The Parish of Louth and Deanery of Louthesk O LORD God, Who
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The Parish of Louth and Deanery of Louthesk Weekly notes and information for 7th February 2021: Second Sunday Before Lent www.teamparishoflouth.org.uk In all we do, we seek to live out Jesus’ command to draw close to the love of God in worship, and to share this by loving our neighbour Collect Prayer at Daily Prayer during the week O LORD God, who seest that we put not our trust in any thing that we do: Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Our churches: opening as places for prayer and reflection in our communities The Parish Church of Louth St James will be open for private prayer between 10am and 1pm Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays Please see pages 2 and 3 for details of other churches that are open for private prayer across the Deanery of Louthesk 1 DIARY OF PRAYER & WORSHIP THIS WEEK… Services marked * are broadcast via www.facebook.com/louthchurch Sunday 7th 9 30am Morning Service form Great Carlton via Zoom Second Sunday Please contact John S 328369 Before Lent 10am SUNG EUCHARIST at St James’* Psalm 104.26-end Proverbs 8.1,22-31; Colossians 1.15-20; John 1.1-14 10am Holy Communion at North Thoresby 10am Morning Service at Marshchapel 10 30am Morning Service at Grimoldby 11 15am Holy Communion at Legbourne 6pm PLAINSONG EVENSONG at St James’* Psalm 65; Genesis 2.4b-end; Luke 8.22-35 th Monday 8 9 15am MORNING PRAYER at St James’* Psalm 30; Ecclesiastes 7.1-14; 1 John 19.1-16 10am St James’ open for private prayer until 1pm 10 30am Funeral at Binbrook Tuesday 9th 9 15am MATINS at St James’* Psalm 36; Ecclesiastes 7.15-end; John 19.17-30 11am HOLY COMMUNION at St James’* 11 45am Praying with the Imagination (Ignatian) Go to: www.zoom.us/join or ‘phone 0203 481 5240, and enter the Meeting ID: 847 0617 4009 and Password: 562604. Wednesday 10th 9 15am MORNING PRAYER at St James’* Psalm 34; Ecclesiastes 8; John 19.31-end 10am St James’ open for private prayer until 1pm 12 30pm Outreach Post Office at Fotherby Church, which is also open for private prayer ‘til 2 30pm 2pm FUNERAL at St James’ 7 30pm COMPLINE online from Louth Rectory* th Thursday 11 9 15am MORNING PRAYER at St James’* Psalm 37; Ecclesiastes 9; John 20.1-10 10 30am Funeral at Grimoldby 10 30am Funeral at Binbrook 11am Mass at St Michael’s Friday 12th 9 15am MORNING PRAYER at St James’* Psalm 31; Ecclesiastes 11.1-8; John 20.11-18 10am St James’ open for private prayer until 1pm Saturday 13th 10am St James’ open for private prayer until 1pm 11am Marshchapel open for private prayer ‘til 12 noon 12 30pm MIDDAY PRAYER at St James’* 2 th Sunday 14 10am SUNG EUCHARIST at St James’* Sunday Before Psalm 50.1-6 Lent 2 Kings 2.1-12; 2 Corinthians 4.3-6; Mark 9.2-9 10am Holy Communion at North Thoresby 10am Morning Service at Marshchapel 10 30am Morning Service at Grimoldby 10 30am Holy Communion at Manby 11 15am Matins at Legbourne 1 30pm Holy Baptism (Lucy Ormond) at Manby 3pm Holy Communion at Fotherby 6pm PLAINSONG EVENSONG at St James’* Psalm 2; 1 Kings 19.1-16; 2 Peter 1.16-end JOINING IN WORSHIP All our worship is being streamed on the Parish of Louth facebook page. You do not need a Facebook account to view these services – just click on ‘Not now’ when it asks you to sign up. www.facebook.com/louthchurch/live DETAILS OF CHURCHES OPEN Binbrook: Please ‘phone the keyholder on 07778 316486 for access Covenham: Please ‘phone the Churchwarden on 01507 363508 for access. Fulstow: closed, please ‘phone 07825 293389 for access. Fotherby: The Outreach Post Office is open on Wednesdays from 12.30pm to 2.30pm Great Carlton: Please ‘phone the Churchwardens on 01507 328369 or 450527 for access Grimoldby: Please ‘phone the churchwarden on 01507 328917 Louth, St James: Monday, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 10am to 1pm. Ludborough: Please ‘phone the churchwarden on 01472 840505 for access. Manby: Please ‘phone the churchwarden on 01507 327199 for access. Marshchapel: temporarily closed for Private Prayer North Thoresby: Please ‘phone a churchwarden on 01472 840698 or 840160 for access. Utterby: Please ‘phone the churchwarden on 07802 182756 for access. 3 An Order of Service for the Eucharist this Sunday We open our hearts to God, that we might be transformed by his love We listen to God’s Word, and seek to find out how we may grow to understand God’s will for us more fully We gather around the table to share a symbolic meal, a meal that joins us with our brothers and sisters throughout the world; the saints who have lived in all times and places We pray that we go out as lights that shine with God’s love wherever we might go The Gathering The GREETING and PREPARATION In the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Together we pray… Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hidden: cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy name; through Christ our Lord. Amen. As the Ministers enter, organ music may be played or a psalm sung. Grace, mercy and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ be with you and also with you. The PRAYERS OF PENITENCE A Minister introduces the Prayers of Penitence. The grace of God has dawned upon the world through our Saviour Jesus Christ, who sacrificed himself for us to purify a people as his own. Let us confess our sins. Most merciful God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, we confess that we have sinned in thought, word and deed. We have not loved you with our whole heart. We have not loved our neighbours as ourselves. In your mercy forgive what we have been, help us to amend what we are, and direct what we shall be; that we may do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with you, our God. Amen. 4 The Priest pronounces Absolution. May the God of all healing and forgiveness draw you to himself and cleanse you from all your sins, that you may behold the glory of his Son, the Word made flesh, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. We say the GLORIA, a Song of Praise written by the early Christians Glory to God in the highest, and peace to his people on earth. Lord God, heavenly King, almighty God and Father, we worship you, we give you thanks, we praise you for your glory. Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, Lord God, Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world: have mercy on us; you are seated at the right hand of the Father: receive our prayer. For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen. The COLLECT prayer Almighty God, you have created the heavens and the earth and made us in your own image: teach us to discern your hand in all your works and your likeness in all your children; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit reigns supreme over all things, now and for ever. Amen. The Liturgy of the Word Old Testament Reading: Proverbs 8.1, 22-31 A reading from the book of Proverbs. Does not wisdom call, and does not understanding raise her voice? The Lord created me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of long ago. Ages ago I was set up, at the first, before the beginning of the earth. When there were no depths I was brought forth, when there were no springs abounding with water. Before the mountains had been shaped, before the hills, I was brought forth— when he had not yet made earth and fields, or the world’s first bits of soil. When he established the heavens, I was there, when he drew a circle on the face of the deep, when he made firm the skies above, when he established the fountains of the deep, when he assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth, then I was beside him, like a master worker; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing before him always, rejoicing in his inhabited world and delighting in the human race. Reader: This is the word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God. 5 New Testament Reading: Colossians 1.15-20 A Reading from the letter of Paul to the Colossians. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers—all things have been created through him and for him. He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together. He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything.