Morning Service Sunday 3 October 2021

Welcome and Call to Worship

Prayer and Lord’s Prayer

Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come;
thy will be done;
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation;
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
the power, and the glory
for ever and ever.
Amen.

CH4 656 I Come with Joy, a Child of God

1. I come with joy, a child of God,
   forgiven, loved, and free,
   the life of Jesus to recall,
   in love laid down for me,
   in love laid down for me
   

2. I come with Christians far and near
   to find, as all are fed,
   the new community of love
   in Christ's communion bread,
   in Christ’s communion bread.
   

3. As Christ breaks bread and bids us share,
   each proud division ends.
   The love that made us makes us one,
   and strangers now are friends,
   and strangers now are friends.
   

4. The spirit of the risen Christ,
   unseen, but ever near,
   is in such friendship better known:
   alive and among us here,
   alive and among us here.
   

5. Together met, together bound,
   by all that God has done,
   we'll go with joy, to give the world,
   the love that makes us one,
   the love that makes us one.
   

© Brian Wren

Communion

Hymn CH 19 Ye Gates, Lift Up Your Heads on High

1. Ye gates lift up your heads on high;
   ye doors that last for aye,
   be lifted up, that so the King
   of glory enter may.
   But who of glory is the King?
   The mighty Lord is this;
   even that same Lord that great in might
   and strong in battle is.
   

2. Ye gates, lift up your heads; ye doors,
   doors that do last for aye,
   be lifted up, that so the King
   of glory enter may.
   But who is he that is the King,
   the King of glory? who is this?
   The Lord of hosts, and none but he,
   the King of glory is.
   

   Alleluia! alleluia!
   alleluia! alleluia! alleluia!
   Amen, amen, amen.
   

1. Psalm 8
2. Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12

Hymn CH4 259 Beauty for Brokenness

1. Beauty for brokenness,
   hope for despair,
   Lord, in Your suffering world
   this is our prayer.
   Bread for the children,
   justice, joy, peace,
   sunrise to sunset, Your kingdom increase!
   

2. Shelter for fragile lives,
   cures for their ills,
   work for the craftsmen,
   trade for their skills;
   land for the dispossessed,
   rights for the weak,
   voices to plead the cause of those who can’t speak.
   

   God of the poor,
   friend of the weak,
   give us compassion we pray:
   melt our cold hearts,
   let tears fall like rain;
   come, change our love
   from a spark to aflame.
   

3. Refuge from cruel wars,
   havens from fear,
   cities for sanctuary,
   freedoms to share.
   Peace to the killing-fields,
   scorched earth to green,
   Christ for the bitterness, His cross for the pain.
   

4. Rest for the ravaged earth,
   oceans and streams
   plundered and poisoned –
   our future, our dreams.
   Lord, end our madness,
   carelessness, greed;
   make us content with the things that we need.
   

   God of the poor,
   friend of the weak,
   give us compassion we pray:
   melt our cold hearts,
   let tears fall like rain;
   come, change our love
   from a spark to aflame.
   

5. Lighten our darkness,
   breathe on this flame
   until Your justice
   burns brightly again;
   until the nations
   learn of Your ways,
   seek Your salvation and bring You their praise.
   

   God of the poor,
   friend of the weak,
   give us compassion we pray:
   melt our cold hearts,
   let tears fall like rain;
   come, change our love
   from a spark to aflame.
   

Meditation

This Little Light of Mine

Offering

Prayer of Intercession

Intimations

Hymn CH4 606 Lord, You Sometimes Speak in Wonders

1. Lord, you sometimes speak in wonders
   unmistakable and clear;
   mighty signs to prove your presence,
   overcoming doubt and fear
   

2. Lord, you sometimes speak in whispers,
   still and small and scarcely heard;
   only those who want to listen
   catch the all-important word.
   

3. Lord, you sometimes speak in silence,
   through our loud and noisy day:
   we can know and trust you better
   when we quietly wait and pray.
   

4. Lord, you sometimes speak in Scripture:
   words that summon from the page,
   shown and taught us by your Spirit
   with fresh light for every age.
   

5. Lord, you always speak in Jesus,
   always new yet still the same;
   teach us now more of our Saviour;
   make our lives display his Name
   

© Christopher Martin Idle

Blessing