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URC Sunday Worship 16th May

Led by Rev. Dr Michael Jagessar

 

 

Call To Worship

 

 

Alleluia! Christ is Risen!

He is Risen indeed! Alleluia!

 

Rejoice, heavenly powers! Sing, choirs of angels!

Exult, all creation around God’s throne!

Jesus, our King, is risen!

Sound the trumpet of salvation!

Rejoice, heavenly powers! Sing, choirs of angels!

 

Rejoice, O Earth, in shining splendour, radiant in the brightness

of our King! Jesus has conquered! Glory fills you! Darkness

vanishes for ever!

Rejoice, heavenly powers! Sing, choirs of angels!

 

Rejoice, O holy Church! Exult in glory! The risen Saviour shines

upon you! Let this place resound with joy, as we sing, echoing

the mighty song of all God’s people!

 

 

Immortal, invisible, God only wise,

In light inaccessible hid from our eyes,

Most blessèd, most glorious, the Ancient of Days,

Almighty, victorious, thy great Name we praise.

 

Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light,

Nor wanting, nor wasting, thou rulest in might;

Thy justice like mountains high soaring above

Thy clouds which are fountains of goodness and love.

 

To all life thou givest – to both great and small;

In all life thou livest, the true life of all;

We blossom and flourish as leaves on the tree,

And wither and perish – but nought changeth thee.

 

Great Father of glory, pure Father of light,

Thine angels adore thee, all veiling their sight;

All laud we would render: O help us to see

’Tis only the splendour of light hideth thee.

 

 

 

Introduction

 

 

Prayers of Approach, Confession and Forgiveness

 

 

Prayer of Illumination

 

Acts 1 : 1 – 11

Luke 24 : 44 – 53

 

 

 

Crown Him with many crowns, the Lamb upon His throne;

Hark! Heavn’s eternal anthem drowns all music but its own!

Awake, my soul, and sing of Him who died to be

your Saviour and your matchless King through all eternity.

 

Crown Him the Lord of life: Triumphant from the grave

who rose victorious from the strife for those he came to save.

His glories now we sing who died and reigns on high

He died eternal life to bring and lives that death may die.

 

Crown Him the Lord of peace, His kingdom is at hand

from pole to pole let warfare cease and Christ rule every land.

A city stands on high His glory it displays

And there the nations, ‘Holy’, cry in joyful hymns of praise!

 

Crown Him the Lord of years, the Potentate of time.

Creator of the rolling spheres, in majesty sublime.

All hail, Redeemer, hail! for your have died for me;

Thy praise shall never, never fail throughout eternity.

 

 

 

Ascension Reflections

 

 

 

Seek ye first the kingdom of God

And His righteousness;

And all these things shall be added unto you.

Hallelu, Hallelujah!

 

We shall not live by bread alone,

But by every word that proceeds

out from the mouth of God.

Hallelu, Hallelujah!

 

Ask, and it shall be given unto you;

Seek, and you shall find.

Knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

Hallelu, Hallelujah!

 

Affirmation of Faith

God’s reconciling act in Jesus Christ is a mystery

which the Scriptures describe in various ways.

 

…God’s love for humankind.

They reveal the gravity, cost, and sure achievement

of God’s reconciling work in which we trust.

 

 

 

Intercessions

 

 

 

Offertory

 

 

 

Give to me, Lord, a thankful heart

and a discerning mind;

Give, as I play the Christian’s part,

the strength to finish what I start

and act on what I find.

 

When, in the rush of days,

my will is habit bound and slow,

help me to keep in vision, still,

what love and power

and peace can fill

a life that trusts in you.

 

By your divine & urgent claim,

and by your human face,

kindle our sinking hearts to flame,

and as you teach the world

your name

let it become your place.

 

Jesus, with all your Church

I long to see your kingdom come:

show me your way

of righting wrong

and turning sorrow into song

until you bring me home

 

 

 

Blessing