Diocese of Barbados
Nestfield, St. Lucy
SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER 12th April 2026
Rector: The Rev’d Hugh Sandiford
Deacon: The Rev’d Sharon King
Seminarian: Mr. Shaquan Thomas
Church Wardens: Justice Anthony Blackman
Mr. William Yearwood
Organist: Mr. Matthew Banfield
Sexton: Mrs Jacqueline Ellis (Acting)
Our Vision:
Address: Nesfield, Saint Lucy, Barbados
INTROIT HYMN: 169 - Come, ye faithful, raise the strain
1 Come, ye faithful, raise the strain of triumphant gladness! God hath brought his Israel into joy from sadness; loosed from Pharoah's bitter yoke Jacob's sons and daughters; led them with unmoistened foot through the Red Sea waters.
2 'Tis the spring of souls today: Christ hath burst his prison, and from three days' sleep in death as a sun hath risen; all the winter of our sins, long and dark, is flying from his light, to whom we give laud and praise undying.
3 Now the queen of seasons, bright with the day of splendour, with the royal feast of feasts, comes its joy to render; comes to glad Jerusalem, who with true affection welcomes in unwearied strains Jesu’s resurrection.
4 Alleluia now we cry to our King immortal, who triumphant burst the bars of the tomb's dark portal;
alleluia, with the Son God the Father praising; alleluia yet again to the Spirit raising.
PRESIDENT: Good morning, brothers and sisters in Christ. A warm welcome to our Eucharistic worship.
Today is the Second Sunday of Easter, and the collect can be found on page 169. The Eucharist continues on page 98.
OPENING SENTENCE:
PRESIDENT: Alleluia. The Lord is risen indeed. Come let us adore Him. Alleluia.
VERSICLE & RESPONSE (BCP Page 101)
PRESIDENT: Blessed be God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Alleluia. Alleluia.
ALL: And blessed be His Kingdom, now and forever. Amen. Alleluia. Alleluia.
ALL: Blessed Lord and Father, we have assembled in your name and in fellowship with one another. Enable us by your grace to offer the sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving; to proclaim and respond to your holy word. Teach us to pray for your world and your Church. Grant that we, confessing our sins, may worthily offer to you our souls and bodies as a living sacrifice and eat and drink of your spiritual food in this Holy Sacrament. Amen.
COLLECT FOR PURITY (BCP Page 101)
ALL: Almighty God, to you all hearts are open, all desires known, and from you no secrets are hid: cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your Holy Name, through Christ our Lord. Amen.
THE KYRIE (BCP Page 102)
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
(BCP Page 102)
Glory to God in the highest, and peace to His people on earth.
Lord God, heavenly King, almighty God and Father, we worship you, we give you thanks, we praise you for your glory.
Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, Lord God, Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world: have mercy on us; you are seated at the right hand of the Father: receive our prayer.
For you alone are the Holy One; you alone are the Lord: you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen.
COLLECT
PRESIDENT: The Lord be with you.
ALL: And also with you.
PRESIDENT: Let us pray.
Second Sunday of Easter (BCP page 169)
PRESIDENT: Almighty and everlasting God, who in the Paschal mystery established the new covenant of reconciliation: Grant that all who have been reborn into the fellowship of Christ's Body may show forth in their lives what they profess by their faith; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
RESIDENT: Kindly be seated for the ministry of the word.
FIRST LESSON: Acts 2:14a,22-32 [Mr. Stephen Yearwood]
READER: A Reading from the Word of God, written in the Acts of the Apostles, chapter two, beginning at the fourteenth verse.
ILLUMINATION:
READER: Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd, “You that are Israelites, listen to what I have to say: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with deeds of power, wonders, and signs that God did through him among you, as you yourselves know this man, handed over to you according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of those outside the law. But God raised him up, having freed him from death, because it was impossible for him to be held in its power. For David says concerning him, ‘I saw the Lord always before me, for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken; therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; moreover my flesh will live in hope. For you will not abandon my soul to Hades, or let your Holy One experience corruption. You have made known to me the ways of life; you will make me full of gladness with your presence.’ “Fellow Israelites, I may say to you confidently of our ancestor David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. Since he was a prophet, he knew that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would put one of his descendants on his throne. Foreseeing this, David spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, saying, ‘He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh experience corruption.’ This Jesus God raised up, and of that all of us are witnesses.”
