Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity; Creation in Christ
8 a.m. Said Eucharist
President: The Revd Tracey Clements
Preacher: The Revd Gerald South
8.45 a.m. Parish Breakfast
9.00 a.m. St Barnabas, Box: Eucharist with hymns
President and Preacher: The Revd Gerald South
10.00 a.m. Sung Eucharist
President: The Revd Tracey Clements
Preacher: The Revd Gerald South
6.00 p.m. Choral Evensong
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 Province of Alexandria and Archbishop Samy Shehata
In our diocese's prayer intentions we are asked to pray for initiatives that combat injustice, protect creation, and overcome exclusion and
isolation; for the use of sport, music, and art to build relationships and share the Christian faith; for creative ways of connecting with new housing developments; for people and programmes that inspire young people to explore and grow in faith.
In our deanery cycle of prayer, for the Clergy Chapter
In our parish cycle of prayer, for all who live or work in Manor Close and Parsons Court
For those in need: Giles Boon, Jonathan Brough, Jason Kennedy, Ann Gaylor, Giles Gilbert Scott, Tony Evans
For those who have died recently: Stephen Pitt
For those whose anniversary of death falls at this time: Robin Finn, David Ashmore, Mary Chamberlain, Peter Wilkins, Glyn Jones, Margaret Fletcher
COLLECT
Holy and eternal God,
you are the Maker of heaven and earth,
you are the Word through whom all things were made,
and you are the Spirit, the giver of life:
draw us into the mystery of your love,
that with all creation we may proclaim your praise,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
FIRST READING: Proverbs 8.22–31
The Lord created me at the beginning of his work,
the first of his acts of long ago.
Ages ago I was set up,
at the first, before the beginning of the earth.
When there were no depths I was brought forth,
when there were no springs abounding with water.
Before the mountains had been shaped,
before the hills, I was brought forth—
when he had not yet made earth and fields,
or the world’s first bits of soil.
When he established the heavens, I was there,
when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,
when he made firm the skies above,
when he established the fountains of the deep,
when he assigned to the sea its limit,
so that the waters might not transgress his command,
when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
then I was beside him, like a master worker;
and I was daily his delight,
rejoicing before him always,
rejoicing in his inhabited world
and delighting in the human race.
SECOND READING: Colossians 1. 15–20
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers—all things have been created through him and for him. He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together. He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross.
GOSPEL READING: John 1. 1–5
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.
POST COMMUNION
God our Creator,
by your gift the tree of life was set
at the heart of the earthly paradise,
and the bread of life at the heart of your Church:
may we who have been nourished at your table on earth
be transformed by the glory of the Saviour’s cross
and enjoy the delights of eternity;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.