Watchword for the Week

Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the

voice of my supplications! (Psalm 130:2)

(Moravian Daily Texts 2015)

ORGAN PRELUDE

WELCOME and CALL to WORSHIP

(Verses from Psalm 138)

I thank you, LORD, with all my heart;

I sing praise to you before the gods.

I face your holy Temple, bow down, and

praise your name because of your constant

love and faithfulness, because you

have shown that your name and your

commands are supreme.

You answered me when I called to you;

with your strength you strengthened me.

All the kings of the world will praise you, LORD,

because they have heard your promises.

They will sing about what you have done

and about your great glory.

Even though you are so high above,

you care for the lowly,

and the proud cannot hide from you.

You will do everything you have promised;

LORD, your love is eternal.

Complete the work you have begun.

Hymn 449 * Rejoice, the Lord is King!

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

(Children may leave for Kids’ Church in the halls next door)

PRAYER of APPROACH

Merciful God, Your love is greater

than anything we can understand;

your power is greater than we can imagine;

your forgiveness is beyond our comprehension.

The world is full of wonder:

too often we fail to see it.

We have been given the capacity to love:

too often we love only ourselves.

We believe and speak of you:

too often we forget you in our lives.

Forgive us for the unseeing times;

forgive us for the unloving times;

forgive us for the forgetful times.

(Silence)

Hear us as we pray:

Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open,

all desires known, and from whom no

secrets are hidden: cleanse the thoughts of

our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy

Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and

worthily magnify your holy Name; through

Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Hymn 527 Lord, make us servants

(Hymn of the Month, June 2015)

WORDS of ASSURANCE

God enfolds us in love, making us true disciples,

perceiving, loving and remembering, through

Jesus, all that God has made and all that God

has done. Thanks be to God. Amen.

SCRIPTURE READINGS

1 Samuel 8:1-21 OT p. 271

St. Mark 3:20-35 NT p. 49

People may stand for the Gospel reading.

The Word of God. Thanks be to God!

Hymn 237 * Look forward in faith

SERMON Rev. James Brown

Hymn 694 Brother, sister, let me serve you

(Offerings are gathered and brought forward)

DEDICATION PRAYER

We offer to you, living God, all that we have

and are, in the name of him who lived and

died and was raised from death for the sake

of all the world, our Lord and Saviour, Jesus

Christ. Amen.

ANNOUNCEMENTS (see Notices overleaf)

PRAYERS for OTHERS

Heavenly Father: let your will be done.

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.

COMMUNION PREFACE

Hymn 673 * Let us talents and tongues employ

The GREAT PRAYER

The Lord be with you, and also with you.

Lift up your hearts. We lift them to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

It is right to give God thanks and praise.

…we praise you, singing the hymn of your

everlasting glory:

Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and

might, heaven and earth are full of your

glory. Hosanna in the highest.

Blessed is the One who comes in the name

of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

BREAKING of BREAD

COMMUNION (please come forward to share)

SHARING GOD’S PEACE

DISMISSAL

Hymn 266 God the Omnipotent

BLESSING and Threefold Amen (No. 819)

ORGAN POSTLUDE