Sunday 22nd November - Christ the King / Sunday next before Advent
Good Morning & welcome all to our virtual Sunday Gathering
Adrian will be leading the service this morning with music, readings & prayers and the talk from Alex all streamed Live on Facebook at 10:30am.
Our bible readings for today are Ezekiel 34.11-16, 20-24 and Matthew 25.31-46
The words (liturgy) for the service will be on the screen for you to follow along this week. A copy of these words are in the slides linked below.
If you are missing seeing people from church is there someone you can make contact with to see if they fancy joining you for a chat on WhatsApp / Zoom / Facetime or the telephone after the Live Stream service? Grab a coffee and have a catch up much like you would in church on a Sunday morning. If you are not sure who you could make contact with please speak to Vicar Lee or one of the churchwardens (Dave, Jeanette, Maria or Alan) and we will see what we can arrange for you.
***UPDATE: a recording of the service has been added below.***
JUNIOR & SMALL CHURCH
Click on this link for worksheets and activities to do with the kids exploring the message of the sheep and goats and ideas for reaching out to others in the community during the current pandemic.
You will also find more useful links for families on the Junior & Small Church Resources page.
#PrayerForTheNation
daily call to pray for the nation at 6pm
The Archbishops of Canterbury and York and senior church leaders have called a month of Prayer for the Nation during the second lockdown. Read more here
Throughout the month, Christians will be encouraged to pray daily for a specific area of national concern, wherever they are, culminating in a collective moment of prayer at 6pm each evening, with cathedrals and churches across the country invited to ring a bell at this time.
Christians will be encouraged to follow a simple seven-day prayer cycle, praying for a specific area each day including the NHS and frontline workers, the bereaved, and those struggling with physical and mental ill-health, and for children and young people.The suggestion is that as many of us as possible unite to do this at 6pm each day.
“We call upon the Church of England to make November 2020 a month of prayer for our nation. We know that we are in the faithful hands of the risen Christ who knows our weaknesses, tiredness and struggles and whose steadfast love endures forever.”
Below are a few prayers and themes offered as tools to enable all to participate. You can also join in with this call to prayer by following the Facebook page of The Archbishop of Canterbury, as well as many other resources being shared by faith leaders from around the country, on all the social media platforms - search for #PrayerForTheNation.
For our closing prayer this Sunday
May we share in the Lord's kingship
by serving him in the poor and the humble.
God, Father of the poor,
your Son Jesus was born among us
poor, humble and dependent.
Open our eyes and our hearts and our hands
to honor him now as our Lord and King
by welcoming him in those who are hungry and thirsty,
in all who are abandoned and lonely,
in refugees, in the poor and the sick.
Let our love become free and spontaneous,
like the tenderness you have shown us in your Son.
Welcome us in the everlasting Kingdom
prepared for us through Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen.