Jesus calms the storm

(words for hymns and bible reading can be found below the order or service)

Welcome & Church News
Call to Worship
MP 111 – Dear Lord and Father of mankind
Opening Prayer & Lord’s Prayer
Introduction to Reading
Bible Reading: Mark 4: 35-41
CH4 565 – My life flows on in endless song
Dialogue: ‘Square One
Reflection
Video – My Lighthouse
Prayers for the Church & world
MP 770 – Will your anchor hold
Benediction

MP 111 – Dear Lord and Father of mankind
1. Dear Lord and Father of Mankind,
forgive our foolish ways;
re-clothe us in our rightful mind;
in purer lives Thy service find,
in deeper reverence, praise.

2. In simple trust like theirs who heard,
beside the Syrian sea,
the gracious calling of the Lord,
let us, like them, without a word
rise up and follow Thee.

3. O Sabbath rest by Galilee!
O calm of hills above,
where Jesus knelt to share with Thee
the silence of eternity,
interpreted by love!

4. With that deep hush subduing all
our words and works that drown
the tender whisper of Thy call,
as noiseless let Thy blessing fall
as fell Thy manna down.

5. Drop Thy still dew of quietness,
till all our strivings cease;
take from our souls
the strains and stress,
and let our ordered lives confess
the beauty of Thy peace.

6. Breathe through the hears of our desire
Thy coolness and Thy balm;
let sense be dumb, let flesh retire;
speak through the earthquake,
wind and fire,
O still small voice of calm!

Bible Reading: Mark 4: 35-41
That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” ³⁶ Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. ³⁷ A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. ³⁸ Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?”
He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.
He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?”
They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”

CH4 565 – My life flows on in endless song
1. My life flows on in endless song
above earth’s lamentation:
i catch the sweet, though far off, hymn
that hails a new creation.
Chorus:
No storm can shade my inmost calm
while to that Rock I’m clinging.
Since love is Lord of heaven and earth,
how can I keep from singing?

2. Through all the tumult and the strife,
I hear that music ringing.
It finds an echo in my soul –
how can I keep from singing?

3. What though my joys and comforts die?
The Lord, my Saviour, liveth.
What though the darkness round me close?
Songs in the night he giveth.

4, The peace of Christ makes fresh my heart,
a fountain ever springing.
All things are mine since I am his!
How can I keep from singing?

MP 770 – Will your anchor hold
1. Will your anchor hold in the storms of strife,
when the clouds unfold their wings of strife?
When the string tides lift, and the cable strain,
will your anchor drift, or firm remain?
Chorus: We have an anchor that keeps the soul
steadfast and sure while the billows roll;
fastened to the rock which cannot more,
grounded firm and deep in the Saviour’s love!

2. Will your anchor hold in the straits of fear,
when the breakers roar and the reef is near?
While the surges rage, and the wild wind blows,
shall the angry waves, then your bark o’erflow?

3. Will your anchor hold in the floods of death,
when the waters cold chill your latest breath?
On the rising tided you can never fail,
while your anchor holds within the veil.

4. Will your eyes behold through the morning light,
the city of gold and the harbour bright?
Will you anchor safe by the heavenly shore,
when life’s storms are past for evermore?