Morning Service Sunday 17 November 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 114 O Threefold God of Tender Unity

(tune Highland Cathedral)

1. O threefold God of tender unity,
   Life’s great unknown that binds and sets us free:
   Felt in our loving, greater than our thought,
   You are the mystery found, the mystery sought.
   

2. O blaze of radiance, source of light that blinds,
   Fierce burning fire in clear prophetic minds,
   You live in mystery, yet within us dwell;
   Life springs from you as from a living well.
   

3. In every making, each creative dream,
   And in the flowing of life’s healing stream,
   When love is born or people reconciled,
   We share your life, O Parent, Spirit, Child.
   

4. O threefold God of tender unity,
   Life’s great unknown that binds and sets us free:
   Felt in our loving, greater than our thought,
   You are the mystery found, the mystery sought.
   

William Livingstone Wallace

1. Hebrews 10:11-25
2. Mark 13:1-8

CH4 9 O God, My Refuge, Keep Me Safe

(Psalm 16)

1. O God, my refuge, keep me safe:
   On you my good depends;
   O LORD, you are my Lord alone,
   Your saints my choicest friends.
   

2. Whoever turns to other gods
   Will find remorse and shame;
   To them I make no sacrifice,
   Nor will I speak their name.
   

3. The LORD is my inheritance,
   A prize beyond compare;
   His word instructs me day and night,
   His own beloved heir.
   

4. At all times I have set the LORD
   Before my face to stand;
   No trial, no pain can shake my hope
   With him at my right hand.
   

5. My heart and soul rejoice in you
   And in your power to save:
   You will not leave your Holy One
   To perish in the grave.
   

6. You lead me to the path of life,
   Before your face to stand
   And drink my fill of endless joys
   That flow at your right hand.
   

David G Preston / Jubilate Hymns Ltd.

Meditation

CH4 608 Spirit of Truth and Grace

1. Spirit of truth and grace, come to us in this place
   as now in Jesus’ name God’s people gather.
   Open our eyes to see truths that will ever be,
   and in communion draw us close together.
   

2. Spirit of joy and peace make all anxieties cease
   with knowledge of the Father’s perfect caring.
   Then may God’s children know love that won’t let us go
   and joy that fills each day, beyond comparing.
   

3. Spirit of life and power, revive us in this hour
   and stir our hearts to praise with true devotion.
   Fill us with heavenly fire, and every heart inspire,
   that we may serve the world with your compassion.
   

2005 Ian D Cunningham

Offering

Prayer of Intercession

CH4 566 When I Receive the Peace of Christ

1. When I receive the peace of Christ
   my loneliness shall end;
   and I must reach a hand and take
   my brother as a friend —
   my brother as a friend indeed
   who has an honoured place
   where he may stand before the Lord
   in dignity and grace.
   

2. When I receive the peace of Christ
   my loneliness shall end;
   and I must reach a hand and take
   my sister as a friend —
   my sister as a friend indeed
   who has an honoured place
   where she may stand before the Lord
   in dignity and grace.
   

3. When I receive the peace of Christ
   my loneliness shall end;
   and I must reach a hand and take
   my own self as a friend —
   my own self as a friend indeed
   who has an honoured place
   where I may stand before the Lord
   in dignity and grace.
   

4. When I receive the peace of Christ
   my loneliness shall end;
   and I must reach a hand and take
   Christ Jesus as a friend —
   Christ Jesus as a friend indeed
   who has an honoured place
   where now he stands among us all
   in dignity and grace.
   

Michael Mair

Blessing