Order of Service – 10 July 2022

Samaritan opposition

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

Welcome & Intimations
Call to Worship
CH4 198: Let us build a house
Dedication of Offering
Introduction to service
Reading Luke 9:51-62
Prayer & Lord’s Prayer
CH4 166 /MP 882:  “Lord of all hopefulness
Reflection 1
Video Do not be afraid
Reflection 2
MP 664 : The spirit lives
Reflection 3
Meditation
Video :I surrender all
CH4 533 Will you come and follow me
Prayer for Others
MP 470 : My goal is God himself ( Highland Cathedral)
Blessing

 

Call to Worship
Let love and faithfulness never leave you
Write them on the tablet of your heart
Trust in the Lord with all your heart
And lean not to your own understanding
In all your ways submit to him
And he will make your paths straight 

CH4 198: Let us build a house

1 Let us build a house where love can dwell
and all can safely live,
a place where saints and children tell
how hearts learn to forgive;
built of hopes and dreams and visions,
rock of faith and vault of grace;
here the love of Christ shall end divisions:
Chorus: All are welcome
all are welcome,
all are welcome in this place.
2 Let us build a house where prophets speak,
and words are strong and true,
where all God’s children dare to seek
to dream God’s reign anew.
Here the cross shall stand as witness
and as symbol of God’s grace;
here as one we claim the faith of Jesus:
3 Let us build a house where love is found
in water, wine and wheat;
a banquet hall on holy ground,
where peace and justice meet.
Here the love of God, through Jesus,
is revealed in time and space,
as we share in Christ the feast that frees us.
4 Let us build a house where hands will teach,
beyond the wood and stone
to heal and strengthen, serve and teach,
and live the Word they’ve known.
Here the outcast and the stranger
bear the image of God’s face;
let us bring an end to fear and danger:
5 Let us build a house where all are named,
their songs and visions heard
and loved and treasured, taught and claimed
as words within the Word.
Built of tears and cries and laughter,
prayers of faith and songs of grace,
let this house proclaim from floor to rafter.

 

Luke 9:51-62 New International Version – UK
Samaritan opposition
As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem. And he sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him; but the people there did not welcome him, because he was heading for Jerusalem. When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, ‘Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them
But Jesus turned and rebuked them. Then he and his disciples went to another village.
As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, ‘I will follow you wherever you go.’
Jesus replied, ‘Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.’
He said to another man, ‘Follow me.’
But he replied, ‘Lord, first let me go and bury my father.’
Jesus said to him, ‘Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.’
Still another said, ‘I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.’
Jesus replied, ‘No one who puts a hand to the plough and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.’

 

CH4 166 /MP 882:  “Lord of all hopefulness

1 Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy,
whose trust, ever child-like,
no cares could destroy,
be there at our waking,
and give us, we pray,
Your bliss in our hearts, Lord,
at the break of the day.

2 Lord of all eagerness, Lord of all faith,
whose strong hands were skilled
at the plane, and the lathe,
be there at our labours,
and give us, we pray,
Your strength in our hearts, Lord,
at the noon of the day.

3 Lord of all kindness, Lord of all grace,
Your hands swift to welcome,
Your arms to embrace,
be there at our homing
and give us, we pray,
Your love in our hearts, Lord,
at the eve of the day.

4 Lord of all gentleness, Lord of all calm
who’s voice is contentment,
whose presence is balm,
be there at our sleeping,
and give us, we pray,
Your peace in our hearts, Lord.
at the end of the day.

 

MP 664 : The spirit lives

1 The Spirit lives to set us free,
walk, walk in the light;
He binds us all in unity,
walk, walk in the light.
Chorus Walk in the light,
walk in the light,
walk in the light,
walk in the light of the Lord.
2 Jesus promised life to all,
walk, walk in the light;
the dead were wakened by His call,
walk, walk in the light.
3 He died in pain on Calvary,,
walk, walk in the light;
to save the lost live you, and me,
walk, walk in the light.
4 We know His death was not the end,
walk, walk in the light;
He gave His spirit to be our friend,
walk, walk in the light.
5 By Jesus’ love our wounds are healed,
walk, walk in the light;
the Father kindness is revealed,
walk, walk in the light.
6 The Spirit lives in you and me,
walk, walk in the light;
His light will shine for all to see,
walk, walk in the light.

 

CH4 533 Will you come and follow me

1 Will you come and follow me
if I but call your name?
Will you go where you don’t know
and never be the same?
Will you let my love be shown,
will you let my name be known,
will you let my life be grown
in you and you in me?
2 Will you leave yourself behind
if I but call your name?
Will you care for cruel and kind
and never be the same?
Will you risk the hostile stare
should your life attract or scare?
Will you le me answer prayer
in you and you in me?
3 Will you let the blinded see
if I but call your name?
Will you set the prisoners free
and never be the same?
Will you kiss the leper clean,
and do such as this unseen,
and admit to what I mean
in you and you in me?
4 Will you love the ‘you’ you hide
if I but call your name?
Will you quell the fear inside
and never be the same?
Will you use the faith you’ve found
to reshape the world around.
through my sight and touch and sound
in you and you in me?

 

MP 470 : My goal is God himself

1 My goal is God Himself,
nor joy, nor peace,
nor even blessing,
but Himself, my God;
’tis His to lead me there,
not mine, but His,
‘At any cost, dear Lord, by and road!’

2 So faith bounds forward
to its goal in God,
and love can trust her Lord
to lead her there;
upheld by Him
my soul is following hard,
till God, hath full fulfilled,
my deepest prayer.

3 No matter if the way
be something dark,
no matter though the cost,
be oft-times great,
He knoweth how,
I best shall reach the mark,
the way that leads to Him
must needs be strait.

4 One thing I know,
I cannot say Him nay;
one thing I do, I press toward my Lord,
My God, my glory here,
from day to day,
and in the glory there my great reward.