Morning Service Sunday 3 August 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 155 Think of a World without Any Flowers

1. Think of a world without any flowers,
   Think of a world without any trees,
   Think of a sky without any sunshine,
   Think of the air without any breeze.
   We thank You, Lord,
   for flowers and trees and sunshine,
   We thank You, Lord,
   and praise Your holy name.
   

2. Think of a world without any animals,
   Think of a field without any herd,
   Think of a stream without any fishes,
   Think of a dawn without any bird.
   We thank You, Lord,
   for all Your living creatures,
   We thank You, Lord
   and praise Your holy name.
   

3. Think of a world without any people,
   Think of a street with no-one living there,
   Think of a town without any houses,
   No-one to love and nobody to care.
   We thank You, Lord
   for families and friendships,
   We thank You, Lord,
   and praise Your holy name.
   

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1. Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23
2. Luke 12:13-21

CH4 71 Give Thanks Unto the Lord Our God

(Psalm 107)

1. Give thanks unto the Lord our God.
   How good and kind is he
   whose tender mercy shall endure
   through all eternity.
   Let God's redeemed repeat these words
   and give him thanks and praise
   who rescued them from hostile hands,
   preserved them all their days.
   

2. He gathered them from out the lands,
   from north, south, east, and west.
   They strayed in desert's pathless way,
   no city found to rest.
   Their weary soul within then faints
   when thirst and hunger press;
   in trouble then they cried to God;
   he saved them from distress.
   

3. He made the way before them straight,
   and he became their guide,
   that they might to a city go
   wherein they might abide.
   Let all the children of the Lord
   now praise him for his grace,
   and for the works of wonder done
   in every time and place!
   

Message

CH4 268 O God of Bethel! By Whose Hand

1. O God of Bethel! by whose hand
   thy people still are fed,
   who through this earthly pilgrimage
   hast all our fathers led:
   

2. Our vows, our prayers, we now present
   before thy throne of grace:
   God of our fathers! be the God
   of their succeeding race.
   

3. Through each perplexing path of life
   our wandering footsteps guide;
   give us each day our daily bread,
   and raiment fit provide.
   

4. O spread thy covering wings around,
   till all our wanderings cease,
   and at our Father's loved abode
   our souls arrive in peace.
   

5. Such blessings from thy gracious hand
   our humble prayers implore;
   and thou shalt be our chosen God,
   and portion evermore.
   

Offering

Prayer of Intercession

CH4 518 Lift Up Your Hearts

1. 'Lift up your hearts!' We lift them, Lord, to thee;
   here at thy feet none other may we see:
   'lift up your hearts!' E'en so, with one accord,
   we lift them up, we lift them to the Lord.
   

2. Above the level of the former years,
   the mire of sin, the slough of guilty fears,
   the mist of doubt, the blight of love's decay,
   O Lord of light, lift all our hearts to-day.
   

3. Lift every gift that thou thyself hast given:
   low lies the best till lifted up to heaven;
   low lie the bounding heart, the teeming brain,
   till, sent from God, they mount to God again.
   

4. Then, as the trumpet-call in after years,
   'Lift up your hearts!' rings pealing in our ears,
   still shall those hearts respond with full accord,
   'We lift them up, we lift them to the Lord!'
   

Blessing