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A Service of the Word

PREPARATION

We say together the lines in bold type. The Lord be with you. And also with you. Great is the Lord and worthy of all praise: Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom, Thanksgiving and honour, power and might, be to our God for ever and ever!

OPENING PRAYER

Loving Lord, fill us with your life-giving, joy-giving, peace-giving presence, that we may praise you now with our lips and all the day long with our lives, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

HYMN

Guide me, o thou great Redeemer, pilgrim through this barren land. I am weak, but thou art mighty, hold me with thy powerful hand. Bread of heaven, bread of heaven, Feed me till I want no more, Feed me till I want no more.

Open now the crystal fountain, whence the healing stream doth flow, Let the fire and cloudy pillar lead me all thy journey through. Strong deliverer, strong deliverer, Be thou still my strength and shield, Be thou still my strength and shield.

When I tread the verge of Jordan, bid my anxious fears subside, Death of death and hell’s destruction, land me safe on Canaan’s side. Songs of praises, songs of praises, I will ever give to thee, I will ever give to thee.

CONFESSIONS

Let us pray for God’s forgiveness and healing: Lord our God, in our sin we have avoided your call. Our love for you is like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes away early. Have mercy on us; deliver us from judgement; bind up our wounds and revive us; in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The minister declares God's forgiveness

May the God of love bring us back to himself, forgive us our sins, and assure us of his eternal love in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

PRAISE

O come let us sing out to the Lord: let us shout in triumph to the rock of

• ur salvation.

Let us come before his face with thanksgiving: and cry out to him joyfully in psalms. For the Lord is a great God: and a great king above all gods.

In his hand are the depths of the earth: and the peaks of the mountains are his also. The sea is his and he made it: his hands moulded dry land. Come let us worship and bow down: and kneel before the Lord our maker. For he is the Lord our God: we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.

If only you would hear his voice today: for he comes to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with righteousness: and the peoples with his truth. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever. Amen.

RESPONSORIAL PRAISE

O Lord, open my lips: and my mouth shall proclaim your praise. Sing psalms, hymns and sacred songs: let us sing to God with thanksgiving in our hearts. Let everything you do or say be done in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God through Jesus Christ. Amen.

MINISTRY OF THE WORD

First Reading Isaiah 55:1-5 After the Reading This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

MINISTRY OF THE WORD

Second Reading Matthew 14:13-21 After the Reading This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

PHIL MACAULAY SERMON

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AFFIRMATION OF FAITH

Let us declare our faith in God: We believe in God the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named. We believe in God the Son, who lives in our hearts through faith, and fills us with his love. We believe in God the Holy Spirit, who strengthens us with power from on high. We believe in one God; Father, Son and Holy

• Spirit. Amen.

HYMN

O Lord hear my prayer, O Lord hear my prayer, When I call answer me, O Lord hear my prayer, O Lord hear my prayer, Come and listen to me.

PRAYERS

Response: Lord in your mercy, Hear our prayer The intercessions ends with Merciful Father, accept these prayers for the sake of your Son,

• ur Saviour Jesus Christ.

Amen.

HYMN

O Lord hear my prayer, O Lord hear my prayer, When I call answer me, O Lord hear my prayer, O Lord hear my prayer, Come and listen to me.

COLLECT

Almighty Lord and everlasting God, we beseech you to direct, sanctify and govern both our hearts and bodies in the ways of your laws and the works of your commandments; that through your most mighty protection, both here and ever, we may be preserved in body and soul; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for

• ever. Amen.

LORD’S PRAYER

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done;

• n earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

Let the voice of God's praise resound. He is the source of our life. Let the voice of God's praise resound. He is the source of our life. Be joyful in God, all you lands; sing the glory of his name. He is the source of our life.

Come now and see the work of God, how wonderful he is toward all people. He is the source of our life. He turned the sea into dry land, so that they went through the water on foot. He is the source of our life.

There we rejoiced in him. In his might he rules for ever. He is the source of our life. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Let the voice of God's praise resound. He is the source of our life. Amen.

PEACE

Blessed be Christ, the Prince of Peace. He breaks down the walls that divide us: praise Christ who is our peace! The peace of the Lord be always with you. And also with you.

HYMN

Fill your hearts with joy and gladness, sing and praise your God and mine, Great the Lord in love and wisdom, might and majesty divine. He who framed the starry heavens knows and names them as they shine, Fill your hearts with joy and gladness, sing and praise your God and mine!

Praise the Lord for times and seasons, cloud and sunshine, wind and rain, Spring to melt the snows of winter till the waters flow again. Grass upon the mountain pasture, golden valleys thick with grain, Praise the Lord for times and seasons, cloud and sunshine, wind and rain.

Fill your hearts with joy and gladness, peace and plenty crown your days, Love his laws declare his judgements, walk in all his words and ways. He the Lord and we his children, praise the Lord, all people, praise. Fill your hearts with joy and gladness, peace and plenty crown your days.

CONCLUSION

The Lord bless you and keep you. Amen. The Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you. Amen. The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. Amen. Go in the peace of Christ. Thanks be to God.

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