Welcome  

Word of Scripture  
You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honour and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being. Rev. 4:11 NIV

 

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 Christ our Lord. Amen.

 

Songs

Over all the earth

You reign on high

Every mountain stream

Every sunset sky

But my one request

Lord my only aim

Is that You'd reign in me again

 

Lord reign in me

Reign in Your power

Over all my dreams

In my darkest hour

You are the Lord

Of all I am

So won't You reign in me again

  

Over every thought

Over every word

May my life reflect

The beauty of my Lord

'Cause You mean more to me

Than any earthly thing

So won't You reign in me again

Brenton Brown© 1998 Vineyard Songs

 

I am a city on a hill

I am a light in the darkness

Jesus living in me can change the world

I am a city on a hill

I am a light in the darkness

Jesus living in me can change the world

 

Let my light shine let my light shine

Let my light shine

Let my light shine let my light shine

Let my light shine

If God is for me who can stand against me

Let my light shine let my light shine

Let my light shine

If God is for me who can stand against me

Let my light shine let my light shine

Let my light shine

 

We are a city on a hill

We are a light in the darkness

Jesus living in us can change the world

We are a city on a hill

We are a light in the darkness

Jesus living in us can change the world

 

Let your light shine let your light shine

Let your light shine

Let it shine

Let your light shine let your light shine

Let your light shine

If God is for us who can stand against us

Let your light shine let your light shine

Let your light shine

If God is for us who can stand against us

Let your light shine let your light shine

Let your light shine

Becky Drake | Nick J. Drake© 2014 Thankyou Music Ltd

Confession 
Human sin disfigures the whole creation,

which groans with eager longing for God’s redemption.

We confess our sin in penitence and faith.
 

God our Father, we are sorry

for the times when we have used your gifts carelessly,

and acted ungratefully.

Hear our prayer, and in your mercy:

forgive us and help us.
 

We enjoy the fruits of the harvest,

but sometimes forget that you have given them to us.

Father, in your mercy:

forgive us and help us.

 

We belong to a people who are full and satisfied,

but ignore the cry of the hungry.

Father, in your mercy:

forgive us and help us.

 

We are thoughtless,

and do not care enough for the world you have made.

Father, in your mercy:

forgive us and help us.

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We store up goods for ourselves alone,

as if there were no God and no heaven.

Father, in your mercy:
forgive us and help us.
 

May God who loved the world so much that he sent his Son to be our Saviour

forgive us our sins

and make us holy to serve him in the world,

through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
 

Children and young people leave for their activities

Bible Reading: Luke 21: 20 – 28

Click to read or page 1056 in the church bibles

 

Interview

 

Song

Blessed assurance Jesus is mine
He's been my fourth man in the fire
Time after time 
Born of His Spirit Washed in His blood
And what He did for me on Calvary
Is more than enough

I trust in God My Saviour
The One who will never fail
He will never fail

Perfect submission, All is at rest
I know the author of tomorrow
Has ordered my steps
So this is my story, and this is my song
I’m praising my risen King and Saviour
All the day long

I sought the Lord and He heard and He answered
I sought the Lord and He heard and He answered
I sought the Lord and He heard and He answered
That’s why I trust Him
That’s why (I trust Him)
Brandon Lake, Chris Brown, Mitch Wong, Steven Furtick © 2023 Brandon Lake Music; Music by Elevation Worship Publishing; 

Bible Reading: Isaiah 49: 1 - 26

Click to read or page 736 in the church bibles

Sermon Patrick Lambert

 

Song

From heav'n You came helpless babe

Enter'd our world Your glory veil'd

Not to be served but to serve

And give Your life that we might live

 

This is our God the Servant King

He calls us now to follow Him

To bring our lives as a daily offering

Of worship to the Servant King

 

There in the garden of tears

My heavy load He chose to bear

His heart with sorrow was torn

Yet not my will but Yours He said

 

Come see His hands and His feet

The scars that speak of sacrifice

Hands that flung stars into space

To cruel nails Surrendered

 

So let us learn how to serve

And in our lives enthrone Him

Each other's needs to prefer

For it is Christ we're serving

Graham Kendrick© 1983 Thankyou Music Ltd

 

Affirmation of Faith

I believe in God, the Father Almighty,

creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,

who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,

born of the Virgin Mary,

suffered under Pontius Pilate,

was crucified, died, and was buried;

he descended to the dead.
 

On the third day he rose again;

he ascended into heaven,

he is seated at the right hand of the Father,

and he will come to judge the living and the dead.
 

I believe in the Holy Spirit,

the holy catholic Church,

the communion of saints,

the forgiveness of sins,

the resurrection of the body,

and the life everlasting.

Amen.

 

Intercessions

 

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

Be thou my vision O Lord of my heart

Naught be all else to me save that Thou art

Thou my best thought by day or by night

Waking or sleeping Thy presence my light

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Be thou my wisdom and Thou my true word

I ever with Thee and Thou with me Lord

Thou my great Father I Thy true son

Thou in me dwelling and I with Thee one

Riches I heed not nor man's empty praise

Thou mine inheritance now and always

Thou and Thou only first in my heart

High King of heaven my treasure Thou art

 

High King of heaven my victory won

May I reach heaven's joys O bright heav'n's Sun

Heart of my own heart whatever befall

Still be my vision O Ruler of all

Dallan Forgaill | Dave Moore | Eleanor Henrietta Hull | Lauren Moore | Mary Elizabeth Byrne

© Words: Public Domain; Music: 2021 Catholic Music Initiative, Inc.

 

Closing Prayer 

Eternal God,

our beginning and our end,

accompany us in this day’s journey.

Dawn on our darkness,

open our eyes to praise you for your creation

and to see the work you set before us today.

Take us and use us

to bring to others the new life you give in Jesus Christ

our Lord.

 

God the Father,

who has given to his Son the name above every name,

strengthen you to proclaim Christ as Lord; Amen

 

All songs used by permission CCL no 843338  

Liturgical material in this service is from Common Worship © The Archbishops' Council 2000