asks: “But who do you say that I am?”

(Mark 8:29)

(Moravian Daily Texts 2015)

ORGAN PRELUDE

WELCOME and CALL to WORSHIP

(based on Psalm 19)

The heavens declare the glory of God,

and the sky proclaims its maker’s handiwork.

One day tells it to another,

and one night imparts knowledge to another.

Through the witness of creation,

through the glory of the Word,

you show the way to the kingdom of light,

you show the way to eternal life.

Although they have no words or language,

and their voices are not heard,

their sound has gone out into all lands,

and their message to the ends of the world,

where God has pitched a tent for the sun.

Through the witness of creation,

through the glory of the Word,

you show the way to the kingdom of light,

you show the way to eternal life.

Let the words of our mouths and the meditation

of our hearts be acceptable in your sight, O

LORD, our strength and our redeemer. Amen.

Hymn 133 Source and Sovereign, Rock

PRAYER of APPROACH

Gracious, loving, counselling, forgiving God, we

come into your presence … let us hear a fresh

message through your word and through Jesus

Christ our Lord. Amen.

Almighty God, you call your Church to

witness that in Christ we are reconciled to

you. Help us so to proclaim the good news

of your love, that all who hear it may turn to

you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who

lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,

one God, now and for ever. Amen.

WORDS of ASSURANCE (John 10:9-11)

Jesus says: “I am the gate. Whoever comes in

by me will be saved; they will come in and go

out and find pasture.” “I have come in order that

you might have life – life in all its fullness. I am

the good shepherd.” Thanks be to God. Amen.

Hymn 757 Come, all you people

(Hymn of the Month, September 2015)

SCRIPTURE READING