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Sunday January 12

The Baptism of Our Lord
First Sunday of the Epiphany

Notices
Opening Hymn: The Church's One Foundation
Sentence of the Day
Collect of the Day
Lesson: Isaiah 43:1-7
Epistle: Acts 8:14-17
Gradual Hymn: On Jordan's Bank the Baptist's Cry
Gospel: Luke 3:15-17 & 21-22
Sermon
Prayers & Intercessions
Anthem: I will sing with the spirit - John Rutter
Closing Hymn: To God Be The Glory

Notices

Fisherfolk Newsletter & Pew Sheet for Sunday January 12

Opening Hymn: The Church's One Foundation

Sentence of the Day

The Holy Spirit descended on Jesus in bodily form like a dove, and a voice came from heaven, `You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.’
Luke 3:22

Collect of the Day

Almighty God, you anointed Jesus at his baptism
with the Holy Spirit,
and revealed him as your own beloved Son;
grant that we who are baptised into his name
may give our lives to your service,
and be found worthy of our calling;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Lesson

Isaiah 43:1-7

¹ But now, this is what the Lord says—
 he who created you, Jacob,
 he who formed you, Israel:
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
 I have summoned you by name; you are mine.
² When you pass through the waters,
 I will be with you;
and when you pass through the rivers,
 they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire,
 you will not be burned;
 the flames will not set you ablaze.
³ For I am the Lord your God,
 the Holy One of Israel, your Savior;
I give Egypt for your ransom,
 Cush and Seba in your stead.
⁴ Since you are precious and honored in my sight,
 and because I love you,
I will give people in exchange for you,
 nations in exchange for your life.
⁵ Do not be afraid, for I am with you;
 I will bring your children from the east
 and gather you from the west.
⁶ I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’
 and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back.’
Bring my sons from afar
 and my daughters from the ends of the earth—
⁷ everyone who is called by my name,
 whom I created for my glory,
 whom I formed and made.”

Epistle

Acts 8:14-17

¹⁴ When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to Samaria. ¹⁵ When they arrived, they prayed for the new believers there that they might receive the Holy Spirit, ¹⁶ because the Holy Spirit had not yet come on any of them; they had simply been baptised in the name of the Lord Jesus. ¹⁷ Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit

Gradual Hymn: On Jordan's Bank the Baptist's Cry

Gospel

Luke 3:15-17 & 21-22

¹⁵ The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John might possibly be the Messiah. ¹⁶ John answered them all, “I baptize you with water. But one who is more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. ¹⁷ His winnowing fork is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

²¹ When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened ²² and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.”

Sermon by Vicar Stuart Goodin

The little gravel road on the outskirts of the village was all the world the small group of urchins had known. In the winter they played in the dirty water of its potholes; in the summer they bounced their wooden hoops over the hardened ruts left by horse-drawn carts; in autumn they kicked showers of dead leaves over one another; in spring they shied stones at passing rabbits. Read more...

Prayers & Intercessions

Prayers of the people for Sunday January 12

Anthem: I will sing with the spirit - John Rutter

Closing Hymn: To God Be The Glory