HARVEST THANKSGIVING (Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity)
8.00 am. Holy Communion
11.00 am. Matins – Psalm 65, prayer book page 423
Hymns: 270, 498, 271, 275, 274.
Act of Thanksgiving: Let us give thanks to God, the God of all peoples of the earth
For the colour and forms of your creation and our place within it. All: We bring our thanks, good Lord
For our daily food, and for those whose work and skill bring your good gifts to us. All: We bring our thanks, good Lord
For the light and shades of the changing seasons and their variety and dependability; for new life and growth out of barrenness and decay. All: We bring our thanks, good Lord
For all in whose lives we see goodness, kindness, gentleness, patience and humility, and all the fruit of the Spirit. All: We bring our thanks, good Lord
For the life we have been given, and for all those whom you have given us to share it. All: We bring our thanks, good Lord
And now let us confess our forgetfulness of the needs of the poor, and repent of the ways in which we waste the resources of the world.
God has blessed us, but God’s children still go hungry, Lord, have mercy. All: Lord, have mercy
God has blessed us, but still the poor cry out for justice; Christ, have mercy. All: Christ, have mercy
God has blessed us, but still we see inequality and oppression in the earth, Lord, have mercy. All: Lord, have mercy
May the almighty and merciful Lord grant pardon and remission of our sins, time for amendment of life, and the grace and comfort of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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875 Celebration event – ‘On a May morning on Malvern Hills’ – celebrating the medieval poem Piers Plowman, with Professor Wendy Scase, Jo Durrant and Peter Sutton. Saturday 4th October at 2.30 pm. No tickets required. Please car-share if possible.
‘Bulemu’ – African Gospel Choir at Malvern Evangelical Church, Pickersleigh Road, on Saturday 4th October at 7.30 pm.
Next Sunday, 5th October (16th Sunday after Trinity): 11.00 am. Family Communion