12 Weekly News Sheet
The Third Sunday of Advent - Sunday 14 December
This week's services, events & notices
Services for Sunday 14th December
The Third Sunday of Advent
St Isan
8.00am
Holy Eucharist
St Faith
9.00am
Holy Eucharist
St Isan
10.30am
Holy Eucharist & Gift Service
Followed by refreshments
This Week (at St Isan’s unless otherwise stated)
Monday
2.15pm
Monday Friendship Group
Monday
7.30pm
Bellringing
Tues & Wed
9.30am
Coed Glas & Experience Christmas
Tuesday
10.00am
St Faith’s Community Coffee Morning
Tuesday
7.00pm
Carols, Poems & Punch at St Faith’s
Tuesday
7.00pm
Choir Practice
Friday
10.00am
Said Eucharist
Friday
10.00am
Teddy Church at St Faith’s
Services for next Sunday 21st December
St Isan
8.00am
Holy Eucharist
St Faith
9.00am
Holy Eucharist
St Isan
10.30am
Holy Eucharist & Nativity Bingo
Followed by refreshments
St Isan
4.00pm
Carols by Candlelight
Followed by Bucks Fizz and Mince Pies
St Isan’s Nativity is next Sunday, where we will tell the Nativity story through a game of Bingo. You can add to the festivities by coming dressed as a Nativity character or in your Christmas jumper!
Tickets still available for Carols Poem, and Punch at St Faith’s!
Services for Sunday 14th December
The Third Sunday of Advent
| St Isan | 8.00am | Holy Eucharist |
| St Faith | 9.00am | Holy Eucharist |
| St Isan | 10.30am | Holy Eucharist & Gift Service Followed by refreshments |
This Week (at St Isan’s unless otherwise stated)
| Monday | 2.15pm | Monday Friendship Group |
| Monday | 7.30pm | Bellringing |
| Tues & Wed | 9.30am | Coed Glas & Experience Christmas |
| Tuesday | 10.00am | St Faith’s Community Coffee Morning |
| Tuesday | 7.00pm | Carols, Poems & Punch at St Faith’s |
| Tuesday | 7.00pm | Choir Practice |
| Friday | 10.00am | Said Eucharist |
| Friday | 10.00am | Teddy Church at St Faith’s |
Services for next Sunday 21st December
| St Isan | 8.00am | Holy Eucharist |
| St Faith | 9.00am | Holy Eucharist |
| St Isan | 10.30am | Holy Eucharist & Nativity Bingo Followed by refreshments |
| St Isan | 4.00pm | Carols by Candlelight Followed by Bucks Fizz and Mince Pies |
St Isan’s Nativity is next Sunday, where we will tell the Nativity story through a game of Bingo. You can add to the festivities by coming dressed as a Nativity character or in your Christmas jumper!
Tickets still available for Carols Poem, and Punch at St Faith’s!
collect and readings
Collect 5
O Lord Jesus Christ, who at your first coming sent your messenger to prepare your way before you: grant that the ministers and stewards of your mysteries may likewise so prepare and make ready your way by turning the hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, that at your second coming to judge the world we may be found an acceptable people in your sight; for you are alive and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Isaiah 35. 1-10
The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad, the desert shall rejoice and blossom; like the crocus it shall blossom abundantly and rejoice with joy and singing.
The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the majesty of Carmel and Sharon. They shall see the glory of the Lord, the majesty of our God.
Strengthen the weak hands and make firm the feeble knees. Say to those who are of a fearful heart,
‘Be strong, do not fear! Here is your God. He will come with vengeance, with terrible recompense. He will come and save you.’
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped; then the lame shall leap like a deer, and the tongue of the speechless sing for joy.
For waters shall break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert; the burning sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water; the haunt of jackals shall become a swamp, the grass shall become reeds and rushes.
A highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Holy Way; the unclean shall not travel on it, but it shall be for God’s people; no traveller, not even fools, shall go astray.
No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it; they shall not be found there, but the redeemed shall walk there. And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Responsorial Psalm 146. 4-10
I will praise the Lord, I will praise the Lord as long as I live
Happy are those who have the God of Jacob / for their help, whose hope is in the / Lord their God; Who made heaven and earth, the sea and all / that is in them; who keeps his pro/mise for ever;
I will praise the Lord, I will praise the Lord as long as I live
Who gives justice to those that / suffer wrong; and bread to / those who hunger. The Lord looses those / that are bound; the Lord opens the eyes / of the blind;
I will praise the Lord, I will praise the Lord as long as I live
The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down; the Lord / loves the righteous; The Lord watches over the stranger in the land; he upholds the or/phan and widow; but the way of the wicked he turns / upside down. The Lord shall reign for ever; your God, O Zion, throughout all / generations. Alleluia.
