Service Sheet - Sunday, 19 June
May the Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all (congregation to stand as the Bible is brought into church) WELCOME CALL TO WORSHIP (Psalm 43) Leader : O send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling. All: Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy; and I will praise you with the harp, O God, my God. Leader : Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help and my God. HYMN 34 O send thy light forth and thy truth CALL TO PRAYER (congregation remains standing) PRAYER OF APPROACH, CONFESSION & SUPPLICATION CHILDREN’S CHURCH HYMN We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord, we are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord, and we pray that all unity may one day be restored. And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love, yes, they’ll know we are Christians by our love.
We will walk with each other we will walk hand in hand, we will walk with each other we will walk hand in hand, and together we’ll spread the news that God is in our land.
We will work with each other, we will work side by side, we will work with each other, we will work side by side, and we’ll guard each one’s dignity and save each one’s pride.
All praise to the Father from whom all things come, and all praise to Christ Jesus his only Son, and all praise to the Spirit who makes us one.
FIRST READING 1 Kings 19 : 1 – 15 Ian Huggan HYMN 716 Come and find the quiet centre SECOND READING Galatians 3 : 23 - 29 SERMON Fearful? MUSICAL REFLECTION DOXOLOGY Praise God from whom all blessings flow Praise him, all creatures here below; Praise him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING & INTERCESSION Drop thy still dews of quietness, till all our strivings cease; take from our souls the strain and stress, and let our ordered lives confess the beauty of thy peace.
Breathe through the heats of our desire thy coolness and thy balm; let sense be dumb, let flesh retire; speak through the earthquake, wind and fire, O still small voice of calm!
THE LORD’S PRAYER HYMN 198 Let us build a house where love can dwell BENEDICTION (sung amen)
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