Sunday School meets in St Stephen's School
Sunday Youth meets in the Glebe Maisonette
Small Children are welcome to play in St Thomas's Chapel, near the porch
Baptised Communicants of other Churches are encouraged to receive communion
Children and other non-communicants are invited to come to the altar for a blessing
The Ministry of Healing is offered in the Chapel, after Communion is given

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy;

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Processional Hymn     555 Praise my Soul the King of Heaven

Collect of the Day
Almighty Father, whose will is to restore all things in your beloved Son, the King of all: govern the hearts and minds of those in authority, and bring the families of the nations, divided and torn apart by the ravages of sin, to be subject to his just and gentle rule; who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

First Reading               Psalm 137                                                 (p.739)
1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. 2 There on the poplars we hung our harps, 3 for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"  4 How can we sing the songs of the LORD while in a foreign land? 5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill. 6 May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy. 7 Remember, O LORD, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. "Tear it down," they cried, "tear it down to its foundations!"  8 O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is he who repays you for what you have done to us- 9 he who seizes your infants dashes them against the rocks.

Gradual Hymn              380      At the name of Jesus

GOSPEL                       Mark 1.14-20                                            (p.741)
14After John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, 15and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.’  16As Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake – for they were fishermen. 17And Jesus said to them, ‘Follow me and I will make you fish for people.’ 18And immediately they left their nets and followed him. 19As he went a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John, who were in their boat mending the nets. 20Immediately he called them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men, and followed him.

INTERCESSIONS

Please pray for
- The sick and suffering: especially Felix Okike, Lucilda Bernard, Joan Andrew, Elizabeth Dorsett, Clive Heywood, Ron & Ivy Smith, Susie Leach, Norbert Edwards, Brother Paul Anthony, Sylvia Steed, John Asbridge, Caroline Nevill, Ruth and Tracey Davies.
- All those serving in the armed forces at home and abroad
- All those who have died for their country

Offertory Hymn            413      Eternal Father Strong to Save

Communion Hymn       309      Let all mortal flesh

Post Communion Prayer
God of peace, whose Son Jesus Christ proclaimed the kingdom and restored the broken to wholeness of life: look with compassion on the anguish of the world, and by your healing power make whole both people and nations; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Recessional Hymn       496      Lead us heavenly Father lead us

Coffee in Church after the service

Please do stay for a coffee after church and introduce yourself to someone you might not know.

Some material included in this service is copyright: ©  1989 National Council of the Churches of Christ, USA. Post Communion (3rd before Advent) ©  CBFCE 1980; Archbishops' Council 1999 / Church of the Province of Southern Africa. Some material included in this service is copyright: ©  The Archbishops' Council 2000

NOTICES

THIS WEEK:

NEXT SUNDAY:     19 November 2006    Second Sunday before Advent

10 am SUNG EUCHARIST
Celebrant and Preacher – The Reverend Dr Bob Mayo
Daniel 12.1-3  (p 745), Mark 13.1-8 (p 748)
4 pm SERVICE
Focus on youth – all welcome (subject to confirmation)

World Aids Day Service

This will be held at St Stephens on Friday December 1st. Help is needed to serve tea and coffee to those who are coming – see bob if you are able to help

St Stephen’s Christmas party.

Sunday 17th December at 12.30 straight after the morning service – wine and mince pies, bring and share. This will either be in the vicarage or in the church hall (depending on how many people come).
Talk to Ana for arrangements (07946140363)

For Parish Hall enquiries please contact the Parish Secretary, Jill Wigney. on 020 8740 9879 or email ststephensw12@london.anglican.org

Visit the church web site at www.ststephensw12.org