Morning Service Sunday 14 July 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 404 I Danced in the Morning

1. I danced in the morning when the world was begun,
   And I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun,
   And I came down from heaven and I danced on the earth,
   At Bethlehem I had my birth.
   

   Dance, then, wherever you may be;
   I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.
   And I’ll lead you all wherever you may be,
   And I’ll lead you all in the dance, said he.
   

2. I danced for the scribe and the Pharisee,
   But they would not dance and they would not follow me;
   I danced for the fishermen, for James and John;
   They came to me and the dance went on.
   

   Dance, then, wherever you may be;
   I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.
   And I’ll lead you all wherever you may be,
   And I’ll lead you all in the dance, said he.
   

3. I danced on the Sabbath when I cured the lame,
   The holy people said it was a shame;
   They whipped and they stripped and they hung me high;
   And they left me there on a cross to die.
   

   Dance, then, wherever you may be;
   I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.
   And I’ll lead you all wherever you may be,
   And I’ll lead you all in the dance, said he.
   

4. I danced on a Friday and the sky turned black;
   It’s hard to dance with the devil on your back;
   They buried my body and they thought I’d gone,
   But I am the dance and I still go on.
   

   Dance, then, wherever you may be;
   I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.
   And I’ll lead you all wherever you may be,
   And I’ll lead you all in the dance, said he.
   

5. They cut me down and I leapt up high,
   I am the life that’ll never, never die;
   I’ll live in you if you’ll live in me;
   I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.
   

   Dance, then, wherever you may be;
   I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.
   And I’ll lead you all wherever you may be,
   And I’ll lead you all in the dance, said he.
   

1963, Stainer & Bell, Ltd

1. Psalm 85:8-13
2. Mark 6:14-29

CH4 20 Lift Up the Gates Eternal

1. See, all the earth is God's, its people and nations;
   God built it on the deeps and laid its foundations.
   

   Lift up the gates eternal; lift up your voices:
   for God in glory comes; the nation rejoices.
   

2. Who can go up this mountain, who stand in praising?
   Those who are pure, who come with clean hands upraising.
   

   Lift up the gates eternal; lift up your voices:
   for God in glory comes; the nation rejoices.
   

3. They shall receive forgiveness and have God's blessing
   if they but search for God, their Saviour confessing.
   

   Lift up the gates eternal; lift up your voices:
   for God in glory comes; the nation rejoices.
   

4. Come, lift your voices high: be lifted to glory;
   the Saviour God approaches; come, shout the story.
   

   Lift up the gates eternal; lift up your voices:
   for God in glory comes; the nation rejoices.
   

5. Who is this glorious one, for whom we are waiting?
   We wait the mighty One, our God celebrating.
   

   Lift up the gates eternal; lift up your voices:
   for God in glory comes; the nation rejoices.
   

1966 by Willard F. Jabusch

Meditation

CH4 619 Spirit of the Living God

1. Spirit of the Living God,
   Fall afresh on me,
   Spirit of the Living God,
   Fall afresh on me.
   Break me, melt me, mold me, fill me.
   Spirit of the Living God,
   Fall afresh on me.
   

1935, 1963 Birdwing Music

Offering

Prayer of Intercession

CH4 692 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.
   

1986 Thankyou Music

Blessing