Jesus Announces the Good News

(words for hymns can be found below the order of service)

Welcome
Call to Worship
MP 651: The Kingdom of God
Prayer & Lord’s Prayer
Reading Mark 1: 14 – 20
Video: Will you come and Follow me
Reflection
CH4 339: Sing of Andrew
Prayer for others
MP 673: There is a redeemer
Blessing

Call to Worship
Truly my soul finds rest in God
My salvation comes from him

Truly he is my rock
He is my fortress, I shall never be shaken

Trust in him at all times you people
Pour out your hearts to him
For God is our refuge
From Psalm 62

Hymn MP 651: The Kingdom of God

1 The kingdom of God is justice and joy,
for Jesus restores what sin would destroy;
God’s power and glory in Jesus we know,
and here and hereafter the kingdom shall grow.

2 The kingdom of God is mercy and grace,
the captives are freed, the sinners find place,
the outcast are welcomed God’s banquet to share,
and hope is awakened in place of despair.

3 The kingdom of God is challenge and choice,
believe the good news, repent and rejoice!
His love for us sinners brought Christ to His cross,
our crisis of judgement for gain or for loss.

4 God’s kingdom is come, the gift and the goal,
in Jesus begun, in heaven made whole;
the heirs of the kingdom shall answer His call,
and all things cry ‘Glory!’ to God all-in-all.

Mark 1:14-20 New International Version

 After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God.
“The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!”
As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen.
“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”
At once they left their nets and followed him.

 When he had gone a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat, preparing their nets.
Without delay he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.

CH4 339: Sing of Andrew

1 Sing of Andrew, John’s disciple,
led by faith through ways untrod,
till the Bapist cried at Jordan,
‘There behold the Lamb of God’
Stirred by hearing this new teacher,
Andrew, freed from doubt and fear,
ran to tell his brother Simon,
‘God’s Anointed One is here!’

2 Sing of Andrew, called by Jesus
from the shores of Galilee,
leaving boats and nets and kindred,
trusting in that ‘Follow me’.
When a boy’s small meal fed thousands,
when inquiring Greeks found care,
when the Spirit came in blessing –
Andrew faithfully was there.

3 Sing of Andrew; bold apostle,
sent to make the gospel known,
faithful to his Lord’s example,
called to make a cross his own.
So may we who prize his memory
honour Christ in our own day,
bearing witness to our neighbours,
living what we sing and pray.

MP 673: There is a Redeemer

1 There is a Redeemer,
Jesus, God’s own Son,
precious Lamb of God,
Messiah, Holy One.

Chorus
Thank You, O my Father,
for giving us Your Son,
and leaving Your Spirit
till the work on earth is done.

2 Jesus, my Redeemer,
name above all names,
precious Lamb of God, Messiah,
O for sinners slain:
Chorus

3 When I stand in glory,
I will see His face,
and there I’ll serve my King for ever
in that holy place.
Chorus