Morning Service Sunday 18 June 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.

MP 73 Christ is made the sure foundation

Tune: Westminster Abbey

1. Christ is made the sure foundation,
   Christ the head and corner-stone
   chosen of the Lord and precious,
   binding all the Church in one;
   holy Zion’s help for ever,
   and her confidence alone.
   

2. All within that holy city
   dearly loved of God on high,
   in exultant jubilation
   sing, in perfect harmony;
   God the One-in-Three adoring
   in glad hymns eternally.
   

3. We as living stones invoke you:
   Come among us, Lord, today!
   with Your gracious loving-kindness
   hear Your children as we pray;
   and the fulness of Your blessing
   in our fellowship display.
   

4. Here entrust to all Your servants
   what we long from You to gain –
   that on earth and in the heavens
   we one people shall remain,
   till united in Your glory
   evermore with You we reign.
   

5. Praise and honour to the Father,
   praise and honour to the Son,
   praise and honour to the Spirit,
   ever Three and ever One:
   one in power and one in glory
   while eternal ages run.
   

© John Mason Neale

1. Ephesians 2: 11-22

Children’s Message

MP 376 Jesus put this song into our hearts

1. 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.
   

2. 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.
   

3. 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.
   

4. 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

Meditation

MP 473 My hope is built on nothing less

1. My hope is built on nothing less
   than Jesus’ blood and righteousness;
   no merit of my own I claim,
   but wholly trust in Jesus’ name.
   

   On Christ, the solid rock, I stand –
   all other ground is sinking sand.
   

2. When weary in this earthly race,
   I rest on His unchanging grace;
   in every wild and stormy gale
   my anchor holds and will not fail.
   

   On Christ, the solid rock, I stand –
   all other ground is sinking sand.
   

3. His vow, His covenant and blood
   are my defence against the flood;
   when earthly hopes are swept away
   He will uphold me on that day.
   

   On Christ, the solid rock, I stand –
   all other ground is sinking sand.
   

4. When the last trumpet’s voice shall sound,
   O may I then in Him be found!
   clothed in His righteousness alone,
   faultless to stand before His throne.
   

   On Christ, the solid rock, I stand –
   all other ground is sinking sand.
   

© Edward Mote

Offering

Prayer of Intercession

MP 499 O happy day

1. O happy day! that fixed my choice
   on Thee, my Saviour and my God!
   Well may this glowing heart rejoice,
   and tell its raptures all abroad.
   

   O happy day! O happy day!
   When Jesus washed my sins away;
   He taught me how to watch and pray,
   and live rejoicing every day; (hallelujah!)
   O happy day! O happy day!
   when Jesus washed my sins away.
   

2. ‘Tis done, the great transaction’s done!
   I am my Lord’s and He is mine!
   He drew me, and I followed on,
   charmed to confess the voice divine.
   

   O happy day! O happy day!
   When Jesus washed my sins away;
   He taught me how to watch and pray,
   and live rejoicing every day; (hallelujah!)
   O happy day! O happy day!
   when Jesus washed my sins away.
   

3. Now rest, my long-divided heart,
   fixed on this blissful centre, rest;
   nor ever from the Lord depart,
   with Him of every good possessed.
   

   O happy day! O happy day!
   When Jesus washed my sins away;
   He taught me how to watch and pray,
   and live rejoicing every day; (hallelujah!)
   O happy day! O happy day!
   when Jesus washed my sins away.
   

4. High heaven, that heard the solemn vow,
   that vow renewed shall daily hear;
   till in life’s latest hour I bow,
   and bless in death a bond so dear.
   

   O happy day! O happy day!
   When Jesus washed my sins away;
   He taught me how to watch and pray,
   and live rejoicing every day; (hallelujah!)
   O happy day! O happy day!
   when Jesus washed my sins away.
   

© Philip Doddridge

Blessing