Readings & Hymns

Kingsbury Parish Church, Holy Innocents

www.holyinnocentskingsbury.org.uk

4th October, 2015

Harvest, Year B

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Readings & Hymns

Processional hymn:

Come, ye thankful people, come,
Raise the song of harvest home;
All is safely gathered in,
Ere the winter storms begin.
God our Maker doth provide
For our wants to be supplied;
Come to God's own temple, come,
Raise the song of harvest home.

All the world is God's own field,
Fruit as praise to God we yield;
Wheat and tares together sown
Are to joy or sorrow grown;
First the blade and then the ear,
Then the full corn shall appear;
Lord of harvest, grant that we
Wholesome grain and pure may be.

For the Lord our God shall come,
And shall take the harvest home;
From the field shall in that day
All offenses purge away,
Giving angels charge at last
In the fire the tares to cast;
But the fruitful ears to store
In the garner evermore.

Even so, Lord, quickly come,
Bring thy final harvest home;
Gather thou thy people in,
Free from sorrow, free from sin,
There, forever purified,
In thy presence to abide;
Come, with all thine angels, come,
Raise the glorious harvest home.

By Henry Alford

Hymn during giving of gifts:

We plough the fields, and scatter
The good seed on the land,
But it is fed and watered
By God's almighty hand;
He sends the snow in winter,
The warmth to swell the grain,
The breezes and the sunshine,
And soft refreshing rain.

Refrain:
All good gifts around us
Are sent from heaven above,
Then thank the Lord, O thank the

Lord
For all his love.

He only is the Maker
Of all things near and far;
He paints the wayside flower,
He lights the evening star;
The winds and waves obey him,
By him the birds are fed;
Much more to us, his children,
He gives our daily bread.Refrain

We thank thee, then, O Father,
For all things bright and good,
The seed time and the harvest,
Our life, our health, and food;
No gifts have we to offer,
For all thy love imparts,
And, what thou most desirest,
Our humble, thankful hearts.Refrain

Words: Matthias Claudius, 1782;
trans. Jane Montgomery Campbell, 1861

Collect

Creator God, you made the goodness of the land, the riches of the sea and the rhythm of the seasons; as we thank you for the harvest, may we cherish and respect this planet and its peoples, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

First reading: Psalm 126

R Those who sowed with tears will reap with songs of joy.

When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, then were we like those who dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy. R

Then they said among the nations, ‘The Lord has done great things for them.’ The Lord has done great things for us, and we are glad indeed. R

Restore our fortunes, O Lord, like the watercourses of the Negev. Those who sowed with tears will reap with songs of joy. Those who go out weeping, carrying the seed, will come again with joy, shouldering their sheaves. R

Gospel Reading

Mark 6.25–33

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. You have the words of eternal life.

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

The Lord be with you

And also with you

Hear the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark.

Glory to you O Lord

25 "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

26 Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

27 And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life?
28 And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin,
29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.
30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you--you of little faith?

31 Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear?'
32 For it is the Gentiles who strive for all these things; and indeed your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

33 But strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

This is the Gospel of the Lord

Praise to you, O Christ

Offertory Hymn:

Now thank we all our God,
With heart and hands and voices,
Who wondrous things hath done,
In whom his world rejoices;
Who from our mother's arms
Hath blessed us on our way
With countless gifts of love,
And still is ours today.

O may this bounteous God
Through all our life be near us,
With ever-joyful hearts
And blessèd peace to cheer us;
And keep us in his grace,
And guide us when perplexed,
And free us from all ills
In this world and the next.

All praise and thanks to God
The Father now be given,
The Son, and Holy Ghost,
Supreme in highest heaven,
The one eternal God,
Whom earth and heaven adore;
For thus it was, is now,
And shall be evermore.

By Martin Rinkart (1586-1649), 1636

trans. Catherine Winkworth (1827-1878), 1858

Communion Hymn:

Sing praises all you people, sing

praises to the Lord.

Post communion Prayer

Lord of the harvest, with joy we have offered thanksgiving for your love in creation and have shared in the bread and wine of the kingdom: by your grace plant within us a reverence for all that you give us and make us generous and wise stewards of the good things we enjoy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

Recessional Hymn:

My God is so big, so strong and so

mighty
There's nothing that He cannot do
My God is so big, so strong and so

mighty
There's nothing that He cannot do
The rivers are His, the mountains are

His,

The skies are His handiwork too
My God is so big, so strong and so

mighty
There's nothing that He cannot do,

My God is so good, so loving and caring

He loves all the things that He made

My God is so good, so loving and caring
He loves all the things that He made

The rats and the snakes, the ducks and

the drakes
The fat hippopotamus too

My God is so good, so loving and caring
He loves all the things that He made

My God is so good, so kind and so

generous
He gives us the food that we eat

My God is so good, so kind and so

generous
He gives us the food that we eat

He gives us ice-creams and sausage

and beans

And biscuits and apples so green

My God is so good, so kind and so

generous
He gives us the food that we eat

By Butler/Mayfield. Arr.SM

CCL 424001 dated 04.10.15

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Diary of upcoming events – for details see notices below

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Welcome to Samual who was licensed last week as our new self-supporting (i.e. part time) assistant curate, and welcome too to his family, Sabeeha, Myla and Helbah.

