A Message

Theme: Patience Greeting  Leader: Grace, peace and love of the Father be with you People: And also with you Hymn - O worship the King all-glorious above, Introductory Sentence The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out  of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Mathew 13:41&43a Silence Blessed be God Blessed be Gods reign forever. Amen. Opening prayer  God, who’s care is for all people, you show forbearance to your children, because you give repentance for sins. Let that mercy not leave us complacent, but eager to learn patience and compassion; and as you have made us righteous, teach us also to be kind. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Call to Confession  Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my  anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, ...

Theme: Proclaiming the Gospel Greeting Leader      Lord speak to us All             that we may hear your word Leader      Move among us All             that we may behold your glory Leader      Receive our prayers All             that we may learn to trust you Hymn - Glorious things of thee are spoken, Introductory Sentence But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears  the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. Matthew 13:23 Silence Blessed be God Blessed be Gods reign forever. Amen. Opening prayer  God, our freedom, who raised Christ from the dead to be the promise and the first fruits of your Spirit dwelling within us; set our minds on that same spirit, so that your word may take root in...

Some important names in the bible experienced extraordinary failures. Moses was a murderer, David an adulterer, Peter denied knowing Jesus, while Paul described himself as the chief among sinners.             Whilst one side people struggle with sin and its effects on the other hand there are many who are living with failures, fears and problems in life. There are those who make many attempts to fulfill life’s dreams and ambitions and fail. There are those whose experiences of the past, place upon them suspicion and fear in the future. And then there are those who have a lot of struggles in life – relationships, finances, employment, education, family, health and the list goes on. In this week's epistle, Paul describes a fierce struggle in his deeply divided self. He does things that he hates, and fails to do the good. He experiences covetous desires and sinful passions of every sort. Rather than doing the good he desires, he co...

Theme: Take my yoke upon you and learn from me  Greeting Leader: We hear the voice of one who calls to us to come and find rest. People: We come burdened with much, but will heed the voice of Jesus. Leader: We have much to learn from him, and he will give us all that we need. People: May we be made ready to receive the yoke of Christ, and empowered to live in it. Hymn Praise my soul the king of heaven Introductory  Sentence    Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Mathew 11:29 Blessed be God Blessed be Gods reign forever. Amen. Opening prayer Christ our teacher, gentle and humble in heart, give us an attentive ear for your word, and a mind ready to contemplate what we hear, so that we may discover the wisdom hidden from the wise, and manifest it before this generation in all we say and do. So shal...

Amos 5.14-15, 21-24;  Matthew 8.28–end  Thought shared at the first of the month service.           We begin a new month today. The month of June has given us many experiences. When we look back I am sure we can all give thanks to God for his love and mercy and goodness. Our experience of God and our relationship with him will help us step into the month of July with confidence.            Amos helps us in this. "Hate sin" he says, "seek good and love good". What is good and sin differs in our world today.          When you choose good, when you seek good, and when you love good, the chances are that you maybe rejected. What is good disturbs the comfortable life of sin. The good that one seeks may not be "good" as good is defined by many in different ways to suit them. While Good ( טוֹב -  towb ) in the OT covers much and is well captured in Genesis 1, the good that Amos speaks ...