All Souls Church - Sixth Sunday in Easter

All Souls Church
Bank Hall - Barbados
The Rev'd Suzanne Ellis
Priest-In-Charge
Our Vision
We will be a home of spirituality and community engagement for ALL souls
Our Mission
We will strive to attain our vision by pursuing the Five Marks of Mission propagated by Avery Dulles as, representing the Mission of Christ.
• To proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom
• To teaching, baptizing and nurture New Believers
• To respond to human need by loving service
• To seek to transform unjust structures of society
• To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life of the earth.
Core Values
We believe that, to achieve the Church’s mission and pursue its vision there must be full commitment to the following core values and principles.
• Spirituality - confessing Jesus Christ as Lord and seeking to be brought into love and harmony with God; displaying a disposition of peace, patience, kindness, forgiveness, and consideration for others.
• Stewardship - giving of one’s time, talent, and treasure in the service of God and humanity
• Integrity- conducting self and interacting with others in a manner which reflects honesty, truth, and fairness, speaking and acting in accordance with what is factual and proven; honouring the absent.
• Accountability - taking ownership for our actions and decisions; accepting responsibility to report and justify outcomes to others.
• Results-oriented - striving to accomplish the highest standards of performance in whatever is undertaken; contributing to ensure the success of the programme, committee, group and ultimately the church.
• Love - acknowledging the dignity and value of others; seeking the best interest and wellbeing of other people; showing goodwill, compassion, and sensitivity to the needs of others.
• Service to humanity - giving support, sustenance, and hope to the less fortunate, differently able, shut -ins, elderly, young children in such ways as to make them feel appreciated, comfortable and meaningful, rendering service to the nation and its people with a spirit of peace, harmony, generosity and kindness.
Lectionary B
Collect - Easter 6
Collect - 6th Sunday of Easter
O God, you have prepared for those who love you such good things as surpass our understanding: Pour into our hearts such love towards you, that we, loving you in all things and above all things, may obtain your promises, which exceed all that we can desire; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
PRAYERS
Prayer for Seeds (hold seed aloft or have on display)
Creating God, you have given seed for the sower and bread to the people. Nourish, protect, and bless the seeds which your people have sown in hope. By your loving and bountiful giving, may they bring forth their fruit in due season, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Prayer for the Soil (hold soil aloft or have on display)
Giver of life, we give you thanks that in the richness of the soil, nature awakens your call to spring. We praise you for the smell of freshly tilled earth, the beauty of a cleanly cut furrow, and a well-ploughed field. We ask that you help us to be good stewards of the land. In the name of the one who gives us new life, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
Prayer for Water and Rain (hold water aloft or have on display)
Sustaining God, we receive the fruits of the earth from you. We give you thanks for the smell of the earth after rain, for its welcome cooling, and its necessary hydration for the land. We ask that the rain come as often as it is needed
so that crops may flourish and the coming harvest be indeed bountiful.