READER: The word of the Lord.
ALL: Thanks be to God.
PSALM: 16
1. Preserve me, O God : for in thee have I put my trust.
2. O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord : Thou art my God, my goods are nothing unto thee.
3. All my delight is upon the saints, that are in the earth : and upon such as excel in virtue.
4. But they that run after another god : shall have great trouble.
5. Their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer : neither make mention of their names within my lips.
6. The Lord himself is the portion of mine inheritance, and of my cup : thou shalt maintain my lot.
7. The lot is fallen unto me in a fair ground : yea, I have a goodly heritage.
8. I will thank the Lord for giving me warning : my reins also chasten me in the night-season.
9. I have set God always before me : for he is on my right hand, therefore I shall not fall.
10.Wherefore my heart was glad, and my glory rejoiced : my flesh also shall rest in hope.
11.For why? thou shalt not leave my soul in hell : neither shalt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption.
12.Thou shalt shew me the path of life; in thy presence is the fulness of joy : and at thy right hand there is pleasure for evermore.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
SECOND LESSON: 1 Peter 1:3-9 [Justice Anthony Blackman]
READER: A reading from the word of God written in the first book of Peter, chapter one, beginning at the third verse.
ILLUMINATION:
READER: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you rejoice, even if now for a little while you have had to suffer various trials, so that the genuineness of your faith being more precious than gold that, though perishable, is tested by fire-- may be found to result in praise and glory and honour when Jesus Christ is revealed. Although you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy, for you are receiving the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
READER: The word of the Lord. ALL: Thanks be to God.
GRADUAL HYMN: 266 - Breathe on me, breath of God (verses 1 – 3)
1 Breathe on me, breath of God, fill me with life anew, that I may love what thou dost love, and do what thou wouldst do.
2 Breathe on me, breath of God, until my heart is pure, until with thee I will one will to do and to endure.
3 Breathe on me, breath of God, till l am wholly thine, until this earthly part of me glows with thy fire divine
THE GOSPEL: JOHN 20:19-31
DEACON: The Lord be with you. ALL: And also with you.
DEACON: The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John, the twentieth chapter beginning at the nineteenth verse.
ALL: Glory to Christ our Saviour
ILLUMINATION:
PRESIDENT: When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you." When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained." But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them, "Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe." A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe." Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus said to him, "Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe." Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. But these are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.
DEACON: This is the Gospel of Christ
ALL: Praise to Christ our Lord
HYMN: 266 (verse 4)
4 Breathe on me, breath of God, so shall I never die, but live with thee the perfect life of thine eternity.
PRESIDENT: Let us now stand and reaffirm our faith in our Lord Jesus Christ in the words of the Nicene Creed.
NICENE CREED [BCP page 104]
We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is seen or unseen. We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, one in Being with the Father. Through Him all things were made. For us and for our salvation He came down from heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit He was born of the Virgin Mary, and became man. For our sake He was crucified under Pontius Pilate; He suffered, died and was buried. On the third day He rose again in fulfilment of the Scriptures; He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and His kingdom will have no end. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father.
With the Father and the Son He is worshipped and glorified. He has spoken through the Prophets. We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen.
INTERCESSION FORM H (BCP Page 120) [Men’s Fellowship]
LEADER
Let us pray for the Church and for the world. Grant, Almighty God, that all who confess your Name may be united in your truth, live together in your love, and reveal your glory in the world.
Silence
LEADER Lord, in your mercy
ALL Hear our prayer.
LEADER
Guide the people of this land, and of all the nations, in the ways of justice and peace; that we may honour one another and serve the common good.
Silence
LEADER Lord, in your mercy
ALL Hear our prayer.
LEADER
Give us all a reverence for the earth as your own creation, that we may use its resources rightly in the service of others and to your honour and glory.
Silence
LEADER Lord, in your mercy
ALL Hear our prayer.
LEADER
Bless all whose lives are closely linked with ours, and grant that we may serve Christ in them, and love one another as he loves us.
Silence
LEADER Lord, in your mercy
ALL Hear our prayer.
LEADER
Comfort and heal all those who suffer in body, mind, or spirit; give them courage and hope in their troubles, and bring them the joy of your salvation.
Silence
LEADER Lord, in your mercy
ALL Hear our prayer.
LEADER
We commend to your mercy all who have died, that your will for them may be fulfilled; and we pray that we may share with all your saints in your eternal kingdom.
Silence
LEADER Lord, in your mercy
ALL Hear our prayer.
READER: Almighty God, Father of every family, who through your son Jesus Christ, has poured out your best gift of love to be the bond of perfectness among men, and the means of bringing men together; bless, we beseech you, all Men’s Fellowship Organisations throughout the world, and especially in this Diocese, let love and happiness ever be found among us and may our faith in you grow stronger each day we live; through the same Christ our Lord. Amen
PRESIDENT: Lord Jesus Christ, you said to your apostles, “Peace I give to you; my own peace I leave with you:” Regard not our sins, but the faith of your Church, and give to us the peace and unity of that heavenly City, where with the Father and the Holy Spirit, you live and reign, now and for ever. Amen.
ACT OF PENITENCE (BCP Page 123)
PRESIDENT: If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just, and will forgive our sins, and cleanse us from all un-righteousness.
A period of silence shall be kept.
PRESIDENT: Let us therefore confess our sins.
FORM A (BCP Page 123)
ALL: Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, we have sinned against you and one another, in thought, word and deed, and in what we have left undone. We are sorry and repent of all our sins. For your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ's sake, forgive us all that is past, and grant that we may serve you in newness of life to the glory of your Name. Amen
THE ABSOLUTION (BCP Page 124)
PRESIDENT: Almighty God, have mercy upon you, pardon and deliver you from all your sins, confirm and strengthen you in all goodness, and keep you in life eternal; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
ALL: Amen.
THE GREETING OF THE PEACE
FORM A
PRESIDENT
We are the body of Christ. By the one Spirit we were all baptized into one Body, and have all been made to drink of the one Spirit
ALL
Let us then pursue the things that make for peace and build up the common life.
PRESIDENT
The peace of the Lord be always with you.
ALL
And also with you.
PRESIDENT: Let us share that peace.
SONG FOR SHARING THE PEACE: Let there be love shared among us
1 Let there be peace shared among us, Let there be peace in our eyes, May now your peace sweep this nation, Cause us oh Lord to arise.
Give us a fresh understanding Of brotherly peace that is real, Let there be peace shared among us, Let there be peace.
2 Let there be love shared among us
Let there be love in our eyes, May now your love sweep this nation, Cause us oh Lord to arise.
Give us a fresh understanding Of brotherly love that is real, Let there be love shared among us, Let there be love.
3 Let there be joy shared among us
Let there be joy in our eyes, May now your joy sweep this nation, Cause us oh Lord to arise.
Give us a fresh understanding Of brotherly joy that is real, Let there be joy shared among us, Let there be joy.
OFFERTORY HYMNS: 188, 165
HYMN:188 – Christ the Lord is risen today
1 Christ the Lord is risen to-day, Christians, haste your vows to pay: offer ye your praises meet at the Paschal Victim's feet. For the sheep the Lamb hath bled, sinless in the sinner's stead; ‘Christ is risen!’ today we cry; now he lives no more to die.
2 Christ, the Victim undefiled, Man to God hath reconciled; whilst in strange and awful strife met together death and life. Christians, on this happy day, haste with joy your vows to pay: ‘Christ is risen!’ today we cry; now he lives no more to die.
