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Sunday 14^th March 2021      Mothering Sunday                       Lent 4

Leader:                  We come from scattered lives to meet with God.

                             Let us recognise his presence with us.

                             A moment of quiet as we each call on God’s presence where we are

                             As God’s people we have gathered:

All:                       Let us worship him together.

Leader:                  Everything that happens on earth

                             Happens at the time God chooses.

All:                       God sets the time for birth and the time for death,

                             The time for sorrow and the time for joy,

                             The time for tearing and the time for mending,

                             The time for scattering and the time for gathering,

                             The time for seeking and the time for losing,

                             The time for silence and the time for speaking.

Leader:                 Everything that happens on earth

All:                       Happens at the time God chooses.

^{from Eccles 3:1-8}

Leader:                  The peace of the Lord be always with you

All:                       And also with you.

Leader:      A welcome to our You Tube service and notices

Please join us for coffee on Zoom immediately after this service (click on the second link on this service sheet at the top of page.)

A big thank you to everyone who supported the Real Easter Eggs donation to Cirencester foodbank. Thanks to generous donations from indivuduals and parishes we raised about £450 to buy just over 100 Real Easter Eggs which all include a 24 page activity booklet explaining the real meaning of easter.

Zoom Messy Church Sunday 21^st March at 2:30pm

Zoom Children’s Church is at 9:30am via a private link please speak to Rev Trevor Kemp for how to join or see our website.

Zoom Informal evening worship Sunday 28^th March at 6:00pm

Reopening of churches for services – details are on the website and will be updated (the usual calendar has been removed)

Online services will continue

Foodbank – give food donations at local collection points or online donations. To find out how to donate please go to our Foodbank page

Zoom Home Groups- Wed: contact Martin and Jill Kingston

Thur 7:30pm – Everyone Welcome. just join via our website link or speak to Rev Trev

Zoom coffee mornings weekdays 10:30 (link on Virtual Church Hall tab)

Zoom Night Prayer (compline) 9:00PM Mon-Fri – via website.

Zoom Prayer Meeting Tuesday 8:30 – 9:00am  starting Tuesday 9^th February 2021

A time for reflection and confession:

Leader:        Jesus saw the city and wept over it,

                   Because it did not recognise the time of God’s coming.

                   We confess our part in the self-centredness,

                   Blindness and sin of the life of our community.             

^{c f Luke19:41}

Leader:        Before you, Jesus Christ,

                   We admit how and where

                   We have underestimated your influence,

                   Letting our words or silences hurt,

                   Abusing trust, betraying confidences.

                   Lord, have mercy;

All:             Christ, have mercy.

Leader:        We admit how and where

                   We have made a show of our religion,

                   Attracting more attention to us,

                   And less to you.

                   Lord, have mercy;

All:             Christ, have mercy.

Leader:        We admit to where in our lives a vague interest

                   Has become a dangerous passion,

                   And we are not sure what to do

                   Or whether we are still in control.

                   Lord, have mercy;

All:             Christ, have mercy.

Leader:        Lord Jesus Christ,

                   If we have looked for or longed for an easier gospel,

                   A lighter cross,

                   A less demanding saviour,

All:             Then turn our eyes and avert our longing

                   From what we want to choose

                   To the one who has chosen us.

                   Forgive our unfaithfulness,

                   And, for our better living,

                   Give us not the remedy we desire tomorrow,

                   But the grace you offer today.

All:              We ask this for your loves sake. Amen.

Collect Prayer:

                   God of compassion, whose son Jesus Christ, the child of Mary,

Shared the life of a home in Nazareth,

And on the cross drew the whole human family to himself:

Strengthen us in our daily living that in joy and in sorrow

We may know the power of your presence

To bind together and to heal:

Through Jesus Christ your son our Lord,

Who is alive and reigns with you,

In the unity of the Holy Spirit,

One God, now and for ever.

                   Amen.

