Morning Service Sunday 31 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 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

1. Psalm 107:1-9, 43
2. Colossians 3:1-11

Children’s Message

CH4 608 Spirit of Truth and Grace

1. Spirit of truth and grace, come to us in this place
   as now in Jesus’ name God’s people gather.
   Open our eyes to see truths that will ever be,
   and in communion draw us close together.
   

2. Spirit of joy and peace make all anxieties cease
   with knowledge of the Father’s perfect caring.
   Then may God’s children know love that won’t let us go and joy that fills
   each day, beyond comparing.
   

3. Spirit of life and power, revive us in this hour
   and stir our hearts to praise with true devotion.
   Fill us with heavenly fire, and every heart inspire, that we may serve the
   world with your compassion.
   

© Ian D Cunningham

Meditation

CH4 360 Jesus Christ Is Waiting

1. Jesus Christ is waiting,
   Waiting in the streets;
   No one is his neighbour,
   All alone he eats.
   Listen, Lord Jesus,
   I am lonely too.
   Make me, friend or stranger,
   Fit to wait on you
   

2. Jesus Christ is raging,
   Raging in the streets,
   Where injustice spirals
   And real hope retreats.
   Listen, Lord Jesus,
   I am angry too.
   In the Kingdom's causes
   Let me rage with you.
   

3. Jesus Christ is healing,
   Healing in the streets;
   Curing those who suffer,
   Touching those he greets.
   Listen, Lord Jesus,
   I have pity too.
   Let my care be active,
   Healing just like you.
   

4. Jesus Christ is dancing,
   Dancing in the streets,
   Where each sign of hatred
   He, with love, defeats.
   Listen, Lord Jesus,
   I should triumph too.
   On suspicion's graveyard
   Let me dance with you.
   

5. Jesus Christ is calling,
   Calling in the streets,
   "Who will join my journey?
   I will guide their feet."
   Listen, Lord Jesus,
   Let my fears be few.
   Walk one step before me;
   I will follow you.
   

© John L Bell and Graham Maule

Offering

Prayer of Intercession

CH4 198 Let Us Build a House

1. Let us build a house where love can dwell
   and all can safely live,
   a place where saints and children tell
   how hearts learn to forgive;
   built of hopes and dreams and visions,
   rock of faith and vault of grace;
   here the love of Christ shall end divisions:
   All are welcome, all are welcome,
   all are welcome in this place.
   

2. Let us build a house where prophets speak,
   and words are strong and true,
   where all God’s children dare to seek
   to dream God’s reign anew.
   Here the cross shall stand as witness
   and as symbol of God’s grace;
   here as one we claim the faith of Jesus:
   All are welcome, all are welcome,
   all are welcome in this place.
   

3. Let us build a house where love is found
   in water, wine and wheat:
   a banquet hall on holy ground,
   where peace and justice meet.
   Here the love of God, through Jesus,
   is revealed in time and space,
   as we share in Christ the feast that frees us:
   All are welcome, all are welcome,
   all are welcome in this place.
   

4. Let us build a house where hands will reach
   beyond the wood and stone
   to heal and strengthen, serve and teach,
   and live the Word they’ve known.
   Here the outcast and the stranger
   bear the image of God’s face;
   let us bring an end to fear and danger:
   All are welcome, all are welcome,
   all are welcome in this place.
   

5. Let us build a house where all are named,
   their songs and visions heard
   and loved and treasured,
   taught and claimed
   as words within the Word.
   Built of tears and cries and laughter,
   prayers of faith and songs of grace,
   let this house proclaim from floor to rafter:
   All are welcome, all are welcome,
   all are welcome in this place.
   

© Marty Haugen

Blessing