3 Christ, who once for sinners bled, now the First-born from the dead, throned in endless might and power lives and reigns for evermore. Hail, eternal hope on high! Hail, thou King of victory! Hail, thou Prince of Life adored! Help and save us, gracious Lord!
HYMN: 165 - Christ is alive! Let Christians sing
1 Christ is alive! Let Christians sing. The cross stands empty to the sky. Let streets and homes with praises ring. Love, drowned in death, shall never die.
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Christ is alive! No longer bound to distant years in Palestine, but saving, healing, here and now, and touching every place and time.
3 In every insult, rift, and war where colour, scorn or wealth divide, Christ suffers still, yet loves the more, and lives, where even hope has died.
4 Women and men, in age and youth, can feel the Spirit, hear the call, and find the way, the life, the truth, revealed in Jesus, freed for all.
5 Christ is alive, and comes to bring good news to this and every age, till earth and sky and ocean ring with joy, with justice, love, and praise.
THE PRESENTATION OF OFFERING - FORM B (BCP Page 126)
PRESIDENT AND PEOPLE
Father, we offer to you these gifts which you have given us; this bread, this wine, this money. With them we offer ourselves, our lives, and our work, to become through your Holy Spirit a reasonable, holy, and lively sacrifice. As this bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Christ, so may we and all your people become channels of your love; through the same Christ our Lord. Amen
THE EUCHARISTIC PRAYERS
SURSUM CORDA
PRESIDENT: The Lord be with you.
ALL: And also with you.
PRESIDENT: Lift up your hearts.
ALL: We lift them up to the Lord.
PRESIDENT: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
ALL: It is right to give God thanks and praise.
PRESIDENT: It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give you thanks, Father Almighty, everlasting God:
But chiefly are we bound to praise you for the glorious resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord; for He is the true Paschal Lamb, who was sacrificed for us, and has taken away the sin of the world. By His death He has destroyed death, and by His rising to life again He has won for us eternal life.
Therefore, we praise you; joining our voices with angels and archangels and with all the company of heaven, who forever sing this hymn to proclaim the glory of your Name:
ALL: Holy, holy, holy, Lord, God of power and might; heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
EUCHARISTIC PRAYER E (BCP Page 142)
PRESIDENT: Sovereign Lord and Father, To you be glory and praise for ever In your boundless wisdom you brought creation into being; In your great love you fashioned us in your image; In your tender compassion you sent your Son, Jesus Christ, Our Saviour, to share our human nature; In the power of the Holy Spirit; He overcame the power of sin and death and brought your people to new birth as first fruits of your new creation.
On the night that He was betrayed He took bread, and when He had given thanks to you, He broke it and gave it to his disciples and said, “Take this, and eat it: This is my Body which is given for you, Do this for the remembrance of me”
And after supper He took the cup of wine: and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them and said: “Drink this, all of you: This is my blood of the New Covenant,
which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.”
PRESIDENT: Therefore, Father, according to the command of your dearly beloved Son
ALL: We remember His death; We proclaim His resurrection; We await His coming in glory
PRESIDENT: And we offer you, Father, our sacrifice of thanks and praise. Send your Holy Spirit on these gifts of bread and wine that they may become the Body and Blood of your Son, Jesus, our Lord, and Redeemer. As we partake of this holy food of new and unending life, may your Holy Spirit establish us as a royal priesthood with the Blessed Virgin Mary, St Lucy and all your sons and daughters who share in your eternal inheritance; through Jesus Christ our Lord. With Him and in Him and through Him, by the power of the Holy Spirit, we worship you, Father Almighty, with all who stand before you in earth and heaven, in songs of everlasting praise.
ALL: Blessing and honour and glory and power Be yours for ever and ever. Amen
THE LORD’S PRAYER (BCP Page 144)
PRESIDENT: As our Saviour has taught us, so we pray:
ALL: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your Name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and forever. Amen.
