EASTER SUNDAY 17th April – Christ is Risen
8am Eucharist: Holy Trinity, Tarleton
9.15am Blessing of the Paschal Candle and Holy Eucharist: St Mary the Virgin, Rufford
10.45am Choral Eucharist: Holy Trinity, Tarleton
Collect
Lord of all life and power, who through the mighty resurrection of your Son overcame the old order of sin and death to make all things new in him: grant that we, being dead to sin and alive to you in Jesus Christ, may reign with him in glory; to whom with you and the Holy Spirit be praise and honour, glory and might, now and in all eternity.
Old Testament: Isaiah 65.17-25
65 17 For I am about to create new heavens and a new earth; the former things shall not be remembered or come to mind. 18 But be glad and rejoice for ever in what I am creating;
for I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy, and its people as a delight. 19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and delight in my people; no more shall the sound of weeping be heard in it, or the cry of distress. 20 No more shall there be in it an infant that lives but a few days, or an old person who does not live out a lifetime; for one who dies at a hundred years will be considered a youth, and one who falls short of a hundred will be considered accursed. 21 They shall build houses and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 22 They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat; for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands. 23 They shall not labour in vain, or bear children for calamity; for they shall be offspring blessed by the Lord — and their descendants as well.
24 Before they call I will answer, while they are yet speaking I will hear. 25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, the lion shall eat straw like the ox; but the serpent — its food shall be dust! They shall not hurt or destroy on all my holy mountain, says the Lord.
Psalm: 117
Response: This day was made by the Lord; we rejoice and are glad.
Acts 10.34-43
10. 34 Then Peter began to speak to them:
‘I truly understand that God shows no partiality, 35 but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him. 36 You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ — he is Lord of all. 37 That message spread throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John announced: 38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. 39 We are witnesses to all that he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree; 40 but God raised him on the third day and allowed him to appear, 41 not to all the people but to us who were chosen by God as witnesses, and who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. 42 He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one ordained by God as judge of the living and the dead. 43 All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.’
GOSPEL: John 20.1-9
20 1 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. 2 So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, ‘They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.’
3 Then Peter and the other disciple set out and went towards the tomb. 4 The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 5 He bent down to look in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he did not go in.
6 Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen wrappings lying there, 7 and the cloth that had been on Jesus’ head, not lying with the linen wrappings but rolled up in a place by itself.
8 Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; 9 for as yet they did not understand the scripture, that he must rise from the dead
Prayer intentions: UP↑ and ←OUT→
🙏🏼 We pray for peace in the Ukraine & give thanks for the Resurrection. We also pray for Orthodox Christians starting Holy Week today.
🙏🏼 In our cycle of prayer we pray for those who live in Fletcher Avenue and Glebelands
🙏🏼 For the sick and those in need: Zena Ashcroft, Margaret Baxter, Colin Brown, Val Huddart, Wayne Jackett, Maureen Kar, Elsie Latham, Susan Mahoney, Donald and Mary Sephton, Lavinia Sephton, Amanda Soady & Brian
🙏🏼 RIP: William (Bill) Cavanagh & Joan Williams
🙏🏼 Years mind: Dorothy Joyce Becker, Fritz Becker, Maira Becker, Sarah Ellen Berry, Robert Burns, Terence Butler, Edith Cartwright Caunce, Sarah Cookson, Darren Jackett, Harold Gatland, Elsie Harrison, Lillian Magrath, James Martland, Betty Audrey Molyneux, Evan Rimmer, Richard Sephton, John Taylor, Ethel Webster, Margaret Webster, Andrew Williamson & Margaret Yates
Monday 18th April
Acts 2.14,22-32, Psalm 16.1-2,6-end & John 20.11-18
🙏🏼 We pray for peace in the Ukraine, for the UK government, officials and MPs.
Tuesday 19th April
7.00pm: Choir practice in the Parish Room, Holy Trinity, Tarleton
Acts 236-41, Psalm 33.4-5,18-end & John 20.11-18
🙏🏼 We pray for peace in the Ukraine, for all who were unable to take part or rejoice in the Easter celebrations
Wednesday 20th April
10am Eucharist: Holy Trinity, Tarleton
Acts 3.1-10, Psalm 105.1-9 & Luke 24.13-35
🙏🏼We pray for peace in the Ukraine, for Bishop Philip & for those who are suffering from price increases
Thursday 21st April
7pm Eucharist: St Mary the Virgin, Rufford
Acts 3.11-end, Psalm 8 & Luke 24.35-48
🙏🏼 We pray for peace in the Ukraine and for Orthodox Christians giving thanks for the Institution of the Eucharist
Friday 22nd April
Acts 4.1-12, Psalm 118.1-4,22-26 & John 21.1-14
🙏🏼 We pray for peace in the Ukraine and for Orthodox Christians praying with Jesus and the cross
Saturday 23rd April
Acts 4.13-21, Psalm 118.1-4,14-21 & Mark 16.9-15
🙏🏼 We pray for peace in the Ukraine & for Orthodox Christians awaiting the celebration of the Resurrection
Sunday 24th April – 2nd Sunday of Easter
8am Eucharist: St Mary the Virgin, Rufford
9.15am Sung Eucharist: St Mary the Virgin, Rufford
10.45am Choral Eucharist: Holy Trinity, Tarleton
c11.45am Annual Parochial Church Meetings
Acts 5.27-32, Psalm 118.14-end, Revelation 1.4-8 & John 20.19-end
🙏🏼We pray for peace in the Ukraine, give thanks for the Resurrection and pray for Orthodox Christians celebrating Easter today
🙏🏼 In our cycle of prayer we pray for those who live in Gorse Lane
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