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Sixteeth Sunday after Trinity 9th October 2011 A warm welcome to our services today. A special welcome to Rev Martin Mudie who is taking services today, and to any visitors in the Benefice or those worshipping with us for the first time. Mid-week Holy Communion services will continue as usual during the vacancy. There are midweek communion services in our Benefice which you are very welcome to attend Every 2nd Tuesday in Woolavington Church at 10am Every 3rd Wednesday (1662 Prayer Book) in Cossington Church at 10am Every last Thursday in Woolavington Communal Hall at 11am WOOLAVINGTON COFFEE SERVERS REQUIRED If you would like to be involved with the serving of coffee etc. after the services on the 1st and 4th Sundays (or perhaps other Sundays if a swap can be arranged) please see Trish Lewis RACE NIGHT Saturday 22nd October at Cossington’s New Village Hall Doors open at 7.00 pm, first race at 7.30 pm £3.00 per ticket, including a light ploughman’s supper Bring your own drinks Parish Pump Tickets available 683226 / 722546 Proceeds to St Mary‟s Church, Cossington DURING THE VACANCY THE FOLLOWING COMMUNION PRAYER ROTA WILL APPLY Ist Sunday Woolavington (8 am) & Bawdrip: Prayer A 2nd Sunday Woolavington & Cossington Prayer H 3rd Sunday Woolavington, Family Communion Booklet, Bawdrip Prayer B 4th Sunday Woolavington & Cossington Prayer D 5th Sunday To be advised UNITED BENEFICE OF WOOLAVINGTONWITH COSSINGTON AND BAWDRIP Today’s Readings We have sinned like our forebears; we have done wrong and dealt wickedly. They made a calf at Horeb Collect of the Day and worshipped the molten image; O Lord, we beseech you mercifully to hear the prayers Thus they exchanged their glory of your people who call upon you; for the image of an ox that feeds on hay. and grant that they may both perceive and know They forgot God their saviour, what things they ought to do, who had done such great things in Egypt, and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them; Wonderful deeds in the land of Ham through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, and fearful things at the Red Sea. who is alive and reigns with you, So he would have destroyed them, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, one God, now and for ever. to turn away his wrath from consuming them. First Reading Exodus 32.1-14 Second Reading Philippians 4.1-9 When the people of Israel saw that Moses delayed to come down My brothers and sisters, whom I love and long for, my joy and from the mountain, the people gathered around Aaron, and said crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved. to him, „Come, make gods for us, who shall go before us; as for I urge Euodia and I urge Syntyche to be of the same mind in the this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, Lord. Yes, and I ask you also, my loyal companion, help these we do not know what has become of him.‟ Aaron said to them, women, for they have struggled beside me in the work of the „Take off the gold rings that are on the ears of your wives, your gospel, together with Clement and the rest of my co-workers, sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.‟ So all the whose names are in the book of life. people took off the gold rings from their ears, and brought them Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your to Aaron. He took the gold from them, formed it in a mould, and gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Do not cast an image of a calf; and they said, „These are your gods, O worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!‟ When Aaron supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all and said, „Tomorrow shall be a festival to the LORD.‟ They rose understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ early the next day, and offered burnt-offerings and brought Jesus. Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honourable, sacrifices of well-being; and the people sat down to eat and whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, drink, and rose up to revel. whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Keep on The LORD said to Moses, „Go down at once! Your people, whom doing the things that you have learned and received and heard you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have acted perversely; and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you. they have been quick to turn aside from the way that I commanded them; they have cast for themselves an image of a Gospel Matthew 22.1-14 calf, and have worshipped it and sacrificed to it, and said, “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Once more Jesus spoke to the chief priests and Pharisees in Egypt!”‟ The LORD said to Moses, „I have seen this people, how parables, saying: „The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a stiff-necked they are. Now let me alone, so that my wrath may king who gave a wedding banquet for his son. He sent his slaves burn hot against them and I may consume them; and of you I will to call those who had been invited to the wedding banquet, but make a great nation.‟ they would not come. Again he sent other slaves, saying, “Tell those who have been invited: Look, I have prepared my dinner, But Moses implored the LORD his God, and said, „O LORD, why my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and does your wrath burn hot against your people, whom you brought everything is ready; come to the wedding banquet.” But they out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty made light of it and went away, one to his farm, another to his hand? Why should the Egyptians say, “It was with evil intent that business, while the rest seized his slaves, maltreated them, and he brought them out to kill them in the mountains, and to killed them. The king was enraged. He sent his troops, destroyed consume them from the face of the earth”? Turn from your fierce those murderers, and burned their city. Then he said to his wrath; change your mind and do not bring disaster on your slaves, “The wedding is ready, but those invited were not worthy. people. Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, Go therefore into the main streets, and invite everyone you find how you swore to them by your own self, saying to them, “I will to the wedding banquet.” Those slaves went out into the streets multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and all this and gathered all whom they found, both good and bad; so the land that I have promised I will give to your descendants, and wedding hall was filled with guests. they shall inherit it for ever.”‟ And the LORD changed his mind But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man about the disaster that he planned to bring on his people. there who was not wearing a wedding robe, and he said to him, “Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding robe?” And Psalm 106.1-6,19-23 he was speechless. Then the king said to the attendants, “Bind Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is gracious, him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where for his faithfulness endures for ever. there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” For many are Who can express the mighty acts of the Lord called, but few are chosen.‟ or show forth all his praise? Blessed are those who observe what is right Post Communion Prayer and always do what is just. Almighty God, Remember me, O Lord, in the favour you bear for your people; you have taught us through your Son visit me in the day of your salvation; that love is the fulfilling of the law: That I may see the prosperity of your chosen grant that we may love you with our whole heart and rejoice in the gladness of your people, and our neighbours as ourselves; and exult with your inheritance. through Jesus Christ our Lord. WOOLAVINGTON CHURCH CAFÉ OPEN EVERY WEDNESDAY in the church from 10.30am - 12 noon Come and enjoy a cup of coffee or tea, a piece of cake and a chat. EVERYONE WELCOME YOU ARE WELCOME TO JOIN US if you can play an instrument to any Standard. Beginners Welcome St. Mary’s Music Group. meets on Thursdays, 5-6pm at Woolavington Church ALL SOULS SERVICE OF REMEMBRANCE & COME AND JOIN IN! THANKSGIVING More info from Jane St Mary’s White on 683743 Woolavington 30th October, 6.30pm You are all welcome to attend If you would like the name of a loved one to be read out during the service, please write it on the sheet in church or give details to Trish Lewis on 683655 by 29th Oct.

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