4Oct2020_Services
Sunday Services 4th October 2020Services will be held in Church: 09:15 - St Levan 10:15 - St Buryan 11:15 - St Sennen Services on-line Sun 4Octp2020 - 6pm - Compline Worship on Land's End Churches Facebook page led by Vanda Perrett Land’s End Benefice Eucharist 4th October 2020 Please join in with the words in bold. The bold with underlining is to mark the sections. You may remain seated throughout or sit or kneel or stand when we usually do so in church. Please take this order of service away with you. The collection plate will be at the door, please place your donation there unless you make your donations online.
The Greeting we remain seated Prayer of Preparation Invitation to Confession we sit or kneel Gospel Reading we stand Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people: 33‘Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watch-tower. Then he leased it to tenants and went to another country. 34When the harvest time had come, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his produce. 35But the tenants seized his slaves and beat one, killed another, and stoned another. 36Again he sent other slaves, more than the first; and they treated them in the same way. 37Finally he sent his son to them, saying, “They will respect my son.” 38But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, “This is the heir; come, let us kill him and get his inheritance.” 39So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. 40Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?’ 41They said to him, ‘He will put those wretches to a miserable death, and lease the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the produce at the harvest time.’ 42Jesus said to them, ‘Have you never read in the scriptures: 45When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them. 46They wanted to arrest him, but they feared the crowds, because they regarded him as a prophet Address we sit How brave are you? Can you help one another to live this life? “to be vulnerable enough to give our lives to God, we should expect that there may well be danger, persecution and even death.” And then can we “embrace this life, with all its challenges” and so become “a people on the edge” – because that is where we shall find Jesus, on the edge holding out his hand to us, asking us to join him in the great adventure of love.
We believe in God the Father,
A prayer for the Corona Virus situation Here in the Cornwall we especially pray for the Corona Virus situation and the procedures that have been put into force to try to halt its spread. Help us all to be responsible in the things that we do in our lives to prevent the spread of the virus by taking heed of the recommended precautions and avoiding situations which may make things worse. Holy God you made our world to be like a vineyard and choose a people to be its tenants. May we who are now the workers in that vastly changed vineyard prove to be worthy of the work you trust us to do in Jesus’ name. Mighty God, we pray for our church; that Christ may be the cornerstone of all that we do in his name. May we, his living church be the solid blocks of a spiritual community which continues to hold fast in an ever secular world. Creator God as we pray for our world we especially pray for all who like St Paul have suffered the loss of all things for the sake of their faith in Jesus Christ. We raise before you organisations which aids Christians living under persecution or in threatening environments with finance and prayers. We join our prayers with them as we ask for courage and strength for all persecuted Christians, their communities and churches. Lord, in your Mercy: Hear our Prayer Father God, we thank you for the joy of human love, and for all those among whom we live and work. We pray particularly for loved ones who worry us with their health, or circumstances, or life direction. We pray for those among our friends and families who do not know you, or whose faith has been shaken. Lord, in your Mercy: Hear our Prayer Gracious God, friend of those in need, your Son Jesus can free us from our burdens and heal our bodies and spirits. We pray for those still burdened, those seeking healing, those in need within the church and the world. We pray too for those suffering from the Corona Virus, the Health Service struggling to cope with the Pandemic and all those simply living in the fear of contracting it. Lord, in your Mercy: Hear our Prayer Merciful God, as we pray for all departed this life help us to know Christ and the power of his resurrection. May those who have shared his sufferings have become like him in his death, and through that suffering and sharing attained the resurrection from the dead. Lord, in your Mercy: Hear our Prayer Faithful God, as we move into the coming week to live and work for the Gospel, help us to travel onwards with our eyes on the goal, to that place where you are beckoning us, onward to Jesus. And at the end Merciful Father, Accept these prayers for the sake of your Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
The Lord is here His Spirit is with us. Lift up your hearts. We lift them to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give thanks and praise. It is always right to give you thanks, God our Creator, loving and faithful, holy and strong. You made us and the whole universe, and filled your world with life. You sent your Son to live among us, Jesus our Saviour, Mary’s child. He suffered on the cross; he died to save us from our sins; he rose in glory from the dead. You send your Spirit to bring new life to the world and clothe us with power from on high. And so we join the angels to celebrate and say: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. Father, on the night before he died, Jesus shared a meal with his friends. He took the bread, and thanked you. He broke it, and gave it to them, saying: Take and eat; this is my body, given for you. Do this to remember me. After the meal, Jesus took the cup of wine. He thanked you, and gave it to them, saying: Drink this, all of you. This is my blood, the new promise of God’s unfailing love. Do this to remember me. Great is the mystery of faith Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again. Father, as we bring this bread and wine, and remember his death and resurrection, send your Holy Spirit, that we who share these gifts may be fed by Christ’s body and his blood. Pour your Spirit on us that we may love one another, work for the healing of the earth, and share the good news of Jesus, as we wait for his coming in glory. For honour and praise belong to you, Father, with Jesus your Son, and the Holy Spirit: one God, for ever and ever. Amen. The Lord’s Prayer
Giving of Communion Christ is the true bread which has come down from heaven. The priest receives the bread and wine on behalf of the community You are invited to come and receive the bread only, please leave a 2m distance between each person, follow the directions back to your seat.
Faithful God, in baptism you have adopted us as your children, A suitable blessing is given, and usually concludes with: … and may the blessing of almighty God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be among you and remain with you always. Amen. Live in the peace of Christ. Thanks be to God. Lord our God, amid the uncertainties of our human life, May we pause and draw strength from you, trusting in your faithful love, we ask through Jesus, your Son our Lord. Amen The Celtic Primer All Souls is coming soon, if you want someone named at our celebration this year please let me know. With every blessing, Vanda Rev'd Canon Vanda Perrett MA
Rector of the Land's End Benefice
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