Is available here. Where the Church is said to be closed on Page 3, the reality is we hove only closed the building outside of worship times. We are back in the building for worship Sunday 9.00am and Thursday 10.00am and the Church kept active even whilst the building was closed.
As we prepare for these two meetings, this page will hold documents relevant to the good conduct of them. Although technically two different meetings it is normal practice to hold them consecutively at the same occasion. This year they will be held by Zoom Video Conferencing at 3pm on Sunday 25th April. Please ask for the Meeting ID and passcode if you wish to attend. The Vestry Meeting, to elect the Churchwardens, may be attended by anyone on either the All Saints Cleadon Church Electoral Roll, or the Electoral roll for local government by reason of their residence in the Parish. The Annual Parochial Church Meeting is for anyone on the All Saints Cleadon Church Electoral Roll and follows on from the Vestry Meeting.
The Annual Report is now available to download as an A5 Booklet for printing at home.
Notice of Vestry Meeting
Notice of Annual Parochial Church Meeting
Nomination Form for Churchwarden
Nomination Form for Member of the Parochial Church Council
Annual Report of 2020
While the recording plays, the liturgy below enables participation in the congregational responses in bold.
¶ The Gathering
‘I am the resurrection and the life’, says the Lord. ‘Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die.’
We meet in the name of Jesus Christ,
who died and was raised to the glory of God the Father.
Grace and mercy be with you.
Prayer of Preparation
Almighty God,
you judge us with infinite mercy and justice
and love everything you have made.
In your mercy turn the darkness of death into the dawn of new life,
and the sorrow of parting into the joy of heaven;
through our Saviour, Jesus Christ.
Amen.
The Comfortable Words
Hear the words of comfort our Saviour Christ says to all who truly turn to him:
Come to me, all who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28
God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16
Hear what Saint Paul says:
This saying is true, and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.
1 Timothy 1:15
Hear what Saint John says:
If anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and he is the propitiation for our sins.
1 John 2:1,2
Amen. Lord, have mercy.
Prayers of Penitence
God has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of his glory in the face of Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels to show that the transcendent power belongs to God and not to us.
As we acknowledge our human frailty, we call to mind our sins of word, deed and omission, and confess them before God our Father.
You raise the dead to life in the Spirit:
Lord, have mercy
Lord, have mercy
You bring pardon and peace to the broken in heart:
Christ, have mercy
Christ, have mercy
You make one by your Spirit the torn and divided:
Lord, have mercy
Lord, have mercy
Absolution
May God our Father
forgive us our sins
and bring us to the eternal joy of his kingdom,
where dust and ashes have no dominion.
Amen.
The Collect
Merciful Father and Lord of all life,
we praise you that we are made in your image and reflect your truth and light.
We thank you for the life of His Royal Highness Philip, Duke of Edinburgh,
for the love he received from you and showed among us.
Above all, we rejoice at your gracious promise to all your servants,
living and departed,
that we shall rise again at the coming of Christ.
And we ask that in due time we may share with your servant Philip
that clearer vision promised to us in the same Christ our Lord;
who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, world without end.
Amen.
¶ The Liturgy of the Word
Readings
At the end of each the reader may say
For the word of the Lord
Thanks be to God.
Exodus 14.10–end; 15.20,21
As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians, marching after them. They were terrified and cried out to the Lord. They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? Didn’t we say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians’? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!”
Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on. Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground. I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. And I will gain glory through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen. The Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I gain glory through Pharaoh, his chariots and his horsemen.”
Then the angel of God, who had been travelling in front of Israel’s army, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from in front and stood behind them, coming between the armies of Egypt and Israel. Throughout the night the cloud brought darkness to the one side and light to the other; so neither went near the other all night long.
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided, and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left.
The Egyptians pursued them, and all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots and horsemen followed them into the sea. During the last watch of the night the Lord looked down from the pillar of fire and cloud at the Egyptian army and threw it into confusion. He made the wheels of their chariots come off so that they had difficulty driving. And the Egyptians said, “Let’s get away from the Israelites! The Lord is fighting for them against Egypt.”
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.” Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea went back to its place. The Egyptians were fleeing towards it, and the Lord swept them into the sea. The water flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.
But the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left. That day the Lord saved Israel from the hands of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shore. And when the Israelites saw the great power the Lord displayed against the Egyptians, the people feared the Lord and put their trust in him and in Moses his servant.
Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her, with tambourines and dancing. Miriam sang to them:
“Sing to the Lord,
for he is highly exalted.
The horse and its rider
he has hurled into the sea.” [NIVa]
Acts 4.32–35
All the believers were one in heart and mind. No-one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they had. With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and much grace was upon them all. There were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned lands or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales and put it at the apostles’ feet, and it was distributed to anyone as he had need. [NIVa]
Gospel Reading
John 20.19–31
The Gospel is announced then the reader says
Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John.
Glory to you, O Lord.
On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.
Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”
Now Thomas (called Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!”
But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe it.”
A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.”
Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”
Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
Jesus did many other miraculous signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. 31 But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. [NIVa]
At the end
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, O Christ.
Sermon
The Creed
Let us declare our faith in God as together we say
We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is,
seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten not made,
of one Being with the Father;
through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven,
was incarnate from the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary
and was made man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in accordance with the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come,
Amen.
Prayers of Intercession
There are no prayers included in this service, but please do pray. You may wish to pray now (you will need to pause the audio if you do) or do so after the Dismissal.
The prayers usually include these concerns
The Church of Christ
Creation, human society, the Sovereign and those in authority
The local community
Those who suffer
The communion of saints
This week’s prayer resource is available here
The Lord’s Prayer
Trusting in his compassion,
as our Saviour taught us, so we pray…
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 sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power,
and the glory are yours
now and for ever.
Amen.
¶ The Dismissal
The president uses a suitable blessing
There are many things we can be praying for. The items in this post are drawn from some of the Prayer cycles we are involved with.
Pray for those known who suffer in body, mind, spirit or estate.
The Collect for this week
Risen Christ,
for whom no door is locked, no entrance barred:
open the doors of our hearts,
that we may seek the good of others
and walk the joyful road of sacrifice and peace,
to the praise of God the Father.
Amen.
Prayers following the death of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
God of our lives,
we give thanks for the life of Prince Philip,
for the love he shared among us,
and for his devotion to duty.
We entrust him now to your love and mercy,
through our Redeemer Jesus Christ. Amen.
Merciful God, be close to all who mourn,
especially The Queen and all members of the Royal Family
May they know the hope of your promises
and the comfort of your love,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Eternal God, we give thanks for the life of Prince Philip,
founder of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.
We remember his vision and imagination,
his interest in young people and his support for them.
Inspire us with the same commitment
to serve friend, neighbour, and stranger alike,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
(for use with young children)
Loving God,
We are sad that Prince Philip has died.
Thank you for his long life
and for his care for The Queen and our country.
Amen.
From Durham Diocese
Sunday 11th
Easter Season
Second Sunday of Easter
– Dean & Chapter of Durham – The Very Revd Andrew Tremlett, Revd Canons Prof Simon Oliver, Charlie Allen, Michael Hampel, Michael Everitt, Lay Canons: Simon Wood, Mrs Cathy Barnes, Mr Andrew Thurston, Chapter Clerk and CO Amanda Anderson,
– Province of the Indian Ocean: Most Revd James Richard Wong Yin Song
Monday 12th
Easter Season
– Usworth Holy Trinity and Usworth St Michael, Rector: Revd Julie Wing, Reader: Alan Fulker
– Bishop’s Leadership Team
– Diocese of Bhopal – North India: Rt Revd Manoj Charan
Tuesday 13th
Easter Season
– Burnmoor St Barnabas; Vacant
– Audit and Risk Committee
– Vocations Strategy Development Adviser: Revd Dr Alastair Prince
– Diocese of Bida – Abuja, Nigeria: Rt Revd Jonah G Kolo
Wednesday 14th
Easter Season
– Washington Holy Trinity, PiC: Revd Philip Lockley, SSM Curate: Rev Brenda Forrester, Readers: Mrs Ann Forth, Ms Olive Sangha, Mrs Dinah Gollan, PM’s: Mrs Jenene Snowball, Mrs Elizabeth Slowther, Mrs Pam Telfer, Mrs Maureen Palmer
– Diocese of Biharamulo – Tanzania : Rt Revd Yusuph Vithalis
– Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor: Mrs Beth Miller
– School communities: Pupils, teachers, ancillary staff, parents, governors
Thursday 15th
Easter Season
– Chilton Moor St Andrew, PiC: Revd John Estall, Ass Min Revd Tony Holden
– Area Deans Meeting
– Diocesan Secretary; James Morgan. All the Diocesan support staff
– Diocese of Birmingham – England: Rt Revd David Andrew Urquhart
Friday 16th
Easter Season
Isabella Gilmore, Deaconess, 1923
– Herrington St Aidan, Penshaw All Saints & Shiney Row St Oswald, Vicar: Vacant, Reader: Miss Dawn Cummings
– Vocations: Those in ministerial training at Cranmer and Lindisfarne
– Diocese of Blackburn – England: Rt Revd Julian Tudor Henderson
Saturday 17th
Easter Season
– Hetton-Lyons with Eppleton St Michael and All Angels and St Nicholas, PiC Rev Tim Wall, SSM Curate: Revd Hilary Avent
– Diocese of Bo – Sierra Leone, West Africa: Rt Revd Solomon Scott-Manga
– Those who have lost hope and for whom life seems very bleak
From the Parish Cycle
Those living in
Sunderland Road
Old School Court
Secretary of State for Transport
Pray for those maintaining our highways, those who deliver within the supply chain and information systems
East Timor, Indonesia, Philippines
Churches Together in South Tyneside
This week’s Prayer Points pdf is available here.
