WORSHIP

 

 

OPENING SENTENCE                  

I am the good shepherd, says the Lord: I know my own and my own know me.                                                                                      John 10.14

 

OPENING HYMN    The Tomb is Empty! Come and See

                                                                                    Blue Book CP230

 

 

 WELCOME & TERRITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

 

 

CONFESSION         Come let us return to the Lord and say:

 

Lord God, we have sinned against you; we have done evil in your sight. We are sorry and repent. Have mercy on us according to your love. Wash away our wrongdoing and cleanse us from our sin. Renew a right spirit within us and restore us to the joy of your salvation, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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Loving Creator, have mercy upon us, we pray. Pardon and deliver us from all our sins, confirm and strengthen us in all goodness, and keep us in eternal life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

 

JUBILATE DEO                         Psalm 100

Be joyful in the Lord, all you lands;*

serve the Lord with gladness and come into the divine presence with a song.

Know this: the Lord, the Creator, is God; *

the One who made us and to whom we belong;

we are God’s people, the sheep of God’s pasture.

Enter the gates of the Lord with thanksgiving; go into God’s courts with praise; *

give thanks to God and call upon the name of the Lord.

For the Lord is good, whose steadfast love is everlasting; *

and whose faithfulness endures from age to age.

 

GATHERING PRAYER

The night has passed, and the new day lies open before us; let us pray with one heart and mind.

Silence is kept

As we rejoice in the gift of this new day, so may the light of your presence, O God, set our hearts on fire with love for you; now and for ever. Amen.

 

CANTICLE              The Song of Zechariah

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel;*

he has come to his people and set them free.

He has raised up for us a mighty Saviour,*

born of the house of his servant David.

Through his holy prophets he promised of old, that he would save us from our enemies,*

From the hands of all who hate us.

He promised to show mercy to our fathers*

and to remember his holy covenant.

This was the oath that he swore to our father Abraham,*

to set us free from the hands of our enemies.

Free to worship him without fear,*

holy and righteous in his sight all the days of our life.

You, my child, shall be called the prophet of the most high,*

for you will go before the lord to prepare his way,

To give his people knowledge of salvation*

by the forgiveness of their sins.

In the tender compassion of our God*

the dawn from on high shall break upon us,

to shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death,*

and to guide our way into the way of peace.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit;*

as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

 

FIRST READING       Acts 2.42–47

PSALM              PSALM 23

 

The Lord is my shepherd; *

I shall not be in want.

He makes me lie down in green pastures *

and leads me beside still waters.

He revives my soul *

and guides me along right pathways for his name’s sake.

Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil;*

for you are with me;

your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

You spread a table before me in the presence of those who trouble me; *

you have anointed my head with oil,

and my cup is running over.

Surely your goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, *

and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

 

Glory to you, Jesus Christ, our good shepherd. In the waters of baptism you give us new birth, at your table you nourish us with heavenly food, and in your goodness and mercy, you guide us beyond the terrors of evil and death to your Father’s home to dwell in eternal light. Glory to you for ever.

 

 

SECOND READING       1 Peter 2.19–25

 

GRADUAL HYMN  Crown Him with Many Crowns       Blue Book CP 378

 

GOSPEL READING    John 10.1–10

 

SERMON 

 

HEAR O ISRAEL

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.

 

OFFERATORY HYMN      Jesus Lives! They Terrors Now     

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PRAYER OVER THE GIFTS

Gracious God,

you show us your way

and give us your divine life.

May everything we do

be directed by the knowledge of your truth.

We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ the risen Lord.

 

 

 

Parish Prayer

Al, Alice, Annette, Ben & Jen, Beryl, Brenda, Brynlee, Callie, Carol, Darlene, Darrell, Dave & Bev, David-Anthony, Doreen, Dylan, Effie, Emily, Frances, Gabe, Gavin, Gene & Ken, Graham, Heather, Heather, Jackie, Janessa, Janet, Jean, Jerry, Jerry, Jill, Jodi, John, Judy, Karen, Kathleen & Team, Ken, Kristina & Family, Lee, Marcia, Margaret, Mary, Maureen, Nathan & Chloe, Parker, Pat, Pauline, Peter, Ralph, Sarah, Simone, Spencer & Diana, Sue, Zoë

 

COLLECT OF THE DAY

 

O God of peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ, that great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, make us perfect in every good work to do your will, and work in us that which is well-pleasing in your sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

 

THE LORD’S PRAYER

Our Father, who art in heav’n, hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heav’n.

Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive them that trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil;

for thine is the kingdom and pow’r and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS 

 

THE SENDING

        

         May the Christ who walks on wounded feet

walk with you on the road.

May the Christ who serves with wounded hands

stretch out your hands to serve others.

May the Christ who loves with a wounded heart

open your hearts to love.

May you see the face of Christ in everyone you meet,

and may everyone you meet see the face of Christ in you. Amen.

 

DISMISSAL

        

          May the Risen Lord be our strength, go in peace.

Thanks be to God. Alleluia! Alleluia!! 

 

SENDING HYMN          Praise the Lord, Ye Heavens Adore Him    

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