THE BREAKING OF BREAD (BCP Page 145)
PRESIDENT: We break this bread to share in the body of Christ.
ALL: Though we are many, we are one body, because we all share in one bread.
THE AGNUS DEI (BCP Page 147)
Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world: have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world: have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world: grant us peace.
THE INVITATION (BCP Page 145-146)
DEACON: My brothers and sisters in Christ, draw near and receive His Body which He gave for you, and His Blood, which He shed for you. Remember that He died for you, and feed on Him in your hearts by faith with thanksgiving.
ALL: Grant gracious Lord, that we may so eat the flesh of your dear Son, Jesus Christ and drink His blood, that we may evermore dwell in Him and He in us. Amen.
THE COMMUNION
COMMUNION HYMNS: 597, 569, 350
HYMN: 597 - I come with joy, a child of God
1 I come with joy, a child of God, forgiven, loved and free, the life of Jesus to recall, in love laid down for me.
2 I come with Christians far and near to find, as all are fed, the new community of love in Christ's communion bread.
3 As Christ breaks bread, and bids us share, each proud division ends. The love that made us, makes us one, and strangers now are friends.
4 The Spirit of the risen Christ, unseen, but ever near, is in such friendship better known, alive among us here.
5 Together met, together bound by all that God has done, we'll go with joy, to give the world the love that makes us one.
HYMN: 569 - Alleluia, sing to Jesus!
1 Alleluia, sing to Jesus! His the sceptre, his the throne; alleluia, his the triumph, his the victory alone; hark, the songs of peaceful Sion thunder like a mighty flood; Jesus out of every nation hath redeemed us by his blood.
2 Alleluia, not as orphans are we left in sorrow now; alleluia, he is near us, faith believes, nor questions how: though the cloud from sight received him, when the forty days were o'er, shall our hearts forget his promise, ‘I am with you evermore'?
Alleluia, Bread of angels, thou on earth our food, our stay; alleluia, here the sinful flee to thee from day to day: Intercessor, Friend of sinners, earth's Redeemer, plead for me, where the songs of all the sinless sweep across the crystal sea.
4 Alleluia, King eternal, thee the Lord of lords we own; alleluia, born of Mary, earth thy footstool, heaven thy throne: thou within the veil hast entered, robed in flesh, our great High Priest; thou on earth both Priest and Victim in the Eucharistic feast.
5 Alleluia! Alleluia! Glory be to God on high; alleluia to the Saviour, who has gained the victory; alleluia to the Spirit, fount of love and sanctity; alleluia, alleluia to the Triune Majesty.
HYMN: 350 - There’s a wideness in God’s mercy
1 There's a wideness in God's mercy, like the wideness of the sea; there's a kindness in his justice, which is more than liberty. There is welcome for the sinner, and more graces for the good; there is mercy with the Saviour; there is healing in his blood.
2
There is no place where earth's sorrows are more felt than up in heaven; there is no place where earth's failings have such kindly judgement given. There is plentiful redemption in the blood that has been shed; there is joy for all the members in the sorrows of the Head.
3 For the love of God is broader than the measure of the mind; and the heart of the Eternal is most wonderfully kind. If our love were but more faithful, we should take Him at His word; and our life would be thanksgiving for the goodness of the Lord.
HYMNS FOR BLESSING: 840, 183, 184
HYMN: 840 - Be still, for the presence of the Lord
1 Be still, for the presence of the Lord, the Holy One, is here; come bow before him now with reverence and fear: in him no sin is foundwe stand on holy ground. Be still, for the presence of the Lord, the Holy One, is here.
2 Be still, for the glory of the Lord is shining all around; he burns with holy fire, with splendour he is crowned: how awesome is the sightour radiant King of light! Be still, for the glory of the Lord is shining all around.
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Be still, for the power of the Lord is moving in this place: he comes to cleanse and heal, to minister his graceno work too hard for him. In faith receive from him. Be still, for the power of the Lord is moving in this place.
