Order of Service -Sunday 5 November 2023 – ALL SAINT’S DAY

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CALL TO WORSHIP

We gather to celebrate the boundless riches of Christ and to consider the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things.

With boldness and confidence let us worship the Lord.

With faith and hope let us receive the grace of God.

HYMN:       204       “Come Let Us Join Our Cheerful Songs”

RESPONSIVE READING           Psalm 34                         Pages 550-551

FOR THE RENEWAL OF OUR HEARTS

Instruct our mouths, O Lord, with a new song, that, our hearts being renewed, we may always rejoice in the praise and in the company of saints, O God our strength and our Redeemer. Amen!  (Ancient Scottish Prayer)

SONG  –       He Is Exalted

PRAYER OF CONFESSION

Gift-giving God, we confess that we do not always know our own worth, that we can forget our capacity for greatness and waste opportunities for righteousness. You offer us gifts for service in Your world, and yet we can neglect Your gifts, store them away in the closet, shove them under the stairs, and give away to others the gifts You have chosen especially for us. May we have the wisdom to know our gifts, the courage to open them up, and the dedication to use them for Your glory. Amen!

ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS

The good news in Christ is that when we face ourselves and God with the awareness of our need, we are given grace to grow, and courage to carry on the journey. Friends, believe the good news of the gospel.

In Jesus Christ we are forgiven! Amen!

PRAYER – The Heavenly Food of God’s Word

O God, who has so made us that we live not by bread alone, but by every word of God; and who has taught us not to spend our labour on that which cannot satisfy; cause us to hunger after the heavenly food of Your Word, and to find in it our daily provision on the way to eternal life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen!                                                                   Prayers for Divine Service, 1923, Church of Scotland

BIBLE READING                                                                             Ivy Lee

Revelation 7:9-17 (Page 1220)                                           1 John 2:28 – 3:3 (Page 1208)

MESSAGE:               “Saints – God’s Children”          Krikor Youmshajekian

HYMN:       448       “Blest Are the Pure in Heart”

NOTICES –

  • Movie/Pizza Night – Tuesday 7 November 6:30 pm.
  • Elders’ & Council Meeting – Wednesday 8 Nov 12:30 pm.
  • Bus Trip – To Ettalong Wednesday 15 Nov 9:30 am. Seats are available.
  • Funeral Service – Soo-Tee Cheong – Friday 17 November 10:00 am, Magnolia Chapel, Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium. Followed by wake at 12:30 pm, Wallamatta Function Centre.
  • St. Andrew’s Day Luncheon – Sun 26 Nov 12:00 noon.

Please remember in your Prayers

– The sick, those who are in recovery, the poor and the needy.

– The Middle East region, Palestine and Israel.

– The Artsakh refugees in Armenia.

– Cheong family and especially Mary, as they mourn the loss of their dear Soo-Tee.

OFFERING  –      “According to their ability, they gave.” (Ezra 2:69)

HYMN:      511      “Let us Break Bread Together with the Lord!”

THE INVITATION

Dear friends, the Lord has prepared His table for all who love Him and trust Him alone for their salvation. All who are truly sorry for their sins, who sincerely believe in the Lord Jesus as their Saviour, and who desire to live in obedience to Him, are now invited to take with gladness from the table of the Lord.

WORDS OF CONSECRATION

On the night of His betrayal, Jesus took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to His disciples, saying, “Take, eat, this is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of me”.

In like manner, after supper He took the cup, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them, saying, “Drink of this, for this is My blood of the New Covenant which is shed for you and for many, for remission of sins; do this as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me”.

MEMORIAL PRAYER

Holy God, with this bread and with this cup, we do as our Saviour has commanded; we celebrate the redemption He has won for us.

For as often as we eat this bread and drink from this cup we proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.

Receive our praise, God almighty, through Jesus Christ our Lord, with whom and in whom by the power of the Holy Spirit, we worship You in songs of never-ending praise:

Blessing, honour, glory and power are Yours forever and ever. Amen!

BREAKING THE BREAD & SERVING THE BREAD & THE CUP

We break this bread and take this cup so that we can share in the life of Christ. God’s gifts for God’s people.

Take in faith this Holy Sacrament of the body and the blood of Christ in remembrance that He died for you, and feed on Him in your hearts with thanksgiving.

DISMISSAL

We thank You our God that You have fed us with this sacrament, united us with Christ, and given us a foretaste of the heavenly banquet prepared for all humanity.

Loving God, we offer ourselves to You as a living sacrifice through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Send us out in the power of the Holy Spirit to live and work to Your praise and glory. Amen!

HYMN:       442(ii)       “All Praise to Our Redeeming Lord”

THE LORD’S PRAYER and BENEDICTION

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