Order of Service:

Music		Thy Word is a lamp to my feet		E.O. Sellers
Welcome		Introduction and Call to Worship		David Morgan
Hymn StF 594     v 1, 3, 4		Lord Jesus Christ, you have come to us		tune: Living Lord
Prayers		Adoration, Thanksgiving and Confession		David Morgan
Readings		Mark 8: 27-38		John Burrell
		James 3: 1-12		John Burrell
Music StF 234		Thy Word is a lamp to my feet		E.O. Sellers
Message		It's not just words		David Morgan
Hymn StF 470		Lord, for the years your love has kept     and guided		tune:    Lord of the years
Prayers		Intercessions and Lord's Prayer		Angela Burrell
Hymn StF 550		Forth in Thy name, O Lord, I go		tune: Song 34    (Angels' song)
Blessing				David Morgan
Music		Your Words and Your Spirit		P. Nilsen-Lund

 

StF 594  v 1, 3, 4

Lord Jesus Christ, you have come to us, you are one with us, Mary's Son; cleansing our souls from all their sin, pouring your love and goodness in; Jesus, our love for you we sing, living Lord. Lord Jesus Christ, you have come to us, born as one of us, Mary's Son; led out to die on Calvary, risen from death to set us free; living Lord Jesus, help us see you are Lord.

Lord Jesus Christ, we would come to you, live our lives for you, Son of God. All your commands we know are true; your many gifts will make us new; into our lives your power breaks through, living Lord.  Patrick Appleford (b. 1925)  © 1960 Josef Weinberger Ltd  Used by permission  CCLI Streaming Licence 583214  Performance by Joy and Ruth Everingham  Used by permission

StF 470

1. Lord, for the years your love has kept and guided,
      urged and inspired us, cheered us on our way,
   sought us and saved us, pardoned and provided,
      Lord of the years, we bring our thanks today.

2. Lord, for that word, the Word of life which fires us,
      speaks to our hearts and sets our souls ablaze,
   teaches and trains, rebukes us and inspires us,
      Lord of the word, receive your people's praise.

3. Lord, for our land, in this our generation,
      spirits oppressed by pleasure, wealth and care;
   for young and old, for commonwealth and nation,
      Lord of our land, be pleased to hear our prayer.

4. Lord, for our world; when we disown and doubt him,
      loveless in strength, and comfortless in pain;
   hungry and helpless, lost indeed without him,
      Lord of the world, we pray that Christ may reign.

5. Lord, for ourselves; in living power remake us,
      self on the cross and Christ upon the throne;
   past put behind us, for the future take us,
      Lord of our lives, to live for Christ alone.

 Timothy Dudley-Smith (b. 1926)  © 1976 Timothy Dudley-Smith
 Used by permission  CCLI Streaming Licence 583214

StF 550

Forth in thy name, O Lord, I go, my daily labour to pursue, thee, only thee, resolved to know in all I think, or speak, or do. The task thy wisdom has assigned O let me cheerfully fulfil, in all my works thy presence find, and prove thy good and perfect will. Thee may I set at my right hand, whose eyes my inmost substance see, and labour on at thy command, and offer all my works to thee.

Give me to bear thy easy yoke, and every moment watch and pray, and still to things eternal look, and hasten to thy glorious day; For thee delightfully employ whate'er thy bounteous grace has given, and run my course with even joy, and closely walk with thee to heaven.  Charles Wesley (1707–1788)

Organ music from Small Church Music, played by Rev. Clyde McLennan, Hymnary.org

Order of Service:

