St Hilda’s Ashford

OF THE WORD

Preparation

Let us worship God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.All Amen

The Lord be with youAll and also with you.

This is the day that the Lord has made.All We will rejoice and be glad in it.

Words of welcome and introduction

Opening Prayer

All Come, let us pray and sing hymns to the Lord.Let us seek his blessing on those to whom we witness,to both friends and strangers, those in the community around us, and those far across the world.May we be as one household in Christ.

Song

I, the Lord of sea and sky,I have heard my people cry.All who dwell in dark and sin,My hand will save.I, who made the stars of night,I will make their darkness bright.Who will bear my light to them?Whom shall I send?

Here am I, Lord. Is it I, Lord?I have heard you calling in the night.I will go, Lord, if you lead me.I will hold your people in my heart.

I, the Lord of snow and rain,I have borne my people's pain.I have wept for love of them.They turn away.I will break their hearts of stone,Give them hearts for love alone.I will speak my words to them.Whom shall I send?

Here am I, Lord. Is it I, Lord?I have heard you calling in the night.I will go, Lord, if you lead me.I will hold your people in my heart.

I, the Lord of wind and flame,I will send the poor and lame.I will set a feast for them.My hand will save.Finest bread I will provide,Till their hearts be satisfied.I will give my life to them.Whom shall I send?

Daniel L. Schuttle ©1981 New Dawn Music

Prayer of Penitence

cf Psalm 51Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who in his great mercy has promised forgiveness of sins to all those who with heartfelt repentance and true faith turn to him: have mercy on, you, pardon and deliver you from all your sins, confirm and strengthen you in all goodness, and bring you to everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

All Amen.

CollectGod of HolinessYour glory is proclaimed in every age:As we rejoice in the faith of your saints,Inspire us to follow their exampleWith boldness and joy;Through Jesus Christ our Lord.

All Amen.

The Liturgy of the Word

Narrator  1   Jesus went up the mountain, sat down, and began to teach his disciples. Jesus    Blessed are the poor in spirit Narrator    those who know they need God, Jesus    for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.Jesus    Blessed are those who mourn,Narrator  2 those who feel lonely, lost, helpless, and sad, Jesus    for they will be comforted.Jesus    Blessed are the meek,Narrator  3   those who quietly trust in God and put others before themselves, Jesus    for they will inherit the earth.Jesus    Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,Narrator  4   those who really want everyone to do what is right, Jesus    for they will be filled.Jesus    Blessed are the merciful,Narrator 5 those who get alongside people in need, Jesus    for they will receive mercy.Jesus    Blessed are the pure in heart,Narrator 6   those who love God with their whole heart,Jesus    for they will see God.

Jesus    Blessed are the peacemakers,Narrator  7  those who work for better relationships between people and countries, Jesus    for they will be called children of God.Jesus    Blessed are those who are persecuted because they stand up for what is right,Narrator   8 those who are treated badly when they try to do good, Jesus    for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.Jesus    Blessed are you when people are nasty to you and say bad things about you because you believe in me. Rejoice and be happy about this, because they did the same things to the prophets who spoke about me long ago. Your reward is great in heaven.

Luke 6: 20-31

Reflection

Profession of Faith Let us affirm,our common faith in Jesus Christ.

Do you believe and trust in God the Father,source of all being and life,the one for whom we exist?

All I believe and trust in him.

Do you believe and trust in God the Son,who took our human nature,died for us and rose again?

All I believe and trust in him. Do you believe and trust in God the Holy Spirit,who gives life to the people of God

and makes Christ known in the world?All I believe and trust in him.

This is the faith of the Church.All This is our faith.

We believe and trust in one God,Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Prayers of Intercession

Loving God, we thank you for those people who are saints in the world today, those who follow your commandment to love one another and give their lives to help and care for others.We thank you for those who go and work in the most difficult and dangerous places of the world, put their lives at risk to help others,make personal sacrifices to campaign for change, help the people nobody else can be bothered with, work enthusiastically for no reward.Help us to learn from their example and be faithful followers of Jesus too.Help us to see and hear the things we can do to help others, and then get on and do them.Amen.

And Dear Jesus,thank you that you bless us – and often when life is hard:when we know we are poor in spirit – you bless us,when someone that we love has died – you stay close to us ,when we are humble and meek in your presence – you bless us ,when we are desperate for things to work out fairly – you hear us ,

when we are merciful to other people – you bless us ,when we are trying to live pure and holy lives – you reveal yourself to us ,when we make peace between people – you bless us ,when people are horrid to us for following you – you help us to rejoice in your love .Amen .

