SCAN parish

Sunday 17th January- online on Facebook and our YouTube channel from 9.30am

Iona Eucharist

There will be no services in any of our churches until further notice 

Join us for Morning Prayer on the Scan Parish Facebook Page on  Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday weekdays at 10.30am led usually by Coralie

You can access the seasonal order of service, including lectionary readings, either on the smartphone app Daily Prayer or the Church of England website here

Please keep visiting this page and contact us for further information using this or the A Church Near You website

Other resources will be posted from time to time on our podcasts and more page so remember to visist this section too!

Principal Diocesan services take place at 10 am each Sunday, except during August. Scroll down this link or visit the Oxford Diocese online church page 

Second Sunday of Epiphany 17th January 

The president today is the Revd Dr William Lamb, vicar of the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford, and our address is given by the Revd Martin Williams, co-area dean for Amersham.

Today, we focus on the invitation to ‘Come and See’, made by Philip to Nathanael as he invites him to follow Jesus. We all are offered that same invitation to come and see today, to encounter Christ and be welcomed.

Thank you to everyone from across the diocese who has made this service possible, including clergy and people from Oxford, Dorchester, Amersham, Newbury, Reading, Waltham St Lawrence and Henley.

Links to the order of service and the many different ways to watch, listen or dial in will be published  before 10am.

Series 1 – 3 of My (extraordinary) Family saw Bishop Steven talking with someone he’s come to know in his travels about their faith, their work and their story.

What does it mean to them to become more Christ-like: contemplative, compassionate and courageous for the sake of God’s world?

Steven's weekly blog can be accessed here on the Oxford Diocese website or search for Bishop Steven on your podcast app

Canticle from Morning Prayer

Christ, as a light illumine and guide me.

Christ, as a shield overshadow me.

Christ under me; Christ over me; Christ beside me on my left and my right.

This day be within and without me, lowly and meek, yet all-powerful.

Be in the heart of each to whom I speak; in the mouth of each who speaks unto me.

This day be within and without me, lowly and meek, yet all-powerful. Christ as a light;

Christ as a shield; Christ beside me on my left and my right.

Expressions of faith from Evening Prayer

Lord, You have always given bread for the coming day; and though I am poor, today I believe.

Lord, You have always given strength for the coming day; and though I am weak, today I believe. Lord,

You have always given peace for the coming day; and though of anxious heart, today I believe.

Lord, You have always kept me safe in trials; and now, tried as I am, today I believe.

Lord, You have always marked the road for the coming day; and though it may be hidden, today I believe.

Lord, You have always lightened this darkness of mine; and though the night is here, today I believe.

Lord, You have always spoken when time was ripe; and though you be silent now, today I believe.

Celtic Daily Prayer, Book Two Farther Up and Farther In 2015, The Northumbria Community Trust

Daily Hope offers music, prayers and reflections as well as full worship services from the Church of England at the end of a telephone line. The line – which is available 24 hours a day on 0800 804 8044 – has been set up particularly with those unable to join online church services during the period of restrictions in mind.

Callers will hear a special greeting from Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury before being able to choose from a range of options, including hymns, prayers, reflections and advice on COVID-19.

Options available include materials also available digitally by the Church of England’s Communications team such as Prayer During the Day and Night Prayer, updated daily, from Common Worship, and a recording of the Church of England weekly national online service.

A section called Hymn Line offers callers a small selection of hymns, updated daily. An option entitled ‘Hymns We Love’, provides a hymn and reflection and is based on an initiative by the Connections group

Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, has a regular series of services and reflections. Visit Christ Church Soundcloud page for a full listing.

A link to additional Church of England online resouces can be accessed here, including the prayer for today.

The Church Times website has some really useful links, with access to theological refelections, blogs, meditations and RSCM's (Royal Society of Church Music) Hymn of the Day which you can sing along to - and singing is good for you!