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Welcome to our online service for this week.  You can "tune in" to our livestream at 10 am on Sunday morning by Clicking Here for YouTube

You can find the words to the hymns from Common Praise (CP) by Clicking Here for Online Hymnal

 

Prelude

 

Welcome/ Announcements

 

Opening Hymn CP #180 Giver of the Perfect Gift (vs. 1, 2, 3, 5)

 

The Grace

 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.  And also with you.

 

Collect for Purity

 

Almighty God, to you all hearts are open, all desires known, and from you no secrets are hidden.  Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy name; through Christ our Lord. Amen

 

Collect Prayer

 

Provoking God, calling us through the face of the Other: free our fickle hearts from our need to divide and exclude the foreign and the misfit; lead us through the storms of rage to a clear and new beginning; through Jesus Christ, whom hatred cannot touch.  Amen.

 

The Readings - 1 Corinthians 13:1-13; Psalm 71:1-6; Luke 4:21-30

 

The Homily

 

Meditation Hymn: CP #486 (tune Hyfrydol) - Love Divine, All Loves Excelling

 

Affirmation of Faith

 

Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. This is the first and the great commandment. The second is like it: Love your neighbour as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these.

 

The Prayers of the People

 

Confession & Absolution

 

Dear friends in Christ, God is steadfast in love and infinite in mercy. Let us confess our sins, confident in God’s forgiveness.

 

Silence is kept.

 

Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbours as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us, that we may delight in your will, and walk in your ways, to the glory of your name. Amen.

 

Almighty God have mercy upon you, pardon and deliver you from all your sins, confirm and strengthen you in all goodness, and keep you in eternal life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

 

The Lord’s Prayer

 

As our Saviour taught us, let us pray,

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial, and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and for ever. Amen.

 

Doxology

 

Glory to God, whose power, working in us, can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine. Glory to God from generation to generation, in the Church and in Christ Jesus, for ever and ever. Amen.

 

The Blessing

 

Closing Hymn:  CP #528 - O God, Our Help in Ages Past (vs. 1, 2, 3, 6)

 

Dismissal

 

Postlude