Order of Service – Sunday 15 August 2021 – PENTECOST 12

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CALL TO WORSHIP

Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before Him with thanksgiving and extol Him with music and song. For the Lord is a great God, the great King above all gods. In His hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to Him. The sea is His, for He made it, and His hands formed the dry land.

Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker; for He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the flock under His care.                           Psalm 95:1-7

HYMN:       557       “Awake, My Soul, and With the Sun”

PRAISE TO GOD

To the only invisible God, the Father of truth, who sent forth to us the Saviour and Founder of immortality, through whom he also revealed to us the truth and the heavenly life, to him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.                                                                                      (Clement of Rome)

RESPONSIVE  READING               Psalm 111                           Pages 603

HYMN:       402       “Come, Gracious Spirit, Heavenly Dove”

PRAYER OF ADORATION

O, God whose reason rules the world, who formed the starry heights above, timeless, time’s chain far forth You hurled, unmoved, gave all things power to move. Prevailed on by no outside cause to fashion all reality; ideas of love and mental laws moulded the noble world we see.

Your nature perfect beauty, thus You made the world in tenderness with sighs and sounds to conjure us to love the source of loveliness.

You named the printed elements of earth and water, air and fire, and balanced out their influence that none might lower be or higher.

O Father, give me power to climb and wash in fountains filled with light, weighed down no more things of time, lit by Your shining in the night. The sight of You begins our day, with You its evening we shall spend; You carry us, and lead the way, the journey, and the journey’s end. (Boethius c. 480 – c. 547)

HYMN:       83       “Let Us With a Gladsome Mind”

INTERCESSORY PRAYER

With confidence and trust let us pray to the Lord, saying:

Lord, have mercy.

For the holy catholic and apostolic Church throughout the world,

we pray to You, Lord.

Lord, have mercy.

For the mission of the church, that in faithful witness it may preach the gospel to the ends of the earth,

we pray to You, Lord.

Lord, have mercy.

For those preparing for membership and ministry, the leaders and the teachers, the elders and Christian friends,

we pray to You, Lord.

Lord, have mercy.

For the peace in the world, that a spirit of respect and reconciliation may grow among nations and the peoples,

we pray to You, Lord.

Lord, have mercy.

For the people in Armenia and Artsakh, especially those who are displaced, fled from their homes, lost everything they had and are looking for a safe haven to settle in and start again,

we pray to You, Lord.

Lord, have mercy.

For the people in Lebanon, who are struggling financially, as the country is in economic and political crisis,

we pray to You, Lord.

Lord, have mercy.

For the poor, the persecuted, the sick, and all who suffer; for refugees, prisoners, and all in danger; that they may be relieved and protected,

we pray to You, Lord.

Lord, have mercy.

For all whom we have injured or offended,

we pray to You, Lord.

Lord, have mercy.

For grace to amend our lives, and to affirm the reign of God,

we pray to You, Lord.

Lord, have mercy.

O Lord, hear our prayers and petitions as we bring them to You in the name of Your only Son our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. For Him be the glory now and forever. Amen!

HYMN:       103       “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”

BIBLE READING –

1 Kings 2:10-12, 3:3-15 (Pages 327-329)           Ephesians 5:15-20 (Page 1159)

HYMN:       227       “When Morning Gilds the Skies”

MESSAGE:         “A Wise and Discerning Heart”      Krikor Youmshajekian

HYMN:       96       “O Praise Ye the Lord”

NOTICES  –  LNS Zone UC Study Zoom Series – Final Session

  Wednesday 25 August at 7:30 pm. Join us online.

OFFERING  – Help us who have received so freely from you to give as 

                          freely in our turn, and so have the pleasure of giving.

OFFERTORY PRAYER

Everything in heaven and earth comes from You, Lord. We give only what is Yours. Accept our offering, bless and use them for Your glory. Amen!

THE LORD’S PRAYER

HYMN:       105       “Let All the World in Every Corner Sing”

COMMISSION AND BENEDICTION

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us, now and forever. Amen!

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