Watchword for the Week
The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart;
the commandment of the LORD is clear,
enlightening the eyes. (Psalm 19:8)
(Moravian Daily Texts 2015)
ORGAN PRELUDE
WELCOME and CALL to WORSHIP
(Psalm 126)
When the LORD brought us back to Jerusalem,
it was like a dream.
How we laughed, how we sang for joy!
Then the other nations said about us,
“The LORD did great things for them.”
Indeed he did great things for us;
how happy we were!
Lord, make us prosperous again, just as the
rain brings water back to dry riverbeds.
Let those who wept as the sowed their seed
gather the harvest with joy!
Those who wept as they went out carrying
the seed will come back singing for joy
as they bring in the harvest.
Hymn 157 * Sing of the Lord’s goodness
People’s Choice Hymns are marked with an asterisk (*)
PRAYER of APPROACH and CONFESSION
Eternal God, we come to you with hungry
hearts, waiting to be filled:
waiting to be filled with a sense of your
presence; waiting to be filled with the touch
of your spirit; waiting to be filled with new
energy for service.
Come to us, we pray. Be with us. Touch us.
Empower us as your people
that we might worship you here and
act in the world for Jesus’ sake.
Gracious God,
we confess what seems always to be with us:
broken things within us that seem never to
mend, empty places within us that seem
always to ache, things like buds within us
that seem never to flower.
O God of love and grace,
help us to accept ourselves;
lead us to do those good and true things that
are not compromised by anything within us.
As much as can be, mend us, fill us, make us
bloom. For all these things, we will give you
the glory; through Jesus Christ our Saviour.
Amen.
Hymn 561 * Blessed assurance
WORDS of ASSURANCE
Hear the good news: In Jesus, our Lord, we
learn that God’s love has no bounds. In Christ
we are forgiven and empowered to begin anew.
Thanks be to God. Amen.
CHILDREN’S TIME
Chorus Kumbaya, my Lord
Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya.
Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya.
Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya.
Oh Lord, kumbaya.
SHARING GOD’S PEACE
(Children may go to the halls next door for Kids’ Church)
SCRIPTURE READINGS
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