Morning Service Sunday 28 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 133 Source and Sovereign, Rock and Cloud

1. Source and Sovereign, Rock and Cloud
   Fortress Fountain Shelter Light
   Judge Defender Mercy Might
   Life whose life all life endowed
   

   May the church at prayer recall
   That no single holy name
   But the truth that feeds them all
   Is the God whom we proclaim
   

2. Word and Wisdom, Root and Vine,
   Shepherd Savior Servant Lamb
   Well and Water Bread and Wine,
   Way who leads us to I AM:
   

   May the church at prayer recall
   That no single holy name
   But the truth that feeds them all
   Is the God whom we proclaim
   

3. Storm and Stillness, Breath and Dove
   Thunder Tempest Whirlwind Fire
   Comfort Counselor Presence Love
   Energies that never tire.
   

   May the church at prayer recall
   That no single holy name
   But the truth that feeds them all
   Is the God whom we proclaim
   

1987 Oxford University Press

1. Psalm 145:10-18
2. II Samuel 11:1-15

CH4 644 O Jesus, I Have Promised

1. O Jesus, I have promised
   to serve you to the end;
   be now and always near me,
   my master and my friend:
   I shall not fear the battle
   if you are by my side,
   not wander from the pathway
   if you will be my guide.
   

2. Oh, let me feel you near me:
   the world is ever near;
   I see the sights that dazzle,
   the tempting sounds I hear;
   my foes are ever near me,
   around me, and within;
   but, Jesus, draw still nearer,
   and shield my soul from sin.
   

3. Oh, let me hear you speaking
   in accents clear and still,
   above the storms of passion,
   the murmurs of self-will;
   Oh, speak to reassure me,
   to hasten or control;
   O speak, and make me listen,
   true guardian of my soul.
   

4. O Jesus, you have promised
   to all who follow you,
   that where you are in glory
   your servant shall be too;
   and, Jesus, I have promised
   to serve you to the end:
   now give me grace to follow,
   my master and my friend.
   

Meditation

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.
   

Offering

Prayer of Intercession

CH4 577 Christ Be Beside Me

1. Christ be beside me,
   Christ be before me,
   Christ be behind me,
   King of my heart;
   Christ be within me,
   Christ be below me,
   Christ be above me
   never to part.
   

2. Christ on my right hand,
   Christ on my left hand,
   Christ all around me
   shield in the strife;
   Christ in my sleeping,
   Christ in my sitting,
   Christ in my rising
   light of my life.
   

3. Christ be in all hearts
   thinking about me,
   Christ be in all tongues
   telling of me.
   Christ be the vision
   in eyes that see me,
   in ears that hear me,
   Christ ever be.
   

1969, James Quinn, SJ

Blessing