A prayer on the death of Prince Philip
Loving God, we give you thanks for the life of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
We thank you for his devotion to our nation, to the Commonwealth and the world.
We especially thank you for the love that he shared with Her Majesty the Queen, for their life as a family.
We pray for them, that they might know your peace, your presence and your comfort in the midst of their sadness and loss.
We entrust Prince Philip into your loving care knowing that the risen Jesus offers us life eternal.
We pray in the name of Jesus Christ, the Risen One.
Amen.
The Duke of Edinburgh served the country with distinction. He forewent a career in the Royal Navy to be The Sovereign’s Consort. Most of, all he was husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather.
Due to the Coronavirus there is a request not to have physical books of condolence. A message can be left on the central electronic book through this link.
While the recording plays, the liturgy below enables participation in the congregational responses in bold.
¶ The Gathering
The Easter Acclamation
Christ yesterday and today,
the beginning and the end,
Alpha and Omega,
all time belongs to him,
and all ages;
to him be glory and power,
through every age and for ever. Amen.
This is the day when our Lord Jesus Christ passed from death to life. Throughout the world Christians celebrate the awesome power of God.
As we hear his word and proclaim all that God has done, we can be confident that we shall share his victory over death and live with him for ever.
May the light of Christ, rising in glory,
banish all darkness from our hearts and minds.
Alleluia. Christ is risen.
He is risen indeed.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
The president introduces a period of silent prayer.
Let us pray that we may reign
with the risen Christ in glory.
We pray silently and then the Collect is prayed.
God of glory,
by the raising of your Son
you have broken
the chains of death and hell:
fill your Church with faith and hope;
for a new day has dawned
and the way to life stands open
in our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Amen.
¶ The Liturgy of the Word
Readings
Isaiah 25:6-9
On this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare
a feast of rich food for all peoples,
a banquet of aged wine—
the best of meats and the finest of wines.
On this mountain he will destroy
the shroud that enfolds all peoples,
the sheet that covers all nations;
he will swallow up death for ever.
The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears
from all faces;
he will remove the disgrace of his people
from all the earth.
The Lord has spoken.
In that day they will say,
“Surely this is our God;
we trusted in him, and he saved us.
This is the Lord, we trusted in him;
let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.”
Acts 10.34-43
34 Then Peter began to speak: “I now realise how true it is that God does not show favouritism 35 but accepts men from every nation who fear him and do what is right. 36 You know the message God sent to the people of Israel, telling the good news of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all. 37 You know what has happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached— 38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.
39 “We are witnesses of everything he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a tree, 40 but God raised him from the dead on the third day and caused him to be seen. 41 He was not seen by all the people, but by witnesses whom God had already chosen—by us who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. 42 He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead. 43 All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”
Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
Gospel Reading
Jesus Christ is risen from the dead.
Alleluia.
He has defeated the powers of death.
Alleluia.
Jesus turns our sorrow into dancing.
Alleluia.
He has the words of eternal life.
Alleluia.
After the Gospel is announced the reader says
Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ
according to Mark.
Glory to you, O Lord.
Mark 16.1–8
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body. Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb and they asked each other, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?”
But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away. As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.
“Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.’ ”
Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, O Christ.
Address
In baptism, God calls us out of darkness into his marvellous light.
To follow Christ means dying to sin and rising to new life with him.
