From January 2024 we are working towards this pattern of worship:
First Sunday of the Month
10.00 Parish Sung Eucharist (Common Worship)
With full serving team
Second Sunday of the Month
10.00 Parish Sung Eucharist (Common Worship)
Followed by Parish Brunch
Third Sunday of the Month
10.00 Parish Sung Eucharist
Wednesday: Compline and Cocoa (aka Lent Group in Lent)
Last Sunday of the Month
10.00 Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer 1662)
working towards Junior Church/Sunday School for EYFS (ie from Nursery age in school) to Year 6
Young or old, from near or far you are all
Welcome!
Newton Heath
All Saints’ Parish Church
With St Wilfrid’s, St Ann and St Cuthbert’s
5th May 2024, The Sixth Sunday of Easter
10.00 am Parish Sung Eucharist
Fruit that will last, and a command to love.
On the whole, fruit doesn't last unless you freeze it, freeze-dry it, bottle it, or make jam out it. What does Jesus mean by fruit that will last? Again, how far can we extend the metaphor?
Another puzzle is a command to love. If we’re commanded to do something which is not coming naturally to us, or is something we might otherwise resist, does Jesus really want love through ‘gritted teeth’.
When it comes to divine commands, perhaps the most obvious set we know we call The Ten Commandments, also known as The Decalogue. Their origins are rather austere, and the language rather strict, and ‘top-down’. Today, Jesus is commanding us as friends, not as servants or subordinates. Let’s place this in the context of the coming of the Holy Spirit— examples of which are abounding in Acts. Perhaps this polite command from our friend ands brother Jesus is all the more compelling, if we remember that is comes from what we know as Holy Week, more than 50 days before the Holy Spirit’s official ‘arrival’ which then and now is two weeks’ away at Pentecost. Human ‘time’ does not apply. Remember, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, were, are and are to come: eternal. Let’s work with that mystery.
Fr A.
Music before the service
Danket dem Herren BuxWV 181 Buxtehude
THE GATHERING
We stand to sing
1 Come, thou Holy Spirit, come,
and from thy celestial home
shed a ray of light divine;
come, thou Father of the poor,
come, thou source of all our store,
come, within our hearts to shine.
2 Thou of comforters the best,
thou the soul's most welcome guest,
sweet refreshment here below;
in our labour rest most sweet,
grateful coolness in the heat,
solace in the midst of woe.
3 O most blessèd Light divine,
shine within these hearts of thine,
and our inmost being fill;
where thou art not, man hath naught,
nothing good in deed or thought,
nothing free from taint of ill.
4 Heal our wounds; our strength renew;
on our dryness pour thy dew;
wash the stains of guilt away;
bend the stubborn heart and will;
melt the frozen, warm the chill;
guide the steps that go astray.
5 On the faithful, who adore
and confess thee, evermore
in thy sevenfold gifts descend:
Give them virtue's sure reward,
give them thy salvation, Lord,
give them joys that never end.
The president says:
In the name of the +Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Alleluia. Christ is risen.
He is risen indeed. Alleluia
The Greeting
The president greets the people
Grace, mercy and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
and also with you
Prayer of Preparation
Please sit or kneel.
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.
Prayers of Penitence
Invitation to confession:
Christ our Passover lamb
has been sacrificed for us.
Lets us therefore rejoice by putting away all
malice and evil and confessing our sins with a
sincere and true heart.
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
Almighty God,
who forgives all who truly repent,
have mercy upon you,
+pardon and deliver you from all your sins,
confirm and strengthen you in all goodness,
and keep you in life eternal;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Gloria in Excelsis
Please stand
(Mass of Sr Cedd,Nadone)
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
God our redeemer,
you have delivered us from
the power of darkness
and brought us into the kingdom of your Son:
grant, that as by his death he has
recalled us to life,
so by his continual presence in us
he may raise us
to eternal joy;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen
THE LITURGY OF THE WORD
Acts 10.44-48
44 While Peter was still speaking, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard the word. 45The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles, 46for they heard them speaking in tongues and extolling God. Then Peter said, 47‘Can anyone withhold the water for baptizing these people who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?’ 48So he ordered them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they invited him to stay for several days.
This is the word of the Lord
Thanks be to God.
1 John 5.1-6
5Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child. 2By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. 3For the love of God is this, that we obey his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome, 4for whatever is born of God conquers the world. And this is the victory that conquers the world, our faith. 5Who is it that conquers the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
6 This is the one who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not with the water only but with the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one that testifies, for the Spirit is the truth.
This is the word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Gospel Reading
As you are able, please stand
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
I am the first and the last, says the Lord,
and the living one;
I was dead, and behold I am alive for evermore.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
The Lord be with you
And also with you.
Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ
according to John
Glory to you, O Lord.
9As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. 10If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. 11I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.
12 ‘This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14You are my friends if you do what I command you. 15I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. 16You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name. 17I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another.
John 15.9-17
At the end:
This is the Gospel of the Lord
Praise to you, O Christ.
The Sermon
The Creed
We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is,
seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus
Christ, the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
of one Being with the Father;
through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation he
came down from heaven,
was incarnate from the Holy Spirit and the
Virgin Mary and was made man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius
Pilate; he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in accordance with the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of
the Father.
He will come again in glory to
judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son is
worshipped and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic
and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for
the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the
dead, and the life of the world to come.
Amen.
Prayers of Intercession
Please sit or kneel
In joy and hope let us pray to the Father, through the Son who is present
with us to eternity.
