Watchword for the Week
O come, let us worship and bow down,
let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!
(Psalm 95:6) (Moravian Daily Texts 2017)
ORGAN PRELUDE
WELCOME and CALL to WORSHIP
Leader: Christ is like a single body
which has many parts.
All: It is still one body,
though every part is different.
Leader: Therefore the foot cannot say,
Men: I am not part of the body;
Leader: nor can the ear say,
Women: I am not part of the body.
Leader: The eye cannot say to the hand,
Men: I don’t need you;
Leader: nor can the head say to the feet,
Women: I don’t need you
Leader: If one part suffers,
All: all parts share the pain.
Leader: If one part is praised,
All: all parts share the joy.
Leader: Together, we are Christ’s body:
All: each one of us is a part of it.
Hymn 720 * There is a longing in our hearts
People’s Choice Hymns are marked with an asterisk (*)
PRAYER of ADORATION…
Response: Hallowed be your name.
Hallowed be your name.
…and CONFESSION
Early in the morning
in the multicoloured company
of your Church on earth and in heaven,
we celebrate your creation,
your life, your death and resurrection,
your interest in us:
so to you we pray,
Lord, bring new life
where we are worn and tired;
new love,
where we have turned hard-hearted;
forgiveness
where we feel hurt
and where we have wounded;
and the joy and freedom
of your Holy Spirit
where we are the prisoners of ourselves.
WORDS of ASSURANCE
To all and to each where regret is real, God
pronounces pardon and grants us the right to
begin again. Thanks be to God. Amen.
CHILDREN’S TIME
Hymn 204 * I am the Church
(Children may join the Kids’ Church programme)
SCRIPTURE READINGS
Exodus 17:1-7 OT p. 73
St. John 4:5-42 NT p. 120
The word of God: Thanks be to God!
Hymn 259 v. 1+2 Beauty for brokenness
(Hymn of the Month, March 2017)
SERMON Rev. James Brown
Hymn 259 v. 3-5 Refuge from cruel wars
OFFERING
Choruses (Please bring forward your offerings
and your “healing” prayer requests to the front steps.)
Dependable, reliable God (2x)
I will do as you say,
you are worthy to be praised,
dependable, reliable God.
The most Excellency is Jesus,
Shout Hallelujah, Amen! (2x)
He’s a miracle working God. (2x)
He’s the Alpha and Omega,
He’s a miracle working God.
DEDICATION PRAYER
Your love for us, O God, is overwhelming: in
the midst of our complaining, you pour out
abundant water for us. Now we respond,
giving you what we can for the work of your
people. Take our gifts, and take us, and use
us to share living water with others. Amen.
PRAYER for OTHERS
Response: Hear our prayer,
and let your Kingdom come.
The LORD’S PRAYER
Spoken version: Hymn 652, Second Form (b)
INVITATION
During the next song, those who wish to receive the
laying on of hands should come forward and kneel,
stand, or sit at the appropriate place. When hands
have been laid and prayer said, please make space
for others who want to follow.
PRAYER: Look, Lord, on your children,
who love your name and need your care. Let
your hands be known in the touch of friends.
Lord, say the word and we shall be healed.
Hymn 694 Brother, sister, let me serve you
If you wish to receive the prayer of blessing and
the laying-on of hands, come to sit, stand or kneel
in the sanctuary area. You may also share in
pronouncing the prayer of blessing on others.
PRAYER for the LAYING-ON of HANDS
Spirit of the living God, present with us now,
enter you, body, mind, and spirit,
and heal you of all that harms you,
in Jesus’ name. Amen.
SHARING GOD’S PEACE
NOTICES and CONCLUDING PRAYER
Hymn 198 * Let us build a house
BLESSING and Threefold Amen (No. 819)
ORGAN POSTLUDE
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