Morning Service Sunday 26 May 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 111 Holy, Holy, Holy

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,
   God ever living through eternity.
   

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 power, 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. Isaiah 6:1-8
2. John 3:1-17

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.
   

1958 "Service Book and Hymnal" Reprinted by permission of Augsburg Fortress

Meditation

Known Unknowns 62 Praise with Joy

1. Praise with joy the world’s Creator;
   God of justice, love and peace,
   source and end of human knowledge,
   force of greatness without cease.
   Celebrate the Maker’s glory —
   power to rescue and release.
   

2. Praise the Son who feeds the hungry,
   clothes the naked, finds the lost,
   heals the sick, upsets religion,
   fearless of both fate and cost.
   Celebrate Christ’s constant presence —
   friend and stranger, guest and host.
   

3. Praise the Spirit sent among us
   liberating truth from pride,
   forging bonds where race or gender,
   age or nation dare divide.
   Celebrate the Spirit’s treasure —
   foolishness none dare deride.
   

4. Praise the Maker, Son and Spirit,
   one God in community,
   calling Christians to embody
   oneness and diversity.
   Thus the world shall yet believe
   when shown Christ’s vibrant unity.
   

2018 Wild Goose Resource Group

Offering

Prayer of Intercession

CH4 115 Love Is the Touch of Intangible Joy

1. Love is the touch of intangible joy;
   love is the force that no fear can destroy;
   love is the goodness we gladly applaud:
   God is where love is for love is of God.
   

2. Love is the lilt in a lingering voice;
   love is the hope that can make us rejoice;
   love is the cure for the frightened and flawed:
   God is where love is for love is of God.
   

3. Love is the light in a tunnel of pain;
   love is the will to be whole once again;
   love is the trust of a friend on the road:
   God is where love is for love is of God.
   

4. Love is the Maker and Spirit and Son;
   love is the kingdom their will has begun;
   love is the path which the saints all have trod:
   God is where love is, for love is of God.
   

1998 Alison M. Robertson (Words), 1998 John L. Bell (Music)

Blessing