2018-05-26 18_39_00-2018-05-27 - Worship Sheet.pdf - Adobe ReaderWatchword for the Week

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God of hosts;

the whole earth is full of his glory. (Isaiah 6:3)

(Moravian Daily Texts 2018)

ORGAN PRELUDE

WELCOME and CALL to WORSHIP

(Verses from Psalm 29)

Praise the LORD, you heavenly beings;

praise his glory and power.

Praise the LORD’s glorious name; bow down

before the Holy One when he appears.

The voice of the LORD is heard on the seas;

the glorious God thunders,

and his voice echoes over the ocean.

The voice of the LORD is heard

in all its might and majesty.

The voice of the LORD makes the lightning flash.

His voice makes the desert shake

and breaks the cedars of Lebanon.

The LORD gives strength to his people

and blesses them with peace.

Let everyone in his Temple shout,

“Glory to God!”

Hymn 124 * Praise to the Lord, the Almighty

People’s Choice Hymns are marked with an asterisk (*)

PRAYER of ADORATION

Response: So we praise you;

We praise and worship you.

PRAYER of CONFESSION

Lord, have mercy on us.

Christ, have mercy on us.

Lord, have mercy on us.

ASSURANCE of FORGIVENESS

God is good. On all whose lives are open to

change from guilt to grace, from darkness to light,

God pronounces his pardon and grants his

peace. Thanks be to God! Amen.

CHILDREN’S TIME

Hymn 757 Come all you people…

  1. Come all you people;

come and praise your Maker. (3x)

Come now and worship the Lord.

  1. Come all you people;

come and praise your Saviour. (3x)

Come now and worship the Lord.

  1. Come all you people;

come and praise the Spirit. (3x)

Come now and worship the Lord.

SHARING GOD’S PEACE

(Children may join the Kids’ Church programme)

SCRIPTURE READINGS

Isaiah 6:1-8 OT p. 148

St. John 3:1-17 NT p. 140

People may stand for the Gospel reading.

The word of God: Thanks be to God!

Hymn 251 I, the Lord of sea and sky

SERMON Rev. James Brown

Hymn 111 * Holy, holy, holy, Lord God

(Offerings are gathered and brought forward)

DEDICATION PRAYER

Life-giving God, when we hear you ask,

“Whom shall I send, and who shall go for

us?” may we willingly answer,

“Here I am; send me!”

Free us from fear, fill us with your love,

and send us out into the world in peace.

As your love overflows in the gift of the

Spirit, so may your blessing spread

out with us in service to a world in need.

In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

NOTICES and PRAYERS for OTHERS

Response: Lord, give to your people

the blessing of peace.

The LORD’S PRAYER

(Please pray in your own preferred language / version.)

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.

Hymn 112 * God whose almighty word

BLESSING and Threefold Amen (No. 819)

ORGAN POSTLUDE