The Prodigal Son<\/p>\n
(The words for hymns and bible reading follows the Call to Worship)<\/p>\n
Welcome & Intimations
\nCall to Worship
\nMP 1072: In Christ alone
\nAll Age time
\nPrayer & Lord\u2019s Prayer
\nJP 139: Jesus love is very wonderful
\nReading Luke 15 : 1-3,11b-32
\nCH4 404: Lord of the dance
\nPrayer
\nVideo: Everything is possible
\nReflection
\nMP 396: Just as I am
\nPrayer for others
\nMP 109: Amazing Grace
\nBenediction<\/p>\n
Call to Worship MP 1072 : In Christ alone<\/strong><\/p>\n JP 139 : Jesus love is very wonderful<\/strong><\/p>\n Luke 15 : 1 \u2013 3, 11b \u2013 32 NIV UK<\/strong><\/p>\n Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering round to hear Jesus.\u00a0But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, \u2018This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them.\u2019 CH4 404 : Lord of the dance<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 I danced in the morning 2 I danced for the scribes 3 I danced on the Sabbath 4 I danced on a Friday 5 They cut me down MP 396 : Just as I am<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 Just as I am, without one plea, 2 Just as I am, and waiting not, 3 Just as I am, though tossed about 4 Just as I am, poor, wretched, blind; 5 Just as I am, Thou wilt receive, 6 Just as I am, Thy love unknown MP 109 : Amazing Grace<\/strong><\/p>\n 1 Amazing grace – how sweet the sound – 2 ‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, 3 Through many dangers, toils and snares, 4 When we’ve been there ten thousand years, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Prodigal Son (The words for hymns and bible reading follows the Call to Worship) Welcome & Intimations Call to Worship MP 1072: In Christ alone All Age time Prayer & Lord\u2019s Prayer JP 139: Jesus love is very wonderful … Continue reading
\n<\/strong>Create in me a pure heart, O God,
\nand renew a steadfast spirit within me.
\nDo not cast me from your presence
\nor take your Holy Spirit from me.
\nRestore to me the joy of your salvation
\nand grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.<\/p>\n
\nThen Jesus told them this parable:
\n\u2018There was a man who had two sons.\u00a0The younger one said to his father, \u201cFather, give me my share of the estate.\u201d So he divided his property between them.
\n\u2018Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living.\u00a0After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need.\u00a0So, he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.\u00a0He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
\n\u2018When he came to his senses, he said, \u201cHow many of my father\u2019s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death!
\nI will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.\u00a0I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.\u201d
\nSo he got up and went to his father.
\n\u2018But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms round him and kissed him.
\n\u2018The son said to him, \u201cFather, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.\u201d
\n\u2018But the father said to his servants, \u201cQuick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.\u00a0Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let\u2019s have a feast and celebrate.\u00a0For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.\u201d So they began to celebrate.
\n\u2018Meanwhile, the elder son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing.\u00a0So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on.
\n\u201cYour brother has come,\u201d he replied, \u201cand your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.\u201d
\n\u2018The elder brother became angry and refused to go in.
\nSo his father went out and pleaded with him.\u00a0\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>But he answered his father, \u201cLook! All these years I\u2019ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!\u201d
\n\u2018\u201cMy son,\u201d the father said, \u201cyou are always with me, and everything I have is yours.\u00a0\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong>But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.\u201d\u2019<\/p>\n
\nwhen the world was begun,
\nand I danced in the moon
\nand the stars and the sun,
\nand I came down from heaven
\nand I danced on the earth –
\nat Bethlehem
\nI had my birth.
\nChorus: Dance then, wherever you may be,<\/em>
\nI am the Lord of the Dance, said he,<\/em>
\nand I’ll lead you all, wherever you may be,<\/em>
\nand I’ll lead you all in the Dance, said he.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nand the Pharisee,
\nbut they would not dance
\nand they wouldn’t follow me.
\nI danced for the fishermen,
\nfor James and John –
\nthey came with me
\nand the Dance went on.<\/p>\n
\nand I cured the lame,
\nthe holy people
\nsaid it was a shame.
\nThey whipped and they stripped
\nand they hung me on high,
\nand they left me there
\non a Cross to die,<\/p>\n
\nwhen the sky turned black –
\nit’s hard to dance,
\nwith the devil on your back.
\nThey\u00a0buried my body
\nand they thought I’d gone –
\nbut I am the Dance
\nand I still go on.<\/p>\n
\nand I leapt up high –
\nI am the life
\nthat’ll never, never die.
\nI’ll live in you
\nif you’ll live in me,
\nI am the Lord
\nof the Dance, said he.<\/p>\n
\nbut that Thy blood was shed for me,
\nand that Thou bidd’st me come to Thee,
\nO Lamb of God, I come!<\/p>\n
\nto rid my soul of one dark blot,,
\nto Thee, whose blood can cleanse each spot
\nO Lamb of God, I come!<\/p>\n
\nwith many a conflict, many a doubt,
\nflighting within, and feats without,
\nO Lamb of God, I come!<\/p>\n
\nslight riches, healing of the mind,
\nyea, all I need in Thee to find,
\nO Lamb of God, I come!<\/p>\n
\nwilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve;
\nbecause Thy promise I believe,
\nO Lamb of God, I come!<\/p>\n
\nhath broken every barrier down;
\nnow, to be Thine, yea, Thine alone,
\nO Lamb of God, I come!<\/p>\n
\nthat saved a wretch like me!
\nI once was lost, but now am found,
\nwas blind, but now I see,.<\/p>\n
\nand grace my fears relieved;
\nhow precious did that grace appear
\nthe hour I first believed.<\/p>\n
\nI have already come:
\ntis grace hath brought me safe thus far,
\nand grace will lead me home.<\/p>\n
\nbright shining as the sun,
\nwe’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
\nthan when we first began<\/p>\n