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

How closely have you listened to the Gospel reading for today?

1. Who were at the wedding feast?

2. What did they run out of at the feast?

3. Who did Mary ask to take care of the problem?

4. What did Jesus say to Mary?

5. What did Jesus tell the servant to do?

6. What did the servants give to the man in charge of the feast?

Processional Hymn     90           Songs of thankfulness

Collect of the Day
Almighty God, in Christ you make all things new: transform the poverty of our nature by the riches of your grace, and in the renewal of our lives make known your heavenly glory; 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.

First Reading                 Isaiah 62.1-5                                       (p.776)
            1For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,
                        and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest,
            until her vindication shines out like the dawn,
                        and her salvation like a burning torch.
            2The nations shall see your vindication,
                        and all the kings your glory;
            and you shall be called by a new name
                        that the mouth of the LORD will give.
            3You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the LORD,
                        and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
            4You shall no more be termed Forsaken,
                        and your land shall no more be termed Desolate;
            but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her,
                        and your land Married;
            for the LORD delights in you,
                        and your land shall be married.
            5For as a young man marries a young woman,
                        so shall your builder marry you,
            and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
                        so shall your God rejoice over you.

Gradual Hymn               84           Brightest and best

GOSPEL                         John 2.1-11                                        (p.778)
On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.”  “Dear woman, why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My time has not yet come.”  His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”  Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.  Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim.  Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.”  They did so, and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realise where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside and said, “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.”  This, the first of his miraculous signs, Jesus performed at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed his glory, and his disciples put their faith in him.

INTERCESSIONS
Please pray for
- The friends and family of Trevor Glaister. His funeral took place on 24 January 2006.  He died on 10 January 2006. 
- 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.

Offertory Hymn             86           From the eastern mountains

Communion Hymn      In the Lord         

In the Lord I’ll be ever thankful,
In the Lord I will rejoice!
Look to God, do not be afraid;
Lift up your voices, the Lord is near;
Lift up your voices, the Lord is near;

Post Communion Prayer
God of glory, you nourish us with your Word who is the bread of life: fill us with your Holy Spirit that through us the light of your glory may shine in all the world. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Recessional Hymn      89           O worship the Lord

Coffee in church after the service

Bible Society. Pub. Hodder & Stoughton. Post Communion (2nd of Epiphany) ©  1985 General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada: The Book of Alternative Services. Some material included in this service is copyright: ©  1989 National Council of the Churches of Christ, USA
Some material included in this service is copyright: ©  The Archbishops' Council 2000

NOTICES

THIS WEEK:

NEXT SUNDAY:        21 January 2007 – Third Sunday of Epiphany

10 am SUNG EUCHARIST
Celebrant and Preacher – The Reverend Dr Bob Mayo
Nehemiah 8.1-3,5-6,8-10 (p 779), Luke 4.14-21 (p 782)

Alpha Course starts Wednesday 17 January 2007 at St Stephen’s vicarage.
Call 0207 603 4879 to register

Home Communion – Available to any unable to come on a Sunday.  Talk to Father Bob (8743 3166) if you or anyone else might be interested.

Any enquiries about pastoral concerns, baptisms, weddings or funerals please get in touch with either Bob Mayo, the vicar, or Sarah Archer, the Associate-Vicar at St Michaels. The only time that Bob will be unavailable is between Friday pm and Sunday am.

Visit the church web site at www.ststephensw12.org