All Saints’, Sedgley
The First Sunday Of Christmas
27 December 2015
8.00 am Holy Communion
Celebrant:The Revd Andy Stand
1st Reading:Exodus 33.7-11a
2nd Reading:1 John 1
Gospel:John 21.19-25
10.30 am Team Service at St Peters
Officiant:The Revd Andy Stand
6.30 pmNo Service
Please note that the altar candles will be lit 5 minutes before the start of each service to indicate the beginning of a period of silence until the service commences.
Collect
God in Trinity, eternal unity of perfect love: gather the nations to be one family, and draw us into your holy life through the birth of Emmanuel, our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
Exodus 33.7-11a
Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, far off from the camp; he called it the tent of meeting. And everyone who sought the Lord would go out to the tent of meeting, which was outside the camp. Whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would rise and stand, each of them, at the entrance of their tents and watch Moses until he had gone into the tent. When Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent, and the Lord would speak with Moses. When all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, all the people would rise and bow down, all of them, at the entrance of their tents. Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Then he would return to the camp; but his young assistant, Joshua son of Nun, would not leave the tent.
1 John 1
We declare to you what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life— this life was revealed, and we have seen it and testify to it, and declare to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us— we declare to you what we have seen and heard so that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. We are writing these things so that our joy may be complete. This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him while we are walking in darkness, we lie and do not do what is true; but if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
John 21 19-25
(He said this to indicate the kind of death by which he would glorify God.) After this he said to him, ‘Follow me.’ Jesus and the Beloved Disciple
Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them; he was the one who had reclined next to Jesus at the supper and had said, ‘Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?’ When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, ‘Lord, what about him?’ Jesus said to him, ‘If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? Follow me!’ So the rumour spread in the community that this disciple would not die. Yet Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but, ‘If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?’This is the disciple who is testifying to these things and has written them, and we know that his testimony is true. But there are also many other things that Jesus did; if every one of them were written down, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.
This Week
Please note no midweek communions during vacancy. The vestry ‘hour’ will be held on Sundays at 12 noon from the 6th December.
Next Sunday: 3rd January – Epiphany
8.00am Holy Communion
Celebrant:The Revd Andy Stand
1st Reading:Isaiah 60.1-6
2nd Reading:Ephesians 3.1-12
Gospel:Matthew 2.1-12
10.30 amParish Communion
Celebrant:The Revd David Knight
Readings:As Above
Readers:Mike Edwards and Mary Davenport
Prayers:Jan Humphries
Chalice:David Melhuish and Jan Humphries
6.30 pmEvensong
Officiant:Suzanne Bradley
1st Reading:Ephesians 3.1-12
2nd ReadingMatthew 2.1-12
Readers:Jane Hartshorne and Rosemary Moss
Notices
Funeral
The funeral of Hazel Marsh will take place on Wednesday 6th January 2016 at 11.00am at All Saints Church. Our thoughts and prayers are with Hazel’s family at this sad time.
Parish Office
I will be working in the parish office Monday – Friday 10-12.00 noon. My phone number is 01902 540289 and my email address is . Can items for the pew sheet be sent to me by Wednesday morning please. Gail.
Fair Trade Stall
Next stall in church will be 3rd January 2016.
Men’s Society AGM
This will take place on Monday January 18th at 8.00pm. There will be a talk on the Good Samaritan ministry by Norris Hill MBE.
Black Country Food Bank
All of us at Springs would like to thank everyone who has donated so generously during 2015, you have helped make a real difference to people in desperate need.
Quiz Winner
The winner of the Name The Sleuths quiz was Margaret Powell. The answers will appear in the February magazine. Liz Williams.
Choir Practice
There will be a practice on Thursday 7th January in church for all church and MU members to rehearse for Jamie’s and Zhus wedding.
Ladies Society
The Ladies Society will meet on Monday 4th January at 7.30pm in the social club room which is at the rear of the church hall. Please use the entrance in Ladies Walk opposite the health centre.
Geraldine
We invite visitors who would normally take communion in their own church to join us in communion today. If this is not your practice, but you would like a blessing, please bring your service sheet with you to the Communion Rail to show that is what you wish.Should you have difficulty in negotiating the Chancel steps to receive communion, please inform the church wardens so that arrangements can be made for it to be brought to you.
To enable those who are hard of hearing to join in the service a radio loop is installed. To pick up from the loop turn the switch on your hearing aid to “T”.