HYMN: 183 – Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son
1 Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son; endless is the victory, thou o'er death hast won; angels in bright raiment rolled the stone away, kept the folded grave clothes where thy body lay. Thine be the glory, risen conquering Son, Endless is the victory, thou o'er death hast won.
2 Lo! Jesus meets us, risen from the tomb; Lovingly he greets us, scatters fear and gloom; let the Church with gladness, hymns of triumph sing; for her Lord now liveth, death hath lost its sting. Thine be the glory, risen conquering Son, Endless is the victory, thou o'er death hast won.
3 No more we doubt thee, glorious Prince of life; life is naught without thee; aid us in our strife; make us more than conquerors, through thy deathless love: bring us safe through Jordan to thy home above. Thine be the glory, risen conquering Son, Endless is the victory, thou o'er death hast won.
HYMN: 184 - This joyful Eastertide
1 This joyful Eastertide, away with care and sorrow! My Love, the Crucified, hath sprung to life this morrow.
Refrain:
Had Christ, that once was slain, ne'er burst his three-day prison, our faith had been in vain; but now hath Christ arisen, arisen, arisen, arisen.
2 Death's flood hath lost its chill, since Jesus crossed the river: Lord of all life, from ill my passing life deliver. Refrain
3 My flesh in hope shall rest, and for a season slumber, till trump from east to west shall wake the dead in number. Refrain
POST COMMUNION PRAYER (BCP Page 148)
ALL: : Eternal God and Heavenly Father, we thank you for feeding us with the Body and Blood of your Son Jesus Christ. Send us now into the world in peace, and grant us strength and courage to love and serve you, and all persons in you, with gladness and singleness of heart, through your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
BLESSING:
PRESIDENT: God, who through the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ has given us the victory, give you joy and peace in your faith; and the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit be among you and remain with you always.
ALL: Amen.
PRESIDENT: Kindly be seated for the Notices
RECESSIONAL HYMN: 177 - Low in the grave he lay
1 Low in the grave he lay, Jesus, my Saviour; waiting the coming day, Jesus, my Lord.
Refrain Up from the grave he arose, With a mighty triumph o'er his foes; he arose a victor from the dark domain, and he lives forever with his saints to reign: he arose! He arose! Hallelujah! Christ arose!
2 Vainly they watch his bed, Jesus, my Saviour; vainly they seal the dead, Jesus, my Lord.
Refrain
3 Death cannot keep his prey, Jesus , my Saviour, he tore the bars away, Jesus, my Lord. Refrain
DEACON: Go in peace and serve the Lord. ALL: In the name of Christ. Amen.
ANNOUNCEMENTS & NOTICES
Greetings and Welcome
We greet you warmly today to our Eucharistic worship. We now invite or visitors to share your name and church community with us.
Thank you for worshipping with us today.
Events in our Parish
1. The Calendar of Events for the year is attached.
Events of our Lives Birthdays
Congratulations to all those persons celebrating birthdays this week.
1. Jacqueline Corbin - April 12th
2. Ron Evelyn - April 12th
3. Cecile Blackman - April 14th
4. Jan Jarvis - April 14th
5. Marlene King - April 17th
6. Stephen Yearwood - April 18th
7. Iola Gittens - April 18th
As their days increase, God’s richest blessing on them.
Anniversaries
Congratulations to all persons celebrating anniversaries this week.
Bereavement
We extend condolences to the families of those persons who have died. May they rest in peace and rise in glory.
Stella Atwell
Carmen Bowen
Douglas Brome
Marva Brome
Enid Broome
Michael Broomes
Thesby Evans
Anthony Grant
Joyce Grant
Doriel King
Erma Griffith Marlene King
Gilbert Griffith Dinese Lashley
Waple Griffith
Audrey Headley
Elsie Maxwell
John Maxwell
Roy Hinds Horace Nicholls
Theomonda Husbands
Marva Jordan
Thelma Jordan
Eupharene Walkes
Joan Yearwood
Please remember the sick or injured in our parish and the wider community.
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