Morning Service Sunday 23 April 2023

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 411 Christ the Lord Is Risen

1. Christ the Lord is risen today',
   all on earth and angels say;
   raise your joys and triumphs high;
   sing, ye heavens, and earth reply.
   Love's redeeming work is done,
   fought the fight, the battle won;
   lo! our Sun's eclipse is o'er;
   lo! he sets in blood no more.
   

2. Vain the stone, the watch, the seal;
   Christ has burst the gates of hell:
   death in vain forbids his rise;
   Christ has opened Paradise.
   Lives again our glorious King;
   where, O Death, is now thy sting?
   Once he died, our souls to save;
   where thy victory, O grave?
   

3. Soar we now where Christ has led,
   following our exalted Head;
   made like him, like him we rise;
   ours the cross, the grave, the skies.
   Hail, the Lord of earth and heaven!
   Praise to thee by both be given;
   thee we greet triumphant now;
   hail, the Resurrection thou!
   

© Charles Wesley

1. Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19
2. Luke 24:13-35

CH4 419 Thine Be the Glory

1. Thine be the glory,
   risen, conquering Son,
   endless is the victory
   Thou o’er death hast won;
   angels in bright raiment
   rolled the stone away,
   kept the folded grave-clothes
   where Thy body lay.
   Thine be the glory,
   risen, conquering Son,
   endless is the victory
   Thou o’er death hast won.
   

2. Lo! Jesus meets us,
   risen from the tomb;
   lovingly He greets us,
   scatters fear and gloom;
   let the Church with gladness
   hymns of triumph sing,
   for her Lord now liveth;
   death hath lost its sting.
   Thine be the glory . . .
   

3. No more we doubt Thee,
   glorious Prince of life;
   life is nought without Thee:
   aid us in our strife;
   make us more than conquerors,
   through Thy deathless love:
   bring us safe through Jordan
   to Thy home above.
   Thine be the glory ...
   

© Edmund Budry

Meditation

CH4 655 For Your Generous Providing

1. For your generous providing
   which sustains us all our days,
   For your Spirit here residing,
   we proclaim our heartfelt praise.
   Through the depths of joy and sorrow,
   though the road be smooth or rough,
   fearless we can face tomorrow
   for your grace will be enough.
   

2. Hush our world’s seductive voices
   tempting us to stand alone;
   save us from the siren voices
   calling us to trust our own.
   For those snared by earthly treasure,
   lured by false security,
   Jesus, true and only measure,
   spring the trap to set folk free.
   

3. Round your table, through your giving,
   show us how to live and pray
   till your kingdom’s way of living
   is the bread we share each day:
   bread for us and for our neighbour,
   bread for body mind and soul,
   bread of heaven and human labour -
   broken bread that makes us whole.
   

© Leith Fisher

COMMUNION

1. Invitation

2. The Story

3. CH 19 Ye Gates, Lift Up Your Heads on High

   1. Ye gates lift up your heads on high;
      ye doors that last for aye,
      be lifted up, that so the King
      of glory enter may.
      But who of glory is the King?
      The mighty Lord is this;
      even that same Lord that great in might
      and strong in battle is.
      

   2. Ye gates, lift up your heads; ye doors,
      doors that do last for aye,
      be lifted up, that so the King
      of glory enter may.
      But who is he that is the King,
      the King of glory? who is this?
      The Lord of hosts, and none but he,
      the King of glory is.
      

      Alleluia! alleluia!
      alleluia! alleluia! alleluia!
      Amen, amen, amen.
      

4. Thanksgiving

5. Breaking of Bread

6. Sharing of the Elements

7. Prayer after Communion

Offering

Prayer of Intercession

CH4 539 I Want Jesus to Walk with Me

1. I want Jesus to walk with me;
   I want Jesus to walk with me;
   all along my pilgrim journey,
   oh, I want Jesus to walk with me.
   

2. In my trials, Lord, walk with me;
   in my trials, Lord, walk with me;
   when my heart is almost breaking,
   oh, I want Jesus to walk with me.
   

3. When I’m troubled, Lord, walk with me;
   when I’m troubled, Lord, walk with me;
   when my head is bowed in sorrow,
   oh, I want Jesus to walk with me.
   

Blessing