Morning Service Sunday 17 May 2026

Call to Worship

One:

The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you……

All:

And also with you.

Welcome and Intimations

CH 204 We Are the Church

1. The church is not a building;
   the church is not a steeple;
   the church is not a resting place;
   the church is a people.
   

   I am the church! You are the church!
   We are the church together!
   All who follow Jesus,
   all around the world!
   Yes, we're the church together!
   

2. We're many kinds of people,
   with many kinds of faces,
   all colours and all ages, too
   from all times and places.
   

   I am the church! You are the church!
   We are the church together!
   All who follow Jesus,
   all around the world!
   Yes, we're the church together!
   

3. Sometimes the church is marching;
   sometimes it's bravely burning,
   sometimes it's riding, sometimes hiding;
   always it's learning.
   

   I am the church! You are the church!
   We are the church together!
   All who follow Jesus,
   all around the world!
   Yes, we're the church together!
   

4. And when the people gather,
   there's singing and there's praying;
   there's laughing and there's crying sometimes,
   all of it saying:
   

   I am the church! You are the church!
   We are the church together!
   All who follow Jesus,
   all around the world!
   Yes, we're the church together!
   

5. At Pentecost some people
   received the Holy Spirit
   and told the Good News through the world
   to all who would hear it.
   

   I am the church! You are the church!
   We are the church together!
   All who follow Jesus,
   all around the world!
   Yes, we're the church together!
   

1972 Hope Publishing Co.

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.

MP 1076 Be the Centre

1. Jesus be the centre
   Be my source be my light
   Jesus
   

2. Jesus be the centre
   Be my hope be my song
   Jesus
   

   Be the fire in my heart
   Be the wind in these sails
   Be the reason that I live
   Jesus Jesus
   

3. Jesus be my vision
   Be my path be my guide
   Jesus
   

1999 Vineyard Songs

1. Psalm 68:1-10, 33-36
2. 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:5-11

Mini-Message (if children are present)

CH4 547 What a friend we have in Jesus

1. What a friend we have in Jesus,
   all our sins and griefs to bear!
   What a privilege to carry
   everything to God in prayer!
   O what peace we often forfeit,
   O what needless pain we bear
   all because we do not carry
   everything to God in prayer!
   

2. Have we trials and temptations,
   Is there trouble anywhere?
   We should never be discouraged:
   take it to the Lord in prayer!
   Can we find a friend so faithful,
   who will all our sorrows share?
   Jesus knows our every weakness –
   take it to the Lord in prayer!
   

3. Are we weak and heavy-laden,
   cumbered with a load of care?
   Precious Saviour, still our refuge!
   Take it to the Lord in prayer!
   Do thy friends despise, forsake thee?
   Take it to the Lord in prayer!
   In His arms He’ll take and shield thee,
   you will find a solace there.
   

Message

MP 1072 In Christ alone

1. In Christ alone my hope is found,
   He is my light, my strength, my song;
   this cornerstone, this solid ground,
   firm through the fiercest drought and storm.
   What heights of love, what depths of peace,
   when fears are stilled, when strivings cease!
   My comforter, my all in all,
   here in the love of Christ I stand.
   

2. In Christ alone - who took on flesh,
   fullness of God in helpless Babe!
   This gift of love and righteousness,
   scorned by the ones he came to save
   till on that cross as Jesus died,
   the wrath of God was satisfied,
   for every sin on Him was laid;
   here in the death of Christ I live.
   

3. There in the ground his body lay,
   light of the world by darkness slain,
   then, bursting forth in glorious day,
   up from the grave He rose again!
   And as he stands in victory
   sin’s curse has lost its grip on me,
   for I am His and He is mine –
   bought with the precious blood of Christ.
   

4. No guilt in life, no fear in death,
   this is the power of Christ in me;
   from life’s first cry to final breath,
   Jesus commands my destiny.
   No power of hell, no scheme of man
   can ever pluck me from His hand;
   till He returns or calls me home,
   here in the power of Christ I’ll stand!
   

New Spring Publishing Inc.

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 710 I Have a Dream

1. “I have a dream”, a man once said,
   “where all is perfect peace;
   where men and women, black and white,
   stand hand in hand, and all unite
   in freedom and in love.”
   

2. But in this world of bitter strife
   the dream can often fade;
   reality seems dark as night,
   we catch but glimpses of the light
   Christ sheds on humankind.
   

3. Fierce persecution, war, and hate
   are raging everywhere;
   God calls us now to pay the price
   through struggles and through sacrifice
   of standing for the right.
   

4. So dream the dreams and sing the songs,
   but never be content:
   for thoughts and words don’t ease the pain:
   unless there’s action, all is vain;
   faith proves itself in deeds.
   

5. Lord, give us vision, make us strong,
   help us to do your will;
   don’t let us rest until we see
   your love throughout humanity
   uniting us in peace.
   

2005 Pamela J. Pettitt

Blessing