Watchword for the Week
From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the Lord is to be praised.
(Psalm 113:3)
(Moravian Daily Texts 2016)
ORGAN PRELUDE
WELCOME and CALL to WORSHIP
(Verses from Psalm 113)
Praise the LORD!
You servants of the LORD, praise his name!
May his name be praised, now and for ever.
From the east to the west, praise the name of the LORD!
The Lord rules over all nations;
his glory is above the heavens.
There is no one like the Lord our God.
He lives in the heights above, but he bends down to see the heavens and the earth.
He raises the poor from the dust;
he lifts the needy from their misery
and makes them companions of princes, the princes of his people.
Praise the LORD!
Hymn 152 * Praise the Lord, his glories show
People’s Choice Hymns are marked with an asterisk (*)
PRAYER of APPROACH
Lord, you know that we love you, and we know what you ask us to do…
But for those times we have been too busy when we have been hard-hearted
when we have been lukewarm,
we say sorry and ask for your forgiving love.
Prepare us for your way, O Lord.
Your Kingdom come, your will be done.
Lord, you know our good intentions,
and we know your will…
but hold us back long enough to listen to those in
need and to learn from them,
and to learn of our own need.
Where we think we are sent, make us ready to
receive; where we are keen to teach,
make us ready to learn.
Prepare us for your way, O Lord.
Your Kingdom come, your will be done.
Lord, you know our deepest desires,
and we know the vision of your Kingdom…
We bring before you those elements in our lives
in need of your transforming power:
that which we misuse or neglect,
that which we most reluctantly let go of,
that which we believe is not good enough.
Inspire us and disturb us
to examine our deepest desires.
Prepare us for your way, O Lord.
Your Kingdom come, your will be done.
Hymn 805 * Your will be done on earth, O Lord
ASSURANCE of FORGIVENESS
Lord, you know our potential,
but what is your purpose for our lives?
In our uncertainty
and in the knowledge of your faithfulness,
prepare us for your way, O Lord.
Your Kingdom come, your will be done.
CHILDREN’S TIME
SHARING GOD’S PEACE
(Children may join the Kids’ Church programme)
SCRIPTURE READINGS
1 Timothy 2:1-7 NT p. 263 (262)
St. Luke 16:1-13 NT p. 100
People may stand for the Gospel reading.
The word of God: Thanks be to God!
Hymn 588 Praise the Spirit in creation
(Hymn of the Month, September 2016)
SERMON Rev. James Brown
Hymn 159 Lord, for the years
(Offerings are gathered and brought forward)
DEDICATION PRAYER
May these gifts be used to bring hope to the hopeless. Take us, Lord, and make us faithful in the little things, so that in the fullness of time you will be able to entrust us with all you have planned. Take all we have, Lord, and make us a fragrant sacrifice of love. Amen.
NOTICES and PRAYERS for OTHERS
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, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.
Hymn 286 * Tell out, my soul, the greatness
BLESSING and Threefold Amen (No. 819)
ORGAN POSTLUDE
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