John, Apostle and Evangelist

27 December 2020

Today’s Services:

0945 Melbourn Sung Eucharist Celebrant: The Revd Mary Price Preacher: Pat Smith

Notices:

Changes to ‘in-person’ worship: At the time of writing, the proximity of Tier 4, as well as the new strain of COVID-19 have meant that we are only having one service this Sunday- the 9.45am at Melbourn. Please be assured that we will endeavor to keep you updated with any changes to in-person worship as soon as we can. Thank you for your understanding. Christmas Services: Thank you to all who decorated our churches, prepared them for worship, and helped in so many ways – THANK YOU! All Saints’ Floodlighting Sponsorship: The calendar is now open to book a week (or more!) of sponsorship for the splendid floodlighting, at £20 per week. Contact Gill on 01763 262530 for more info. Last year, every week was sponsored!

Collect (John, Apostle and Evangelist) Post Communion Prayer Merciful Lord, cast your bright beams of light Grant, O Lord, we pray, that the Word made upon the Church: that, being enlightened by flesh proclaimed by your apostle John may, by the teaching of your blessed apostle and the celebration of these holy mysteries, ever evangelist Saint John, we may so walk in the abide and live within us; through Jesus Christ light of your truth that we may at last attain our Lord. Amen. to the light of everlasting life; through Jesus Christ your incarnate Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Today’s Readings:

Exodus 33.7-11

Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, far off from the camp; he called it the tent of meeting. And everyone who sought the Lord would go out to the tent of meeting, which was outside the camp. Whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would rise and stand, each of them, at the entrance of their tents and watch Moses until he had gone into the tent. When Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent, and the Lord would speak with Moses. When all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, all the people would rise and bow down, all of them, at the entrance of their tents. Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Then he would return to the camp; but his young assistant, Joshua son of Nun, would not leave the tent.

1 John 1

We declare to you what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life— this life was revealed, and we have seen it and testify to it, and declare to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us— we declare to you what we have seen and heard so that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. We are writing these things so that our joy may be complete. This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him while we are walking in darkness, we lie and do not do what is true; but if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

John 21.19-end

(He said this to indicate the kind of death by which he would glorify God.) After this he said to him, ‘Follow me.’ Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them; he was the one who had reclined next to Jesus at the supper and had said, ‘Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?’ When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, ‘Lord, what about him?’ Jesus said to him, ‘If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? Follow me!’ So the rumour spread in the community that this disciple would not die. Yet Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but, ‘If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?’ This is the disciple who is testifying to these things and has written them, and we know that his testimony is true. But there are also many other things that Jesus did; if every one of them were written down, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.

Dates for your Diary:

Thur 7 January 1000 Said Eucharist All Saints’, Melbourn

Next Sunday’s Services:

Sunday 3 January – Epiphany Sunday

0800 Melbourn BCP Holy Communion President: The Revd C Brownlie 0945 Meldreth Sung Eucharist President: The Revd Mary Price with blessing of chalk Preacher: The Revd Mary Price

Intercessions for the week:

Sunday 27 John, Apostle and Evangelist Our Prayer Group and Bible Study Group; Pray for Christians in other denominations and the work of the ecumenical movement His Holiness Pope Francis, of Rome; His All Holiness Archbishop Bartholomew of Constantinople, New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch; The General Secretary of the World Council of Churches Bishop Ivan M Abrahams, General Secretary World Methodist Council; The Reverend Chris Ferguson, General Secretary of the World Communion of Reformed Churches.

Monday 28 The Holy Innocents Our Community Hall and Church Rooms; for the Diocese of Fond du Lac (The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Matthew Alan Gunter; Fort Worth (The Episcopal Church) The Rt Revd Scott Mayer.

Tuesday 29 Thomas Becket, , Martyr (1170) Our Magazine and Website Editors; for the Diocese of Fredericton (Canada) The Rt Revd David Edwards; Freetown () (West Africa) The Rt Revd Thomas Arnold Ikunika Wilson.

Wednesday 30 Christmas Octave Our Uniformed Organisations; for the Diocese of Gahini (Rwanda) The Rt Revd Alexis Bilindabagabo; Gambia (West Africa) The Rt Revd James Allen Yaw Odico.

Thursday 31 John Wyclif, Theologian, Reformer (1384) Our GP Surgery and Pharmacy; for the Diocese of Gasabo (Rwanda) The Rt Revd Onesphore Rwaje; Gboko (Nigeria) The Rt Revd Emmanuel Nyitsse.

Friday 1 The naming and Circumcision of Jesus Our : The Rt Revd and The Rt Revd Dr Dagmar Winter; for The Diocese of Aba – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) (Aba Province).

Saturday 2 Basil the Great and Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishops, Teachers (379/389) Our Archdeacon, The Ven Dr ; for the Diocese of Aba Ngwa North – The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion).

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