting Preacher (8am & 10.45am): Bp. Richard Fenwick
8am Eucharist: St Mary the Virgin, Rufford;
9.15am Eucharist: St Mary the Virgin, Rufford, then refreshments.
10.45am Eucharist: Holy Trinity, Tarleton, (feed to Facebook).
6.00pm: Harvest Sung Evening Prayer, St Mary the Virgin, Rufford;
The Collect
Eternal God, you crown the year with your goodness and you give us the fruits of the earth in their season: grant that we may use them to your glory, for the relief of those in need and for our own well-being; 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.
First Reading: Ecclesiastes 11. 1-6
1 Send out your bread upon the waters,
for after many days you will get it back.
2 Divide your means seven ways, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may happen on earth.
3 When clouds are full, they empty rain on the earth; whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it will lie. 4 Whoever observes the wind will not sow;and whoever regards the clouds will not reap.
5 Just as you do not know how the breath comes to the bones in the mother’s womb, so you do not know the work of God, who makes everything.
6 In the morning sow your seed, and at evening do not let your hands be idle; for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.
From Psalm 127: Refrain: May the Lord bless us all the days of our life.
O blessed are those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways! By the labour of your hands you shall eat. You will be happy and prosper. Refrain. Your wife will be like a fruitful vine in the heart of your house; your children like shoots of the olive, around your table. Refrain. Indeed thus shall be blessed those who fear the Lord. May the Lord bless you from Zion in a happy Jerusalem. Refrain.
Gospel: MATTHEW 9.35-38; 10.1,5-16
35 Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every disease and every sickness. 36When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then he said to his disciples, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few; 38 therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers into his harvest.’
1Then Jesus summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to cure every disease and every sickness …..
5 These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: ‘Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter no town of the Samaritans, 6 but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7 As you go, proclaim the good news, “The kingdom of heaven has come near.” 8 Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. You received without payment; give without payment. 9 Take no gold, or silver, or copper in your belts, 10 no bag for your journey, or two tunics, or sandals, or a staff; for labourers deserve their food. 11 Whatever town or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy, and stay there until you leave.12 As you enter the house, greet it. 13 If the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. 14 If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet as you leave that house or town.
Christian Aid Harvest Appeal
There are Emergency Appeal envelopes available in both churches for this appeal. The appeal is for women in Malawi who are uniting to work their way out of poverty.
Prayer intentions: UP↑ and ←OUT→
🙏🏼For the sick and those in need: Zena Ashcroft, Margaret Baxter, Colin Brown, Andy Glanville, Wayne Jackett, Mark Kinley, Paddy McDonagh, Alison Marshall, Susan Mahoney, Donald and Mary Sephton
🙏🏼Faithful departed: Isobel Fairbrother, Doug Tunstall
🙏🏼Year’s mind: Mattie Cardinal, Margaret Caunce, Alan Dyson, Beatrice Goodwin, Peter Johnson, Mary Newhouse, Ria Parker, Sidney William Rowland & Craig James Trafford
🙏🏼 We pray for those leading worship and preaching today, and for those living in Southport New Road
Monday 11th October – James the deacon, companion of Paulinus, 7th century
Assembly of Harvest gift boxes from 10am, and distribution from 2pm. Help welcome.
Romans 1.1-7, Psalm 98 & Luke 11.29-32
🙏🏼 We pray for our government.
Tuesday 12th October – Wilfred, bishop, missionary, 709
Romans 1.16-25, Psalm 19.1-4 & Luke 11.37-41
🙏🏼We pray for the province of York
7.00pm – Choir Practice, St Mary the Virgin, Rufford.
Wednesday 13th October – Edward the Confessor, king, 1066
10am Eucharist – Parish Room, Holy Trinity, Tarleton
2.00pm – Mothers’ Union Wave of Prayer: + Deanery Literature rep, Heather Thomas.
Romans 2.1-11, Psalm 62.1-8 & Luke 11.42-46
🙏🏼 We pray for Christians with heavy responsibilities
Thursday 14th October
7pm Eucharist – St Mary the Virgin, Rufford;
Romans 3.21-30, Psalm 130 & Luke 11.47-end
🙏🏼 We pray for the Climate Conference
Friday 15th October – Teresa of Avila, teacher of the faith, 1582
Romans 4.1-8, Psalm 32 & Luke 21.1-7
🙏🏼 We pray for teachers of the faith today
Saturday 16th October – Nicolas Ridley and Hugh Latimer, bishops, martyrs, 1555
Joel 3.12-end, Psalm 97.1,8-end & Luke 11.27-28
🙏🏼 We pray for peace
Next Sunday 17th October – 20th Sunday after Trinity
Isaiah, Psalm 126, Hebrews 7.23-end & Mark 10.46-end
🙏🏼 We pray for those leading worship and preaching today, and those living in Spencers Drive and St Helen’s Well
8am Eucharist – Holy Trinity, Tarleton
9.15am Eucharist: St Mary the Virgin, Rufford, then refreshments.
10.45am Eucharist: Holy Trinity, Tarleton, (feed to Facebook).
St Mary the Virgin, Rufford, open for private prayer every day
