Today’s photo: Crucifix by the pulpit
Here you can find resources for our liturgy to pray at home or wherever you are.
The readings for today and some prayers from our liturgy are on the downloadable pew sheet.
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Names of loved ones who have died are read out in this service.
Should you wish to have names included in the service, please write them (clearly!) on the sheets provided at the back of the church, on the prayer tree (see note below), or email rector@holytrinitystirling.org.
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Preparation
Organ Prelude
Opening
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
Collect for Purity
Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known,
and from whom no secrets are hidden:
cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit,
that we may perfectly love you,
and worthily magnify your holy name;
through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Confession and Absolution
God is love and we are God’s children, there is no room for fear in love.
We love because God loved us first. Let us confess our sins in penitence and faith.
Silence
God our Father, we confess to you
and to our fellow members in the Body of Christ
that we have sinned in thought, word and deed,
and in what we have failed to do. We are truly sorry.
Forgive us our sins,
and deliver us from the power of evil.
For the sake of your Son who died for us,
Jesus Christ, our Lord.
God, who is both power and love,
forgive us and free us from our sins,
heal and strengthen us by the Holy Spirit
and raise us to new life in Christ our Lord. Amen.
Kyrie reflection
Collect
Father of all,
we pray to you for those we love but see no longer.
Grant them your peace, let light perpetual shine upon them,
and in your loving wisdom and almighty power
work in them the good purpose of your perfect will;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. Amen.
The Liturgy of the Word
First Reading: Wisdom 3:1-9
read by Cate Watson
Second Reading: 1 Peter 1.3-9
read by Cate Watson
Gospel: John 6.37-40
read by The Revd Dr Rebekah Sims
Act of Remembrance
You are invited to light a candle in memory of loved ones who have died.
Lord, you alone are the source of life,
may your life-giving Spirit flow through us,
grant us your compassion one for the other,
in our sorrow give us the calm of your peace,
kindle our hope and let our grief give way to joy,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
During the prayers in church, the names of those to be remembered will be read out.
Eternal Lord God,
you hold all souls in life:
shed forth, we pray,
upon your whole Church in paradise and on earth
the bright beams of your light and heavenly comfort;
and grant that we,
following the good example of those
who have loved and served you here and are now at rest,
may at the last enter with them into the fullness of your eternal joy;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Peace
We meet in Christ’s name.
Let us share his peace.
The Liturgy of the Sacrament
Offertory Prayer
Let us present our offerings to the Lord.
Yours, Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory,
the splendour and the majesty;
for everything in heaven and on earth is yours.
All things come from you, and of your own we give you.
Eucharistic Prayer
The Breaking of the Bread
The living bread is broken for the life of the world.
Lord, unite us in this sign.
The Lord’s Prayer
Please join in the prayer Jesus himself taught us:
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.
Do not bring us to the time of trial
but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power
and the glory are yours,
now and for ever.
Amen.
Thanksgiving and Sending Out
Post-Communion Prayer
Father of all,
we give you thanks and praise
that when we were still far off
you met us in your Son and brought us home.
Dying and living, he declared your love,
gave us grace, and opened the gate of glory.
May we who share Christ’s body live his risen life;
we who drink his cup bring life to others;
we whom the Spirit lights, give light to the world.
Keep us firm in the hope you have set before us,
so we and all your children shall be free,
and the whole earth live to praise your name;
through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Blessing
The Dismissal
Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.
In the name of Christ. Amen.
Organ Postlude
Notices
This Week
Monday 4 November
- 10 – 11.30am HT Tots Café
- 1.30pm Garden Group
Thursday 7 November
- 11am Holy Communion
Next Week & Looking Ahead
Sunday 10 November
Remembrance Sunday
- 10.30am Sung Eucharist
Readings: 1 Kings 17.8-16, Hebrews 9.24-28, Mark 12.38-44
HT Prayer Tree
The Prayer Tree at the back of church is an aid to prayer. Take a label and write your prayer/message on it and hang it on the tree.
Please add the current date. The label will be removed one month after this date, but if you would like to leave the label on the tree, please just alter the date or write another label.
See Libby Coats if you have questions.