HOLMBURY
ST MARY
SELF-SERVICE for SUNDAY, 11th OCTOBER 2020
ORDER OF SERVICE
WELCOME by Virginia
COLLECT for the 18th Sunday after Trinity
Almighty and everlasting God,
Increase in us your gift of faith,
That, forsaking what is behind
And reaching out to that which is before,
We may run the way of your commandments
And win the crown of everlasting joy;
Through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord.
Amen.
FIRST READING
Stand firm, help each other, rejoice in the Lord always
Anne reads Philippians 4: 1 - 9
GOSPEL READING
The parable of the wedding banquet
Marilyn reads Matthew 22: 1 - 14
SERMON Preached by Virginia
ANTHEM Click and listen to the choir sing:
Harvest Carol
PRAYERS Led by David
BLESSING given by David
ORGAN VOLUNTARY
James plays Trumpet Tune in D by John Stanley
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Background illustration: a detail from
Wedding banquet with the Archduke Albert and the Archduchess Isabel Clara Eugenia
by Jan Brueghel the Elder, 1568 - 1625
Museo del Prado, Madrid