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Shirwell Mission Community Service Rota

May 2021

Date	Place	Time	Service Type	Readings
Sunday 2^ndMay Easter 5 WHITE	TELEPHONE	10am	Telephone Morning Prayer (SEE BELOW)	Acts 8:26-end John 15:1-8
	Bratton Fleming	11am	Holy Communion (Anglican)
	Loxhore	3pm	Holy Communion
	TELEPHONE	6pm	Lay led Telephone Evening Prayer (SEE BELOW)	Isaiah 60:1-14 Revelation 3:1-13
Sunday 9^thMay Easter 6 WHITE	Shirwell	9.30am	Holy Communion	Acts 10:44-end John 15:9-17
	TELEPHONE	10am	Telephone Morning Prayer (SEE BELOW)
	Challacombe	11.15am	Holy Communion
	TELEPHONE	6pm	Lay led Telephone Evening Prayer (SEE BELOW)	S of So. 4:16-5:2 Rev 3:14-22
Thursday 13^th May Ascension	An Ascension Day tour with prayers and readings (in the imagination or for real, but no service)
Sunday 16^th May Easter 7 WHITE	TELEPHONE	10am	Telephone Morning Prayer (SEE BELOW)	Acts 1:15-17, 21-26 John 17:6-19
	Bratton Fleming	11am	Holy Communion (Methodist)
	East Down	11.15am	Holy Communion
	TELEPHONE	6pm	Lay led Telephone Evening Prayer (SEE BELOW)	Isaiah 61 Luke 4:14-21
Sunday 23^rd May Pentecost RED	Shirwell	9.30am	Holy Communion (BANNS O&E 3)	Acts 2:1-21 John 15:26 – 27 & John 16:4b - 15
	TELEPHONE	10am	Telephone Morning Prayer (SEE BELOW)
	Bratton Fleming	11am	Morning Worship
	TELEPHONE	6pm	Lay led Telephone Evening Prayer (SEE BELOW)	Acts 2:22-38 Psalm 139:1-11
Sunday 30^th May Trinity Sunday WHITE	TELEPHONE	10am	Telephone Morning Prayer (SEE BELOW)	Isaiah 6:1-8 John 3:1-17
	Team Service at Stoke Rivers	11am	Morning Worship, outside if possible, please bring suitable chairs or picnic blankets and clothing. If rainy or cold, we’ll go inside the church.	Isaiah 6:1-8 John 3:1-17
	TELEPHONE	6pm	Lay led Telephone Evening Prayer (SEE BELOW)	Psalm 29 John 3:1-17

Telephone Morning and Evening Prayer: Tel 0333 0110 946, Room 34710449#, PIN 4148#

Liturgy is sent out by post weekly, and by email. Please inform us if you would like to be on these mailing lists. * There will be no set leader for the evening prayer.

Prayers for those unable to be present at a funeral

While funerals will still take place at the graveside (not in the church itself) there will be rules on gatherings and social distancing that need to be applied in order to protect those who are elderly or vulnerable. Added to that many who would usually wish to attend a funeral may be unable to travel or be self-isolating. Here follows some prayers that can be said at home at the time of the funeral, words which are deliberately based on the Funeral Service itself. You can read the words silently or aloud, or read them together with others in your household or perhaps even on Skype.

The Gathering

We meet in the name of Jesus Christ,

who died and was raised to the glory of God the Father.

We join with those in (place) in remembering before God our brother/sister N;

to give thanks for his/her life; to commend him/her to God our merciful redeemer and judge; to commit his/her body to be buried/cremated, and to comfort one another in our grief.

God of all consolation, your Son Jesus Christ was moved to tears at the grave of Lazarus his friend.

Look with compassion on your children in their loss;

give to troubled hearts the light of hope and strengthen in us the gift of faith,

in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A time to share memories

If you are alone, and if you are able, write down some memories of the person who has died. You may be able to look back at these before a later memorial service or send them with your love to family and close friends.

