Morning Service Sunday 1 June 2025

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 198 Let Us Build a House

1. Let us build a house where love can dwell
   and all can safely live,
   a place where saints and children tell
   how hearts learn to forgive;
   built of hopes and dreams and visions,
   rock of faith and vault of grace;
   here the love of Christ shall end divisions:
   

   All are welcome, all are welcome,
   all are welcome in this place.
   

2. Let us build a house where prophets speak,
   and words are strong and true,
   where all God’s children dare to seek
   to dream God’s reign anew.
   Here the cross shall stand as witness
   and as symbol of God’s grace;
   here as one we claim the faith of Jesus:
   

   All are welcome, all are welcome,
   all are welcome in this place.
   

3. Let us build a house where love is found
   in water, wine and wheat:
   a banquet hall on holy ground,
   where peace and justice meet.
   Here the love of God, through Jesus,
   is revealed in time and space,
   as we share in Christ the feast that frees us:
   

   All are welcome, all are welcome,
   all are welcome in this place.
   

4. Let us build a house where hands will reach
   beyond the wood and stone
   to heal and strengthen, serve and teach,
   and live the Word they’ve known.
   Here the outcast and the stranger
   bear the image of God’s face;
   let us bring an end to fear and danger:
   

   All are welcome, all are welcome,
   all are welcome in this place.
   

5. Let us build a house where all are named,
   their songs and visions heard
   and loved and treasured,
   taught and claimed
   as words within the Word.
   Built of tears and cries and laughter,
   prayers of faith and songs of grace,
   let this house proclaim from floor to rafter:
   

   All are welcome, all are welcome,
   all are welcome in this place.
   

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1. John 17:20-26
2. Acts 16:16-34

CH4 600 Spirit of God, Unseen as the Wind

1. You spoke to us - long, long ago -
   gave us the written word;
   we read it still, needing its truth,
   through it God's voice is heard.
   

   Spirit of God, unseen as the wind,
   gentle as is the dove:
   teach us the truth and help us believe,
   show us the Saviour's love!
   

2. Without your help we fail our Lord,
   we cannot live his way;
   we need your power, we need your strength,
   following Christ each day.
   

   Spirit of God, unseen as the wind,
   gentle as is the dove:
   teach us the truth and help us believe,
   show us the Saviour's love!
   

Scripture Union

Message

CH4 570 When the Storms of Life Are Raging

1. When the storms of life are raging, stand by me;
   when the storms of life are raging, stand by me.
   When the world is pounding me,
   like a ship upon the sea,
   Lord, who rules the wind and water, stand by me.
   

2. In the midst of tribulation, stand by me;
   in the midst of tribulation, stand by me.
   When the hosts of hell assail,
   and my strength begins to fail,
   Lord, who never lost a battle, stand by me.
   

3. In the midst of faults and failures, stand by me;
   in the midst of faults and failures, stand by me.
   When I've done the best I can,
   and my friends misunderstand,
   Lord, who knowes all about me, stand by me.
   

4. In the midst of persecution, stand by me;
   in the midst of persecution, stand by me.
   When my foes in war array
   undertake to stop my way,
   Lord, who saved Paul and Silas, stand by me.
   

5. When I’m growing old and feeble, stand by me;
   when I’m growing old and feeble, stand by me.
   when my life becomes a burden
   and I’m nearing chilly Jordan,
   Lord, the Lily of the Valley, stand by me.

Offering

Prayer of Intercession

CH4 468 Son of God, Eternal Saviour

1. Son of God, eternal Saviour,
   source of life and truth and grace,
   Son of Man, whose birth incarnate
   hallows all our human race;
   great High Priest who, throned in glory,
   for your own will ever plead,
   fill us with your love and pity,
   heal our wrongs, and help our need.
   

2. Lord, as you have lived for others,
   so may we for others live;
   freely have your gifts been granted,
   freely may your servants give.
   Yours the gold and yours the silver,
   yours the wealth of sea and land,
   we but stewards of your bounty
   held in trust at your command.
   

3. Come, Lord Jesus, reign among us,
   King of Love, and Prince of Peace;
   hush the storm of strife and passion,
   bid its cruel discords cease.
   Yours the prayer, and yours the purpose,
   that your people should be one:
   grant from heaven, our hope’s fruition:
   here on earth your will be done.

Blessing