Therefore I ask:
Do you reject
the devil and all rebellion against God?
I reject them.
Do you renounce
the deceit and corruption of evil?
I renounce them.
Do you repent of the sins
that separate us from God and neighbour?
I repent of them.
Do you turn to Christ as Saviour?
I turn to Christ.
Do you submit to Christ as Lord?
I submit to Christ.
Do you come to Christ,
the way, the truth and the life?
I come to Christ.
Profession of Faith
Brothers and sisters, I ask you to profess
together the faith of the Church.
Do you believe and trust in God the Father,
source of all being and life,
the one for whom we exist?
We 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?
We 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?
We believe and trust in him.
This is the faith of the Church.
This is our faith.
We believe and trust in one God,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Prayers of Intercession
There are no prayers included in this service, but please do pray. You may wish to pray now, these are the parish prayer topics or do so after the Dismissal.
The prayers usually include these concerns
The Church of Christ
Creation, human society, the Sovereign and those in authority
The local community
Those who suffer
The communion of saints
¶ The Dismissal
The president uses a suitable blessing
With the power that raised Jesus from the dead at work within you,
go in peace to love and serve the Lord.
Alleluia, alleluia.
In the name of Christ. Amen.
Alleluia, alleluia.
There are many things we can be praying for. The items in this post are drawn from some of the Prayer cycles we are involved with.
Pray for those known who suffer in body, mind, spirit or estate.
The Collect for this week
God of glory,
by the raising of your Son
you have broken the chains of death and hell:
fill your Church with faith and hope;
for a new day has dawned
and the way to life stands open
in our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Amen.
From Durham Diocese
Sunday 4th
Easter Day
– Jesus Christ is risen today, Alleluia!
– ‘the gospel concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be Son of God with power according to the spirit of holiness by resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.’ Rom 1: 3,4
Monday 5th
Monday of Easter Week
– Chester le Street St Mary and St Cuthbert, Rector: Revd David Tully Curates: Revd Simon Grundy, Revd Mark Harrison. Readers: Dennis Rudd, John Hopper
– Revd David Tully is retiring in May and our Associate Vicar retired last September – pray for the upcoming vacancy. Ask God to help us develop a new lay and clergy ministry team for the parish.
– Chester le Street CE Primary, Head Teacher: Ms Rachel Butler
– Diocese of Belize – The West Indies: Rt Revd Philip Wright
Tuesday 6th
Tuesday of Easter Week
– Birtley St John the Evangelist, Vicar: Revd Dr Gareth Lloyd, Readers: David Woodall, Mrs Margaret Whitley.
– Diocese of Bendigo – Victoria, Australia: Rt Revd Matt Brain
Wednesday 7th
Wednesday of Easter Week
– Fatfield St George, Vicar: Revd Nick Barr-Hamilton, Readers: Mrs Patricia Hampton-Matthews, Maurice Taylor, MP’s: Mrs Pat Davis, Mrs Eve Winstanley
– Diocese of Benin – Bendel, Nigeria; Rt Revd Dr Peter O J Imasuen
Thursday 8th
Thursday of Easter Week
– Oxclose, PiC: Revd Gavin Rushton
– Diocese of Bentiu – South Sudan: Rt Revd John Gattek
Friday 9th
Friday of Easter Week
– Pelton Holy Trinity and West Pelton St Paul, Vicar: Revd John Lintern, Reader: Mrs Alison MacKay
– Diocese of Bermuda: Rt Revd Nicholas Dill
– The NHS, hospitals, Doctors practices. All involved with the vaccine rollout
Saturday 10th
Saturday of Easter Week
– Lumley Christ Church, PiC: Revd John Estall, Associate Minister: Revd Tony Holden
– Our Archdeacons, Rick Simpson (Auckland), Bob Cooper (Sunderland), and Libby Wilkinson (Durham)
– Diocese of Bethlehem – The Episcopal Church, USA: Rt Rev Kevin Nichols
From the Parish Cycle
Those living in Whitburn but relating to Cleadon
Cleadon Meadows
Low Meadows
International Development
Pray for our Mission Partners and for any natural disasters
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Churches Together in South Tyneside
This week’s Prayer Points pdf is available here.
¶ The Gathering
Grace, mercy and peace
from God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ
be with you
and also with you.
