BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//achurchnearyou.com//eventfeed//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-TIMEZONE:UTC BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Morning Prayer 09:30 Sunday 1st October - Trinity 17 DTSTART:20231001T083000Z DTEND:20231001T093000Z DTSTAMP:20260422T113519Z UID:9709622023-10-01 08:30:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:09:30 Service Morning Prayer with Hymns from Complete Anglican Hymns Old & New\n\n104 Christ triumphant\n77 Blest are the pure in heart\ n54 At the name of Jesus\n572 Praise to the holiest\n\nThe Collect \nAlmig hty God\, you have made us for yourself\,\nand our hearts are restless til l they find their rest in you\;\npour your love into our hearts and draw u s to yourself\,\nand so bring us at last to your heavenly city\nwhere we s hall see you face to face\;\nthrough Jesus Christ your Son our Lord\,\nwho is alive and reigns with you\,\nin the unity of the Holy Spirit\, one God now and for ever.\nAmen\n \nReadings: Ezekiel 18.1-4\, 25-32\; Philipp ians 2.1-13\; Matthew 21.23-32\n\nEzekiel 18.1-4\, 25-32\nThe word of the LORD came to me: What do you mean by repeating this proverb concerning th e land of Israel\, ‘The parents have eaten sour grapes\, and the childre n’s teeth are set on edge’? As I live\, says the Lord GOD\, this prove rb shall no more be used by you in Israel. Know that all lives are mine\; the life of the parent as well as the life of the child is mine: it is onl y the person who sins that shall die.\nYet you say\, ‘The way of the Lor d is unfair.’ Hear now\, O house of Israel: Is my way unfair? Is it not your ways that are unfair? When the righteous turn away from their righteo usness and commit iniquity\, they shall die for it\; for the iniquity that they have committed they shall die. Again\, when the wicked turn away fro m the wickedness they have committed and do what is lawful and right\, the y shall save their life. Because they considered and turned away from all the transgressions that they had committed\, they shall surely live\; they shall not die. Yet the house of Israel says\, ‘The way of the Lord is u nfair.’ O house of Israel\, are my ways unfair? Is it not your ways that are unfair?\nTherefore I will judge you\, O house of Israel\, all of you according to your ways\, says the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions\; otherwise iniquity will be your ruin. Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed against me\, and get yourse lves a new heart and a new spirit! Why will you die\, O house of Israel? F or I have no pleasure in the death of anyone\, says the Lord GOD. Turn\, t hen\, and live.\n\nPhilippians 2.1-13\nIf then there is any encouragement in Christ\, any consolation from love\, any sharing in the Spirit\, any co mpassion and sympathy\, make my joy complete: be of the same mind\, having the same love\, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from sel fish ambition or conceit\, but in humility regard others as better than yo urselves. Let each of you look not to your own interests\, but to the inte rests of others. Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus\,\nw ho\, though he was in the form of God\,\n did not regard equality with God\n as something to be exploited\,\nbut emptied himself\,\n taking the form of a slave\,\n being born in human likeness.\nAnd being found in human form\,\nhe humbled himself\n and became obedient to the point of death—\n even death on a cross.\nTherefore God also highly exalte d him\n and gave him the name\n that is above every name\,\nso that at the name of Jesus\n every knee should bend\,\n in heaven and on e arth and under the earth\,\nand every tongue should confess\n that Jesu s Christ is Lord\,\n to the glory of God the Father.\nTherefore\, my be loved\, just as you have always obeyed me\, not only in my presence\, but much more now in my absence\, work out your own salvation with fear and tr embling\; for it is God who is at work in you\, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.\n\nMatthew 21.23-32\nWhen he entered th e temple\, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as h e was teaching\, and said\, ‘By what authority are you doing these thing s\, and who gave you this authority?’ Jesus said to them\, ‘I will als o ask you one question\; if you tell me the answer\, then I will also tell you by what authority I do these things. Did the baptism of John come fro m heaven\, or was it of human origin?’ And they argued with one another\ , ‘If we say\, “From heaven”\, he will say to us\, “Why then did y ou not believe him?” But if we say\, “Of human origin”\, we are afr aid of the crowd\; for all regard John as a prophet.’ So they answered J esus\, ‘We do not know.’ And he said to them\, ‘Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.\n ‘What do you think? A m an had two sons\; he went to the first and said\, “Son\, go and work in the vineyard today.” He answered\, “I will not”\; but later he chan ged his mind and went. The father went to the second and said the same\; and he answered\, “I go\, sir”\; but he did not go. Which of the two did the will of his father?’ They said\, ‘The first.’ Jesus said to them\, ‘Truly I tell you\, the tax-collectors and the prostitutes are go ing into the kingdom of God ahead of you. For John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him\, but the tax-collectors and the prostitutes believed him\; and even after you saw it\, you did not ch ange your minds and believe him.\n\nWe pray for all who live and work in C arvel Lane\, High Street\, Shooters Hill\, Terminus Road and the parish of Holy Trinity.\n\nPlease see attached Sunday Notes\n\nAll are welcome to o ur family friendly services that last approximately 1 hour and are live st reamed on YouTube. Well behaved dogs are welcome.\nRefreshments are served afterwards. GEO:-1.302353;50.765906 LOCATION:Holy Trinity URL:https://www.youtube.com/@holytrinitycowes903/streams END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR