The Lord will be Israel’s Shepherd<\/p>\n
(words for hymns and bible reading follow the order of service)<\/p>\n
Welcome & Notices
\nCall to Worship
\nHYMN 213\u00a0 [CH4]\u00a0\u00a0 Every new morning
\nAll age time
\nPrayer and Lord\u2019s Prayer
\nHYMN 133 [MP]\u00a0 Father I place in to your hands
\nPrayer
\nReading:\u00a0 Ezekiel 34: 11-16 & 20-24
\nHYMN 649 [MP] \u00a0The King of Love my Shepherd is
\nSermon
\nHYMN 515 [MP]\u00a0 O Love that wilt not let me go
\nDedication & Prayers for the world
\nHYMN 315 [MP]\u00a0 \u00a0I will sing the wondrous story
\nBenediction<\/p>\n
HYMN 213\u00a0 [CH4]\u00a0\u00a0 Every new morning<\/p>\n
1 Every new morning
\nGod gives us freely
\nhearts that are thankful,
\nstrength for the task,
\npeople who love us
\njoy in our service,
\nall we have need of
\nif we but ask.<\/p>\n
2 God will be with us
\nin all our thinking,
\nin all our speaking,
\nin all we do
\nand as we praise him
\nby all our actions,
\nhe will be with us,
\nseeing us through.<\/p>\n
3 God in the morning,
\nGod in the noontide,
\nGod in the evening,
\nall through the day,,
\nGod is within us,
\nand all around us,
\nGod goes before us
\nall of the way.<\/p>\n
HYMN 133 [MP]\u00a0 Father I place in to your hands<\/p>\n
1 Father, I place in to Your hands
\nthe things that I can’t do.
\nFather, I place into Your hands
\nthe times that I’ve been through.
\nFather, I place into Your hands
\nthe way that I should go,
\nfor I know I always can trust You.<\/p>\n
2 Father, I place in to Your hands
\nmy friends and family.
\nFather, I place into Your hands
\nthe things that trouble me.
\nFather, I place into Your hands
\nthe person\u00a0 I would be,
\nfor I know I always can trust You.<\/p>\n
3 Father, we love to seek Your face,
\nwe love to hear your voice.
\nFather, we love to sing Your praise,
\nand in Your name rejoice,.
\nFather, we love to walk with You,
\nand in Your presence rest,
\nfor we know we always can trust You.<\/p>\n
4 Father, I want to be with You,
\nand do the things You do.
\nFather, I want to speak the words,
\nthat You are speaking too.
\nFather, I want to love the ones,
\nthat You will draw to You,
\nfor I know that I am one with You.<\/p>\n
Reading: Ezekiel 34: 11-16 & 20-24<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them.\u00a0\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds darkness. \u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>I will bring them out from the nations and gather them from the countries, and I will bring them into their own land. I will pasture them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines and in all the settlements in the land.\u00a0\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>I will tend them in a good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in good grazing land, and there they will feed in a rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.\u00a0\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>I myself will tend my sheep and make them lie down, declares the Sovereign\u00a0Lord.\u00a0\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak, but the sleek and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd the flock with justice. HYMN 649 [MP] \u00a0The King of Love my Shepherd is<\/p>\n 1 The King of love my shepherd is, 2 Where streams of living water flow 3 Perverse and foolish oft I strayed; 4 In death’s dark vale I fear no ill 5 Thou spread’st a\u00a0 table in my sight; 6 And so through all the length of days HYMN 515 [MP]\u00a0 O Love that wilt not let me go<\/p>\n 1 O Love that wilt not let me go, 2 O heavenly love, how precious still, 3 O wide-embracing, wonderful love, 4 We see You in Him who came 5 We see Your power to bless and save 6 O love of God, our shield and stay, HYMN 315 [MP]\u00a0 \u00a0I will sing the wondrous story<\/p>\n 1 I will sing the wonderous story 2 I was lost, but Jesus found me, 3 He will keep me till the river <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Lord will be Israel’s Shepherd (words for hymns and bible reading follow the order of service) Welcome & Notices Call to Worship HYMN 213\u00a0 [CH4]\u00a0\u00a0 Every new morning All age time Prayer and Lord\u2019s Prayer HYMN 133 [MP]\u00a0 Father … Continue reading
\nTherefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says to them: see, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.\u00a0\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>Because you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak sheep with your horns until you have driven them away, I will save my flock, and they will no longer be plundered. I will judge between one sheep and another.\u00a0\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>I will place over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will tend them; he will tend them and be their shepherd.\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>I the\u00a0Lord\u00a0will be their God, and my servant David will be prince among them. I the\u00a0Lord\u00a0have spoken.<\/p>\n
\nwhose goodness faileth never;
\nI nothing lack if I am His
\nand He is mine for ever.<\/p>\n
\nmy ransomed soul He leadeth,
\nand where the verdant pastures grow
\nwith food celestial feedeth.<\/p>\n
\nbut yet in love He sought us,
\nand on His shoulder gently laid,
\nand home rejoicing brought me.<\/p>\n
\nwith Thee, dear Lord, beside me;
\nThy rod and staff my comfort still,
\nThy cross before to guide me.<\/p>\n
\nThy unction grace bestoweth;
\nand O what transport of delight
\nfrom Thy pure chalice floweth!<\/p>\n
\nThy goodness faileth never;
\nGood Shepherd, may I sing Thy praise
\nwithin Thy house for ever!<\/p>\n
\nI rest my weary soul in Thee;
\nuncomprehend and unbought,
\nbeyond all knowledge and all thought.<\/p>\n
\nin days of weariness and ill,
\nin nights of pain and helplessness,
\nto heal, to comfort, and to bless!<\/p>\n
\nwe see You in the sky above,
\nwe see You in the earth below,
\nin seas that swell and streams that flow<\/p>\n
\nto bear for us the cross of shame,
\nsent by the Father from on high,
\nour life to live, our death to die.<\/p>\n
\ne’en in the darkness of the grave,
\nstill more in resurrection-light,
\nwe see the fulness of Your might.<\/p>\n
\nthrough all the perils of our ways;
\neternal Love, in You we rest,
\nfor ever safe, for ever blest!<\/p>\n
\nof the Christ, who died for me –
\nhow He left the realms of glory
\nfor the cross on Calvary.
\nYes, I’ll sing the wonderous story
\nof the Christ who died for me –
\nsing it with His Saints in glory,
\ngathered by the crystal sea.<\/p>\n
\nfound he sheep that went astray,
\nraised me up and gently led me,
\nback into the narrow way.
\nDays of darkness still may meet me,
\nsorrow’s path I oft may tread;
\nbut His presence still is with me,
\nby His guiding hand I’m led.<\/p>\n
\nrolls its water at my feet;
\nthen He’ll bear me safely over,
\nmad by grace for glory meet.
\nYes’ I’ll sing the the wonderous story
\nof the Christ who died with me –
\nsing it with His Saints in glory,
\ngathered by the crystal sea.<\/p>\n