Watchword for the Week
Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power
and wealth and wisdom and might and honour and
glory and blessing. (Revelation 5:12)
(Moravian Daily Texts 2016)
ORGAN PRELUDE
WELCOME and CALL to WORSHIP
(Verses from Psalm 30)
I praise you, LORD, because you have saved me.
I cried to you for help, O LORD my God,
and you healed me.
You kept me from the grave. I was on my way
to the depths below, but you saved my life.
You have changed my sadness into a joyful
dance; you have taken away my sorrow
and surrounded me with joy
So I will not be silent;
I will sing praise to you.
LORD, you are my God,
I will thank you for ever.
Hymn 169 * Praise the Lord
People’s Choice Hymns are marked with an asterisk (*)
PRAYER of APPROACH
God has lifted us up and given us new life.
God has turned our mourning into dancing!
God has turned our sorrow into joy!
God’s anger lasts for but a moment;
God’s favour lasts a lifetime.
God has turned our mourning into dancing!
God has turned our sorrow into joy!
Weeping may spend the night,
but joy comes in the morning.
God has turned our mourning into dancing!
God has turned our sorrow into joy!
Lord of our Easter Dance, as we look back
toward your Passion and Resurrection,
we remember your unending love for us.
Yet we know too that there are moments
in our lives when we have not loved others as
you taught us. There are moments when we
are caught up in our own fears, insecurities,
and selfish ways.
God, you draw us toward you, even when we
turn away. Your Spirit leads and guides us in
our daily lives. Help us to stay alert, to see
the moments when we encounter Christ in
our everyday interactions.
For the moments when we give in to fear and
let our own lives and worries consume us, we
ask your forgiveness. For the moments when
we are disconnected from others, we ask for
forgiveness. Amen.
WORDS of ASSURANCE
God heals us when we cry for help, and restores
us to life when we falter. God’s favour is for a
lifetime. Our weeping may endure for the night,
but joy comes in the morning.
God is gracious and helps us – always.
Thanks be to God! Amen!
Hymn 204 1+2+5 I am the Church!
INFANT BLESSING
(We welcome Ivy and Mayaa Sarpong)
“Jesus Blesses Little Children” (Mark 10:13-16)
Prayer and Scripture Readings
Welcome and Blessing
Questions to the Family and the People
Closing Prayer
SHARING GOD’S PEACE
I welcome you in the name of the Lord! (2x)
I can see in you the glory of the Lord;
You are welcome in the name of the Lord!
(Children may join the Kids’ Church programme)
SCRIPTURE READINGS
Acts 9:1-6 NT p. 159
St. John 21:1-19 NT p. 145
People may stand for the Gospel reading.
The word of God: Thanks be to God!
Hymn 533 * Will you come and follow me?
SERMON Rev. James Brown
Hymn 424 Blest be the everlasting God
(Hymn of the Month, April 2016)
(Offerings are gathered and brought forward)
DEDICATION PRAYER
God, you have the power to transform the
most unlikely people into your witnesses.
We dedicate ourselves to being open to the
movement of the Holy Spirit and moments
where we might be agents of healing and
change in today’s world. Use our gifts to
show people your presence in their everyday
lives. Help us be a means for encountering
the risen Christ in a broken world. 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 530 * One more step along the world
BLESSING and Threefold Amen (No. 819)
ORGAN POSTLUDE
“Give a man a fish and
you feed him for a day;
teach a man to fish
and you feed him
for a lifetime.”
Moses Maimonides
(ca. 1135-1204)
Jewish Philosopher
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