Morning Service Sunday 8 October 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 226 God, Whose Farm Is All Creation

1. God, whose farm is all creation,
   take the gratitude we give;
   take the finest of our harvest,
   crops we grow that all may live.
   

2. Take our ploughing, seeding, reaping,
   hopes and fears of sun and rain,
   all our thinking, planning, waiting,
   ripening into fruit and grain.
   

3. All our labour, all our watching,
   all our calendar of care,
   in these crops of your creation,
   take, O God: they are our prayer.
   

Trustees of the late John Arlott

1. Philippians 3:4b-14
2. Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20

CH4 10 The Stars Declare His Glory

(Psalm 19)

1. The Stars Declare His Glory;
   The Vault Of Heaven Springs
   Mute Witness Of The Master’s Hand
   In All Created Things,
   And Through The Silences Of Space
   Their Soundless Music Sings.
   

2. The Dawn Returns In Splendor,
   The Heavens Burn And Blaze,
   The Rising Sun Renews The Race
   That Measures All Our Days,
   And Writes In Fire Across The Skies
   God’s Majesty And Praise.
   

3. So Shine The Lord’s Commandments
   To Make The Simple Wise;
   More Sweet Than Honey To The Taste,
   More Rich Than Any Prize,
   A Law Of Love Within Our Hearts,
   A Light Before Our Eyes.
   

4. So Order Too This Life Of Mine,
   Direct It All My Days;
   May Meditations Of My Heart
   Be Innocence And Praise,
   My Rock And My Redeeming Lord,
   In All My Words And Ways.
   

1981 Hope Publishing Co.

Meditation

CH4 231 For the Fruits of All Creation

1. For the fruits of all creation,
   Thanks be to God.
   For these gifts to ev'ry nation,
   Thanks be to God.
   For the plowing, sowing, reaping,
   Silent growth while we are sleeping,
   Future needs in earth's safe-keeping,
   Thanks be to God.
   

2. In the just reward of labor,
   God's will is done.
   In the help we give our neighbor,
   God's will is done.
   In our world-wide task of caring
   For the hungry and despairing,
   In the harvest we are sharing,
   God's will is done.
   

3. For the harvests of the Spirit,
   Thanks be to God.
   For the good we all inherit,
   Thanks be to God.
   For the wonders that astound us,
   For the truths that still confound us,
   Most of all, that love has found us,
   Thanks be to God.
   

1970 Hope Publishing Company

Offering

Prayer of Intercession

CH4 527 Lord, Make Us Servants of Your Peace

1. Lord, make us servants of your peace:
   Where there is hate, may we sow love;
   Where there is hurt, may we forgive;
   Where there is strife, may we make one.
   

2. Where all is doubt, may we sow faith;
   Where all is gloom, may we sow hope;
   Where all is night, may we sow light;
   Where all is tears, may we sow joy.
   

3. Jesus, our Lord, may we not seek
   To be consoled, but to console,
   Nor look to understanding hearts,
   But look for hearts to understand.
   

4. May we not look for love's return,
   But seek to love unselfishly,
   For in our giving we receive,
   And in forgiving are forgiven.
   

5. Dying, we live, and are reborn
   Through death's dark night to endless day;
   Lord, make us servants of your peace,
   To wake at last in heaven's light.
   

1969, James Quinn, S.J., admin. OCP Publications

Blessing