Our bishops:
David, Mark, and Matthew
The Anglican Communion
Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil
Porvoo Communion
The Diocese of Southwark;
Diocese of Björgvin: Church of Norway
Schools and Colleges
All Saints; St Wilfrid’s;
Briscoe Lane Academy; Christ the King;
Co-op Academy Broadhurst;
Oldham Blue Coat; Trinity High School;
Hopwood Hall College; St Ambrose College
Parish
Cutland Street; Daisy Bank; Dakerwood Close; Deal Close; Dean Avenue; Dean Lane
Book of Remembrance
Theresa Sarson; Hannah Jones; Hilda Price; Clifford Lowe; Jack Hadden; Kevin Helling.
The Peace
Please stand
The President introduces the Peace with these or other suitable words
The risen Christ came and stood among his disciples and said “Peace be with you.” Then were they glad when they saw the Lord.
Alleluia.
The peace of the Lord be always with you.
And also with you
Let us offer one another a sign of peace.
THE LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST
Preparation of the Table
Yours, Lord, is the greatness, the power,
the glory, the splendour, the majesty:
for everything in heaven and on earth is yours.
All things come from you,
and of your own do we give you.
Be present, be present,
Lord Jesus Christ,
our risen high priest;
make yourself known in the breaking of bread.
Amen.
The Eucharistic Prayer
Please sit or kneel
The Lord is here.
His Spirit is with us.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give thanks and praise.
The president recites the Preface as far as
while angels and archangels and the powers of all creation sing for ever the hymn of your
glory:
(Mass of St. Cedd, Nadone)
Holy, holy, holy Lord,
God of power and might,
heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
+Blessed is he who comes
in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.
The president continues with the institution
narrative as far as
Praise to you Lord Jesus
Dying you destroyed our death,
rising you restored our life:
Lord Jesus, come in glory.
The Eucharistic prayer continues to its conclusion in the Doxology
by whom, and with whom, and in whom,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
all honour and glory be yours,
almighty Father, for ever and ever
Amen.
The Lord’s Prayer
Let us pray with confidence as our Saviour
has taught us:
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come;
thy will be done;
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those
who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation;
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
the power, and the glory,
for ever and ever. Amen.
Breaking of the Bread
We break this bread
to share in the body of Christ.
Though we are many we are one body
because we all share in one bread.
The Agnus Dei
Jesus, Lamb of God:
have mercy on us.
Jesus, bearer of our sins:
have mercy on us.
Jesus, Redeemer of the world:
give us your peace.
Giving of Communion
Behold the Lamb of God
who takes away the sin of the world
Lord I am not worthy to receive you,
but only say the word and I am healed.
We join in Communion.
Communicant members of other Christian Churches are welcome to join us for Communion or if you wish to come forward for a Blessing please bring this booklet with you or keep your arms folded.
Hymn after Communion
(Remain seated)
How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
in a believer's ear!
It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds,
and drives away his fear.
It makes the wounded spirit whole,
and calms the troubled breast;
'tis manna to the hungry soul,
and to the weary rest.
Dear name! the rock on which I build,
my shield and hiding-place,
my never-failing treasury filled
with boundless stores of grace.
Jesus, my Shepherd, Brother, Friend,
my Prophet, Priest, and King,
my Lord, my Life, my Way, my End
accept the praise I bring.
Weak is the effort of my heart,
and cold my warmest thought;
but when I see thee as thou art,
I'll praise thee as I ought.
Till then I would thy love proclaim
with every fleeting breath;
and may the music of thy name
refresh my soul in death.
John Newton (1725-1807)
Prayer after Communion
Silence is kept
God our Father,
whose Son Jesus Christ gives the water of eternal life:
may we thirst for you,
the spring of life and source of goodness,
through him who is alive and reigns, now and for ever.
Almighty God, we thank you for feeding us
with the body and blood of your Son
Jesus Christ.
Through him we offer you our souls
and bodies to be a living sacrifice.
Send us out in the power of your Spirit
to live and work to your praise and glory.
Amen.
Church News may be shared.
Hymn
Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father,
there is no shadow of turning with thee;
thou changest not, thy compassions
they fail not,
as thou hast been thou for ever wilt be.
Great is thy faithfulness!
Great is thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
all I have needed thy hand hath provided,
great is thy faithfulness, Lord unto me!
Summer and winter, and spring-time and harvest,
sun, moon and stars in their courses above,
join with all nature in manifold witness
to thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.
Chorus
Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!
Chorus
Thomas O Chisholm (1866-1960)
Copyright © 1923, renewal 1951 Hope Publishing Company.
The Blessing
The God of peace,
who brought again from the dead
our Lord Jesus,
that great shepherd of the sheep
through the blood of the eternal covenant,
make you strong in every good work
to do his will,
working in you that which is
well-pleasing in his sight;
and the blessing of God almighty
the +Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit,
be among you and remain with you always.
Amen.
The Dismissal
Go in the light and peace of Christ
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thanks be to God. Alleluia. Alleluia.
Voluntary
Little Fugue BWV 578 J.S. Bach
APCM 11.00 am Sunday 19st May 2024
As a charitable body, we are obliged to hold a meeting annually to ‘sign off’ the previous year’s work and accounts (to the year ending 31st December) elect Church Wardens, other parish officers; fill vacancies on the PCC if there are any, and present the revised Electoral Roll (which is begun from scratch every six years).
There is a strict timetable leading up to this in terms of notices of elections. The revision of the Electoral Roll was completed yesterday, and is available in redacted form in the Narthex, along with other statutory notices.
Agenda and reports for the Annual Meetings will be available from Sunday 12th May, online and in hard-copy.
Manchester and Salford Whit Walk 2024, Bank Holiday Mondaym 27th May.
We are registered
9.30 am Assemble in Cathedral Gardens
10.00 am Procession to St Peter’s Square
10.45 am Act of Worship
11.30 am Return procession to Cathedral
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