The Tew Benefice

Duties:  Sacristan Lizz Mollington; Reader C James; Intercessions K Dobbs; Sidespeople K and M Dobbs; Offertory James family; Chalice A Parker; Coffee R Rowe.

 HYMNS NEH

146  Holy, Holy, Holy NICAEA

366  God of mercy God of grace HEATHLANDS

296  Lord enthroned in heavenly splendour ST HELEN

310  We hail thy presence glorious OFFERTORIUM

433  O worship the King HANOVER (Omit *vs 4 and 5)

Collect

O God, Your name is veiled in mystery, Yet we dare to call You Father; Your Son was begotten before all ages, Yet is born among us in time; Your Holy Spirit fills the whole creation, Yet is poured forth now into our hearts. Because You have made us and loved us and called us by name, Draw us more deeply into Your divine life, That we may glorify You rightly, through Your Son, In the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen

Post Communion Prayer

Almighty and eternal God, You have revealed Yourself as Father, Son and Holy Spirit, And live and reign in the perfect unity of love; Hold us firm in this faith, That we may know You in all Your ways And evermore rejoice in Your eternal glory, Who are three Persons yet one God, Now and for ever. Amen.

Readings from Holy Scripture for Nex

Epistle

Paul 2 Corinthians 13: 11 – 14

As we heard last week, this church Paul had founded had been full of problems from the beginning. But now this indomitable apostle, full of hope and courage, gives his final words to this

church, over which he has suffered such anguish, this lovely blessing invoking the three Persons of the Trinity. These words of grace have been repeated again and again down the ages.

Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice! Strive for full restoration,

encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the

God of love and peace will be with you. Greet one another with a

holy kiss. All God’s people here send their greetings.

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the

fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

 Psalm 8

LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have

set your glory above the heavens.

Through the praise of children and infants you have established a

stronghold against your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon

and the stars, which you have set in place, what are mere mortals

that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?

You have made them a little lower than the heavenly beings and

crowned them with glory and honour.

You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put

everything under their feet: all flocks and herds, and the animals of

the wild, the birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea, all that swim the

paths of the seas.

LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

Gospel Acclamation

 Alleluia, alleluia, Come holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful people and kindle in them the fire of your love. Alleluia

 The Holy Gospel

St Matthew 28: 16 – 20

This Evangelist has always emphasized the missionary vocation of Christ’s Church and so chooses to end his gospel with Christ’s charge to spread God’s message of love to the wider world. Jesus

gives to these eleven humble Galileans a huge task. However, he also gives them two things that would be all they would need for this seemingly impossible task: an assurance of His power and

the promise of His Presence. That would be sufficient.

Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus

had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshipped him; but

some doubted. Then Jesus came to them and said, ‘All authority in

heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make

disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of

the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I

have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very

end of the age.’

Introduction to the Peace

God has made us one in Christ.

He has set his seal upon us and, as a pledge of what is to come,

And has given the Spirit to dwell in our hearts. Alleluia.

For your Prayers:

Ryan Walker, Victoria Gibbens, Tim Mayne, Robert Mayne