Prayer of Preparation
Almighty God,
to whom all hearts are open,
all desires known,
and from whom no secrets are hidden:
cleanse the thoughts of our hearts
by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit,
that we may perfectly love you,
and worthily magnify your holy name;
through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
The Comfortable Words
Hear the words of comfort our Saviour Christ says to all who truly turn to him:
Come to me, all who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28
God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16
Hear what Saint Paul says:
This saying is true, and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.
1 Timothy 1:15
Hear what Saint John says:
If anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and he is the propitiation for our sins.
1 John 2:1,2
Amen. Lord, have mercy.
Prayers of Penitence
Compassion and forgiveness belong to the Lord our God, though we have
rebelled against him.
Let us then renounce our wilfulness and ask his mercy by confessing our sins in penitence and faith.
We confess to you our selfishness and lack of love:
fill us with your Spirit.
Lord, have mercy
Lord, have mercy
We confess to you our fear and failure in sharing our faith:
fill us with your Spirit.
Christ, have mercy
Christ, have mercy
We confess to you our stubbornness and lack of trust:
fill us with your Spirit.
Lord, have mercy
Lord, have mercy
Absolution
God, the Father of mercies,
has reconciled the world to himself
through the death and resurrection of his Son, Jesus Christ,
not counting our trespasses against us,
but sending his Holy Spirit
to shed abroad his love among us.
By the ministry of reconciliation
entrusted by Christ to his Church,
receive his pardon and peace
to stand before him in his strength alone,
this day and evermore.
Amen.
The Collect
The president introduces a period of silent prayer with the words “let us pray” or a more specific bidding.
True and humble king,
hailed by the crowd as Messiah:
grant us the faith to know you and love you,
that we may be found beside you
on the way of the cross,
which is the path of glory.
Amen.
¶ The Liturgy of the Palms
The Gospel is announced then the reader says
Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark.
Glory to you, O Lord.
Mark 11.1-11
As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples, saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no-one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ tell him, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly.’ ”
They went and found a colt outside in the street, tied at a doorway. As they untied it, some people standing there asked, “What are you doing, untying that colt?” They answered as Jesus had told them to, and the people let them go. When they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, he sat on it. Many people spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut in the fields. Those who went ahead and those who followed shouted,
“Hosanna!”
“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”
“Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!”
“Hosanna in the highest!”
Jesus entered Jerusalem and went to the temple. He looked around at everything, but since it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the Twelve. [NIVa]
At the end
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, O Christ.
¶ The Liturgy of the Passion
Readings
At the end of each the reader may say
For the word of the Lord
Thanks be to God.
Isaiah 50.4-9a
The Sovereign Lord has given me an instructed tongue,
to know the word that sustains the weary.
He wakens me morning by morning,
wakens my ear to listen like one being taught.
The Sovereign Lord has opened my ears,
and I have not been rebellious;
I have not drawn back.
I offered my back to those who beat me,
my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard;
I did not hide my face
from mocking and spitting.
Because the Sovereign Lord helps me,
I will not be disgraced.
Therefore have I set my face like flint,
and I know I will not be put to shame.
He who vindicates me is near.
Who then will bring charges against me?
Let us face each other!
Who is my accuser?
Let him confront me!
It is the Sovereign Lord who helps me.
Who is he who will condemn me? [NIVa]
Philippians 2.5-11
Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
Who, being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
but made himself nothing,
taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
and became obedient to death—even death on a cross!
Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father. [NIVa]
Gospel Reading
Mark 15.1-39
The Gospel is announced then the reader says
Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark.
Glory to you, O Lord.
Very early in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders, the teachers of the law and the whole Sanhedrin, reached a decision. They bound Jesus, led him away and turned him over to Pilate.
“Are you the king of the Jews?” asked Pilate.
“Yes, it is as you say,” Jesus replied.
The chief priests accused him of many things. So again Pilate asked him, “Aren’t you going to answer? See how many things they are accusing you of.”
But Jesus still made no reply, and Pilate was amazed.
Now it was the custom at the Feast to release a prisoner whom the people requested. A man called Barabbas was in prison with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the uprising. The crowd came up and asked Pilate to do for them what he usually did.
“Do you want me to release to you the king of the Jews?” asked Pilate, knowing it was out of envy that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him. But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have Pilate release Barabbas instead.
“What shall I do, then, with the one you call the king of the Jews?” Pilate asked them.
“Crucify him!” they shouted.
“Why? What crime has he committed?” asked Pilate.
But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify him!”
Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.
The soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called together the whole company of soldiers. They put a purple robe on him, then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on him. And they began to call out to him, “Hail, king of the Jews!” Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spat on him. Falling on their knees, they paid homage to him. And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him out to crucify him.
A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross. They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means The Place of the Skull). Then they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it. And they crucified him. Dividing up his clothes, they cast lots to see what each would get.
It was the third hour when they crucified him. The written notice of the charge against him read: the king of the jews. They crucified two robbers with him, one on his right and one on his left. Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads and saying, “So! You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, come down from the cross and save yourself!”
In the same way the chief priests and the teachers of the law mocked him among themselves. “He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! Let this Christ, this King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe.” Those crucified with him also heaped insults on him.
At the sixth hour darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?”—which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
When some of those standing near heard this, they said, “Listen, he’s calling Elijah.”
One man ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a stick, and offered it to Jesus to drink. “Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to take him down,” he said.
With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last.
The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, heard his cry and saw how he died, he said, “Surely this man was the Son of God!” [NIVa]
At the end
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, O Christ.
Sermon
The Creed
Let us declare our faith in God, Father Son and Holy Spirit
We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is,
seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten not made,
of one Being with the Father;
through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven,
was incarnate from the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary
and was made man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in accordance with the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come,
Amen.
Prayers of Intercession
There are no prayers included in this service, but please do pray. You may wish to pray now (you will need to pause the audio if you do) or do so after the Dismissal.
The prayers usually include these concerns
The Church of Christ
Creation, human society, the Sovereign and those in authority
The local community
Those who suffer
The communion of saints
This week’s prayer resource is available here
The Lord’s Prayer
Trusting in his compassion,
as our Saviour taught us, so we pray…
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 sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power,
and the glory are yours
now and for ever.
Amen.
¶ The Dismissal
The president uses a suitable blessing
Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.
In the name of Christ. Amen.
There are many things we can be praying for. The items in this post are drawn from some of the Prayer cycles we are involved with.
Pray for those known who suffer in body, mind, spirit or estate.
The Collect for this week
True and humble king,
hailed by the crowd as Messiah:
grant us the faith to know you and love you,
that we may be found beside you
on the way of the cross,
which is the path of glory.
Amen.
From Durham Diocese
Sunday 28th
Palm Sunday
– Prison Chaplains, Holme House: Revd Kate Brooke, Revd Sue Bell, Durham: Revd Canon Matthew Tetley, Revd Rebecca Amoroso: Frankland (High Security): Revd Andrew West, Low Newton (Women): Revd Sarah Parkinson
– Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui: The Most Revd Andrew Chan
Monday 29th
Monday of Holy Week
– Diocesan Leader of Youth Mission and Ministry: Andy Harris
– Diocese of Bari – Nigeria: The Rt Revd Idris Ado Zubairu
– Those whose work is unfulfilling, stressful or fraught with danger
Tuesday 30th
Tuesday of Holy Week
– Stanley St Andrew & South Moor St George, Vicar: Revd Steph Clark, Curate: Revd Thomas Daglish, Reader in Training: Kevin Freeman
– Lindisfarne College of Theology, Principal: Revd Dr David Bryan, staff and students training for ministry
– Diocese of Baringo – Kenya: The Rt. Rev. Musa Kamuren
Wednesday 31st
Wednesday of Holy Week
– Senior Force Chaplain Durham Police: Canon Adrian Gatrill
– The Diocesan Deliverance Ministry Team
– Diocese of Barrackpore – North India: The Rt Revd Paritosh Canning
Thursday 1st
Maundy Thursday
– ‘So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you.’
– For those who reaffirm their ordination vows today
– Diocese of Bath & Wells: Rt Revd Peter Hancock retiring due to ill health.
Friday 2nd
Good Friday
– ‘God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life’ Jn 3:16
– ‘I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.’
– All those martyred for their faith especially those living under regimes aggressively hostile to the Christian faith
– Diocese of Bathurst – NSW Australia Rt Rev Mark Calder
Saturday 3rd
Easter Eve
– Chester le Street & Houghton Synod Area Dean: Revd John Lintern, Lay Chair: Dr Simon Wilkinson, Secretary: Andrew Cresswell, Treasurer: Dr James Gollan
– Diocese of Bauchi – Jos, Nigeria: Rt Revd Musa Mwin Tula
From the Parish Cycle
Those living in Whitburn but relating to Cleadon
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Pray for Green issues and rural concerns
China, Hong Kong, Macao
Churches Together in South Tyneside
This week’s Prayer Points pdf is available here.
