SCAN parish

April- June 2021 Sunday services

18th April  9.30am St Lauds, Sherington. 

Holy Communion

25th April  11am  St Lawrence, Chicheley 

Holy Communion- St Mark the Evangelist

2nd May   10.30 am  St Lauds, Sherington. 

Something Different- Celebration Meals in Galilee

9th May  9.30am St Firmins, North Crawley

Rogation Sunday, Holy Communion

16th May  9.30am St Lauds, Sherington.

Holy Communion 

23rd May 11am St Lawrence, Chicheley

Pentecost, Holy Communion

30th May  11am St Lauds, Sherington.

Trinity Sunday, Holy Communion

6th June 10.30 am St Lauds, Sherington.

Something Different

13th June 11am St Firmins, North Crawley

Holy Communion

20th June 9.30am St Lauds, Sherington.

Fathers Day, Holy Communion

27th June 11am St Lawrence, Chicheley

Holy Communion 

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!

For the week beginning the 3rd May, our guest, Graham Breeze, will be leading Morning Prayer.  Thanks, Graham!

Come and Eat is a new podcast series on Holy Communion, the profound, wonderful meal at the heart of our faith. It focuses on the Eucharist and on resetting our sacramental life as we face the months ahead, looking at different sections of John 6 and Jesus’ invitation to his disciples in John 21 to ‘come and eat.’

Listen online  or search Bishop Steven‘s blog wherever you get your podcasts. Find the series on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | Soundcloud

A transcript is also available on Bishop Steven’s blog.

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!

Weddings in our churches can take place  following revised government regulations and national church guidance.  For further info, please use the contact link below.

Emergency baptisms can take place in a hospital or at home, though subject to strict hygiene precautions and physical distancing as far as this is possible.

Please contact us here