Sixth Sunday after Trinity
8 a.m. Said Eucharist
President and Preacher: The Revd Canon Howard Gilbert
9 a.m. St Barnabas, Box: Eucharist with hymns
President and Preacher: The Revd Jane Walden
10 a.m. Sung Eucharist
President: The Revd Canon Howard Gilbert
Preacher: The Revd Sandy Emery
5.30 p.m. Soul space
Click here for the Church of England's daily prayer: Morning Prayer, Prayer during the Day, Evening Prayer and Night Prayer
As well as the Sunday collect and readings (see below), you may want to use the following in your prayers during the week:
In the Anglican cycle of prayer, for the Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea and for Bishop Nathan Ingen
For our four overseas partner dioceses, especially the diocese of Västerås and Bishop Mikael
In our deanery cycle of prayer, for independant retired clergy living in our deanery: Stephen Earley, Clare Le Vay, Peter Keslake, Tony Gretton, Peter Newing, David Bick, Chris Garrett, Peter Cheesman, Jeff Green, David Newell, Brian Woollaston, Bruce Lyons, Ann McKenzie, Ursula Gray, Val Thorne
In our parish cycle of prayer, for all who live or work in Everest Close and Dr Brown's Road
For those in need: Giles Boon, Jonathan Brough, Daphne Webb, Sue Kirkwood, Jason Kennedy, Ann Gaylor, James Reddaway
For those who have died recently: Kaye Francis
For those whose anniversary of death falls at this time: -->Richard Howell, Robert Vosper
COLLECT
Creator God,
you made us all in your image:
may we discern you in all that we see,
and serve you in all that we do;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
FIRST READING: Genesis 18.20–32
Then the Lord said, ‘How great is the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah and how very grave their sin! I must go down and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry that has come to me; and if not, I will know.’
So the men turned from there, and went towards Sodom, while Abraham remained standing before the Lord. Then Abraham came near and said, ‘Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; will you then sweep away the place and not forgive it for the fifty righteous who are in it? Far be it from you to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?’ And the Lord said, ‘If I find at Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will forgive the whole place for their sake.’ Abraham answered, ‘Let me take it upon myself to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes. Suppose five of the fifty righteous are lacking? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?’ And he said, ‘I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.’ Again he spoke to him, ‘Suppose forty are found there.’ He answered, ‘For the sake of forty I will not do it.’ Then he said, ‘Oh do not let the Lord be angry if I speak. Suppose thirty are found there.’ He answered, ‘I will not do it, if I find thirty there.’ He said, ‘Let me take it upon myself to speak to the Lord. Suppose twenty are found there.’ He answered, ‘For the sake of twenty I will not destroy it.’ Then he said, ‘Oh do not let the Lord be angry if I speak just once more. Suppose ten are found there.’ He answered, ‘For the sake of ten I will not destroy it.’
PSALM 138
All Your loving kindness, O Lord, endures for ever.
I will give thanks to you, O Lord, with my whole heart
before the gods will I sing praise to you.
I will bow down towards your holy temple and praise your name,
because of your /love and faithfulness;
for you have glorified your name and your word above all things.
All Your loving kindness, O Lord, endures for ever.
In the day that I called to you, you / answered /me;
you put new strength / in my / soul.
All the kings of the earth shall / praise you, O / Lord,
for they have heard the / words of your / mouth.
All Your loving kindness, O Lord, endures for ever.
They shall sing of the / ways of the / Lord,
that great is the glory / of the / Lord.
Though the Lord be high, he watches / over the / lowly;
as for the proud, he regards them / from a-far.
All Your loving kindness, O Lord, endures for ever.
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, / you will pre-serve me;
you will stretch forth your hand against the fury of my enemies;
your right / hand will / save me.
The Lord shall make good his / purpose for / me;
your loving-kindness, O Lord, endures for ever;
forsake not the / work of your / hands.
All Your loving kindness, O Lord, endures for ever.
SECOND READING: Colossians 2.6–15
As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the universe, and not according to Christ. For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have come to fullness in him, who is the head of every ruler and authority. In him also you were circumcised with a spiritual circumcision, by putting off the body of the flesh in the circumcision of Christ; when you were buried with him in baptism, you were also raised with him through faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.
And when you were dead in trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive together with him, when he forgave us all our trespasses, erasing the record that stood against us with its legal demands. He set this aside, nailing it to the cross. He disarmed the rulers and authorities and made a public example of them, triumphing over them in it.
GOSPEL READING: Luke 11.1–13
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He was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.’ He said to them, ‘When you pray, say:
Father, hallowed be your name.
Your kingdom come.
Give us each day our daily bread.
And forgive us our sins,
for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us.
And do not bring us to the time of trial.’
And he said to them, ‘Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, “Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; for a friend of mine has arrived, and I have nothing to set before him.” And he answers from within, “Do not bother me; the door has already been locked, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.” I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, at least because of his persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs.
‘So I say to you, Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. Is there anyone among you who, if your child asks for a fish, will give a snake instead of a fish? Or if the child asks for an egg, will give a scorpion? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!’
POST COMMUNION
God of our pilgrimage,
you have led us to the living water:
refresh and sustain us
as we go forward on our journey,
in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.