On the road to Emmaus

(words for hymns and bible reading follow the call to worship)

Welcome & Intimations
Call to Worship
MP 708 : To God be the glory
All age address
Prayer & Lord’s Prayer
MP 302 : I want to walk with Jesus Christ
Reading Luke 24 : 13 – 35
Prayer
MP 454 : Majesty
Reflection
MP 813 : Christ is the one who calls
Prayer for others
MP 201: Guide me O thou great Jehovah
Blessing

Call to Worship

Do not be afraid for I have redeemed you
I have called you by name – you are mine
When you walk through the desert, I will be with you
And through fire – you shall not be burned
For I am the Lord your Go
And you are precious in my sight

MP 708 : To God be the glory

MP 302 : I want to walk with Jesus Christ

1 I want to walk with Jesus Christ,
all the days I live of this life on earth;
to give Him complete control
of body and of soul.
Chorus: Follow Him, follow Him,
yield your life to Him –
He has conquered death,
He is King of kings;
accept the joy which He gives to those
who yield their lives to Him.

2 I want to learn to speak to Him,
to pray to Him, confess my sin,
to open my life and let Him in,
for joy will then be mine.
Chorus

3 I want to learn to speak to Him –
my life must show that He lives in me;
my deeds, my thoughts, my words
must speak all of His love for me.
Chorus

4 I want to learn to read His word,
for this is how I know the way
to life my life as pleases Him,
in holiness and joy.
Chorus

5 O Holy Spirit of the Lord,
enter now into this heart of mine;
take full control of my selfish will
and make me wholly Thine!
Chorus

Luke 24 : 13 – 35 New International Version – UK
On the road to Emmaus

Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. They were talking with each other about everything that had happened.  As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; but they were kept from recognising him.
He asked them, ‘What are you discussing together as you walk along?’
They stood still, their faces downcast. One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, ‘Are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?’
‘What things?’ he asked.
‘About Jesus of Nazareth,’ they replied. ‘He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people. The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place. In addition, some of our women amazed us. They went to the tomb early this morning but didn’t find his body. They came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive. Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see Jesus.’
He said to them, ‘How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?’ And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.
As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus continued on as if he were going further. But they urged him strongly, ‘Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over.’ So he went in to stay with them.
When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they recognised him, and he disappeared from their sight. They asked each other, ‘Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?’
They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, assembled together and saying, ‘It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.’ Then the two told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognised by them when he broke the bread.

MP 454 : Majesty

Majesty, worship His majesty;
unto Jesus be glory, honour and praise.
Majesty, kingdom, authority,
flows from His throne
unto His own, His anthem raise,
So exalt, lift p on high the name of Jesus,
magnify, come glorify,
Christ Jesus the King.
Majesty, worship His majesty;
Jesus who died, now glorified,
King of all kings.

MP 813 : Christ is the one who calls

1 Christ is the One who calls,
the One who loved and came,
to whom by right it falls
to bear the highest name:
and still today
our hearts are stirred
to hear His word
and walk His way.

2 Christ is the One who seeks,
to whom our souls are known.
The word of love He speaks;
can wake a heart of stone;
for at that sound
the blind can see,
the slave is free,
the lost are found.

3 Christ is the One who died,
forsaken and betrayed;
who, mocked and crucified,
the price of pardon paid.
Our dying Lord,
what grief and loss,
what bitter cross
our souls restored!

4 Christ is the One who rose
in glory from the grave,
to share His life with those
whom once He died to save.
He drew death’s sting
and broke its chains,
who lives and reigns
our risen King.

5 Christ is the One who sends,
His story to declare;
who calls His servants friends
and gives them news to share.
His truth proclaim
in all the earth,
His matchless worth
and saving name.

MP 201: Guide me O thou great Jehovah