Sunday Morning Worship
This morning we are delighted to welcome
Revd Caroline Homan
who will lead our worship for Christian Aid Sunday
"How God uses our distinctiveness"
We will read from:
Psalm 86 verses 1 to 7. "Hear me, Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy."
Matthew 25 verses 31 to 40. Jesus makes it very clear that when you care for the ‘least’ – the people who aren’t seen as important – you are taking care of him. Interestingly, neither group of people realised that they were taking care of Jesus. This suggests that Jesus is less interested in people who are good at following rules but in those who instead naturally love people because they know they are loved by God.
© Roots for Churches Ltd (www.rootsforchurches.com) 2002-2024. Reproduced with permission.
We will sing:
STF 28 - Jesus calls us here to meet him (verses 1 to 3)
STF 256 - When I needed a neighbour were you there?
STF 760 sung in original Xhosa and then in English:
1. Mayenziwe ’ntando yakho x 5.
2. Your will be done on earth O Lord x 5
STF 706 - Longing for Light, we wait in darkness
Final Hymn: Be in our midst, and gather us together, by Ally Barratt and sung to The Londonderry Air
Be in our midst, and gather us together,
and let your loving-kindness be our guide,
Help us discern your image in each other,
and walk with humble footsteps by your side.
Send us to work, O Lord, Almighty Giver,
‘till all who thirst and hunger now are filled,
Let justice thunder like a mighty river,
And let the storms of strife and conflict now be stilled.
When all the world’s great sorrows overtake us,
and we are crushed by centuries of pain,
lend us your strength, and lovingly remake us
that by your grace we may be whole again.
And when the sins of passing generations
make all the wounds of hist’ry still feel raw,
send out your healing power among the nations,
and fill this broken earth with heaven’s peace once more.
Grant us that peace beyond the mind’s discerning,
Help us to live the truth that sets us free.
And may the Spirit’s fire within us burning
help us become who we are called to be.
In eager longing for your new creation,
a world reshaped by love and hope and grace,
with Christ the Prince of Peace as our foundation,
we’ll build your kingdom now, in this and every place.
Tune: Londonderry Air (11.10.11.10.11.10.11.12)
© Ally Barrett (www.reverendally.org) and used by permission.