Morning Service Sunday 21 August 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 111 Holy, Holy, Holy

1. Holy, holy, holy! Lord God almighty!
   Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee.
   Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty!
   God in three persons, blessed trinity!
   

2. Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore thee,
   casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;
   cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee,
   which wert, and art, and evermore shalt be.
   

3. Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide thee,
   though the eye of sinfulness thy glory may not see,
   only thou art holy; there is none beside thee,
   perfect in pow’r, in love, and purity.
   

4. Holy, holy, holy! Lord God almighty!
   All thy works shall praise thy name, in earth, and sky, and sea.
   Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty!
   God in three persons, blessed trinity!
   

© Reginald Heber

1. Luke 13:10-17
2. Jeremiah 1:4-10

Children’s Message

CH4 160 Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven

1. Praise, my soul, the King of heaven;
   to His feet thy tribute bring;
   ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,
   who like me His praise should sing?
   Praise Him! Praise Him!
   Praise Him! Praise Him!
   Praise the everlasting King.
   

2. Praise Him for His grace and favour
   to our fathers, in distress;
   praise Him still the same for ever,
   slow to chide, and swift to bless.
   Praise Him! Praise Him!
   Praise Him! Praise Him!
   Glorious in His faithfulness.
   

3. Father-like He tends and spares us;
   well our feeble frame He knows;
   in His hands He gently bears us,
   rescues us from all our foes.
   Praise Him! Praise Him!
   Praise Him! Praise Him!
   Widely as His mercy flows.
   

4. Frail as summer’s flower we flourish;
   blows the wind and it is gone;
   but, while mortals rise and perish,
   God endures unchanging on.
   Praise Him ! Praise Him !
   Praise Him! Prasie Him !
   Praise the high eternal One.
   

5. Angels, help us to adore Him;
   ye behold Him face to face;
   sun and moon, bow down before Him;
   dwellers all in time and space.
   Praise Him! Praise Him!
   Praise Him! Praise Him!
   Praise with us the God of grace.
   

© Henry Francis Lyte

Meditation

CH4 542 Lord, Speak to Me

1. Lord, speak to me, that I may speak
   in living echoes of your tone;
   as you have sought, so let me seek
   your erring children, lost and lone.
   

2. O lead me, Lord, that I may lead
   the wandering and the wavering feet;
   O feed me, Lord, that I may feed
   your hungering ones with manna sweet.
   

3. O strengthen me, that, while I stand
   firm on the rock, and secure and free,
   I may stretch out a loving hand
   to wrestlers with the troubled sea.
   

4. O teach me, Lord, that I may teach
   the precious things which you impart;
   and wing my words, that they may reach
   the hidden depths of many a heart.
   

5. O fill me with your fulness, Lord,
   until my very heart o’erflow
   in kindling thought and glowing word,
   your love to tell, your praise to show.
   

6. O use me, Lord, use even me,
   just as you will, and when, and where,
   until at last your face I see,
   your rest, your joy, your glory share.
   

© Frances Ridley Havergal

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