The Quiver Trinity 21 October 20, 2024
James and John ask for status and reward amid Jesus’ glory. Jesus says they do not know what they are asking, for the implication is readiness for self-giving and suffering. When Jesus gathers his disciples together, he teaches them not to model their idea of greatness on earthly rulers: rather, they must seek to be servants and slaves of all. This is the example that Jesus offers, rooted in his identity as the world’s saviour who gives himself as a ‘ransom for many’. We are invited to make our lives those of ‘Jesus-shaped’ service too.
SERVICES TODAY
9.30am Benefice Communion at Gussage All Saints 422 124 255 514
11.00am Elevenses at Woodlands
Give praise and thanks to God and pray for his help and healing:
For the Church: The Diocese of Salisbury and the Deanery of Wimborne
The Episcopal Church of Sudan (Diocese of Nzara & Deanery of Yabongo)
For the World: Nations and their leaders; justice, peace and development. Refugees and victims of war. the dispossessed, the hungry, the persecuted.
The Middle East
The housebound: Gerry & Pat Cope Geoff Phillips
Those in need : Hayley Loader Katherine Woodland Zachary Jackson Sylvia Gray Frank Russell Gill Lee Andrew Sawyer Michael Goold
Hilary & Guy Cherry Thick Jax Sharp Jim Bolton Sue Day Clifford House Tereasa Harrison Sheila Laker Gary Snelling Becky Gates Martin Instone Diana & Ian Mashford Ken Wise Tim Bastable Alice Dolan
For those who have died Jonathan Turner
THIS WEEK
Monday 7.30pm Bell Ringing at Cranborne. Pray for farming and fishing
Tuesday Pray for all who are sick in body, mind or spirit
Wednesday 10.00am Holy Communion by Extension at Woodlands. Pray for those living in poverty
Thursday 7.30pm Choir Practice at Cranborne. Pray for Community Leaders
Friday Pray for peace & justice in the world
Saturday Pray for HM The King
SERVICES FOR NEXT SUNDAY – LAST AFTER TRINITY
9.00am Breakfast Church at Cranborne First School
9.30am Benefice Communion at Woodlands
11.00am Matins at Cranborne
11.00am Elevenses at Edmondsham
6.00pm United Service at Woodlands Parish Church
Jeremiah 31.7-9 Hebrews 7.23-end Mark 10.46-end
NB: BST ends next Sunday. Clocks go back one hour.
There is a basket available at the back of church for the Charity of the Month. During September & October this will be for Helpful Hounds This Bournemouth-based charity was started to help with the growing demand of, mainly, young people who, with their families, would greatly benefit from having an Assistance Dog www.helpfulhounds.co.uk. It is now possible to donate online; www.bit.ly/DQchofm. Choose the amount and add Gift Aid. Donations by 31.10.24, The collection for In Jolly Good Company raised £183.50 - Thank you.
All Souls’ Service – Sunday, November 3rd 6pm Cranborne There is a list in church to PRINT the names of loved ones you wish to be remembered at this service.
COLLECT
Grant, we beseech you, merciful Lord,
to your faithful people pardon and peace,
that they may be cleansed from all their sins
and serve you with a quiet mind;
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.
FIRST READING Isaiah 53.4-end
Surely he has borne our infirmities and carried our diseases;
yet we accounted him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.
But he was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the punishment that made us whole, and by his bruises we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have all turned to our own way, and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth;
like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth. By a perversion of justice he was taken away. Who could have imagined his future? For he was cut off from the land of the living, stricken for the transgression of my people. They made his grave with the wicked and his tomb with the rich, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth. Yet it was the will of the LORD to crush him with pain. When you make his life an offering for sin, he shall see his offspring, and shall prolong his days;
through him the will of the LORD shall prosper. Out of his anguish he shall see light; he shall find satisfaction through his knowledge. The righteous one, my servant, shall make many righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.
Therefore I will allot him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out himself to death, and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
SECOND READING Hebrews 5.1-10
Every high priest chosen from among mortals is put in charge of things pertaining to God on their behalf, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He is able to deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself is subject to weakness; and because of this he must offer sacrifice for his own sins as well as for those of the people. And one does not presume to take this honour, but takes it only when called by God, just as Aaron was.
So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming a high priest, but was appointed by the one who said to him,
"You are my Son, today I have begotten you"; as he says also in another place,
"You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek." In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission. Although he was a Son, he learned obedience through what he suffered; and having been made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him, having been designated by God a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.
GOSPEL Mark 10.35-45
James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him and said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you." And he said to them, "What is it you want me to do for you?" And they said to him, "Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory." But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?" They replied, "We are able." Then Jesus said to them, "The cup that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized; but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared."
When the ten heard this, they began to be angry with James and John. So Jesus called them and said to them, "You know that among the Gentiles those whom they recognize as their rulers lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them. But it is not so among you; but whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be slave of all. For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many."
POST COMMUNION
Father of light,
in whom is no change or shadow of turning,
you give us every good and perfect gift
and have brought us to birth by your word of truth:
may we be a living sign of that kingdom
where your whole creation will be made perfect
in Jesus Christ our Lord.
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