Welcome and Intimations
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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.
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MP 442 Lord of the church
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Lord of the Church,
we pray for our renewing:
Christ over all, our undivided aim;
fire of the Spirit, burn for our enduing,
wind of the Spirit, fan the living flame!
We turn to Christ amid our fear and failing,
the will that lacks the courage to be free,
the weary labours, all but unavailing,
to bring us nearer what a church should be.
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Lord of the Church,
we seek a Father’s blessing,
a true repentance and a faith restored,
a swift obedience and a new possessing,
filled with the Holy Spirit of the Lord!
We turn to Christ from all our restless striving,
unnumbered voices with a single prayer -
the living water for our souls’ reviving,
in Christ to live, and love and serve and care.
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Lord of the Church,
we long for our uniting,
true to one calling, by one vision stirred;
one cross proclaiming and one creed reciting,
one in the truth of Jesus and His word!
So lead us on; till toil and trouble ended,
one Church triumphant one new song shall sing,
to praise His glory, risen and ascended,
Christ over all, the everlasting King!
© Timothy Dudley-Smith
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- James 3:13-18
Children’s Message
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MP 376 Jesus put this song into our hearts
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Jesus put this song into our hearts,
Jesus put this song into our hearts;
it’s a song of joy no-one can take away.
Jesus put this song into our hearts.
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Jesus taught us how to live in harmony,
Jesus taught us how to live in harmony;
different faces, different races, He made us one -
Jesus taught us how to live in harmony.
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Jesus taught us how to be a family,
Jesus taught us how to be a family;
loving one another with the love that He gives –
Jesus taught us how to be a family.
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Jesus turned our sorrow into dancing,
Jesus turned our sorrow into dancing,
changed our tears of sadness into rivers of joy -
Jesus turned our sorrow into a dance.
© Graham Kendrick
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Meditation
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MP 396 Just as I am
Tune: Woodworth
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Just as I am, without one plea,
but that Thy blood was shed for me,
and that Thou bidd’st me come to Thee,
O Lamb of God, I come! I come!
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Just as I am, and waiting not
to rid my soul of one dark blot,
to Thee, whose blood can cleanse each spot
O Lamb of God, I come! I come!
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Just as I am, though tossed about
with many a conflict, many a doubt,
fightings within, and fears without,
O Lamb of God, I come! I come!
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Just as I am, poor, wretched, blind;
sight, riches, healing of the mind,
yea, all I need, in Thee to find,
O Lamb of God, I come! I come!
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Just as I am, Thou wilt receive,
wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve:
because Thy promise I believe,
O Lamb of God, I come! I come!
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Just as I am, Thy love unknown
hath broken every barrier down;
now, to be Thine, yea, Thine alone,
O Lamb of God, I come! I come!
© Charlotte Elliott
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Offering
Prayer of Intercession
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MP 463 May the mind of Christ my Saviour
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May the mind of Christ my Saviour
live in me from day to day,
by His love and power controlling
all I do and say.
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May the word of God dwell richly
in my heart from hour to hour,
so that all may see I triumph
only through His power.
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May the peace of God my Father
rule my life in everything,
that I may be calm to comfort
sick and sorrowing.
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May the love of Jesus fill me,
as the waters fill the sea;
Him exalting, self abasing,
this is victory.
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May I run the race before me,
strong and brave to face the foe,
looking only unto Jesus,
as I onward go.
© Kate B Wilkinson
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Blessing