Reading :            

Psalm 34 11-20   © The Voice

¹¹ Gather around, children, listen to what I’m saying;
    I will teach you how to revere the Eternal.
¹² If you love life
    and want to live a good, long time,
¹³ Take care with the things you say.
    Don’t lie or spread gossip or talk about improper things.
¹⁴ Walk away from the evil things of the world,
    and always seek peace and pursue it.

¹⁵ For the Eternal watches over the righteous,
    and His ears are attuned to their prayers. He is always listening.
¹⁶ But He will punish evildoers,
    and nothing they do will last. They will soon be forgotten.
¹⁷ When the upright need help and cry to the Eternal, He hears their cries
    and rescues them from all of their troubles.
¹⁸ When someone is hurting or brokenhearted, the Eternal moves in close
    and revives him in his pain.

¹⁹ Hard times may well be the plight of the righteous—
    they may often seem overwhelmed—
    but the Eternal rescues the righteous from what oppresses them.
²⁰ He will protect all of their bones;
    not even one bone will be broken.

The Servant is coming

Leader:        The servant is coming whom God upholds,

                   The chosen one in whom God delights.

All:             On him God’s Spirit firmly rests,

                   By him God’s justice will be done.

Leader:        He will not shout or raise his voice,

All:             He will not falter or be crushed.

Leader:        In him God’s holy arm is bared,

All:             Through him God’s sure salvation comes.

Leader:        Then let the watchers shout for joy

                   And let the wasted places sing:

All:             Now is the time for deliverance!

                   Now earth’s redeemer has come!

Reading:    Luke 11: 1-4                   © NRSV

11 He was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.’ ² He said to them, ‘When you pray, say:

Father, hallowed be your name.
    Your kingdom come.
³     Give us each day our daily bread.
⁴     And forgive us our sins,
        for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us.
    And do not bring us to the time of trial.’

Perseverance in Prayer

Gospel Acclamation

                   Praise to you, O Christ, king of eternal glory.

                   Your worship is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

                   Praise to you, O Christ, king of eternal glory.

Reflection from the Rectory

Affirmation of faith

Leader:        We proclaim the church’s faith in Jesus Christ.

All:             We believe and declare that our lord Jesus Christ,

                   The son of God, is both divine and human.

                   God, of the being of the Father,

                   The only son from before time began;

                   Human from the being of his mother, born in the world;

All:             fully God and fully human;

                   Human in both mind and body.

                   As God he is equal to the Father,

                   As human he is less than the Father.

All:             Although he is both divine and human

                   He is not two beings but one Christ.

                   One, not by turning God into flesh,

                   But by taking humanity into God;

All:             Truly one, not by mixing humanity with Godhead,

                   But by being one person.

                   For as mind and body form one human being

                   So the one Christ is both divine and human.

All:             The Word became flesh and lived among us;

                   We have seen his glory,

                   The glory of the only Son from the Father,

                   Full of grace and truth

                   Amen.                                                       ^{from the Athanasian creed}

Now let us pray together

Time to Pray     

We say the Lord’s Prayer together

                   Our Father in heaven,

                   Hallowed be your name,

                   Your kingdom come,

                   Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven,

                   Give us today our daily bread,

                   Forgive us our sins,

                   As we forgive those who sin against us,

                   Save us in the time of trial

                   And deliver us from evil,

                   For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours,

                   Now and forever. Amen.

Ending:

Leader:        This is love, not that we loved God,

All:             but that he loved us and sent his son.

                   He is the sacrifice for our sins,

All:             that we might live through him.

                   If God loves us so much

All:             We ought to love one another.

                   If we love one another,

All:             God lives in us.

^{cf 1 John 4: 12}

Aaronic Blessing:

                   The Lord bless you and keep you;

                   The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you;

                   The Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace. Amen.

All:    We go into the world to walk in God’s light,

          To rejoice in God’s love and to reflect God’s glory. Amen.

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           The Iona Community, Wild Goose Publications, Some material © the Archbishops Council 2000