Order of Service – 7 August 2022

Waiting

(words for hymns and bible readings follow the Call to Worship)

Welcome & Intimations
Call to Worship
CH4 352/MP496 : O for a thousand tongues
Dedication of Offering
Introduction to service
Reading Luke 12: 32 – 40 Waiting
Prayer & Lord’s Prayer
Video – Seek ye first
Reflection 1
MP 167 : Give me oil in my lamp
Reflection 2
CH4 501: Take this moment time and space
Meditation
Video: Blest are they
CH4 473 : Thy Kingdom come on bended knee
Prayer for Others
CH4 644/MP 501 : O Jesus I have promised
Blessing

 

Call to Worship
God unfailing, God indestructible
Giver of blessings, comfort for our fears, source of our joy;
we turn our hearts to you and you meet us
with grace upon grace.
You are our treasure, and in you,
our restless hearts find their home.
We, your little flock, worship you.

 

CH4 352/MP 496 : O for a thousand tongues

1 O for a thousand tongues to sing
my great Redeemer’s praise,
the glories of my God and King,
the triumphs of His grace!
2 Jesus! the name that charms our fears,
that bids our sorrows cease;
’tis music in the sinner’s ears,
’tis life, and health , and peace.
3 He breaks the power of cancelled sin,
He sets the prisoner free;
His blood can make the foulest clean;
His blood availed for me.
4 He speaks, and, listening to His voice,
new life the dead receive,
the mournful, broken hearts rejoice,
the humble poor believe.
5 Hear Him, ye deaf; His praise, ye dumb,
you loosened tongues employ:
ye blind, behold your Saviour come:
and leap, ye lame, for joy.
6 My gracious Master, and my God.
assist my to proclaim,
to spread through all the earth aboard,
the honours of Thy name.

Luke 12:32-40. New International Version – UK

‘Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.
Sell your possessions and give to the poor.
Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
‘Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.
It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes.
Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, will make them recline at the table and will come and wait on them.
It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the middle of the night or towards daybreak.
But understand this: if the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.
You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.’

MP 167 : Give me oil in my lamp

1 Give me oil in my lamp,
keep me burning,
give me oil in my lamp I pray
Give me oil in my lamp,
keep me burning,
keep me burning till the break of day;
Chorus: Sing Hosanna, sing hosanna,
sing hosanna to the King of kings!
Sing Hosanna, sing hosanna,
sing hosanna to the King!
2 Make me a fisher of men,
keep me seeking,
make me a fisher of men, I pray
Make me a fisher of men,
keep me seeking,
keep me seeking till the break of day.
3 Give me joy in my heart,
keep me singing,
give me joy in my heart I pray,
give me joy in my heart,
keep me singing,
keep me singing till the break of day.
4 Give me love in my heart,
keep me serving,
give me love in my heart I pray,
give me love in my heart
keep me serving,
keep me serving till the break of day.

 

CH4 501: Take this moment time and space

1 Take this moment, sign and space;
rake my friends around;
here among is make the place
where your love is found.

2 Take the time to call my name,
take the time to mend
who I am and what I’ve been,
all I’ve failed to tend.

3 Take the tiredness of my days,
take my past regret,
letting your forgiveness touch
all I can’t forget.

4 Take the little child in me,
scared of growing old;
help me to find my worth
made in Christ’s own mould.

5 Take my talents; and my skills,
take what’s yet to be;
let my life be yours and yet,
let it still be me.

 

CH4 473 : Thy Kingdom come on bended knee

1 ‘Thy Kingdom come!’- on bended knee
the passing ages pray ;
and faithful souls have yearned to see
on earth that kingdom’s day.

2 But the slow watches of the night
not less to God belong;
and for the everlasting right
the silent stars are strong.

3 And lo, already on the hills
the flags of dawn appear;
gird up your loins, ye prophet souls,
proclaim the day is near.

4 The day in whose clear-shining light
all wrong shall stand revealed,
when justice shall be throned with might
and every hurt be healed.

5 When knowledge, hand in hand with peace,
shall walk the earth abroad,
the day of perfect righteousness,
the promised day of God.

 

CH4 644/MP 501 : O Jesus I have promised

1 O Jesus, I have promised
to serve Thee to the end;
be Thou for ever near me,
my Master and my friend.
I shall not fear the battle
if Thou art by my side,
nor wander from the pathway
if Thou wilt be my guide.
2 O let me feel Thee near me;
the world is ever near;
I see the sights that dazzle,
the tempting sounds I hear
my foe are ever near me,
around me and within;
but, Jesus, draw Thou nearer,
and shield my soul from sin.
3 O let me hear Thee speaking
in accents clear and still,
above the storms of passion,
the murmurs of self-will;
O speak to reassure me,
to hasten or control;
O speak, and make me listen,
Thou guardian of my soul.
4 O Jesus, Thou has promised,
to all who follow Thee,
that where Thou art in glory,
there shall Thy servant be:
and, Jesus, I have promised
to serve Thee to the end;
O give me grace to follow
my Master and my friend.
5 O let me see Thy footmarks,
and in them plant my own;
my hope to follow duly,
is in Thy grace alone;
O guide me, call me, draw me,
uphold me to the end;
and then in heaven receive me,
my Saviour and my friend!