¶ The Gathering
Grace, mercy and peace
from God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ
be with you
and also with you.
Prayer of Preparation
Almighty God,
to whom all hearts are open,
all desires known,
and from whom no secrets are hidden:
cleanse the thoughts of our hearts
by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit,
that we may perfectly love you,
and worthily magnify your holy name;
through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
The Comfortable Words
Hear the words of comfort our Saviour Christ says to all who truly turn to him:
Come to me, all who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28
God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16
Hear what Saint Paul says:
This saying is true, and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.
1 Timothy 1:15
Hear what Saint John says:
If anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and he is the propitiation for our sins.
1 John 2:1,2
Amen. Lord, have mercy.
Prayers of Penitence
Compassion and forgiveness belong to the Lord our God, though we have
rebelled against him.
Let us then renounce our wilfulness and ask his mercy by confessing our sins in penitence and faith.
We confess to you our selfishness and lack of love:
fill us with your Spirit.
Lord, have mercy
Lord, have mercy
We confess to you our fear and failure in sharing our faith:
fill us with your Spirit.
Christ, have mercy
Christ, have mercy
We confess to you our stubbornness and lack of trust:
fill us with your Spirit.
Lord, have mercy
Lord, have mercy
Absolution
God, the Father of mercies,
has reconciled the world to himself
through the death and resurrection of his Son, Jesus Christ,
not counting our trespasses against us,
but sending his Holy Spirit
to shed abroad his love among us.
By the ministry of reconciliation
entrusted by Christ to his Church,
receive his pardon and peace
to stand before him in his strength alone,
this day and evermore.
Amen.
The Collect
The president introduces a period of silent prayer with the words “let us pray” or a more specific bidding.
Gracious Father,
you gave up your Son
out of love for the world:
lead us to ponder the mysteries of his passion,
that we may know eternal peace
through the shedding of our Saviour’s blood,
Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
¶ The Liturgy of the Word
Readings
At the end of each the reader may say
For the word of the Lord
Thanks be to God.
Jeremiah 31.31–34
“The time is coming,” declares the Lord,
“when I will make a new covenant
with the house of Israel
and with the house of Judah.
It will not be like the covenant
I made with their forefathers
when I took them by the hand
to lead them out of Egypt,
because they broke my covenant,
though I was a husband to them,”
declares the Lord.
“This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel
after that time,” declares the Lord.
“I will put my law in their minds
and write it on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.
No longer will a man teach his neighbour,
or a man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me,
from the least of them to the greatest,”
declares the Lord. [NIVa]
Hebrews 5.5–10
So Christ also did not take upon himself the glory of becoming a high priest. But God said to him,
“You are my Son;
today I have become your Father.” And he says in another place,
“You are a priest for ever,
in the order of Melchizedek.”
During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission. Although he was a son, he learned obedience from what he suffered and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him and was designated by God to be high priest in the order of Melchizedek. [NIVa]
Gospel Reading
John 12.20–33
The Gospel is announced then the reader says
Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John.
Glory to you, O Lord.
Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the Feast. They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. “Sir,” they said, “we would like to see Jesus.” Philip went to tell Andrew; Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus.
Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. I tell you the truth, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honour the one who serves me.
“Now my heart is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. Father, glorify your name!”
Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again.” The crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel had spoken to him.
Jesus said, “This voice was for your benefit, not mine. Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out. But I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself.” He said this to show the kind of death he was going to die. [NIVa]
At the end
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, O Christ.
Sermon
The Creed
Let us declare our faith in God, Father Son and Holy Spirit
We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is,
seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten not made,
of one Being with the Father;
through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven,
was incarnate from the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary
and was made man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in accordance with the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come,
Amen.
Prayers of Intercession
There are no prayers included in this service, but please do pray. You may wish to pray now (you will need to pause the audio if you do) or do so after the Dismissal.
The prayers usually include these concerns
The Church of Christ
Creation, human society, the Sovereign and those in authority
The local community
Those who suffer
The communion of saints
This week’s prayer resource is available here
The Lord’s Prayer
Trusting in his compassion,
as our Saviour taught us, so we pray…
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 sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power,
and the glory are yours
now and for ever.
Amen.
¶ The Dismissal
The president uses a suitable blessing
Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.
In the name of Christ. Amen.
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