1. Welcome and Call to Worship

  2. 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.

  3. CH4 454 A Safe Stronghold Our God Is Still

    1. A safe stronghold our God is still,
      a trusty shield and weapon;
      he'll keep us clear from all the ill
      that hath us now o'ertaken.
      The ancient prince of hell
      hath risen with purpose fell;
      strong mail of craft and power
      he weareth in this hour;
      on earth is not his fellow.

    2. With force of arms we nothing can,
      full soon were we down-ridden;
      but for us fights the proper Man,
      whom God himself hath bidden.
      Ask ye who is this same?
      Christ Jesus is his name,
      the Lord Sabaoth's Son;
      he, and no other one,
      shall conquer in the battle.

    3. And were this world all devils o'er,
      and watching to devour us,
      we lay it not to heart so sore;
      they cannot overpower us.
      And let the prince of ill
      look grim as e'er he will,
      he harms us not a whit;
      for why? his doom is writ;
      a word shall quickly slay him.

    4. God's word, for all their craft and force,
      one moment will not linger,
      but, spite of hell, shall have its course;
      'tis written by his finger.
      And, though they take our life,
      goods, honour, children, wife,
      yet is their profit small;
      these things shall vanish all:
      the city of God remaineth.

    1. Psalm 146 (Joe Hislop)
    2. Ruth 1:1-18

  5. Children’s Address

  6. Hymn CH4 600 Spirit of God, Unseen as the Wind

    1. Refrain: Spirit of God, unseen as the wind,
      gentle as is the dove:
      teach us the truth and help us believe,
      show us the Saviour's love!

    2. You spoke to us - long, long ago -
      gave us the written word;
      we read it still, needing its truth,
      through it God's voice is heard.

      Refrain: Spirit of God, unseen as the wind,
      gentle as is the dove:
      teach us the truth and help us believe,
      show us the Saviour's love!

    3. Without your help we fail our Lord,
      we cannot live his way;
      we need your power, we need your strength,
      following Christ each day.

      Refrain: Spirit of God, unseen as the wind,
      gentle as is the dove:
      teach us the truth and help us believe,
      show us the Saviour's love!

    © Margaret V Old

  7. Meditation

  8. Hymn CH4 393 We Turn to God

    1. We turn to God when we are sorely pressed;
      we pray for help, and ask for peace and bread;
      we seek release from illness, guilt, and death:
      all people do, in faith or unbelief.

    2. We turn to God when he is sorely pressed,
      and find him poor, scorned, without roof and bread,
      bowed under weight of weakness, sin, and death:
      faith stands by God in his dark hour of grief.

    3. God turns to us when we are sorely pressed,
      and feeds our souls and bodies with his bread;
      for one and all Christ gives himself in death:
      through his forgiveness sin will find relief.

    © Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  9. Offering

  10. Prayer of Intercession

  11. 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.

    © Graham Kendrick

  12. Blessing