Song

I will offer up my life in spirit and truthPouring out the oil of love, as my worship to youIn surrender I must give my every partLord, receive this sacrifice of a broken heart

Jesus, what can I give, what can I bringTo so faithful a Friend, to so loving a King?Saviour, what can be said, what can be sungAs a praise of Your name for the things You have done?Oh, my words could not tell, not even in partOf the debt of love that is owed by this thankful heart

You deserve my every breath, for You've paid the great costGiving up your life to death, even death on the crossYou took all my shame away, there defeated my sinOpen up the gates of heaven and have beckoned me in

Jesus, what can I give, what can I bringTo so faithful a Friend, to so loving a King?Saviour, what can be said, what can be sungAs a praise of Your name for the things You have done?

Oh, my words could not tell, not even in partOf the debt of love that is owed by this thankful heart

Matt Redman ©1994 Thankyou Music

The Lord’s PrayerAs our Saviour taught us, so we pray 

All Our Father in heaven,hallowed be your name,your kingdom come,your will be done,on earth as in heaven.Give us today our daily bread.Forgive us our sinsas we forgive those who sin against us.Lead us not into temptationbut deliver us from evil.For the kingdom, the power,and the glory are yoursnow and for ever.Amen.

Notices

Sending out prayer

The people accompany the first three responses with a sweep of the arm towards the cross behind the Holy Table, and final response with a sweep towards heaven.

All our problemsAll We send to the cross of Christ

All our difficulties All We send to the cross of Christ

All the devil's works All We send to the cross of Christ

All our hopes All We set on the risen Christ

The Peace

We are fellow-citizens with the saints and of the household of God, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who came and preached peace to those who were far off and those who were near.

The peace of the Lord be always with you All And also with you

All may exchange a sign of peace.

Song

Lord, for the years your love has kept and guided,urged and inspired us, cheered us on our way,sought us and saved us, pardoned and provided:Lord of the years, we bring our thanks today.

Lord, for that word, the word of life which fires us,speaks to our hearts and sets our souls ablaze,teaches and trains, rebukes us and inspires us:Lord of the word, receive Your people's praise.

Lord, for our land in this our generation,spirits oppressed by pleasure, wealth and care:for young and old, for commonwealth and nation,Lord of our land, be pleased to hear our prayer.

Lord, for our world where we disown and doubt you,loveless in strength, and comfortless in pain,hungry and helpless, lost indeed without you:Lord of the world, we pray that Christ may reign.

Lord for ourselves; in living power remake us -self on the cross and Christ upon the throne,past put behind us, for the future take us:Lord of our lives, to live for Christ alone.

Timothy Dudley-Smith ©1967 OUP

SERVICE TIMES THIS WEEK

Sun 3rd Nov 4.00pm Candles of RemembranceTues 5th Nov 9.45am Eucharist (MU corporate

communion)Sun 10th Nov 8.00am Eucharist

9.30am Parish Eucharist

PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS THIS WEEK:

THE SICK:

James Bedford Margaret Kerr Elsie StoneRobb Clarke Raymond Nation Roy StoneAnn Considine Elizabeth Savill-Burgess Sandra SwainMichael Dixon Delphine Scrivener Rev. Peter TaylorDennis Goff Riley Shaw Chick WilsonJim Hennessey Anne Shenton Peter Wilson

THE RECENTLY DEPARTED:

June Inwood Ray White Joyce Toll

Maureen Humphreys Harry Knight Nick Davis

THOSE IN OUR MEMORIAL BOOK THIS WEEK

Martin John O’Gara Mary E Bishop Bernard Lancelot G UrwinWilliam Raymond Ellis Patricia S Davidson Julia Anne McLennanWilliam Hunt George Alfred Hands Albert Williamson OldfieldAnnie Dorothy Stevens Walter George Mills Charles Henry WhiteG Evelyn Baker Maria Eva Brown

Harry Knight’s funeral will be held at Hanworth Crematorium on Tuesday 12th November at 11.40am and after at 1pm at Ashford Methodist Church. No black please.

Ray White’s funeral will be held at St Hilda’s on Friday 15th November at 1.15pm followed by cremation at 2.40 at Hanworth Crematorium.

NOTICES

Forthcoming events:

3rd November 11am – Remembrance Poppy Installation

Any volunteers welcome to help Christine and Denise plant this years remembrance poppies after the 9.30 service.

3rd November 4pm – Candles of Remembrance Service

A peaceful service to remember the loved ones we have lost.

