Morning Service Sunday 28 January 2024

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 512 To God Be the Glory

1. To God be the glory!
   great things He hath done;
   so loved He the world
   that He gave us His Son;
   who yielded His life
   an atonement for sin,
   and opened the life gate
   that all may go in.
   

   Praise the Lord, praise the Lord!
   let the earth hear His voice;
   praise the Lord, praise the Lord!
   let the people rejoice:
   O come to the Father,
   through Jesus the Son
   and give Him the glory;
   great things He hath done!
   

2. O perfect redemption,
   the purchase of blood!
   to every believer the promise of God;
   the vilest offender who truly believes,
   that moment from Jesus
   a pardon receives.
   Praise the Lord ...
   

   Praise the Lord, praise the Lord!
   let the earth hear His voice;
   praise the Lord, praise the Lord!
   let the people rejoice:
   O come to the Father,
   through Jesus the Son
   and give Him the glory;
   great things He hath done!
   

3. Great things He hath taught us,
   great things He hath done,
   and great our rejoicing
   through Jesus the Son;
   but purer, and higher,
   and greater will be
   our wonder, our rapture,
   when Jesus we see.
   

   Praise the Lord, praise the Lord!
   let the earth hear His voice;
   praise the Lord, praise the Lord!
   let the people rejoice:
   O come to the Father,
   through Jesus the Son
   and give Him the glory;
   great things He hath done!
   

1. Psalm 111
2. 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Children’s Message

CH4 679 One Is the Body and One Is the Head

1. One is the body and one is the Head,
   one is the Spirit by whom we are led;
   one God and Father,
   one faith and one call for all.
   

2. Christ who ascended to heaven above
   is the same Jesus whose nature is love,
   who once descended
   to bring to this earth new birth
   

3. Gifts have been given well suited to each;
   some to be prophets, to pastor or preach,
   some, through the Gospel,
   to challenge, convert and teach.
   

4. Called to his service are women and men
   so that his body might ever again
   witness through worship,
   through deed and through word
   to Christ our Lord.
   

993 WGRG, Iona Community, GIA Publications Inc

Meditation

CH4 655 For Your Generous Providing

Tune: Holy Manna

1. For your generous providing
   which sustain 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 noises
   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.
   

Church of Scotland Panel on Worship

COMMUNION

CH4 19 Ye Gates

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.
   

Offering

Prayer of Intercession

CH4 616 There’s a Spirit in the Air

1. There's a Spirit in the air,
   telling Christians everywhere:
   Praise the love that Christ revealed,
   living, working, in our world.
   

2. Lose your shyness, find your tongue;
   tell the world what God has done.
   God in Christ has come to stay.
   Live tomorrow's life today!
   

3. When believers break the bread,
   when a hungry child is fed,
   praise the love that Christ revealed,
   living, working, in our world.
   

4. Still the Spirit leads the fight,
   seeing wrong and setting right:
   God in Christ has come to stay.
   Live tomorrow's life today!
   

5. When a stranger's not alone,
   when the homeless find a home,
   praise the love that Christ revealed,
   living working, in our world.
   

6. May the Spirit fill our praise,
   guide our thoughts and change our ways:
   God in Christ has come to stay.
   Live tomorrow's life today!
   

7. There's a Spirit in the air,
   telling Christians everywhere:
   Praise the love that Christ revealed,
   living, working, in our world.
   

1979, Hope Publishing Co.

Blessing