Pentecost – 5 June 2022
8am Said Eucharist: Holy Trinity, Tarleton
9.15am Sung Eucharist: St Mary the Virgin, Rufford, then refreshments
10.45am Sung Eucharist: Holy Trinity, Tarleton, then refreshments
COLLECT
God, who as at this time taught the hearts of your faithful people by sending to them the light of your Holy Spirit: grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgement in all things and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Old Testament Reading: Genesis 11:1-9
Psalm 103 The response to the Psalm is:
Send forth your Spirit, O Lord, and renew the face of the earth.
New Testament Reading: Acts 2:1-21
When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken. Utterly amazed, they asked: “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans? Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language? Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome (both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!” Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?”
Some, however, made fun of them and said, “They have had too much wine.”
Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: “Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. These people are not drunk, as you suppose. It’s only nine in the morning! No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: “‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.
Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord. And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’
Alleluia, Alleluia.
Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel: John 14:8-17, 25-27
Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”
Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves. Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
“If you love me, keep my commands. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.
“All this I have spoken while still with you. But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
🙏🏼 For the sick and those in need: Zena Ashcroft, Margaret Baxter, Colin Brown, Val Huddart, Wayne Jackett, Maureen Kar, Elsie Latham, Susan Mahoney, Winnie Turner, Donald and Mary Sephton, Lavinia Sephton, Amanda Soady, June Golding, Joan Gordan & Brian
🙏🏼 RIP: John Whittle (Rufford 12 noon, 9th June)
🙏🏼 Years mind: Sue Turner Hume, Barbara Vickers, George Latham, Doreen Nicholson, Maurice Redfern, Ida Harrison, Harold Edward Howard, Robert Barron, Joyce Irene Iddon, Harriet White, James Brown, Robert (Bob) Abraham, Robin James Bryan, Violet Harris, Stanley Linguard & Elizabeth Theobald.
🙏🏼 CALLED TO BE: We pray for Tristan preparing for Ordination this Petertide; for our Confirmation candidates during their period of preparation;
Churches open for prayer through the week.
The week’s activities, Bible reading and prayer thoughts:
We pray for Tristan preparing for Ordination this Petertide, for our Confirmation candidates during their period of preparation and for peace in Ukraine.
Monday 6 June – Ini Kopuria, founder of the Melanesian brotherhood, 1945
1 Kings 17:1-6, Psalm 121 & Matthew 5:1-12
🙏🏼 Pray for all monastic communities
Tuesday 7 June – Ordinary Time
7.00pm: Choir practice: Holy Trinity, Tarleton
1 Kings 17:7-16, Psalm 4 & Matthew 5:13-16
🙏🏼 Pray for all struggling with doubt
Wednesday 8 June – Thomas Ken, Bishop
10am Eucharist: Holy Trinity, Tarleton
7.00pm: Bible Study: Ruth in Rufford Parish Hall
1 Kings 18:20-39, Psalm 16 & Matthew 5:17-19
🙏🏼 Pray for our diocesan Bishop, Julian as he prepared to retire
Thursday 9 June – Columba, abbot, 597
7pm Eucharist: St. Mary the Virgin, Rufford
1 Kings 18:41-end, Psalm 65:8–end & Matthew 5:20-26
🙏🏼 Pray for all discerning a vocation
Friday 10 June – Ordinary Time
10am-12noon: Coffee & Chat: Parish Room, Holy Trinity, Tarleton, all welcome
10-4pm Flowers and Jubilee Memorabilia Display at Holy Trinity,Tarleton
1 Kings 19:9, 11-16, Psalm 27:8-16 & Matthew 5:27-32
🙏🏼 Pray for all who are struggling with isolation and loneliness
Saturday 10 June – Barnabas the Apostle
9:30am Eucharist: Holy Trinity, Tarleton
10-12noon “Who let the Dad’s Out?”
10-4pm Flowers and Jubilee Memorabilia Display at Holy Trinity,Traleton
1.45pm for 2pm – Walk of Witness starting at Holy Trinity, Tarleton
Acts 11:19-end, Psalm 112, Galatians 2:1-10 & John 15:12-17
🙏🏼 Pray for all who preach the good news
Sunday 12th June – Trintiy Sunday
8am Eucharist: St. Mary the Virgin, Rufford
9.15am Sung Eucharist: St Mary the Virgin, Rufford, then refreshments
10.45am Sung Eucharist: Holy Trinity, Tarleton, then refreshments.
(Preacher at Holy Trinity: Canon Philip Wyn Jones SSC)
12-4pm Flowers and Jubilee Memorabilia Display at Holy Trinity,Traleton
