Weekly Readings and Prayers
Sunday 14th June 2026 The Second Sunday after Trinity
Collect
Lord, you have taught us that all our doings without love are nothing worth: send your Holy Spirit and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of love, the true bond of peace and of all virtues, without which whoever lives is counted dead before you. Grant this for your only Son Jesus Christ's sake, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen
First Reading Exodus 19. 2–8a
They had journeyed from Rephidim, entered the wilderness of Sinai, and camped in the wilderness; Israel camped there in front of the mountain. Then Moses went up to God; the Lord called to him from the mountain, saying, ‘Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the Israelites: You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. Now therefore, if you obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession out of all the peoples. Indeed, the whole earth is mine, but you shall be for me a priestly kingdom and a holy nation. These are the words that you shall speak to the Israelites.’ So Moses came, summoned the elders of the people, and set before them all these words that the Lord had commanded him. The people all answered as one: ‘Everything that the Lord has spoken we will do.’ Moses reported the words of the people to the Lord.
Psalm 100
1 O be joyful in the Lord, all the earth; • serve the Lord with gladness and come before his presence with a song.
2 Know that the Lord is God; • it is he that has made us and we are his; we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.
3 Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; • give thanks to him and bless his name.
4 For the Lord is gracious; his steadfast love is everlasting, • and his faithfulness endures from generation to generation.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son • and to the Holy Spirit;
As it was in the beginning is now • and shall be for ever. Amen.
Second Reading Romans 5. 1–8
Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. Indeed, rarely will anyone die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person someone might actually dare to die. But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us.
Gospel Matthew 9.35–10.8
Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every disease and every sickness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers into his harvest.’ Then Jesus summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to cure every disease and every sickness. These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon, also known as Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax-collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, the one who betrayed him. These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: ‘Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter no town of the Samaritans, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. As you go, proclaim the good news, “The kingdom of heaven has come near.” Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. You received without payment; give without payment.
Post Communion Prayer
Loving Father, we thank you for feeding us at the supper of your Son: sustain us with your Spirit, that we may serve you here on earth until our joy is complete in heaven, and we share in the eternal banquet with Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Prayers for the week
Jesus said, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the Gospel will save it." Matthew 16:24.
This week we are praying for those living in Bulkeley Close, Castle Hill Road and Cherrywood Avenue.
Sunday 14th June
Jesus asks us to take up our cross and follow him. Lord, help us to surrender ourselves fully to you by putting you first in our lives, followed by others and ourselves last. Deepen our faith and trust in you in our daily service to you.
Monday 15th June
Lord, as we seek to follow you, we ask for your Holy Spirit's help to deepen our prayer life. Help us to find time each day to meet with you, to offer thanks and praise and guide us in our prayers for our world and ourselves.
Tuesday 16th June
Lord, we pray that your Holy Spirit will bring your word alive to us as we read it. May we really see it as the bread of life, which we need to partake of every day of our lives.
Wednesday 17th June
Lord, bless our fellowship and love for each other, when we meet together in our Church. We pray especially for when we meet after Church for coffee, at our concerts and other social occasions.
Thursday 18th June
Lord, we pray that you will bless our time of worship on Sundays and Wednesdays, may we be aware of your presence, help us to deepen our devotion and our joy in the knowledge of our salvation, redemption and the promise of eternal life.
Friday 19th June
Lord, you said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these." Mark.10:14. We pray that you will revive our ministry to children and young people. We ask that you will provide us with leaders to take on this special task, which is such an important part of our mission .
Saturday 20th June
Lord, we pray, that we will offer a warm welcome to all visitors to our Church, both before and after the services. May we share your great love in the Lord Jesus.
Heavenly Father, please accept these prayers for the sake of your Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen.
At all our services we pray for those who are sick, in need and for the bereaved by name. Please do let us know if you would like specific prayer for anyone, and they will be included on our prayer list.