I will praise the Lord, I will praise the Lord as long as I live
James 5. 7-10
Be patient, therefore, beloved, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious crop from the earth, being patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains. You also must be patient.
Strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near. Beloved, do not grumble against one another, so that you may not be judged.
See, the Judge is standing at the doors! As an example of suffering and patience, beloved, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
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 Matthew
R: Glory to you, O Lord
Matthew 11. 2-11 Jesus and John the Baptist
When John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent word by his disciples and said to him, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?’
Jesus answered them, ‘Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news brought to them. And blessed is anyone who takes no offence at me.’
As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: ‘What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind? What then did you go out to see? Someone dressed in soft robes? Look, those who wear soft robes are in royal palaces. What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. This is the one about whom it is written, “See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.”
Truly I tell you, among those born of women no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
V: This is the Gospel of the Lord
R: Praise to you, O Christ
Post Communion Prayer 6
God of mercy and power, whose Son rules over all, grant us so to live in obedience to your holy will, that at his appearing we may be raised to eternal life; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Collect 5
O Lord Jesus Christ, who at your first coming sent your messenger to prepare your way before you: grant that the ministers and stewards of your mysteries may likewise so prepare and make ready your way by turning the hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, that at your second coming to judge the world we may be found an acceptable people in your sight; for you are alive and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Isaiah 35. 1-10
The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad, the desert shall rejoice and blossom; like the crocus it shall blossom abundantly and rejoice with joy and singing.
The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the majesty of Carmel and Sharon. They shall see the glory of the Lord, the majesty of our God.
Strengthen the weak hands and make firm the feeble knees. Say to those who are of a fearful heart,
‘Be strong, do not fear! Here is your God. He will come with vengeance, with terrible recompense. He will come and save you.’
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped; then the lame shall leap like a deer, and the tongue of the speechless sing for joy.
For waters shall break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert; the burning sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water; the haunt of jackals shall become a swamp, the grass shall become reeds and rushes.
A highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Holy Way; the unclean shall not travel on it, but it shall be for God’s people; no traveller, not even fools, shall go astray.
No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it; they shall not be found there, but the redeemed shall walk there. And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Responsorial Psalm 146. 4-10
I will praise the Lord, I will praise the Lord as long as I live
Happy are those who have the God of Jacob / for their help, whose hope is in the / Lord their God; Who made heaven and earth, the sea and all / that is in them; who keeps his pro/mise for ever;
I will praise the Lord, I will praise the Lord as long as I live
Who gives justice to those that / suffer wrong; and bread to / those who hunger. The Lord looses those / that are bound; the Lord opens the eyes / of the blind;
I will praise the Lord, I will praise the Lord as long as I live
The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down; the Lord / loves the righteous; The Lord watches over the stranger in the land; he upholds the or/phan and widow; but the way of the wicked he turns / upside down. The Lord shall reign for ever; your God, O Zion, throughout all / generations. Alleluia.
I will praise the Lord, I will praise the Lord as long as I live
James 5. 7-10
Be patient, therefore, beloved, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious crop from the earth, being patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains. You also must be patient.
Strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near. Beloved, do not grumble against one another, so that you may not be judged.
See, the Judge is standing at the doors! As an example of suffering and patience, beloved, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
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 Matthew
R: Glory to you, O Lord
Matthew 11. 2-11 Jesus and John the Baptist
When John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent word by his disciples and said to him, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?’
Jesus answered them, ‘Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news brought to them. And blessed is anyone who takes no offence at me.’
As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: ‘What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind? What then did you go out to see? Someone dressed in soft robes? Look, those who wear soft robes are in royal palaces. What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. This is the one about whom it is written, “See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.”
Truly I tell you, among those born of women no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
V: This is the Gospel of the Lord
R: Praise to you, O Christ
Post Communion Prayer 6
God of mercy and power, whose Son rules over all, grant us so to live in obedience to your holy will, that at his appearing we may be raised to eternal life; through Jesus Christ our Lord.