Order of Service – Sunday 12 June 2022 – TRINITY SUNDAY
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CALL TO WORSHIP
Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness,
Let the whole earth rejoice.
Holy Lord, the earth is filled with Your glory. Purify our hearts and lives that we may hear Your voice and call …
Send Your church to declare the mystery of Your love.
Love of all
We exalt You in all the earth.
TRINITY SUNDAY MORNING PRAYER
Father, You sent Your Word to bring us truth and Your Spirit to make us holy. Through them we come to know the mystery of Your life.
You reveal Yourself in the depth of our being, by proclaiming and living our faith in You.
Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, One God for ever and ever. Amen!
GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST
Glory to God in the highest, and peace to God’s people on earth.
Lord God, heavenly King, almighty God and Father, we worship You, we give You thanks, we praise You for Your Glory.
Lord Jesus, Christ, only Son of the Father, Lord God, Lamb of God, You take away the sin of the world: have mercy on us. You are seated at the right hand of the Father; receive our prayer.
For You alone are the Holy One. You alone are Lord, You alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen!
HYMN: 127 “Holy God We Praise Your Name”
INVOCATION
Into Your presence we come, O God of love and hope. Inspire us with the gift of Your most Holy Spirit as we gather here today. Empower us with a sense of anticipation as to what it is You will be doing among us in this sacred time and in this sacred place. In the name and the spirit of Christ our Lord we pray. Amen.
PSALTER READING – Psalm 8 Page 535
COLLECT FOR TRINITY SUNDAY
Almighty and everlasting God, You have given to us Your servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of Your divine Majesty to worship the Unity: Keep us steadfast in this faith and worship, and bring us at last to see You in Your one and eternal glory, O Father, who with the Son and the Holy Spirit live and reign, one God, for ever and ever. Amen!
HYMN: 137 “For the Beauty of the Earth”
COLLECTS FOR TRINITY SUNDAY
Almighty and everlasting God, You have given us Your servants grace by the confession of a true faith to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and by Your divine power to worship You as One; we humbly pray that You would keep us steadfast in this faith and evermore defend us from all adversities; through Christ our Lord. Amen!
Let us pray to the one God, Father, Son and Spirit, that our lives may bear witness to our faith. Father, You sent Your Word to bring us truth and Your Spirit to make us holy. Through them we come to know the mystery of Your life. Help us to worship You, one God in three Persons, by proclaiming and living our faith in You. Grant this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen!
O blessed Trinity, in whom we know the Maker of all things, seen and unseen, the Saviour of all, both near and far: by Your Spirit enable us so to worship Your divine majesty, that with all the company of heaven we may magnify Your glorious name, saying: Holy, holy, holy, glory to You, O Lord most high. Amen!
TIME TO PRAY
In silence, please offer your prayers to the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus.
SILENT CONFESSION
HYMN: 741 “O Lord Hear My Prayer”
THE LORD’S PRAYER
BIBLE READINGS – The Service of the Word Ian Butters
Romans 5:1-5 (Pages 1116) John 16:5-16 (Page 1069)
MUSICAL REFLECTION
MESSAGE: “Threefold Partnership” Krikor Youmshajekian
HYMN: 465 “Father in Heaven, Grant to Your Children”
NOTICES – Lane Cove Music – Tues 21 June 7:30 pm LCMA Church
Featuring Janet Webb flute and Jocelyn Edey Fazzone Piano.
- Documentary screening – “The American Good Samaritans”. Thursday 23 June at 7:00 pm, followed by refreshments.
- Uniting Church 45th Anniversary Combined Service with LCU, Sun 26 June at 9:30 am at St. Columba’s.
- Exodus Foundation June Appeal – To support the mission of the Exodus Foundation. Please give generously.
- Krikor will be on leave 27 June to 9 July 2022. He will be in Armenia to participate the 175th Anniversary Celebrations of the Armenian Evangelical Church.
- Sunday 3 July10:00 am – Worship with Crows Nest Uniting.
- Market Morning – Saturday 6 August 8:00 – 1:00 pm.
OFFERING – Help us who have received so freely from You to give as
freely in our turn and so have the pleasure of giving.
HYMN: 140 “Firmly I Believe and Truly” (Tune 159)
CLOSING PRAYER and BENEDICTION
We gather in the name of the Maker;
Who lit up the world and breathed the breath of life into us.
We gather in the name of the Son;
Who saved the world and stretched out His hand to us.
We gather in the name of the Spirit;
Who encompasses the world and blesses our souls with yearning.
We gather in the name of the Trinity of love;
God above us, God beside us, God beneath us, the beginning, the end, the everlasting one. Amen!
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