CHURCH MUSIC – Singers

If you, or a member of your family, like singing, and would like to sing in the Church please let me know. It may be you would like to join us for the weekly services orjust for special events.

Peter Day 020 8204 6157

Instrumentalists

Do you have a hidden musical talent? Are you learning an instrument at school? Do you enjoy drumming and can keep a good beat? We are looking for people of all ages to join with our music group, when you are available, to help make our worship exiciting and inclusive. We would welcome drums, recorders, violins, guitars and any other instruments you have to offer. We are looking for enthusiasm more than ability! Please email Jenny if you can help, giving your name and instrument:

A lockable filing cabinet is needed for the church office. If you know of one going spare please contact Natasha or Dianna. Thanks.

The family of a recently-widowed elderly lady living in Stag Lane are looking for help with walking her dog and would pay someone to help. Please contact Natasha for more info.

Imagine Kingsbury who are working for Brent Council to look at ways of improving Kingsbury High Street are looking for people to join their ‘Kingsbury town team’. This is a short term commitment to put together the community priorities which will feed into future decision-making. It would be good to have a few people from church there. Contact Natasha for more information.

Our Pilgrim group continues 11am-12pm on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month – for bible reading, discussion and prayer. All welcome even if you haven’t been before, coffee served from 10.30am.

National Pilgrimage to Westminster Abbey on Saturday 17 October. A group will walk from church to this, see notice in Narthex for more info and also if you’d like to go by tube.

These notices are uploaded each week to our website – so if you are away and would like to keep in touch look at www.holyinnocentskingsbury.org.uk

For the Macmillan Coffee morning we raised £121.55. Thank you everyone.

Refugee Crisis There are many ways you can help with the refugee crisis in Europe. A newspaper cutting from the Church Times in the narthex gives further info.

Cleaning The monthly church cleaning gathering in ordinary months has gone down to a small number who doing a huge amount of work. We need a new way of doing it, and so are asking people who can help with cleaning once a month (at a time/date to be arranged as convenient) to sign up in the narthex. Please help if you can. Thank you to those who have already signed up.

Next MU meeting.

Saturday 10th Oct.Willesden Area Quiet Day. (see MU notice board for details) All welcome. Wednesday 28th OctFurnish Project (see flyer for details)

Notices for this sheet If you are holding a church event please include it in these notices so that our different congregations can hear about it. Email if possible to

, or put them in Dianna’s in tray in the choir vestry by Wednesday evening for inclusion the following Sunday

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For your prayers

Members of our church: Erma Worrell; Monica & Kenneth Worrell; Emilia Wilson; Sharan & Ethan Wright; Brian & Rebecca Yates.

The Sick: Germaine Taylor, Peter Thomson, José, Simon Roberts, Karina James, Jan Sawyer and her family.

Others in need of prayer: Stan Carter; Ann East, Phyllis Belgrave; Ashvin & Indira.

Year’s mind: David Price; David Brown; Lily Bailey; Ivy Bird.

Contact Details

Vicar: Revd Natasha Woodward 020 8204 7531

Twitter: @kingsburyvicar

Asst. Curate Revd Samual Hameem

Hon. Asst. Curate: Revd Angela Hopkins 020 8907 1045

Parish Reader: Pat Beazley 020 8723 0243

Pastoral Assistant: Carl Berry 020 8204 3451

Parish Administrator Dianna Wong 020 8205 4089

(9.30am-12pm Tue & Thu)

Churchwardens: Judy Hubert 020 8205 8290

Domino Champe 020 8200 1004

PCC Treasurer Peter Day 020 8204 6157

Gift Aid Officer: Julia Day 020 8204 6157

Hall Bookings: Caroline Pascoe 07773 122 067

Sacristan: Mike Willingham 020 8205 4168

Asst Sacristan: Pat Smith 020 8200 7264

Mother’s Union: Liz Holmes 020 8205 6139

Book Group contact Rev’d Angela Hopkins (above)

Brownies Peggy Brand 020 8205 7597

Website www.holyinnocentskingsbury.org.uk

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