Newton Heath All Saints
Sunday 26th January 2025
The Third Sunday after The Epiphany
Holy Communion (BCP 1662)
9.00 am (Said)
10.00 am (Sung)
Out of many: listen.
The first three words of the header are the English version of the traditional motto of the United States of America (e pluribus unum). We pray this may be maintained throughout this new administration. The inspiration for making this petition is the powerful metaphor of the body (of Christ) in the epistle today. Is this another instance of the Holy Spirit providing reminders at just the right time via the strict structure of the Lectionary?
The fourth word is the way in which scripture was received in places of worship until very, very recently in human history. This is why it was written in this way, as very, very few people, apart from the educated elites at the time, could read and write. When we worship together today, that is how it should be received too, even though the text is available in the pew sheet or, in some churches, in Bibles in the pews.
We learn about Jewish worship practices in
Jesus’s time, and more importantly we learn about the person of Jesus, and even Who Jesus thinks He is.
Like Him, the Spirit of the Lord is upon us when we do God’s work, and we have the fulfilment of scripture, prophecy, creation, everything, Jesus Christ, as our friend and guide. Out of many, we are one. Listen and follow.
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Music before the 11.00 service
Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn Telemann
(Lord Christ, the only son of God)
Introit Hymn
How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
in a believer's ear!
It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds,
and drives away his fear.
It makes the wounded spirit whole,
and calms the troubled breast;
'tis manna to the hungry soul,
and to the weary rest.
Dear name! the rock on which I build,
my shield and hiding-place,
my never-failing treasury filled
with boundless stores of grace.
Jesus! my Shepherd, Brother, Friend,
my Prophet, Priest, and King,
my Lord, my Life, my Way, my End,
accept the praise I bring.
Weak is the effort of my heart,
and cold my warmest thought;
but when I see thee as thou art,
I'll praise thee as I ought.
`Till then I would thy love proclaim
with every fleeting breath;
and may the music of thy name
refresh my soul in death.
John Newton (1725-1807)
Collect
Almighty God,
whose Son revealed in signs and miracles
the wonder of thy saving presence:
renew thy people with thy heavenly grace,
and in all our weakness
sustain us by thy mighty power;
through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord,
who liveth and reigneth with thee,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
The Epistle
1 Corinthians 12.12-31a
12For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
13For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. 14For the body is not one member, but many.
15If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? 16And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? 17If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
18But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
19And if they were all one member, where were the body? 20But now are they many members, yet but one body. 21And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. 22Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary: 23And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness. 24For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked. 25That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. 26And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it. 27Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. 28And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. 29Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles?
30Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret? 31But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.
Luke 4.14-21
14And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.
15And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. 16And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. 17And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, 18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, 19To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. 20And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. 21And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
Prayer Cycle
Our Bishops
David, Mark and Matthew
The Anglican Communion
The Church in the Province of The West Indies
The Porvoo Communion
Church of England: Diocese of Birmingham
Church of Ireland: Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross,
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark:
Diocese of Elsinore,
Schools
All Saints, St Wilfrid’s, Briscoe Lane, Christ the King, Oldham Bluecoat, Trinity High School, Co-op Academy Broadhurst, St Ambrose College, Loreto.
Streets Barkworth Walk, Bayswater Avenue, Beckford Street, Benville Walk, Benin Walk, Bergman Walk, Berry Brow.
Book of Remembrance
Mary Dunn; Daphne Wickens; Arnold Knowles; Clifford Saunders; Thomas Day; Alice Corbett;
Stanley Newton; Stanley Redman.
Hymn
And can it be that I should gain
an interest in the Saviour's blood?
Died he for me, who caused his pain?
For me, who him to death pursued?
Amazing love! How can it be
that thou, my God, shouldst die for me?
He left his Father's throne above -
so free, so infinite his grace -
emptied himself of all but love,
and bled for Adam's helpless race.
'Tis mercy all, immense and free;
for, O my God, it found out me!
Long my imprisoned spirit lay
fast bound in sin and nature's night;
thine eye diffused a quickening ray -
I woke, the dungeon flamed with light,
my chains fell off, my heart was free,
I rose, went forth, and followed thee.
No condemnation now I dread;
Jesus, and all in him, is mine!
Alive in him, my living head,
and clothed in righteousness divine,
bold I approach the eternal throne,
and claim the crown, through Christ, my own.
The last two lines of each verse are repeated.
Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
Voluntary after the 11.00 service
Piece d’orgue BWV 572 J.S. Bach
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