Second Sunday of Epiphany
8 a.m. Said Eucharist
President: The Revd Tracey Clements
Preacher: Danny Brown
9 a.m. St Barnabas, Box, Eucharist with hymns
President and Preacher: The Revd Gerald South
10 a.m. Sung Eucharist
President: The Revd John Ansell
Preacher: Danny Brown
5.30 p.m. Iona meditation
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 Church in the Province of the West Indies and Bishop Howard Gregory
For our four overseas partner dioceses, especially the Diocese of Western Tanganyika and Bishop Emmanuel
In our deanery cycle of prayer, for Stroud General and Maternity Hospitals, Weaver’s Croft, Uplands Care Service, Park House, Longfield Hospice and all visiting clergy
In our parish cycle of prayer, for those who live and work in The Tynings and Vosper Croft
For those in need: Giles Boon, Jonathan Brough, Daphne Webb, Hillary Roberts, Sue Kirkwood
For those who have died recently: Elizabeth Freke, Janet Knibbs, Eileen Searle
For those whose anniversary of death falls at this time: Neil Morgan, Terence Stephens, Daphne Palmer, Elizabeth Young, Roy Collins, John Hankin, Valerie Jeffes, Geoffrey Butterworth, Francoise Bishop, Angela Harris, Michael Barker, Pamela Ratley
HYMNS and ANTHEM at 10 a.m.
314 At Cana's wedding, long ago (tune Melita 413)
585 The church's one foundation
604 Through all the changing scenes of life
Anthem: J S Bach 'Jesu, joy of man's desiring'
COLLECT
Eternal Lord,
our beginning and our end:
bring us with the whole creation
to your glory, hidden through past ages
and made known
in Jesus Christ our Lord.
FIRST READING: Isaiah 62.1–5
For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,
and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest,
until her vindication shines out like the dawn,
and her salvation like a burning torch.
The nations shall see your vindication,
and all the kings your glory;
and you shall be called by a new name
that the mouth of the Lord will give.
You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord,
and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
You shall no more be termed Forsaken,
and your land shall no more be termed Desolate;
but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her,
and your land Married;
for the Lord delights in you,
and your land shall be married.
For as a young man marries a young woman,
so shall your builder marry you,
and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
so shall your God rejoice over you.
PSALM 36.5–10
All With you, O Lord, is the well of life.
Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens
and your faithfulness to the clouds.
Your righteousness stands like the strong mountains,
your justice like the great deep;
you, Lord, shall save both man and beast
All With you, O Lord, is the well of life.
How precious is your loving mercy, O God!
All mortal flesh shall take refuge under the shadow
of your wings.
They shall be satisfied with the abundance of your house;
they shall drink from the river of your delights.
All With you, O Lord, is the well of life.
For with you is the well of life
and in your light shall we see light.
O continue your loving-kindness to those who know you
and your righteousness to those who are true of heart.
All With you, O Lord, is the well of life.
SECOND READING: 1 Corinthians 12.1–11
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. You know that when you were pagans, you were enticed and led astray to idols that could not speak. Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God ever says ‘Let Jesus be cursed!’ and no one can say ‘Jesus is Lord’ except by the Holy Spirit.
Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the discernment of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. All these are activated by one and the same Spirit, who allots to each one individually just as the Spirit chooses.
GOSPEL READING: John 2.1–11
On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, ‘They have no wine.’ And Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, what concern is that to you and to me? My hour has not yet come.’ His mother said to the servants, ‘Do whatever he tells you.’ Now standing there were six stone water-jars for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to them, ‘Fill the jars with water.’ And they filled them up to the brim. He said to them, ‘Now draw some out, and take it to the chief steward.’ So they took it. When the steward tasted the water that had become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the steward called the bridegroom and said to him, ‘Everyone serves the good wine first, and then the inferior wine after the guests have become drunk. But you have kept the good wine until now.’ Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
POST COMMUNION
God of glory,
you nourish us with your Word
who is the bread of life:
fill us with your Holy Spirit
that through us the light of your glory
may shine in all the world.
We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.