Please note on Sunday 25th May 2025 we are meeting @ 11am at St Michael & St Joseph Church, Wezembeek-Oppem. See google maps for exact location,  https://maps.app.goo.gl/28ZtjVLwJY4ZR3C8A
(next Service in Moorsel is Sunday June 1st)

Welcome 

   

Word of Scripture

Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth! Serve the LORD with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! Know that the LORD, he is God!" 
Psalm 100:1-3

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Opening prayer
Loving God, we have come to worship you.
Help us to pray to you in faith,

to sing your praise with gratitude,

and to listen to your word with eagerness;

through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Song

Lord I come before Your throne of grace

I find rest in Your presence

And fulness of joy in worship

And wonder I behold Your face

Singing what a faithful God have I

 

What a faithful God have I

What a faithful God

What a faithful God have I

Faithful in ev'ry way

 

Lord of mercy You have heard my cry

Through the storm You're the beacon

My song in the night
In the shelter of Your wings hear my heart's reply

Singing what a faithful God have I

 

Lord all sov'reign granting peace from heav'n

Let me comfort those who suffer

With the comfort You have giv'n

I will tell of Your great love for as long as I live

Singing what a faithful God have I

Dawn Critchley; Robert Critchley ©1989 Thankyou Music

 

Song

When I fear my faith will fail

Christ will hold me fast

When the tempter would prevail

He will hold me fast

I could never keep my hold

Through life's fearful path

For my love is often cold

He must hold me fast

 

He will hold me fast

He will hold me fast

For my Saviour loves me so

He will hold me fast

 

Those He saves are His delight

Christ will hold me fast

Precious in His holy sight

He will hold me fast

He'll not let my soul be lost

His Promises shall last

Bought by Him at such a cost

He will hold me fast
 

For my life He bled and died

Christ will hold me fast

Justice has been satisfied

He will hold me fast

Raised with Him to endless life

He will hold me fast

Till our faith is turned to sight

When He comes at last

Ada Ruth Habershon; Matthew Merker ©2013 Getty Music Publishing; Matthew Merker Music

 

Storytelling Moriah de Lige
 

Children and young people leave for their groups

Confession

God our Father,

long-suffering, full of grace and truth,

you create us from nothing and give us life.

You give your faithful people new life in the water of baptism.

You do not turn your face from us,

nor cast us aside.

We confess that we have sinned

against you and our neighbour.

We have wounded your love and marred your image in us.

Restore us for the sake of your Son,

and bring us to heavenly joy,

in Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen

May the God of love and power

forgive us and free us from our sins,

heal and strengthen us by his Spirit,

and raise us to new life in Christ our Lord.

Amen.
 

Song  

Your love is amazing

Steady and unchanging

Your love is a mountain

Firm beneath my feet

Your love is a myst'ry

How You gently lift me

When I am surrounded

Your love carries me

 

Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah

Your love makes me sing

Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah

Your love makes me sing

 

Your love is surprising

I can feel it rising

All the joy that's growing

Deep inside of me

Ev'ry time I see You

All Your goodness shines through

I can feel this God song

Rising up in me

Brenton Brown; Brian Doerksen© 2000 Vineyard Songs

 

Reading: Luke 8: 16 – 25

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Song

Speak O Lord as we come to You

To receive the food of Your holy word

Take Your truth plant it deep in us

Shape and fashion us in Your likeness

That the light of Christ might be seen today

In our acts of love and our deeds of faith
 

Speak O Lord and fulfill in us

All Your purposes for Your glory

Teach us Lord full obedience

Holy reverence true humility

Test our thoughts and our attitudes

In the radiance of Your purity

Cause our faith to rise

Cause our eyes to see

Your majestic love and authority

Words of power that can never fail

Let their truth prevail over unbelief

 

Speak O Lord and renew our minds

Help us grasp the heights of Your plans for us

Truths unchanged from the dawn of time

That will echo down through eternity

And by grace we'll stand on Your promises

And by faith we'll walk as You walk with us
Speak O Lord till Your church is built

And the earth is filled with Your glory

Keith Getty; Stuart Townend ©2005 Thankyou Music

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Reading Nehemiah 5: 1 – 13

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Sermon Willy Jo Basengimana

Affirmation of Faith

Do you believe and trust in God the Father,

source of all being and life,

the one for whom we exist?

We believe and trust in him.

Do you believe and trust in God the Son,

who took our human nature,

died for us and rose again?

We believe and trust in him.

 

Do you believe and trust in God the Holy Spirit,

who gives life to the people of God

and makes Christ known in the world?

We believe and trust in him.

This is the faith of the Church.

This is our faith.

We believe and trust in one God,

Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Amen.

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Prayers 
 

Lord’s Prayer

As our Saviour taught us, so we pray

Our Father in heaven,

hallowed be your name,

your kingdom come,

your will be done,

on earth as in heaven.

Give us today our daily bread.

Forgive us our sins

as we forgive those who sin against us.

Lead us not into temptation

but deliver us from evil.

For the kingdom, the power,

and the glory are yours

now and for ever.

Amen.

 

Children and young people return from their groups

Church Family News

Offertory prayer

God of all goodness and grace,

receive the gifts we offer;

and grant that our whole life may give you glory and praise;

through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

 

Song  

O Lord my God when I in awesome wonder

Consider all the works Thy hand hath made

I see the stars I hear the mighty thunder

Thy pow'r throughout the universe displayed

 

Then sings my soul my Saviour God to Thee

How great Thou art how great Thou art

Then sings my soul my Saviour God to Thee

How great Thou art how great Thou art

 

And when I think that God His Son not sparing

Sent Him to die I scarce can take it in

That on the Cross my burden gladly bearing

He bled and died to take away my sin

 

When Christ shall come with shout of acclamation

And take me home what joy shall fill my heart

Then shall I bow in humble adoration

And there proclaim my God how great Thou art
Stuart Wesley K Hine © 1949 & 1953 Stuart Hine Trust
 

Closing prayer

Loving God, we thank you for hearing our prayers,
feeding us with your word,
and encouraging us in our meeting together.

Take us and use us
to love and serve you, and all people,
in the power of your Spirit
and in the name of your Son,
Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.
 

Blessing

May God give to us and to all those we love

his comfort and his peace,

his light and his joy,

in this world and the next;

and the blessing of God Almighty,

the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,

be among us and remain with us always.

Amen

 

 

 

Copyright information: Songs used by permission ccli 843338 & liturgy© Archbishops council 2000