Today’s photo: Poppies at the entrance to the Chancel
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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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
O God,
whose will it is to hold both heaven and earth in a single peace:
let the design of your great love shine on the waste of our wraths and sorrows;
and give peace to your Church, peace among nations,
peace in our homes, and peace in our hearts;
through Jesus Christ, our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, world without end. Amen.
The Liturgy of the Word
First Reading: 1 Kings 17.8-16
read by Liza Green
Second Reading: Hebrews 9.24-28
read by Liza Green
Gospel: Mark 12.38-44
read by The Revd Dr Rebekah Sims
Sermon
The Revd Ian Boa
Act of Remembrance
We meet in the presence of God.
We commit ourselves to work in penitence and in faith
for reconciliation between the nations,
that all people may, together, live in freedom, justice and peace.
We pray for all who in bereavement, disability and pain
continue to suffer the consequences of fighting and terror.
We remember with thanksgiving and sorrow those whose lives,
in world wars and conflicts past and present,
have been given and taken away.
They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old;
age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
we will remember them.
We will remember them.
Two minutes’ silence
Intercessions
led by Robert Piper
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
Sunday 10 November
Remembrance Sunday
- 10.30am Sung Eucharist
Readings: 1 Kings 17.8-16; Hebrews 9.24-28; Mark 12.38-44
Monday 11 November
- 10 – 11.30am HT Tots Café
- 7 – 9pm Young Adults’ Group at St Saviour’s church hall, Bridge of Allan
Wednesday 13 November
- 7.30pm Lectio Divina with Helen and Bob Piper
Thursday 14 November
- 11am Holy Communion
Next Week & Looking Ahead
Sunday 17 November
Pentecost 26
- 10.30am Sung Eucharist
Readings: Daniel 12.1-3; Hebrews 10.11-14,19-25; Mark 13.1-8
On Sunday 24th November, after church we are having a social lunch of soup and filled rolls. There will also be a craft stall, a jewellery stall and a re-gifting stall.
Donations for food will be gratefully accepted and there is a sheet at the back of the church with what’s required. Any queries, please contact Helen Piper: helenshofarsounder@gmail.com 07870 989133
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.