Morning Service Sunday 26 June 2022

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 195 Here to the House of God We Come

1. Here to the house of God we come,
   home of the people of the Way,
   here to give thanks for all we have,
   naming our needs for every day,
   we who have roof and rent and bread,
   sure of a place to rest our head.
   

2. There is a knocking at our door,
   sound of the homeless of the world,
   voice of the frightened refugee,
   cry of the children in the cold,
   asking the least that is their right,
   safety and shelter for the night.
   

3. God who is shelter, who is home,
   in borrowed rooms you came to live,
   pleaded to save the dispossessed,
   crucified, lay in borrowed grave,
   these are no strangers in your eyes,
   this is your family who cries.
   

4. We are all tenants of your love,
   gather us round a common fire,
   warm us in company with Christ,
   give us the heart to feel, to share
   table and lodging without bond,
   space in our living, in our land.
   

© 1992 Hope Publishing Company

1. Luke 9:51-62
2. 1 Kings 19:15-16, 19-21

Children’s Message

Hymn CH4 265 Pray for a World Where Every Child

tune: O Waly Waly

1. Pray for a world where every child
   finds welcome in a sheltered place,
   where love is tender, undefiled
   and firmness intertwines with grace.
   

2. Pray for a wold where passion's fire
   burns not in force or careless lust,
   where God's good gift of deep desire
   is safe in arms of faith and trust.
   

3. Pray for a nation just and fair
   that seeks the welfare of us all,
   where leaders guide with prudent care
   and nurture life for great and small.
   

4. Pray for a world where all have voice
   and none will batter, rape, abuse.
   Till then, may all have rightful choice
   and pray for wisdom as they choose.
   

© Ruth C Duck, Singing the Faith

Meditation

CH4 533 Will You Come and Follow Me?

1. Will you come and follow me if I but call your name?
   Will you go where you don't know and never be the same?
   Will you let my love be shown? Will you let my name be known,
   will you let my life be grown in you and you in me?
   

2. Will you leave yourself behind if I but call your name?
   Will you care for cruel and kind and never be the same?
   Will you risk the hostile stare should your life attract or scare?
   Will you let me answer prayer in you and you in me?
   

3. Will you let the blinded see if I but call your name?
   Will you set the prisoners free and never be the same?
   Will you kiss the leper clean and do such as this unseen,
   and admit to what I mean in you and you in me?
   

4. Will you love the "you" you hide if I but call your name?
   Will you quell the fear inside and never be the same?
   Will you use the faith you've found to reshape the world around,
   through my sight and touch and sound in you and you in me?
   

5. Lord your summons echoes true when you but call my name.
   Let me turn and follow you and never be the same.
   In Your company I'll go where Your love and footsteps show.
   Thus I'll move and live and grow in you and you in me.
   

© John L. Bell and Graham Maule

Offering

Prayer of Intercession

CH4 251 I, the Lord of Sea and Sky

1. I, the Lord of sea and sky,
   I have heard My people cry;
   all who dwell in dark and sin
   My hand will save.
   I who made the stars of night,
   I will make their darkness bright.
   Who will bear My light to them?
   Whom shall I send?
   

   Here I am, Lord.
   Is it I, Lord?
   I have heard You calling in the night.
   I will go, Lord,
   if You lead me;
   I will hold Your people in my heart.
   

2. I, the Lord of snow and rain,
   I have borne My people’s pain;
   I have wept for love of them –
   they turn away.
   I will break their hearts of stone,
   give them hearts for love alone;
   I will speak My word to them.
   Whom shall I send?
   

   Here I am, Lord.
   Is it I, Lord?
   I have heard You calling in the night.
   I will go, Lord,
   if You lead me;
   I will hold Your people in my heart.
   

3. I, the Lord of wind and flame,
   I will tend the poor and lame,
   I will set a feast for them –
   My hand will save.
   Finest bread I will provide
   till their hearts are satisfied;
   I will give My life to them.
   Whom shall I send?
   

   Here I am, Lord.
   Is it I, Lord?
   I have heard You calling in the night.
   I will go, Lord,
   if You lead me;
   I will hold Your people in my heart.
   

© Daniel L. Schutte

Blessing