The Tew Benefice

Duties  Sacristan; C Burke Reader 1 Ed Harris; Reader 2 W Fuoco; Intercessions K Dobbs; Sidesperson R Veale; Offertory; M Dobbs Chalice A Fearn; Coffee C Woodward

HYMNS NEH
INTROIT                      259 Come, ye thankful people come ST GEORGES WINDSOR
GRADUAL                   397 Let us with a gladsome mind MONKLAND
OFFERTORY              262 We plough the fields WIR PFLUGEN

COMMUNION       (SHEET) Make me a channel of your peace

RECESSIONAL          478 Ye watchers and ye holy ones LAST UNS ERFREUEN

 Harvest Confession

Deacon  God our Father, we come to you in sorrow for our sins.

Deacon When we have not loved our neighbour as ourselves.

Lord have mercy

All Lord have mercy

Deacon When we have not shared where others lack.

Christ have mercy

All Christ have mercy

Deacon You plead for us at the right hand of the Father:

Lord have mercy

All Lord have mercy

 Followed by the Greek Kyrie Eleison

Harvest Collect

Almighty and Everlasting God,

We offer thee our hearty thanks for thy fatherly goodness and care

In giving us the fruits of creation in their season;

Give us grace to use them rightly, To thy glory, For our own well-being

And for the relief of those in need;

Through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

 FIRST READING

Deuteronomy 26.1-11

Moses spoke to the people, saying: ¹When you have come into the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance to possess, and you possess it, and settle in it, ²you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you harvest from the land that the LORD your God is giving you, and you shall put it in a basket and go to the place that the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for his name. ³You shall go to the priest who is in office at that time, and say to him, ‘Today I declare to the LORD your God that I have come into the land that the LORD swore to our ancestors to give us.’ ⁴When the priest takes the basket from your hand and sets it down before the altar of the LORD your God,.’ You shall set it down before the LORD your God and bow down before the LORD your God. ¹¹Then you, together with the Levites and the aliens who reside among you, shall celebrate with all the bounty that the LORD your God has given to you and to your house.

Psalm 65

Praise is due to you, O God, in Zion; to you that answer prayer shall vows be paid.

⁹ The river of God is full of water;
you prepare grain for your people,  for so you provide for the earth.

¹⁰ You drench the furrows and smooth out the ridges;
you soften the ground with showers and bless its increase.

¹¹ You crown the year with your goodness,
and your paths overflow with plenty.

¹² May the pastures of the wilderness flow with goodness
and the hills be girded with joy.¹³ May the meadows be clothed with flocks of sheep
and the valleys stand so thick with corn that they shall laugh and sing.

Alleluia, Alleluia You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honour and power, for you created all things. Alleluia

Gospel for The Feast of St Michael and All Angels

Matthew 18:1-5, 10

At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
2And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,
3And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
4Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
5And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.
6But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
10Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.

Offertory Sentence
As the grain once scattered in the fields and the grapes once dispersed on the hillside are now reunited on this table in bread and wine,
so, Lord, may thy whole Church soon be gathered together
from the corners of the earth into thy kingdom.
Lord be pleased to accept the sacrifice we offer with humble and contrite hearts Amen

Post Communion
Lord of the harvest,
with joy we have offered thanksgiving for your love in creation
and have shared in the bread and the wine of the kingdom:
by your grace plant within us a reverence for all that you give us
and make us generous and wise stewards
of the good things we enjoy;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Blessing

MAY God the Father of or Lord Jesus Christ,

Who is the source of all goodness and growth,

Pour his blessing upon all things created ,

And upon us his children,

That we may use them to his glory,

And the Blessing of God almighty, Father Son and Holy Spirit

Be among you and remain with you in the coming seasons and year

For your Prayers:

Ryan Walker, Victoria Gibbens, Tim Mayne, Robert Mayne, Stewart Douglas