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Word of Scripture
O God, you will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are fixed on you; for in returning and rest we shall be saved; in quietness and trust shall be our strength. Isaiah 26:3, 30:15

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Opening Prayer
We thank you for everyone gathered here now.

Thank you that you know each of us by name and have caused us to walk with You.

We say that we are dependent on You and our trust is in You completely.

As we surrender ourselves in adoration we ask that

You would come by Your Holy Spirit and inspire our hearts today.

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Come fill our lives with Your love,

fill our conversations with Your grace and truth,

fill this meeting with Your presence.

We ask this for Your glory and praise. Amen.

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Song
Who am I that the highest King would welcome me

I was lost but He brought me in

Oh His love for me

Oh His love for me

Who the Son sets free

Oh is free indeed

I'm a child of God

Yes I am

 

Free at last, He has ransomed me

His grace runs deep

While I was a slave to sin, Jesus died for me

Yes He died for me

 

In my Father's house

there's a place for me

I'm a child of God

Yes I am

I am chosen not forsaken

I am who You say I am

You are for me, not against me

I am who You say I am

Yes I am who you say I am
Ben Fielding; Reuben Morgan ©2017 Hillsong Music Publishing Australia

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Song
Our God is a consuming fire

A burning holy flame with glory and freedom

Our God is the only righteous judge

Ruling over us with kindness and wisdom

And we will keep our eyes on You

We will keep our eyes on You

A mighty fortress is our God

A sacred refuge is Your name

Your Kingdom is unshakable

And with You forever we will reign

 

Our God is jealous for His own

None could comprehend His love and His mercy

Our God is exalted on His throne

High above the heavens forever He is worthy

 

We will keep our eyes on You

We will keep our eyes on You

So we can set our hearts on You

Lord we will set our hearts on You
Christy Nockels; Nathan Nockels ©2009 sixsteps Music

 

A prayer for Rwanda 

 

Children leave for their activities

 

Bible reading: Luke 5, 17-26

click to read or page 1032 in the church Bibles

 

Confession

Jesus Christ, risen master and triumphant Lord,

we come to you in sorrow for our sins,

and confess to you our weakness and unbelief.

We have lived by our own strength,

and not by the power of your resurrection.

In your mercy, forgive us.

Lord, hear us and help us

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We have lived by the light of our own eyes,

as faithless and not believing.

In your mercy, forgive us.

Lord, hear us and help us.

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We have lived for this world alone,

and doubted our home in heaven.

We are sorry.

In your mercy, forgive us.

Lord, hear us and help us.

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May the God of love

bring us back to himself,

forgive us our sins,

and assure us of his eternal love

in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

 

Bible reading: John 21:15-19

click to read or page 1090 in the church Bibles

Sermon: Dominic Newstead

Song

Before the throne of God above

I have a strong and perfect plea

A great High Priest whose name is Love

Who ever lives and pleads for me

My name is graven on His hands

My name is written on His heart

I know that while in heav'n He stands

No tongue can bid me thence depart

No tongue can bid me thence depart

 

When Satan tempts me to despair

And tells me of the guilt within

Upward I look and see Him there

Who made an end to all my sin

Because the sinless Saviour died

My sinful soul is counted free

For God the Just is satisfied

To look on Him and pardon me

To look on Him and pardon me

 

Behold Him there the risen Lamb

My perfect spotless righteousness

The great unchangeable I Am

The King of glory and of grace

One with Himself I cannot die

My soul is purchased with His blood

My life is hid with Christ on high

With Christ my Saviour and my God

With Christ my Saviour and my God

Charitie Lees Bancroft; Vikki Cook © 1997 Sovereign Grace Worship

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Prayers;

Children return from their activities

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Prayer of Preparation

Most merciful Lord, your love compels us to come in.

Our hands were unclean, our hearts were unprepared;

we were not fit even to eat the crumbs from under your table.

But you, Lord, are the God of our salvation, and share your bread with sinners.

So cleanse and feed us with the body and blood of your Son,

that he may live in us and we in him;

and that we, with the whole company of Christ,

may sit and eat in your kingdom. Amen

 

Communion Prayer

Lift up your hearts.

We lift them to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

It is right to give thanks and praise

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Why it is right to give thanks and praise?

Let us listen and we will hear.

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Holy, holy, holy Lord,

God of power and might, heaven and

earth are full of your glory.

Hosanna in the highest.
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Why do we share this bread and wine?

Let us listen and we will hear.

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How do we follow Jesus?

Let us listen and we will hear.

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Invitation to Communion

Sharing Communion

 

Song during communion:

Turn your eyes upon Jesus

Look full in His wonderful face

And the things of earth will grow strangely dim

In the light of His glory and grace

 

Turn your eyes to the hillside

Where justice and mercy embrace

There the Son of God gave His life for us

And our measureless debt was erased

 

Jesus to You we lift our eyes

Jesus our glory and our prize

We adore You, behold You, our Saviour ever true

Oh Jesus we turn our eyes to You

 

Turn your eyes to the morning

And see Christ the lion awake

What a glorious dawn fear of death is gone

For we carry His life in our veins

 

Turn your eyes to the heavens

Our King will return for His own

Every knee will bow every tongue will shout

All glory to Jesus alone

George Romanacce; Helen H. Lemmel; Kevin Winebarger; Nathan Stiff; Nic Trout ©2019 New Spring

 

Prayers after communion

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 forever Amen.

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Lord God,
you have renewed us 
with the living bread from heaven;
nourish our faith,
increase our hope,
and strengthen our love:

teach us always to hunger 
for him who is the true and living bread,
and enable us to live by every word
that proceeds from out of your mouth;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen
 

Church Family News
 

Song

By faith we see the hand of God

In the light of creation's grand design

In the lives of those who prove His faithfulness

Who walk by faith and not by sight

 

By faith our fathers roamed the earth

With the pow'r of His promise in their hearts

Of a holy city built by God's own hand

A place where peace and justice reign

We will stand as children of the promise

We will fix our eyes on Him our soul's reward

Till the race is finished and the work is done

We'll walk by faith and not by sight

 

By faith the prophets saw a day

When the longed-for Messiah would appear

With the pow'r to break the chains of sin and death

And rise triumphant from the grave

 

By faith the church was called to go

In the pow'r of the Spirit to the lost

To deliver captives and to preach good news

In ev'ry corner of the earth

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By faith the mountain shall be moved

And the pow'r of the gospel shall prevail

For we know in Christ all things are possible

For all who call upon His name

Keith Getty; Kristyn Getty; Stuart Townend ©2009 Getty Music Publishing

 

Closing Prayer

Disturb us, Lord, when we are too well pleased with ourselves, When our dreams have come true because we have dreamed too little, When we arrived safely because we sailed too close to the shore.

Disturb us, Lord, when with the abundance of things we possess we have lost our thirst for the waters of life; having fallen in love with life, we have ceased to dream of eternity and in our efforts to build a new earth, we have allowed our vision of the new Heaven to dim.

 

Disturb us, Lord, to dare more boldly, to venture on wider seas where storms will show your mastery; where losing sight of land, we shall find the stars. We ask You to push back the horizons of our hopes; And to push into the future In strength, courage, hope, and love.

Attributed — Sir Francis Drake — 1577

 

Prayer ministry is available at the back of church.

Please join us for coffee in the parish hall.

 

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All songs used by permission CCLi no 843338 
Liturgical material in this service is from Common Worship © The Archbishops' Council 2000