MORNING WORSHIP
SUNDAY, 27 SEPTEMBER 2026
Minister : Reverend Julia A Cato
Organist : Simon Bertram
Pianist : Katherine Campbell
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The Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all
(congregation to stand as the Bible is brought into church)
WELCOME & INTIMATIONS
CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader : The land has yielded its harvest:
All : God, our God has blessed us.
Leader : The earth is filled with the gifts of the Lord:
All : wine, and oil, and bread, to strengthen and cheer our hearts.
Leader : The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.
All : Let us worship God!
HYMN 229 We plough the fields and scatter
PRAYER OF APPROACH, CONFESSION & SUPPLICATION
THE LORD’S PRAYER
ALL AGE TALK
HYMN GWA 159
Earth is full of wit and wisdom,
sounding God’s delighted laugh.
From the tiny highland midges
to the treetop-tall giraffe.
All creation sings in wonder;
even rocks and trees rejoice
as they join the ringing chorus:
echoes of our Maker’s voice.
Earth is full of wit and wisdom,
woven into harmony.
Every creature has a purpose,
every flower and bumblebee.
Spider, human, redwood, gecko,
monkey, chicken, mouse and snake,
live within a single fabric:
cloth that only God could make.
Earth is full of wit and wisdom:
penguin, platypus and snail,
cactus, sea-slug, oak and algae,
from the microbe to the whale.
In this great and strange creation,
with a breath God gives us birth:
born of soil that holds and feeds us,
called to love and serve the earth.
FIRST READING Psalm 25 : 1 – 5 Elaine Collins
SECOND READING Matthew 21 : 23 - 32
SERMON
ANTHEM Look at the world John Rutter
DOXOLOGY
Praise God from whom all blessings flow
Praise God, all creatures here below;
Praise God for all that love has done;
Creator, Christ, and Spirit, One. Amen.
PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING & INTERCESSION
HYMN GWA 153
God, the maker of the heavens,
and the planet that we share,
show us how to live, like Jesus,
lives of gratitude and care.
Make us mindful of the footprints
from the lives that we pursue.
Make us partners in your mission:
you are making all things new.
God, the gardener of Eden,
teach us how to tend this earth,
learning from the changing seasons,
times of fallow and new birth.
Lord have mercy when we’re careless,
rich resources we misuse.
Use our hands to heal creation:
you are making all things new.
God of labour and vocation,
Lord of science, trade and art,
take our efforts and our passions
make them mirrors of your heart.
Every habitat and creature
loved and valued, God, by you.
May our lives reveal your Kingdom:
you are making all things new.
You are making all things new.
you are making all things new,
all things renewed.
BENEDICTION Amen, amen, alleluia, amen
Amen, amen, alleluia, amen
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