Morning Service Sunday 21 May 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 214 New Every Morning

1. New every morning is the love
   our wakening and uprising prove,
   through sleep and darkness safely brought,
   restored to life, and power, and thought.
   

2. New mercies, each returning day,
   hover around us while we pray, --
   new perils past, new sins forgiven,
   new thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven.
   

3. If, on our daily course, our mind
   be set to hallow all we find,
   new treasures still, of countless price,
   God will provide for sacrifice.
   

4. The trivial round, the common task,
   will furnish all we ought to ask, --
   room to deny ourselves, a road
   to bring us daily nearer God.
   

5. Prepare us, Lord, in your dear love,
   for perfect life with you above;
   and help us, this and every day,
   to live more nearly as we pray.
   

© John Keble

1. Acts 1:1-11
2. Ephesians 1:15-23

BAPTISM OF STANLEY JOHN McGUIRE

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

Meditation

CH4 237 Look Forward in Faith

1. Look forward in faith,
   all time is in God’s hand.
   Walk humbly with him
   and trust his future plan.
   God has wisely led
   his people by his power.
   Look forward in hope,
   he gives us each new hour.
   

2. Look forward in faith,
   the world is in God’s care.
   His purpose of love
   he calls on us to share.
   In our neighbour’s need
   the Lord is present still.
   He blesses the meek!
   The earth will know God’s will.
   

3. Look forward in faith,
   God gives us life each day.
   Go onward with Christ,
   his Spirit guides our way.
   Now God lets us live
   within the sphere of grace.
   Trust ever in him,
   he rules o’er earth and space!
   

© Andrew J Scobie

Offering

Prayer of Intercession

CH4 465 Be Thou My Vision

1. Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;
   naught be all else to me, save that thou art.
   Thou my best thought, by day or by night,
   waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.
   

2. Be thou my wisdom, be thou my true word;
   I ever with thee, and thou with me, Lord.
   Born of thy love, thy child may I be,
   thou in me dwelling and I one with thee.
   

3. Riches I heed not, nor vain empty praise;
   thou mine inheritance, now and always.
   Thou and thou only, first in my heart,
   Ruler of heaven, my treasure thou art.
   

4. High King of heaven, when vict’ry is won
   may I reach heaven’s joys, O bright heav’n’s Sun!
   Heart of my heart, whatever befall,
   still be my vision, O Ruler of all.
   

© Mary Elizabeth Byrne

Blessing