Open Doors Weekend

Date

Sun, 29/09/2024

Time

10am - 4pm

Location

The Church

Come and have a look inside the Church of the Good Shepherd.

10am for Worship on Sunday 29th September

then

Noon - 4pm Open Doors

Our Weekly Services

Come and join us for worship you will be given a warm welcome.

Our Church services are:

Sunday at 10am & Wednesday at 11am

If you are unable to attend in person you are invited to join in with the service at home by following the material in the Spiritual Communion booklet:

Praying At Home Booklet

Praying At Home (short version)

Praying at Home - Lectionary Year A Advent I 2022 - Trinity Sunday 2023

2024 Year B Readings

Sunday 6th October Trinity XIX

O Lord, we beseech you: give your people grace to turn away from evil; and to follow you, the only God, in pureness of heart and mind; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen

Genesis 2:18-24; Hebrews 1:1-4 & 2:5-12; Mark 10: 2-16

Sunday 13th October Trinity XX

O Lord, since without you we cannot please you: let the work of your mercy in all things guide our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever. Amen. Amos 5:6-7 & 10-15; Hebrews 4:12-16; Mark 10:17-31

Sunday 20th October Trinity XXI

Almighty and merciful God: in your goodness keep from us all that is harmful;

that, being ready both in body and soul, we may freely accomplish your will; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.

Isaiah 53:4-12; Hebrews 5:1-10; Mark 10:35-45

Sunday 27th October Bible Sunday

Blessed Lord, who caused all Holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: help us so to hear them, to read, mark, learn and inwardly digest them that, through patience, and the comfort of your holy word, we may embrace and for ever hold fast the hope of everlasting life, which you have given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Isaiah 55: 1-11; 2Timothy 3:14-4:5; John5:36-47

Sunday 3rd November Kept as All Saints & All Souls Sunday

Almighty God, whose people are knit together in one holy Church, the mystical Body of your Son: grant us grace to follow your blessed saints in lives of faith and commitment, and to know the inexpressible joys you have prepared for those who love you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God now and for ever. Amen.

2Esdras 2:42-48; Hebrews 12:18-24; Luke 6:20-36

Sunday 10th November Remembrance Sunday

Eternal God, in whose perfect realm no sword is drawn but the sword of justice, and no strength known but the strength of love: guide and inspire all who seek your kingdom, that peoples and nations may find their security in the love which casts out fear; through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.

Micah 4:1-8; Revelation 21:1-6a; Luke 1:68-79

Sunday 17th November Trinity XXV AGM Sunday

O Lord, forgive the transgressions of your people: and by your goodness release us from the snare of sin, in which, by our frailty, we have been caught; through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.

Daniel 12:1-3; Hebrews 10:11-25; Mark 13:1-8

Sunday 24th November The Feast of Christ-the-King

Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things in the Kingdom of your well-beloved Son: mercifully grant that the peoples of the earth, now divided and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together under his most gracious rule: through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen

Daniel 7:9-10 & 13-14; Revelation 1:4b-8; John 18:22b-37

Collect for the Week

Stir up, O Lord, the wills of your faithful people: that they, richly bearing the fruit of good works, may by you be richly rewarded; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.

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