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
The Old Testament Reading. Proverbs 8. 1, 22-
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
Psalm 104
26There go the ships,
and Leviathan that you formed to sport in it.
27 These all look
to you
to give them their food in due season;
28 when you give to them, they gather
it up;
when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.
29 When you hide
your face, they are dismayed;
when you take away their breath, they die
and return
to their dust.
30 When you send forth your spirit, they are created;
and you renew
the face of the ground.
31 May the glory of the LORD endure for ever;
may the LORD
rejoice in his works—
32 who looks on the earth and it trembles,
who touches the mountains
and they smoke.
33 I will sing to the LORD as long as I live;
I will sing praise to
my God while I have being.
34 May my meditation be pleasing to him,
for I rejoice in
the LORD.
35 Let sinners be consumed from the earth,
and let the wicked be no more.
Bless
the LORD, O my soul.
Praise the LORD!
The New Testament Reading. Colossians 1. 15-
I thank God that no one can say that you were baptized in my name. (I did baptize also the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized anyone else.) For Christ did not send me to baptize but to proclaim the gospel, and not with eloquent wisdom, so that the cross of Christ might not be emptied of its power.Christ the Power and Wisdom of God For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written, ‘I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.’ Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
The Gospel Reading. John 1. 1-
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. He himself was not the light, but he came to testify to the light. The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world came into being through him; yet the world did not know him. He came to what was his own, and his own people did not accept him. But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God, who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God. And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth.
Post Communion
God our Creator, by your gift the tree of life was set at the heart of the earthly paradise, and the bread of life at the heart of your Church: may we who have been nourished at your table on earth be transformed by the glory of the Saviour's cross and enjoy the delights of eternity; through Jesus Christ our Lord
Weekly Readings. Sunday 11th February
Collect of the Day
Details of Services and Readings
Sundays: 8-
10.00 a.m. Parish Communion (sung)
Tuesday -
Wednesday: 10.00 a.m. Parish Communion
Parents & Toddlers group meet on Wednesdays from 2.00 p.m. To 3.00 p.m.
Fridays: 5.00 p.m. Holy Communion (said)
Occasional Offices: Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals by prior arrangement with the Vicar.
The Rev’ Canon Phillip Nixon Tel’ 01604 751164