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Sunday 3 August 2025 - Trinity 7

Prayer for Spiritual Communion

Come Lord Jesus, dwell in me and send your Holy Spirit that I may be filled with your presence. 
Jesus, as the hem of your garment, touched in faith, healed the woman who could not touch your body, so may the soul of your servant be healed, for though
I cannot receive you in the sacrament I can, through this offering of my prayer, receive you in my heart; grant this for Christ's sake. Amen

You are welcome this and every Sunday…

Our services are led by both Clergy and Licensed Lay Ministers and Lay Worship Leaders, and we offer a variety of different styles of worship. We also live stream most of the services from Earls Colne Church through Facebook (The Three Colnes). Please see our Services page for our full schedule for this month and our Events page for details of social events.

Order of Service for Holy Communion Order of Service for Morning Worship

Services

Services This Week

Day and Date Time Church Service
Wed 30 July 9.45am Earls Colne Holy Communion
Sun 3 August 10am Earls Colne# Morning Worship
10am Colne Engaine Morning Worship
10am White Colne Holy Communion
3pm Aubrey Close, Earls Colne Church in the Community
Wed 6 August 9.30am Colne Engaine BCP Holy Communion

You can access most of our services at Earls Colne, live-streamed and recorded, from The Three Colnes Facebook page, following the social media links at the top of the page, even if you are not on Facebook.

Sunday Zoom Coffee:

You are also invited to Zoom Coffee at 11.30am-12.30pm on Sundays: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87477110637?pwd=UFpoazhiNTdCSUN6cG14US9CVnJRUT09
Password: coffee

Private Prayer

Our Earls Colne and Colne Engaine churches are also open most days for private prayer and White Colne is open on Tuesdays and Wednesdays during the day. We are happy to open specially if you would like to spend some time there or light candles.

Churchwardens emails:

Earls Colne: ecchurchwardens@gmail.com

Colne Engaine: george.courtauld@btinternet.com

White Colne: wccw@hotmail.co.uk

Readings for Trinity 7 - Sunday 3 August 2025

Old Testament Reading

From Hosea Chapter 11 Verses 1-11

God’s Compassion Despite Israel’s Ingratitude

1 When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
2 The more I called them, the more they went from me; they kept sacrificing to the Baals, and offering incense to idols.
3 Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk, I took them up in my arms; but they did not know that I healed them.
4 I led them with cords of human kindness, with bands of love. I was to them like those who lift infants to their cheeks. I bent down to them and fed them.
5 They shall return to the land of Egypt, and Assyria shall be their king, because they have refused to return to me.
6 The sword rages in their cities, it consumes their oracle-priests, and devours because of their schemes.
7 My people are bent on turning away from me. To the Most High they call, but he does not raise them up at all.
8 How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, O Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart recoils within me; my compassion grows warm and tender.
9 I will not execute my fierce anger; I will not again destroy Ephraim; for I am God and no mortal, the Holy One in your midst, and I will not come in wrath.
10 They shall go after the Lord, who roars like a lion; when he roars, his children shall come trembling from the west.
11 They shall come trembling like birds from Egypt, and like doves from the land of Assyria; and I will return them to their homes, says the Lord.

New Testament Reading

From Colossians Chapter 3 Verses 1-11

The New Life in Christ

1 So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth,
3 for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
4 When Christ who is your life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory.
5 Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry).
6 On account of these the wrath of God is coming on those who are disobedient.
7 These are the ways you also once followed, when you were living that life.
8 But now you must get rid of all such things-anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive language from your mouth.
9 Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have stripped off the old self with its practices
10 and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its creator.
11 In that renewal there is no longer Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all!

Gospel Reading

From the Gospel of Luke Chapter 12 Verses 13-21

The Parable of the Rich Fool

13 Someone in the crowd said to him, ‘Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.’
14 But he said to him, ‘Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbitrator over you?’
15 And he said to them, ‘Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.’
16 Then he told them a parable: ‘The land of a rich man produced abundantly.
17 And he thought to himself, “What should I do, for I have no place to store my crops?”
18 Then he said, “I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.”
20 But God said to him, “You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?”
21 So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich towards God.’

All readings shared from the Lectionary app. Material subject to copyright.