Morning Service Sunday 27 October 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 103 Fill Your Hearts with Joy and Gladness

Psalm 147

1. Fill your hearts with joy and gladness,
   sing and praise your God and mine!
   Great the Lord in love and wisdom,
   might and majesty divine!
   He who framed the starry heavens
   knows and names them as they shine!
   

2. Praise the Lord, his people, praise him!
   Wounded souls his comfort know;
   those who fear him find his mercies,
   peace for pain and joy for woe;
   humble hearts are high exalted,
   human pride and power laid low.
   

3. Praise the Lord for times and seasons,
   cloud and sunshine, wind and rain;
   spring to melt the snows of winter
   till the waters flow again;
   grass upon the mountain pastures,
   golden valleys thick with grain.
   

4. Fill your hearts with joy and gladness,
   peace and plenty crown your days;
   love his laws, declare his judgments,
   walk in all his words and ways;
   he the Lord and we his children:
   praise the Lord, all people, praise!
   

1984 Timothy Dudley-Smith, Hope Publishing Company

1. Job 42:1-6, 10-17
2. Psalm 34:1-8, 19-22

CH4 229 We Plough the Fields and Scatter

1. We plough the fields and scatter
   the good seed on the land,
   but it is fed and watered
   by God's almighty hand;
   he sends the snow in winter,
   the warmth to swell the grain,
   the breezes and the sunshine
   and soft refreshing rain.
   

   All good gifts around us
   are sent from heaven above;
   then thank the Lord, O thank the Lord,
   for all his love.
   

2. He only is the Maker
   of all things near and far;
   he paints the wayside flower,
   he lights the evening star;
   the wind and waves obey him,
   by him the birds are fed;
   much more to us, his children,
   he gives our daily bread.
   

   All good gifts around us
   are sent from heaven above;
   then thank the Lord, O thank the Lord,
   for all his love.
   

3. We thank you then, O Father,
   for all things bright and good,
   the seed-time and the harvest,
   our life, our health, our food.
   Accept the gifts we offer
   for all your love imparts,
   with what we know you long for:
   our humble, thankful hearts.
   

   All good gifts around us
   are sent from heaven above;
   then thank the Lord, O thank the Lord,
   for all his love.
   

Meditation

CH4 153 Great Is Thy Faithfulness

1. Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father,
   there is no shadow of turning with Thee;
   Thou changest not, Thy compassions they fail not,
   as Thou hast been Thou for ever wilt be.
   

   Great is Thy faithfulness,
   great is Thy faithfulness;
   morning by morning
   new mercies I see;
   all I have needed
   Thy hand hath provided -
   great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
   

2. Summer and winter, and spring-time and harvest,
   sun, moon and stars in their courses above,
   join with all nature in manifold witness
   to Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.
   

   Great is Thy faithfulness,
   great is Thy faithfulness;
   morning by morning
   new mercies I see;
   all I have needed
   Thy hand hath provided -
   great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
   

3. Pardon for sin, and a peace that endureth,
   Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
   strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
   blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!
   

   Great is Thy faithfulness,
   great is Thy faithfulness;
   morning by morning
   new mercies I see;
   all I have needed
   Thy hand hath provided -
   great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
   

Offering

Prayer of Intercession

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

Blessing