Morning Service Sunday 23 November 2025

Welcome and Intimations

Call To Worship

One:

Today, we gather as the body of Christ.

All:

Each of us a part of His holy Church.

One:

Let us worship the One who binds us together in love, strengthens us in faith, and sends us forth to serve.

All:

Come, let us lift our voices in thanksgiving and praise to our God, who makes us one!

CH4 448 Lord, the Light of Your Love Is Shining

1. Lord, the light of Your love is shining
   In the midst of the darkness, shining
   Jesus, Light of the world, shine upon us
   Set us free by the truth You now bring us
   Shine on me, shine on me
   

   Shine, Jesus, shine, fill this land with the Father's glory
   Blaze, Spirit, blaze, set our hearts on fire
   Flow, river, flow, flood the nations with grace and mercy
   Send forth Your word, Lord, and let there be light
   

2. Lord, I come to Your awesome presence
   From the shadows into Your radiance
   By the blood, I may enter Your brightness
   Search me, try me, consume all my darkness
   Shine on me, shine on me
   

   Shine, Jesus, shine, fill this land with the Father's glory
   Blaze, Spirit, blaze, set our hearts on fire
   Flow, river, flow, flood the nations with grace and mercy
   Send forth Your word, Lord, and let there be light
   

3. As we gaze on Your kingly brightness
   So our faces display Your likeness
   Ever-changing from glory to glory
   Mirrored here, may our lives tell Your story
   Shine on me, shine on me
   

   Shine, Jesus, shine, fill this land with the Father's glory
   Blaze, Spirit, blaze, set our hearts on fire
   Flow, river, flow, flood the nations with grace and mercy
   Send forth Your word, Lord, and let there be light
   

1987 Make Way Music

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.

Hymn CH4 181 For the Beauty of the Earth

1. For the beauty of the earth,
   for the beauty of the skies,
   for the love which from our birth
   over and around us lies.
   

   Christ our God, to you we raise
   this our sacrifice of praise.
   

2. For the beauty of each hour
   of the day and of the night,
   hill and vale, and tree and flower,
   sun and moon and stars of light:
   

   Christ our God, to you we raise
   this our sacrifice of praise.
   

3. For the joy of ear and eye,
   for the heart and mind's delight,
   for the mystic harmony
   linking sense to sound and sight:
   

   Christ our God, to you we raise
   this our sacrifice of praise.
   

4. For the joy of human love,
   brother, sister, parent, child,
   friends on earth, and friends above,
   for all gentle thoughts and mild:
   

   Christ our God, to you we raise
   this our sacrifice of praise.
   

5. For each perfect gift and sign
   of your love so freely given,
   graces human and divine,
   flowers of earth and buds of heaven:
   

   Christ our God, to you we raise
   this our sacrifice of praise.
   

1. Psalm 46
2. Colossians 1:11-20

CH4 561 Blessed Assurance

1. Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine:
   O what a foretaste of glory divine!
   Heir of salvation, purchase of God;
   born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.
   

   This is my story, this is my song,
   praising my Saviour all the day long;
   this is my story, this is my song,
   praising my Saviour all the day long.
   

2. Perfect submission, perfect delight,
   visions of rapture burst on my sight;
   angels descending, bring from above
   echoes of mercy, whispers of love.
   

   This is my story, this is my song,
   praising my Saviour all the day long;
   this is my story, this is my song,
   praising my Saviour all the day long.
   

3. Perfect submission, all is at rest,
   I in my Saviour am happy and blest;
   watching and waiting, looking above,
   filled with His goodness,
   lost in His love.
   

   This is my story, this is my song,
   praising my Saviour all the day long;
   this is my story, this is my song,
   praising my Saviour all the day long.
   

Message (Yvonne)

Offering

CH4 505 All That I Am

1. All that I am, all that I do,
   All that I'll ever have
   I offer now to you.
   Take and sanctify these gifts
   For your glory, Lord.
   Knowing that I love and serve you
   Is enough reward.
   

   All that I am, all that I do,
   All that I'll ever have
   I offer now to you.
   

2. All that I dream, all that I pray,
   All that I'll ever make
   I give to you today
   Take and sanctify these gifts
   For your glory, Lord.
   Knowing that I love and serve you
   Is enough reward.
   

   All that I am, all that I do,
   All that I'll ever have
   I offer now to you.
   

Sebastian Temple

Prayer of Intercession

CH4 132 Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise

1. Immortal, invisible, God only wise,
   in light inaccessible hid from our eyes,
   most blessèd, most glorious, the Ancient of Days,
   almighty, victorious, thy great name we praise.
   

2. Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light,
   nor wanting, nor wasting, thou rulest in might;
   thy justice like mountains, high soaring above
   thy clouds, which are fountains of goodness and love.
   

3. To all, life thou givest, to both great and small;
   in all life thou livest, the true life of all;
   we blossom and flourish as leaves on the tree,
   and wither and perish, but naught changeth thee.
   

4. Great Father of glory, pure Father of light,
   thine angels adore thee, all veiling their sight.
   All praise we would render: O help us to see
   'tis only the splendour of light hideth thee.
   

 Benediction