12 Weekly News Sheet
Christ the king as The Fourth Sunday of The Kingdom - Sunday 23rd November
This week's services, events & notices
Services for today, Sunday 23rd November
Christ the King as the Fourth Sunday of the Kingdom
St Isan
8.00am
Holy Eucharist
St Faith
9.00am
Holy Eucharist
St Isan
10.30am
Holy Eucharist Followed by Refreshments
This Week (at St Isan’s unless otherwise stated)
Monday
7.30pm
Bellringing
Tuesday
7.00pm
Choir Practice
Friday
10.00am
Teddy Church at St Faith’s
Sunday
1.30pm
Repair Café Wales in Parish Hall
Services for next Sunday 30th November
St Isan
8.00am
Holy Eucharist
St Faith
9.00am
Holy Eucharist
St Isan
10.30am
Holy Eucharist
Experience Christmas Is Back! Once again this year we are inviting children (aged 5-7) from Coed Glas School to “Experience Christmas”. This will take the form of four hour-long sessions starting at 9:30 and 11:00 on Tuesday 16th and Wednesday 17th December. The children will visit four “stations” around the Church where they will hear the
Christmas story and then join together in a celebration focused on the crib. We need volunteers to make this special event possible. There is a sign-up sheet at the back of Church. Do consider volunteering, even if it is only for an hour.
Christmas is not too far away! The First Sunday of Advent is next Sunday and we start with lighting our Advent Wreath on Sunday 30th November with the travelling cribs starting their journeys around our homes and schools following the 10.30am service.
If you’d like to host the crib for a couple of days (anyone can, it not just for the young families!) there is a sign-up form at the back of church.
St Isan’s will be open for Llanishen Lights on the evening of Friday 05th December, with the switch-on of lights expected at 5.15pm. Our all-age Nativity and Carols by Candlelight will be on Sunday 21st December and Christingle at 5pm on Christmas Eve.
Full list of services and events at will be advertised shortly at
https://parishofllanishen.org.uk/news/christmas25/
Wednesday Eucharist Returns! After a 6 year absence, there will be a said Eucharist at St Isan’s on Wednesdays at 10am from 03rd December. It will be led by Reverend Steve Jenkyns, from within the Lady Chapel.
By the way, Steve celebrated his 65th birthday on Friday. Hope you had a great, fun filled, spoilt day. Penblwydd hapus Steve!
Our Order of Service Next year, we will be moving away from our red order of service booklets towards using the An Order for the Holy Eucharist 2004 book which was redesigned in 2024 with a new typeset and with neuro-diversity a key factor. The text is bilingual and been updated with inclusive language and page numbering is consistent with previous editions. The book contains the text needed for the celebration, many alternative texts and the 1984 rite.
We have been left a gift from Charles Burgess, and in his memory, we will buying the books for the churches.
However, if you would like to purchase your own copy to keep, take home and bring to services, you are more than welcome to. There is a sign-up form at the back of church along with a recently purchased copy for you to look at.
Services for today, Sunday 23rd November
Christ the King as the Fourth Sunday of the Kingdom
| St Isan | 8.00am | Holy Eucharist |
| St Faith | 9.00am | Holy Eucharist |
| St Isan | 10.30am | Holy Eucharist Followed by Refreshments |
This Week (at St Isan’s unless otherwise stated)
| Monday | 7.30pm | Bellringing |
| Tuesday | 7.00pm | Choir Practice |
| Friday | 10.00am | Teddy Church at St Faith’s |
| Sunday | 1.30pm | Repair Café Wales in Parish Hall |
Services for next Sunday 30th November
| St Isan | 8.00am | Holy Eucharist |
| St Faith | 9.00am | Holy Eucharist |
| St Isan | 10.30am | Holy Eucharist |
Experience Christmas Is Back! Once again this year we are inviting children (aged 5-7) from Coed Glas School to “Experience Christmas”. This will take the form of four hour-long sessions starting at 9:30 and 11:00 on Tuesday 16th and Wednesday 17th December. The children will visit four “stations” around the Church where they will hear the
Christmas story and then join together in a celebration focused on the crib. We need volunteers to make this special event possible. There is a sign-up sheet at the back of Church. Do consider volunteering, even if it is only for an hour.
