Morning Service Sunday 10 March 2024

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 167 Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah

1. Guide me, O thou great Jehovah,
   pilgrim through this barren land;
   I am weak, but thou art mighty;
   hold me with thy powerful hand.
   Bread of heaven, bread of heaven,
   feed me till my want is o’er.
   

2. Open now the crystal fountain,
   whence the healing stream doth flow.
   Let the fire and cloudy pillar
   lead me all my journey through.
   Strong Deliverer, strong Deliverer,
   be thou still my strength and shield,
   

3. When I tread the verge of Jordan,
   bid my anxious fears subside.
   Death of death, and hell's Destruction,
   land me safe on Canaan's side.
   Songs of praises, songs of praises
   I will ever give to thee,
   

1. Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22
2. Ephesians 2:1-10

Known Unknowns 78 There Is a Line of Women

Tune: Ellacombe

1. There is a line of women
   extending back to Eve
   whose role in shaping history
   God only could conceive;
   and though through endless ages
   their witness was repressed,
   God valued and encouraged them
   through whom the world was blessed.
   

   So sing a song of Sarah —
   to laughter she gave birth;
   and sing a song of Tamar
   who stood for women’s worth;
   and sing a song of Hannah
   who bargained with her Lord;
   and sing a song of Mary
   who bore and bred God’s Word.
   

2. There is a line of women
   who took on powerful men,
   defying laws and scruples
   to let life live again;
   and though, despite their triumph,
   their stories stayed untold,
   God kept their number growing,
   creative, strong and bold.
   

   So sing a song of Sarah —
   to laughter she gave birth;
   and sing a song of Tamar
   who stood for women’s worth;
   and sing a song of Hannah
   who bargained with her Lord;
   and sing a song of Mary
   who bore and bred God’s Word.
   

3. There is a line of women
   who stood by Jesus’ side,
   who housed him while he ministered
   and held him when he died;
   and though they claimed he’d risen,
   their news was deemed suspect
   till Jesus stood among them,
   his womanly elect.
   

   So sing a song of Anna
   who saw Christ’s infant face;
   and sing a song of Martha
   who gave him food and space;
   and sing of all the Marys
   who heeded his requests,
   and now, at heaven’s banquet
   are Jesus’ fondest guests.
   

2018 Wild Goose Resource Group

Meditation

CH4 555 Amazing Grace

VIDEO — PIANO GUYS

1. Amazing grace! how sweet the sound
   that saved a wretch like me!
   I once was lost, but now am found,
   was blind, but now I see.
   

2. 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
   and grace my fears relieved;
   how precious did that grace appear
   the hour I first believed!
   

3. Through many dangers, toils and snares
   I have already come;
   'tis grace that brought me safe thus far,
   and grace will lead me home.
   

4. The Lord has promised good to me,
   his word my hope secures;
   he will my shield and portion be
   as long as life endures.
   

Offering

Prayer of Intercession

CH4 724 Christ's Is the World in which We Move

1. Christ’s is the world in which we move;
   Christ’s are the folk we’re summoned to love;
   Christ’s is the voice which calls us to care,
   and Christ is the one who meets us here.
   

   To the lost Christ shows his face,
   to the unloved he gives his embrace,
   to those who cry in pain or disgrace,
   Christ makes, with his friends, a touching place.
   

2. Feel for the people we most avoid –
   strange or bereaved or never employed.
   Feel for the women and feel for the men
   who fear that their living is all in vain.
   

   To the lost Christ shows his face,
   to the unloved he gives his embrace,
   to those who cry in pain or disgrace,
   Christ makes, with his friends, a touching place.
   

3. Feel for the parents who’ve lost their child,
   feel for the women whom men have defiled,
   feel for the baby for whom there’s no breast,
   and feel for the weary who find no rest.
   

   To the lost Christ shows his face,
   to the unloved he gives his embrace,
   to those who cry in pain or disgrace,
   Christ makes, with his friends, a touching place.
   

4. Feel for the lives by life confused,
   riddled with doubt, in loving abused;
   feel for the lonely heart, conscious of sin,
   which longs to be pure but fears to begin.
   

   To the lost Christ shows his face,
   to the unloved he gives his embrace,
   to those who cry in pain or disgrace,
   Christ makes, with his friends, a touching place.
   

1989, 1996 Wild Goose Resource Group

Blessing