6th November – Bible Study

Please note that this weeks’ Bible Study will be held at 21 Rosary Gardens

7th November 2.30pm – Feed My Sheep

This month we will be discussing "The Bible and How We Should Read It".

17th November 12pm – St Hilda’s Bring & Share Lunch

There is a sign-up sheet to add you name and what you are bringing to the lunch to celebrate our patronal festival.

17th November - Feeling Flushed

There will be a retiring collection on November 17th to raise money to twin our Hall toilets. The money raised will be used to build a toilet in a part of the world that does not have a toilet and bring health, dignity and safety to a community. £60 will twin one

toilet, £240 will provide a block for a school or refugee camp. If you pay income tax, contributions can be gift aided and be more valuable to the charity. 

22nd November – Farewell Service for Archdeacon Stephan at St Paul’s Hammersmith

A service of thanksgiving and farewell to mark the retirement of Archdeacon Stephan. Celebratory cake and drinks will be served after the service. If you would like to attend, please liaise with Fr Joseph.

30th November 7pm onwards – Curry & Carols

Join with us at the start of Advent for our Curry & Carols evening in the Church. Tickets are £10 per person (under12’s £5). Tickets are available from the Parish Office (Tues & Fri 9.30am -12.30pm) or after Church.

2nd December 8pm – Advent Course (weekly)

The Advent Course ‘Someone To Believe In’ is an original Advent course based on the classic Christmas movie Miracle on 34th Street. Through discussion of some of the themes and characters of this perennially popular film, the course helps us to think more deeply during the Advent season about the coming of Jesus, and what the Christmas story can teach us about our faith today. The course comprises four weekly group sessions, starting at 8pm, which explore the following themes: 2nd December: Beginning our walk of faith; 9th December, Responding to challenges in our faith; 16th December, What does faith mean when common sense tells us not to believe?; 23rd December, Understanding the gift of miracles. Each session includes watching scenes from the 1994 Miracle on 34th Street, starring Richard Attenborough and

Elizabeth Perkins.

3rd December 7.30pm at St Mary’s, Sunbury – "After Brexit: a Christian perspective on the debate and how to bring the nation back together" - The Rt Revd Dr Graham Tomlin

Bishop Graham will be holding teaching evenings within the Diocese. He thinks that the church may have a crucial role to play in reconciliation after Brexit and this evening will aim to help us see how we might do that as well as to help people think in Christian way about the Brexit debate. The one within our Deanery is being held on 3rd December at St Mary’s, Sunbury.

Other dates are; 5th November /St Paul’s Hammersmith/7.30pm and 3rd February 2020/St Leonard’s Heston/7.30pm

15th December – 9.30am – Nativity from ScratchThe family service for December is to be held on 15th December (not 1st December) where Junior Church will be performing a Nativity from scratch.

23rd February 2020 – 6pm – Confirmation Bishop Graham will be visiting St Hilda’s where we will be holding a service of Confirmation.

May 2020 - Whitby Weekend

We are in the early stages of planning a weekend to Whitby to visit the home of St Hilda. It is planned for the late May Bank Holiday, 23rd-25th May. More details to follow.

Crossroads

Please email Rosemary at crossroads_ashford@hotmail.com if you have anything you would like to include in the parish magazine. The December/January issue deadline is today. Regular Gatherings

Wednesday 8pm – Bible Study at 6 Seaton Drive Note change of address for November 6th

Wednesday 7.30pm – Ladies Homegroup alternate Wednesdays

Thursday 2.30-4pm – Feed My Sheep Nov 7th & Dec 5th

Friday 7pm – Choir Practice. Everybody welcome.

Friday 8.15pm – Community Sing in Church with Paula. November 15th & 29th

Saturday 9.30am – 12pm – Knitting Group in Church

ContactsVicar  

Fr Joseph Fernandes Vicar@sthilda.org Parish Office 01784 253525 Vicarage 01784 254237 Mobile 07999 053433 Licenced Lay MinistersCarolyn Clark Carolyn@sthilda.orgRosalyn Young rosalyn@sthilda.org Mail & Phone via Parish Office [01784 253525] ChurchwardensBobbie Bedford and Stuart YoungMail & Phone via Parish Office [01784 253525] office@sthilda.org   PCC Secretary   Denise ButtigiegMail & Phone via Parish Office [01784 253525] office@sthilda.org Church Hall Booking SecretaryMrs Chris Davenport 01784 252170 Interim Parish AdministratorDenise Buttigieg 01784 253525 office@sthilda.org

The Parish Office:  St Hilda's Church, Stanwell Road, Ashford,

MiddlesexTW15 3QL

Telephone 01784 253525              Charity Number 1134119

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