Christmas is not too far away! The First Sunday of Advent is next Sunday and we start with lighting our Advent Wreath on Sunday 30th November with the travelling cribs starting their journeys around our homes and schools following the 10.30am service.
If you’d like to host the crib for a couple of days (anyone can, it not just for the young families!) there is a sign-up form at the back of church.
St Isan’s will be open for Llanishen Lights on the evening of Friday 05th December, with the switch-on of lights expected at 5.15pm. Our all-age Nativity and Carols by Candlelight will be on Sunday 21st December and Christingle at 5pm on Christmas Eve.
Full list of services and events at will be advertised shortly at
https://parishofllanishen.org.uk/news/christmas25/
Wednesday Eucharist Returns! After a 6 year absence, there will be a said Eucharist at St Isan’s on Wednesdays at 10am from 03rd December. It will be led by Reverend Steve Jenkyns, from within the Lady Chapel.
By the way, Steve celebrated his 65th birthday on Friday. Hope you had a great, fun filled, spoilt day. Penblwydd hapus Steve!
Our Order of Service Next year, we will be moving away from our red order of service booklets towards using the An Order for the Holy Eucharist 2004 book which was redesigned in 2024 with a new typeset and with neuro-diversity a key factor. The text is bilingual and been updated with inclusive language and page numbering is consistent with previous editions. The book contains the text needed for the celebration, many alternative texts and the 1984 rite.
We have been left a gift from Charles Burgess, and in his memory, we will buying the books for the churches.
However, if you would like to purchase your own copy to keep, take home and bring to services, you are more than welcome to. There is a sign-up form at the back of church along with a recently purchased copy for you to look at.
collect and readings
Collect 140
Eternal Father, whose Son Jesus Christ ascended to the throne of heaven that he might rule over all things as Lord and King: keep the Church in the unity of the Spirit and in the bond of peace, and bring the whole created order to worship at his feet; grant this for the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, to whom with you and the Holy Spirit, be the kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever and ever.
Jeremiah 23. 1-6
Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the Lord. Therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who shepherd my people: It is you who have scattered my flock, and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them.
So I will attend to you for your evil doings, says the Lord. Then I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the lands where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their fold, and they shall be fruitful and multiply.
I will raise up shepherds over them who will shepherd them, and they shall not fear any longer, or be dismayed, nor shall any be missing, says the Lord.
The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. And this is the name by which he will be called: ‘The Lord is our righteousness.’
Responsorial Psalm 46
R: The Lord of hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our stronghold
God is our re/fuge and strength: a very present / help in trouble; Therefore we will not fear, though the / earth be moved: and though the mountains tremble in the heart / of the sea; Though the waters / rage and swell: and though the mountains quake at the to/wering seas.
R: The Lord of hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our stronghold
There is a river whose streams make glad the ci/ty of God: the holy place of the dwelling of / the Most High. God is in the midst of her; therefore shall she not / be removed: God shall / help her at the / break of day.
The nations are in uproar and the kingdoms are shaken: but God utters his voice and the earth shall / melt away. The Lord of hosts is with us: the God of Jacob / is our stronghold.
R: The Lord of hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our stronghold
Come and behold the works of the Lord: what destruction he has wrought up/on the earth. He makes wars to cease in / all the world: he shatters the bow and snaps the spear and burns the chariots / in the fire.
‘Be still and know that / I am God: I will be exalted among the nations; I will be exalted / in the earth.’ The Lord of hosts is with us: the God of Jacob / is our stronghold.
R: The Lord of hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our stronghold
Colossians 1. 11-20
May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, and may you be prepared to endure everything with patience, while joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.
He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers all things have been created through him and for him.
He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together. He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything.
For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross.
