Morning Service Sunday 5 February

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 214 New Every Morning

1. New every morning is the love
   our wakening and uprising prove,
   through sleep and darkness safely brought,
   restored to life, and power, and thought.
   

2. New mercies, each returning day,
   hover around us while we pray, --
   new perils past, new sins forgiven,
   new thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven.
   

3. If, on our daily course, our mind
   be set to hallow all we find,
   new treasures still, of countless price,
   God will provide for sacrifice.
   

4. The trivial round, the common task,
   will furnish all we ought to ask, --
   room to deny ourselves, a road
   to bring us daily nearer God.
   

5. Prepare us, Lord, in your dear love,
   for perfect life with you above;
   and help us, this and every day,
   to live more nearly as we pray.
   

© John Keble

1. Matthew 5:13-20
2. Isaiah 58:1-12

Children’s Message

CH4 608 Spirit of Truth and Grace

1. Spirit of truth and grace, come to us in this place
   as now in Jesus’ name God’s people gather.
   Open our eyes to see truths that will ever be,
   and in communion draw us close together.
   

2. Spirit of joy and peace make all anxieties cease
   with knowledge of the Father’s perfect caring.
   Then may God’s children know love that won’t let us go and joy that fills
   each day, beyond comparing.
   

3. Spirit of life and power, revive us in this hour
   and stir our hearts to praise with true devotion.
   Fill us with heavenly fire, and every heart inspire, that we may serve the
   world with your compassion.
   

© Ian D Cunningham

Meditation

CH4 291 When Out of Poverty Is Born

1. When out of poverty is born
   a dream that will not die
   a landless, weary folk find strength
   to stand with heads held high,
   it's then we learn from those who wait
   to greet the promised day:
   'The Lord is coming; don't lose heart
   Be blest: prepare the way!'
   

2. When people wander far from God,
   forget to share their bread,
   they find their wealth an empty thing,
   their spirits are not fed.
   For only just and tender love
   the hungry soul will stay.
   And so God's prophets echo still:
   'Be blest: prepare the way!'
   

3. When God took flesh and came to earth,
   the world turned upside down,
   and in the strength of women's faith
   the Word of Life was born.
   She knew that God would raise the low,
   it pleased her to obey.
   Rejoice with Mary in the call:
   'Be blest: prepare the way!’
   

© Kathryn Galloway

Offering

Prayer of Intercession

CH4 252 As a Fire Is Meant for Burning

1. As a fire is meant for burning
   with a bright and warming flame,
   so the church is meant for mission,
   giving glory to God’s name.
   Preaching Christ, and not our customs,
   let us build build a bridge of care,
   joining hands across the nations,
   finding neighbours everywhere.
   

2. We are learners; we are teachers;
   we are pilgrims on the way.
   We are seekers; we are givers;
   we are vessels made of clay.
   By our gentle loving actions,
   we would show that Christ is light.
   in a humble, listening Spirit,
   we will live to God’s delight.
   

3. As a green bud in the springtime
   is a sign of life renewed,
   so may we be signs of oneness
   mid earth’s peoples many hued.
   As a rainbow lights the heavens
   when a storm is past and gone,
   may our lives reflect the radiance
   of God’s new and glorious dawn.
   

© Ruth C Duck

Blessing