Morning Service Sunday 24 July 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 485 Dear Lord and Father of mankind

Tune: Repton

1. Dear Lord and Father of mankind,
   forgive our foolish ways;
   re-clothe us in our rightful mind;
   in purer lives Thy service find,
   in deeper reverence, praise.
   

2. In simple trust like theirs who heard,
   beside the Syrian sea,
   the gracious calling of the Lord,
   let us, like them, without a word
   rise up and follow Thee.
   

3. O Sabbath rest by Galilee!
   O calm of hills above,
   where Jesus knelt to share with Thee
   the silence of eternity,
   interpreted by love!
   

4. With that deep hush subduing all
   our words and works that drown
   the tender whisper of Thy call,
   as noiseless let Thy blessing fall
   as fell Thy manna down.
   

5. 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.
   

6. 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!
   

© John Greenleaf Whittier

1. James 3:1-12

Children’s Message

CH4 510 Jesus calls us here to meet Him

1. Jesus calls us here to meet him
   as, through word and song and prayer,
   we affirm God’s promised presence
   where his people live and care.
   Praise the God who keeps his promise ;
   praise the Son who calls us friends ;
   praise the Spirit who, among us,
   to our hopes and fears attends.
   

2. Jesus calls us to confess him
   Word of life and Lord of all,
   sharer of our flesh and frailness,
   saving all who fail or fall.
   Tell his holy human story ;
   tell his tales that all may hear ;
   tell the world that Christ in glory
   came to earth to meet us here.
   

3. Jesus calls us to each other,
   vastly different though we are ;
   creed and colour, class and gender
   neither limit nor debar.
   Join the hand of friend and stranger ;
   join the hands of age and youth ;
   join the faithful and the doubter
   in their common search for truth.
   

© John L Bell & Graham Maule

Meditation

CH4 506 All I once held dear

1. All I once held dear,
   built my life upon,
   all this world reveres,
   and wars to own,
   all I once thought gain
   I have counted loss;
   spent and worthless now,
   compared to this:
   

   Knowing You, Jesus,
   knowing You,
   there is no greater thing.
   You’re my all,
   You’re the best,
   You’re my joy, my righteousness,
   and I love You, Lord.
   

2. Now my heart’s desire
   is to know You more,
   to be found in You
   and known as Yours,
   to possess by faith
   what I could not earn,
   all-surpassing gift
   of righteousness.
   

   Knowing You, Jesus,
   knowing You,
   there is no greater thing.
   You’re my all,
   You’re the best,
   You’re my joy, my righteousness,
   and I love You, Lord.
   

3. Oh, to know the power
   of Your risen life,
   and to know You in
   Your sufferings,
   to become like You
   in Your death, my Lord,
   so with You to live
   and never die.
   

   Knowing You, Jesus,
   knowing You,
   there is no greater thing.
   You’re my all,
   You’re the best,
   You’re my joy, my righteousness,
   and I love You, Lord.
   

© Graham Kendrick

Offering

Prayer of Intercession

CH4 694 Brother, sister let me serve

1. Brother, sister, let me serve you,
   let me be as Christ to you;
   pray that I may have the grace to
   let you be my servant too.
   

2. We are pilgrims on a journey,
   and companions on the road;
   we are here to help each other
   walk the mile and bear the load.
   

3. I will hold the Christ-light for you
   In the night-time of your fear;
   I will hold my hand out to you,
   speak the peace you long to hear.
   

4. I will weep when you are weeping;
   when you laugh I’ll laugh with you;
   I will share your joy and sorrow
   till we’ve seen this journey through.
   

5. When we sing to God in heaven
   we shall find such harmony,
   born of all we’ve known together
   of Christ’s love and agony.
   

6. Brother, sister, let me serve you,
   let me be as Christ to you;
   pray that I may have the grace to
   let you be my servant too.
   

© Richard A M Gillard

Blessing