Morning Service Sunday 27 February 2022

Welcome and Intimations

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 111 Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!

1. Holy, holy, holy! Lord God almighty!
   Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee.
   Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty!
   God in three persons, blessed trinity!
   

2. Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore thee,
   casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;
   cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee,
   which wert, and art, and evermore shalt be.
   

3. Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide thee,
   though the eye of sinfulness thy glory may not see,
   only thou art holy; there is none beside thee,
   perfect in pow’r, in love, and purity.
   

4. Holy, holy, holy! Lord God almighty!
   All thy works shall praise thy name, in earth, and sky, and sea.
   Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty!
   God in three persons, blessed trinity!
   

1. Exodus 34:29-35 Joe Hislop
2. II Corinthians 3:12-4:2

Children’s Message

CH4 601 Look Upon Us, Blessed Lord

1. Look upon us, blessèd Lord,
   Take our wandering thoughts and guide us;
   We have come to hear your Word,
   With your teaching now provide us,
   That, from earth’s distractions turning,
   We your message may be learning.
   

2. For your Spirit’s radiance bright
   We, assembled here, are hoping;
   When we live without your light,
   In the dark our souls were groping:
   In word, deed, and thought direct us:
   Only you, Lord, can correct us.
   

3. Brightness of the Father’s face,
   Light of light, from God proceeding,
   Make us ready in this place;
   Ear and heart await your leading.
   In our studies, prayer, and praising,
   May our souls find their upraising.
   

Meditation

Known Unknowns 29 God’s Spirit Is Here

Tune: Hanover (O Worship the King, All Glorious Above)

1. God’s Spirit is here
   that never alone
   the followers of Christ
   need face the unknown.
   The fount of all living
   is leading the dance,
   dismantling old systems
   that earth might advance.
   

2. She banishes sin,
   eradicates fear,
   lets hesitant faith
   affirm God is here
   till, living like Jesus
   and blessed by his name,
   we bind up the broken
   and lift up the lame.
   

3. She defuses hate
   and raises the dead,
   becalming life’s storms,
   removing all dread.
   So that we might serve God
   confirmed from above,
   she tests us with fire
   and aflames us with love.
   

4. So, seek out the lost
   and share out the pain,
   and love at such cost
   that all rise again.
   God’s lamplighting Spirit
   is dancing the way
   from dark into dawning,
   from night into day.
   

© John L. Bell and Graham Maule/Wild Goose Resource Group

Offering

Prayer of Intercession

CH4 448 Shine, Jesus, Shine

1. Lord, the light of Your love is shining,
   in the midst of the darkness, shining:
   Jesus, Light of the world, shine upon us;
   set us free by the truth You now bring us –
   shine on me, shine on me.
   

   Shine, Jesus, shine,
   fill this land with the Father’s glory;
   blaze, Spirit, blaze, set our hearts on fire.
   Flow, river, flow, flood the nations with grace and mercy;
   send forth Your word, Lord,
   and let there be light!
   

2. Lord, I come to Your awesome presence,
   from the shadows into Your radiance;
   by Your blood I may enter Your brightness:
   search me, try me, consume all my darkness –
   shine on me, shine on me.
   

   Shine, Jesus, shine,
   fill this land with the Father’s glory;
   blaze, Spirit, blaze, set our hearts on fire.
   Flow, river, flow, flood the nations with grace and mercy;
   send forth Your word, Lord,
   and let there be light!
   

3. As we gaze on Your kingly brightness
   so our faces display Your likeness,
   ever changing from glory to glory:
   mirrored here, may our lives tell Your story –
   shine on me, shine on me.
   

   Shine, Jesus, shine,
   fill this land with the Father’s glory;
   blaze, Spirit, blaze, set our hearts on fire.
   Flow, river, flow, flood the nations with grace and mercy;
   send forth Your word, Lord,
   and let there be light!
   

© Make Way Music/Graham Kendrick

Blessing