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Next Sunday is our All age Service – could you come bringing a favourite Teddy Bear or Toy or best Christmas present (Adults as well!)

Ash Wednesday is February 6th! There will be an Ash Wednesday Mass in Church at 7pm.

There will be a Lent Course for any who are interested at the house of Mary Rodney (99 Godolphin Road). This will be a five part study course looking at the Lord’s Prayer. These will be on Wednesdays during Lent – February 13th, 20th, 27th, March 6th, 13th.

Easter day is on March 23rd!! The Easter day service will be a Hat’s Service – come dressed in your finest. We are then planning a big celebration for afterwards.

Anne Cowley is preaching this week. She is hoping to come here as the curate in September. The service will be followed by a Bring and Share lunch to give people a chance to meet her.

Processional Hymn     398        Christ triumphant, ever reigning

Collect of the Day
God our creator, who in the beginning commanded the light to shine out of darkness: we pray that the light of the glorious gospel of Christ may dispel the darkness of ignorance and unbelief, shine into the hearts of all your people, and reveal the knowledge of your glory in the face of 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                 Psalm 27.1,4-12                                   (p.50)
1The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom then shall I fear?
The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom then shall I be afraid?
4One thing have I asked of the Lord and that alone I seek;
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,
5To behold the fair beauty of the Lord and to seek his will in his temple.
6For in the day of trouble he shall hide me in his shelter;
in the secret place of his dwelling shall he hide me and set me high upon a rock.
7And now shall he lift up my head  above my enemies round about me;
8Therefore will I offer in his dwelling an oblation with great gladness;
I will sing and make music to the Lord.
9Hear my voice, O Lord, when I call; have mercy upon me and answer me.
10My heart tells of your word, ‘Seek my face.’ Your face, Lord, will I seek.
11Hide not your face from me, nor cast your servant away in displeasure.
12You have been my helper; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

Gradual Hymn               530        Now thank we all our God

GOSPEL                         Matthew 4.12-23                                  (p.52)
12When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. 13He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the lake, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, 14so that what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: 15‘Land of Zebulun, land of Naphtali, on the road by the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles – 16the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death light has dawned.’ 17From that time Jesus began to proclaim, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.’   18As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the lake – for they were fishermen. 19And he said to them, ‘Follow me, and I will make you fish for people.’ 20Immediately they left their nets and followed him. 21As he went from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and he called them. 22Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed him.  23Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing every disease and every sickness among the people.

Amazing love, oh what sacrifice
The Son of God, given for me
My debt He paid, and my death He died
That I might live, that I might live

INTERCESSIONS
Please pray for
- The sick and suffering: especially Felix Okike, Lucilda Bernard, Joan Andrew, Elizabeth Dorsett, Ivy Smith, Susie Leach, Norbert Edwards, Brother Paul Anthony, Sylvia Steed, Caroline Nevill, Tracey Davies, Esmay Young, Roger Cox.

Offertory Hymn          561     Prayer is the soul’s sincere desire

Communion Hymn      278        Alleluia, sing to Jesus!

Post Communion Prayer
Generous Lord, in word and eucharist we have proclaimed the mystery of your love: help us so to live out our days that we may be signs of your wonders in the world; through Jesus Christ our Saviour.

Recessional Hymn   555     Praise, my soul, the King of heaven

Coffee in church after the service

Collect (4th of Epiphany) © 1980, 1986 Mowbray, a Cassell Imprint: Prayers for the Alternative Services comp. David Silk. 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:        3 February 2008        Sunday next before Lent

10 am ALL AGE WORSHIP
Celebrant and Preacher – The Reverend Dr Bob Mayo
2 Peter 1.16-21 (p 91), Matthew 17.1-9 (p 92)

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

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

St Stephen’s Quiz Night to be held at St Michael’s Church on 9th Feb  opening at 6.30 – quiz starts at 7 pm  Entry to quiz - £2 per person (4-6 people in a team) with a bring and share supper. People who want to walk up from St Stephens to St Michaels can meet at St Stephens at 6.30

• Confirmations at St Paul’s,  22 March at 7pm
• Bishop Michael Colclough is leaving Kensington for St Paul’s Cathedral. There will be a Thanksgiving Eucharist on Saturday 2 February, 3pm at St Mary Abbott’s Church, Kensington High Street.  If you would like to attend this service please see Marjorie for more information.

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.