Churches open for private prayer
Monday: Tarleton, 10am-2pm
Tuesday: Rufford, 10am-2pm
Wednesday: Tarleton, 11am-2pm
Thursday: Rufford, 10am-2pm
Friday: Tarleton, 10am-2pm
Saturday: Rufford, 10am-2pm
The week in Bible reading and prayer
Sunday 29th November – ADVENT SUNDAY(Advent 1)
Worship online 10.30am.
Today’s readings – Isaiah 64.1-9, Psalm 80.1-8, 1 Corinthians 1.3-9 & Mark 13.24-end.
The Collect
Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness and to put on the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which your Son Jesus Christ came to us in great humility; that on the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Old Testament – Isaiah 64.1-9
1 O that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence — 2 as when fire kindles brushwood and the fire causes water to boil — to make your name known to your adversaries, so that the nations might tremble at your presence! 3 When you did awesome deeds that we did not expect, you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence. 4 From ages past no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who works for those who wait for him. 5 You meet those who gladly do right, those who remember you in your ways. But you were angry, and we sinned; because you hid yourself we transgressed. 6 We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a filthy cloth. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away. 7 There is no one who calls on your name, or attempts to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have delivered us into the hand of our iniquity. 8 Yet, O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand. 9 Do not be exceedingly angry, O Lord, and do not remember iniquity for ever. Now consider, we are all your people.
Psalm 80.1-8
Refrain – [Restore us, O God of hosts] Show the light of your countenance and we shall be saved.
New Testament – 1 Corinthians 1.3-9
3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 4 I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that has been given you in Christ Jesus, 5 for in every way you have been enriched in him, in speech and knowledge of every kind — 6 just as the testimony of Christ has been strengthened among you — 7 so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ. 8 He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you may be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 God is faithful; by him you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Gospel – Mark 13.24-37
24 ‘But in those days, after that suffering, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, 25 and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. 26 Then they will see “the Son of Man coming in clouds” with great power and glory. 27 Then he will send out the angels, and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven. 28 ‘From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near. 29 So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that he is near, at the very gates. 30 Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place. 31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. 32 ‘But about that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 33 Beware, keep alert; for you do not know when the time will come. 34 It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his slaves in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to be on the watch. 35 Therefore, keep awake—for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or at dawn, 36 or else he may find you asleep when he comes suddenly. 37 And what I say to you I say to all: Keep awake.’
Prayer intentions
🙏🏼 For the sick and those in need: Zena Ashcroft; Margaret Baxter, Margaret Bolton, Colin Brown, Jack Dalton, Bill Duggan, Jimmy Johnstone, Paddy MacDonagh, Ian MacLeod, Tony Morgan, Ruth Middlesborough & Donald Sephton.
🙏🏼 The Faithful departed: Joseph Marshall & Henry Mather
🙏🏼 Year’s mind: Thomas Singleton Alty, Keith David Brownhill, Stanley Caunce, John Thomas Chadwick, Peter Ian Coggins, Thomas Coggins, June Audrey Cooper, Margaret Anne Evans, Emma Finney, James Hinchcliffe, Margaret Hinchliffe (née Catterall), James Monaghan, Henry Rimmer & Michael Stuart Upton.
🙏🏼 We pray that in this holy season we may welcome into our hearts afresh the Christ who came as a child in Bethlehem and who will come again in glory.
Monday 30th November – ANDREW, Apostle
Today’s readings – Isaiah 52.7-10, Psalm 19.1-6, Romans 10.12-18 & Matthew 4.18-22.
🙏🏼 We pray that even in the pandemic, we may use the time leading to Christmas to point to the healing, the hope and new life in Jesus Christ.
Tuesday 1st December – Charles de Foucauld, hermit, 1916
Today’s readings – Isaiah 11.1-10, Ps. 72.1-4,18-19 & Luke 10.21-24.
🙏🏼 We pray for those re-opening businesses this week.
Wednesday 2nd December
10.00am Eucharist – Holy Trinity, Tarleton
Today’s readings – Isaiah 25.6-10a, Ps. 23 & Matthew 15.29-37.
🙏🏼 We pray for all those living alone.
Thursday 3rd December
7.00pm Eucharist – St Mary the Virgin, Rufford
Today’s readings – Isaiah 26.1-6, Ps. 118.18-27a & Matthew 7.21, 24-27.
🙏🏼 We give thanks for the restoration of public worship.
Friday 4th December – Nicholas Ferrar, deacon founder of the Little Gidding Community, 1637
Today’s readings – Isaiah 29.17-end, Ps. 27.1-4, 16-17 & Matthew 1.27-31.
🙏🏼 We pray for all parish clergy and office holders, as they prepare for the resumption of live Sunday worship.
Saturday 5th December
Today’s readings – Isaiah 30.19-21,23-26, Ps. 146.4-9 & Matthew 9.35-10.1,6-8.
🙏🏼 We pray for northern England, especially the communities that feel wrongly allocated to pandemic ‘tiers’.
Next Sunday 6th December – Advent 2
8am Eucharist, Holy Trinity, Tarleton
10.30am Eucharist, St Mary the Virgin, Rufford
Today’s readings – Isaiah 64.1-96, Psalm 80.1-8, 1 Corinthians 1.3-9 & Mark 13.24-end.
🙏🏼 We pray that in this holy season we may pray more deeply about the last things and the coming of Jesus.
🙏🏼 In our cycle of prayer we pray for those who live in Trinity Walks.
All services need to be booked in advance.
For worship at Rufford, please ring Roy on (01704) 821464; for Tarleton, Neil on (01772) 816390.