A Reading

John 14.1-6

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also. And you know the way to the place where I am going.’ Thomas said to him, ‘Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?’ Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’

Psalm 23

1 The Lord is my shepherd; therefore can I lack nothing.

2 He makes me lie down in green pastures and leads me beside still waters.

3 He shall refresh my soul and guide me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

4 Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil;

for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

5 You spread a table before me in the presence of those who trouble me;

you have anointed my head with oil and my cup shall be full.

6 Surely goodness and loving mercy shall follow me all the days of my life,

and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

Prayers

The words below are a guide – but you may want to say your own words or keep a time of quiet.

God our Father, we thank you that you have made each of us in your own image, and given us gifts and talents with which to serve you.

We thank you for ...............…. . We thank you for the years we shared with him/her,,

for their talents and gifts, the good seen in him/her, the love we received from him/her.

Now give us strength and courage to leave him/her in your care, confident in your promise of eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

SILENCE Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.

Your mighty power brings joy out of grief and life out of death.

Look in mercy on ................................... and all family and friends who mourn.

Give them patient faith in times of darkness. Strengthen them with the knowledge of your love.

We give thanks for those who were good friends to .......... and for those who love the family he/she has left behind. We ask you to bless all those who care because in their love, we see your love for us.

SILENCE Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.

You are tender towards your children and your mercy is over all your works.
Heal the memories of hurt and failure.

Give us the wisdom and grace to use well the time that is left to us here on earth,
to turn to Christ and follow in his steps in the way that leads to everlasting life.

SILENCE Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.

God of mercy, entrusting into your hands all that you have made and rejoicing in our communion with all your faithful people, we make our prayers through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.

Our Father, which 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.

Commendation and farewell

First, keep a moment of silence.

God our creator and redeemer, by your power Christ conquered death and entered into glory. Confident of his victory and claiming his promises, we entrust .................. to your mercy in the name of Jesus our Lord, who died and is alive and reigns with you, now and for ever. Amen

Final blessing

Keep in your mind all those who would have been at the funeral as you say these words. You might then listen to a favourite piece of music or be still.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen.

Prayers about the outbreak

Keep us, good Lord,
under the shadow of your mercy
in this time of uncertainty and distress.
Sustain and support the anxious and fearful,
and lift up all who are brought low;
that we may rejoice in your comfort
knowing that nothing can separate us from your love in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Amen.

Lord Jesus Christ,
you taught us to love our neighbour, and to care for those in need
as if we were caring for you.
In this time of anxiety, give us strength to comfort the fearful, to tend the sick, and to assure the isolated
of our love, and your love,
for your name’s sake.
Amen.

God of compassion,
be close to those who are ill, afraid or in isolation. In their loneliness, be their consolation;
in their anxiety, be their hope;
in their darkness, be their light;
through him who suffered alone on the cross, but reigns with you in glory,
Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

For those who are ill

Merciful God,
we entrust to your tender care
those who are ill or in pain,
knowing that whenever danger threatens
your everlasting arms are there to hold them safe. Comfort and heal them,
and restore them to health and strength;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

For hospital staff and medical researchers

Gracious God,
give skill, sympathy and resilience
to all who are caring for the sick,
and your wisdom to those searching for a cure. Strengthen them with your Spirit,
that through their work many will be restored to health; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

From one who is ill or isolated

O God,
help me to trust you,
help me to know that you are with me,
help me to believe that nothing can separate me from your love
revealed in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

For the Christian community

We are not people of fear:
we are people of courage.
We are not people who protect our own safety:

we are people who protect our neighbours’ safety.

We are not people of greed:
we are people of generosity.
We are your people God,
giving and loving,
wherever we are,
whatever it costs
For as long as it takes
wherever you call us.

Barbara Glasson, President of the Methodist Conference

THE SHIRWELL MISSION COMMUNITY

A Mission Community in the Diocese of Exeter