Welcome and Intimations
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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.
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MP 67 Breathe on me breath of God
Tune: Trentham
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Breathe on me, breath of God,
fill me with life anew,
that I may love what Thou dost love,
and do what Thou wouldst do.
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Breathe on me, breath of God,
until my heart is pure,
until with Thee I will one will,
to do and to endure.
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Breathe on me, breath of God,
till I am wholly Thine,
until this earthly part of me
glows with Thy fire divine.
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Breathe on me, breath of God,
so shall I never die,
but live with Thee the perfect life
of Thine eternity.
© Edward Hatch
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- Colossians 1: 10-24
Children’s Message
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MP 376 Jesus put this song into our hearts
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Jesus put this song into our hearts,
Jesus put this song into our hearts;
it’s a song of joy no-one can take away.
Jesus put this song into our hearts.
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Jesus taught us how to live in harmony,
Jesus taught us how to live in harmony;
different faces, different races, He made us one -
Jesus taught us how to live in harmony.
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Jesus taught us how to be a family,
Jesus taught us how to be a family;
loving one another with the love that He gives –
Jesus taught us how to be a family.
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Jesus turned our sorrow into dancing,
Jesus turned our sorrow into dancing,
changed our tears of sadness into rivers of joy -
Jesus turned our sorrow into a dance.
© Graham Kendrick
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Meditation
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Hymn MP 94 Come let us sing of a wonderful love
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Come, let us sing of a wonderful love,
tender and true;
out of the heart of the Father above,
streaming to me and to you:
wonderful love
dwells in the heart of the Father above.
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Jesus, the Saviour, this gospel to tell,
joyfully came;
came with the helpless and hopeless to dwell,
sharing their sorrow and shame;
seeking the lost,
saving, redeeming at measureless cost.
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Jesus is seeking the wanderers yet;
Why do they roam?
Love only waits to forgive and forget;
Home! weary wanderers, home!
Wonderful love
dwells in the heart of the Father above.
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Come to my heart, O Thou wonderful Love,
come and abide,
lifting my life till it rises above
envy and falsehood and pride;
seeking to be
lowly and humble, a learner of Thee.
© Robert Walmsley
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Offering
Prayer of Intercession
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MP 295 I serve a risen Saviour
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I serve a risen Saviour, He’s in the world today; I know that He is living, whatever men may say. I see His hand of mercy, I hear His voice of cheer; and just the time I need Him, He’s always near.
He lives, He lives, Christ Jesus lives today! He walks with me and talks with me along life’s narrow way. He lives, He lives, salvation to impart! You ask me how I know He lives? He lives within my heart.
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In all the world around me I see His loving care, and though my heart grows weary I never will despair; I know that He is leading, through all the stormy blast, the day of His appearing will come at last.
He lives, He lives, Christ Jesus lives today! He walks with me and talks with me along life’s narrow way. He lives, He lives, salvation to impart! You ask me how I know He lives? He lives within my heart.
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Rejoice, rejoice, O Christian, lift up your voice and sing eternal hallelujahs to Jesus Christ the King! The hope of all who seek Him, The help of all who find, none other is so loving, so good and kind.
He lives, He lives, Christ Jesus lives today! He walks with me and talks with me along life’s narrow way. He lives, He lives, salvation to impart! You ask me how I know He lives? He lives within my heart.
© Alfred Henry Ackley
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Blessing