This Sunday, 27 September, we celebrate the Harvest. There are services of: Holy Communion at 10am in St Mary the Virgin, Horne and 11am in St Jon the Baptist, Outwood, and at 9:30am a special Harvest Service with uniformed organisations.
This week’s online service is led by the Revd Charles Sargent.
To follow today’s online service, click on the arrow here and find the words below.
For the fruits of his creation
thanks be to God;
for his gifts to every nation
thanks be to God;
for the ploughing, sowing, reaping,
silent growth while we are sleeping,
future needs in earth’s safe keeping,
thanks be to God.
In the just reward of labour,
God’s will is done;
in the help we give our neighbour,
God’s will is done;
in our worldwide task of caring
for the hungry and despairing,
in the harvests we are sharing,
God’s will is done.
For the harvests of the Spirit,
thanks be to God;
for the good we all inherit,
thanks be to God;
for the wonders that astound us,
for the truths that still confound us,
most of all, that love has found us,
thanks be to God.
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This is the day that the Lord has made.
Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
The Collect for Harvest
Eternal God,
you crown the year with your goodness
and you give us the fruits of the earth in their season:
grant that we may use them to your glory,
for the relief of those in need and for our own well-being;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
The Readings
The first reading is from 2 Corinthians 9:6-12
Read by Ginette Nye
This is the word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke.
Glory to you, O Lord.
The Gospel reading is from Luke 12:16-30
Read by Sue Wates
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, O Christ.
Talk
by Revd Charles Sargent
Prayers
Heavenly Father,
your Son has promised
that the Spirit will lead us into all truth;
we pray for the community
in which you have set us,
for one another and for ourselves,
that we may bring forth
the fruit of the Spirit in love and joy and peace.
Lord of the harvest:
In your mercy hear us.
The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come;
thy will be done; on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation;
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
the power and the glory,
for ever and ever.
Amen.
Blessing
May God our Creator,
who clothes the lilies
and feeds the birds of the air,
bestow on you His care
and increase the harvest of your righteousness;
and the blessing of God Almighty,
the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit
be upon you and all whom you love,
this day and for evermore.
Amen.
Tend the earth,
care for God’s good creation,
and bring forth the fruits of righteousness.
Thanks be to God.
We plough the fields, and scatter
the good seed on the land,
but it is fed and watered
by God’s almighty hand:
He sends the snow in winter,
the warmth to swell the grain,
the breezes and the sunshine,
and soft refreshing rain.
All good gifts around us are sent from heav’n above;
then thank the Lord, O thank the Lord, for all His love.
He only is the Maker
of all things near and far;
He paints the wayside flower,
He lights the evening star;
He fills the earth with beauty,
by Him the birds are fed;
much more to us, His children,
He gives our daily bread.
We thank Thee, then, O Father,
for all things bright and good:
the seed-time and the harvest,
our life, our health, our food.
Accept the gifts we offer
for all Thy love imparts,
and, what Thou most desirest,
our humble, thankful hearts.
Matthias Claudius (1782), trans. Jane Campbell (1861)
Tune: Wir pflügen, Johann Schulz (1800) harm. John Dykes (1823-1876)
Organist: Peter Nye.
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