KINGTON PARISHES
SUNDAY 3RD MAY 2020
FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
Sorry that we can’t welcome you in person but a warm welcome if you’re joining us for the live-stream Service.
WORSHIP AT HOME
Morning Prayer
You may wish to light a candle and have some reflective music playing in the background.
Nahum 1.7
The Lord is good, a strong refuge when trouble comes. God is close to those who trust in him.
Opening Sentences
O Lord, open our lips
and our mouth shall proclaim your praise.
Alleluia. Christ is risen.
He is risen indeed. Alleluia.
The night has passed, and the day lies open before us; let us pray with one heart and mind.
Pause for reflection as you offer the day to God.
As we rejoice in the gift of this new day, so may the light of your presence, O God, set our hearts on fire with love for you; now and for ever. Amen.
Psalm 23
1 The Lord is my shepherd; therefore can I lack nothing.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures and leads me beside still waters.
3 He shall refresh my soul and guide me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
4 Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
5 You spread a table before me in the presence of those who trouble me; you have anointed my head with oil and my cup shall be full.
6 Surely goodness and loving mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning is now and shall be for ever. Amen.
Acts 2:42-47
Many were baptized and were added to the community. They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
Awe came upon everyone, because many wonders and signs were being done by the apostles. All who believed were together and had all things in common; they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need.
Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having the goodwill of all the people. And day by day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.
John 10:1-10
Jesus said to the Pharisees: ‘Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief and a bandit. The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. They will not follow a stranger, but they will run from him because they do not know the voice of strangers.’ Jesus used this figure of speech with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
So again Jesus said to them, ‘Very truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and bandits; but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the gate. Whoever enters by me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
The Creed
Do you believe and trust in God the Father,
source of all being and life, the one for whom we exist?
I believe and trust in him.
Do you believe and trust in God the Son,
who took our human nature, died for us and rose again?
I believe and trust in him.
Do you believe and trust in God the Holy Spirit,
who gives life to the people of God
and makes Christ known in the world?
I believe and trust in him.
This is the faith of the Church.
This is our faith.
We believe and trust in one God,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Amen.
In the prayers which follow will you please respond
Almighty and everlasting God, we thank you that you have brought us safely to the beginning of this day. Keep us from falling into sin or running into danger; order us in all our doings and guide us to do always what is righteous in your sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Lord hear us
Lord graciously hear us.
Keep us, good Lord, under the shadow of your mercy in this time of uncertainty and distress. Sustain and support the anxious and fearful, and lift up all who are brought low; that we may rejoice in your comfort knowing that nothing can separate us from your love in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen.
Lord hear us
Lord graciously hear us.
The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done; on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.
Lord hear us
Lord graciously hear us.
Collect: Almighty God, whose Son Jesus Christ is the resurrection and the life: raise us, who trust in him, from the death of sin to the life of righteousness, that we may seek those things which are above, where he reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen
The Conclusion
The Lord bless us, and preserve us from all evil, and keep us in eternal life. Amen.
Let us bless the Lord.
Thanks be to God
Let us go out in the peace of Christ. Alleluia, Alleluia.
Thanks be to God. Alleluia, alleluia.
For your prayers: Please pray for our Diocese of Hereford, our Bishops Richard and Alistair, Derek our Archdeacon and Guy Wilkinson, Rural Dean. Please pray for the Nippon Sei Ko Kai (The Anglican Communion in Japan), Mukono (Uganda), Yewa (form. Egbado) (Nigeria), Ikara (Nigeria), Multan (Pakistan), Yirol (South Sudan), Nyang (South Sudan), Aluakluak (South Sudan), Ikeduru (Nigeria), Mumbai (Formerly Bombay) (North India), Yokohama (Japan), Mumias (Kenya), Yola (Nigeria), York (England), Mundri (South Sudan), Ysabel (Melanesia), Mundu Area (South Sudan), Yukon (Canada) Ikka (Nigeria). Porvoo: England: Southwark; Norway: Björgvin. Please pray for all who are ill at this time and especially all in our communities who have been commended to our prayers. Please pray for Stephen Burden, Margaret Evans and Paul Victor Stadie, all who have recently died & all whose anniversaries occur at this time.
Materials in this booklet are drawn from Common Worship: Services and Prayers for the Church of England, Common Worship: Pastoral Services, and Common Worship: Daily Prayer, all of which are copyright © The Archbishops' Council of the Church of England.
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