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Processional Hymn                   

Collect of the Day
Almighty and everlasting God, you have given us your servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity and in the power of the divine majesty to worship the Unity: keep us steadfast in this faith, that we may evermore be defended from all adversities; 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                 Proverbs 8.1-4,22-31                       (p. 891)
     1Does not wisdom call,
         and does not understanding raise her voice?
     2On the heights, beside the way,
         at the crossroads she takes her stand;
     3beside the gates in front of the town,
         at the entrance of the portals she cries out:
     4‘To you, O people, I call,
         and my cry is to all that live.
     22The LORD created me at the beginning of his work,
                        the first of his acts of long ago.
     23Ages ago I was set up,
                        at the first, before the beginning of the earth.
     24When there were no depths I was brought forth,
                        when there were no springs abounding with water.
     25Before the mountains had been shaped,
                        before the hills, I was brought forth –
     26when he had not yet made earth and fields,
                        or the world’s first bits of soil.
     27When he established the heavens, I was there,
                        when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,
     28when he made firm the skies above,
                        when he established the fountains of the deep,
     29when 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,
     30then I was beside him, like a master worker;
            and I was daily his delight,
                        rejoicing before him always,
     31rejoicing in his inhabited world
         and delighting in the human race.

Gradual Hymn                             

GOSPEL                         Matthew 28: 16 – 20                                (p.)
16 Then the eleven disciples left for Galilee, going to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him—but some of them doubted! 18 Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. 19 Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. 20 Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

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, Esmay Young, Roger Cox.

Offertory Hymn                           

Communion Hymn                    

Post Communion Prayer
Almighty and eternal God, you have revealed yourself as Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and live and reign in the perfect unity of love: hold us firm in this faith, that we may know you in all your ways and evermore rejoice in your eternal glory, who are three Persons yet one God, now and for ever.

Recessional Hymn                    

Coffee in Church after the service

Some material included in this service is copyright: ©  1989 National Council of the Churches of Christ, USA. Post Communion (Trinity Sunday) ©  Oxford University Press: The Book of Common Worship of the Church of South India. Some material included in this service is copyright: ©  The Archbishops' Council 2000. Collect (Sunday) ©  The Crown/Cambridge University Press: The Book of Common Prayer (1662)

NOTICES

THIS WEEK:

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

NEXT SUNDAY:           

10 am SUNG EUCHARIST         10 June 2007    First Sunday after Trinity
Celebrant and Preacher – The Reverend Dr Bob Mayo
1 Kings 17.8-16  (p 901), Matthew 7: 21 – 29 (p 96)

What about Today’s Gospel?

1. Who does Jesus want us to go to, telling the good news?
2. What two things does Jesus ask us to do?
3. What is Jesus' last promise to us?

Today is Environment Sunday (formerly Conservation Sunday) when we also think about God's earth and our responsibility for it.

DIARY DATES

Thursday 14 June – Induction of Ben Humpries at St Michaels

Friday/Saturday 7/8 September – Parish Residential Event – Felbury Centre, Dorking.  Please see Barry or Liz Clarke, or visit the church web site, for further information.
Refugee Week 18-24 June – www.refugeeweek.org.uk
ALMA Sunday, 15 July – www.almalink.org
Back to Church Sunday, 30 September www.backtochurch.co.uk

The Bushcity Youth Academy of Performing Arts requires people able to teach drama, singing and dance, on Tuesdays between 6.30 and 8.30 pm.  Please contact Elaine Yoda on 07917 166775 or 020 8746 1823

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 Father Bob. The only time that Bob will be unavailable is between Friday pm and Sunday am.