V: Hear what the spirit is saying to the Church
R: Thanks be to God
Please stand for the Gospel
V: Listen to the Gospel of Christ according to St Luke
R: Glory to you, O Lord
Luke 23. 33-43
When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified Jesus there with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.
Then Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.’ And they cast lots to divide his clothing. And the people stood by, watching; but the leaders scoffed at him, saying, ‘He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Messiah of God, his chosen one!’
The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine, and saying, ‘If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!’ There was also an inscription over him, ‘This is the King of the Jews.’
One of the criminals who were hanged there kept deriding him and saying, ‘Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us!’ But the other rebuked him, saying, ‘Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?
And we indeed have been condemned justly, for we are getting what we deserve for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong.’ Then he said, ‘Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.’
He replied, ‘Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.’
V: This is the Gospel of the Lord
R: Praise to you, O Christ
Post Communion Prayer 141
Stir up, O Lord, the wills of your faithful people; that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may by you be plenteously rewarded; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Collect 140
Eternal Father, whose Son Jesus Christ ascended to the throne of heaven that he might rule over all things as Lord and King: keep the Church in the unity of the Spirit and in the bond of peace, and bring the whole created order to worship at his feet; grant this for the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, to whom with you and the Holy Spirit, be the kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever and ever.
Jeremiah 23. 1-6
Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the Lord. Therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who shepherd my people: It is you who have scattered my flock, and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them.
So I will attend to you for your evil doings, says the Lord. Then I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the lands where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their fold, and they shall be fruitful and multiply.
I will raise up shepherds over them who will shepherd them, and they shall not fear any longer, or be dismayed, nor shall any be missing, says the Lord.
The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. And this is the name by which he will be called: ‘The Lord is our righteousness.’
Responsorial Psalm 46
R: The Lord of hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our stronghold
God is our re/fuge and strength: a very present / help in trouble; Therefore we will not fear, though the / earth be moved: and though the mountains tremble in the heart / of the sea; Though the waters / rage and swell: and though the mountains quake at the to/wering seas.
R: The Lord of hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our stronghold
There is a river whose streams make glad the ci/ty of God: the holy place of the dwelling of / the Most High. God is in the midst of her; therefore shall she not / be removed: God shall / help her at the / break of day.
The nations are in uproar and the kingdoms are shaken: but God utters his voice and the earth shall / melt away. The Lord of hosts is with us: the God of Jacob / is our stronghold.
R: The Lord of hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our stronghold
Come and behold the works of the Lord: what destruction he has wrought up/on the earth. He makes wars to cease in / all the world: he shatters the bow and snaps the spear and burns the chariots / in the fire.
‘Be still and know that / I am God: I will be exalted among the nations; I will be exalted / in the earth.’ The Lord of hosts is with us: the God of Jacob / is our stronghold.
R: The Lord of hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our stronghold
Colossians 1. 11-20
May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, and may you be prepared to endure everything with patience, while joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.
He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers all things have been created through him and for him.
He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together. He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything.
For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross.
V: Hear what the spirit is saying to the Church
R: Thanks be to God
Please stand for the Gospel
V: Listen to the Gospel of Christ according to St Luke
R: Glory to you, O Lord
Luke 23. 33-43
When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified Jesus there with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.
Then Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.’ And they cast lots to divide his clothing. And the people stood by, watching; but the leaders scoffed at him, saying, ‘He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Messiah of God, his chosen one!’
The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine, and saying, ‘If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!’ There was also an inscription over him, ‘This is the King of the Jews.’
One of the criminals who were hanged there kept deriding him and saying, ‘Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us!’ But the other rebuked him, saying, ‘Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?
And we indeed have been condemned justly, for we are getting what we deserve for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong.’ Then he said, ‘Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.’
He replied, ‘Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.’
V: This is the Gospel of the Lord
R: Praise to you, O Christ
Post Communion Prayer 141
Stir up, O Lord, the wills of your faithful people; that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may by you be plenteously rewarded; through Jesus Christ our Lord.