Music StF 234		Behold the lamb of God		tune: John Bell
Welcome		Gathering Prayer		Catherine Bowstead
Hymn StF 69		Ye holy angels bright		tune: Darwalls 148th
Prayer		Adoration		Catherine Bowstead
Reading		Psalm 25: 1-10		Kim Tame
Short talk		Loved by God		Catherine Bowstead
Reading		Mark 1: 9-15     Jesus’ baptism and temptation		Kim Tame
Music StF 234		Behold the lamb of God		tune: John Bell
Sermon		Testing Times		Catherine Bowstead
Prayer		Confession		Catherine Bowstead
Hymn StF 629		God of my faith, I offer you my doubt		tune: Anima Christi
Prayers		Intercessions and Lord's Prayer		Kim Tame
Hymn StF 238      / MP400		Lead us Heavenly Father, lead us		tune: Mannheim sung by: Janet R
Blessing				Catherine Bowstead
Music StF 236		Forty days and forty nights		tune: Aus Der Tiefe     (Heinlein)

 

StF 69

Ye holy angels bright, who wait at God's right hand, or through the realms of light fly at your Lord's command, assist our song, or else the theme too high doth seem for mortal tongue. Ye blessèd souls at rest, who ran this earthly race, and now, from sin released, behold the Saviour's face, his praises sound, as in his light with sweet delight ye do abound.

Ye saints who toil below, adore your heavenly King, and onward as ye go some joyful anthem sing; take what he gives, and praise him still through good and ill, who ever lives. My soul, bear thou thy part, triumph in God above, and with a well-tuned heart sing thou the songs of love. Let all thy days till life shall end, whate'er he send, be filled with praise.

Richard Baxter (1615–1691), John Hampden Gurney (1802–1862) and Robert Chope (1830–1928)

StF 629

1. God of my faith, I offer you my doubt,
   for life at times seems far too dark for me,
   and my belief becomes more insecure
   when worldly cares produce uncertainty.

2. God of my hope, I offer you my fear,
   when I am scared by my anxiety,
   when all I hear is suffering and woe,
   in all my shadows you will walk with me.

3. God of my joy, I offer you my grief,
   when I sink down in sadness or despair,
   when in depression I cannot be touched,
   I pray in all my depths to find you there.

4. God of my love, I offer you my pain,
   When I’m alone and feel nobody cares,
   in aching age or in rejected youth,
   you bear my cross and dry my human tears.

5. God of my life, I offer you my dreams,
   light in the darkness where I hide form view,
   light in my faith, my hope, my joy and love,
   light in my life and all my life in you.

 Colin Ferguson (b. 1937)   Used by permission CCLI Streaming Licence 583214

StF 238 / MP 400  Verse 2 is as sung, following Mission Praise 400

Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us o'er the world's tempestuous sea; guard us, guide us, keep us, feed us, for we have no help but thee, yet possessing every blessing if our God our Father be. Saviour, breathe forgiveness o'er us; all our weakness thou dost know, thou didst tread this earth before us, thou didst feel its keenest woe; lone and dreary, faint and weary, through the desert thou didst go.

Spirit of our God, descending, fill our hearts with heavenly joy, love with every passion blending, pleasure that can never cloy; thus provided, pardoned, guided, nothing can our peace destroy.  James Edmeston (1791–1867)

Vocals (JanetR) and organ music from Small Church Music.  Organ played by Rev. Clyde McLennan, Hymnary.org

Order of Service:

Music StF 660		Called by Christ		tune: Stranmills
Welcome		Call to Worship		Sharon Wright
Hymn StF 28		Jesus calls us here to meet him
Prayers		Adoration and Confession		Sharon Wright
Readings		Mark 9: 2-9:  The Transfiguration		Claire Knight
		2 Corinthians 4: 1-6		Claire Knight
Music StF 660		Called by Christ		tune: Stranmills
Message				Sharon Wright
Hymn StF 156		From the breaking of dawn     to the setting of the sun
Prayers		Intercessions and Lord's Prayer		Claire Knight
Hymn StF 59		Lord the light of your love is shining
Blessing				Sharon Knight
Music		Light of the World, forever, ever shining		tune: Berwyn

 

StF 28  vv1-3

Jesus calls us here to meet him as, through word and song and prayer, we affirm God's promised presence where his people live and care. Praise the God who keeps his promise; praise the Son who calls us friends; praise the Spirit who, among us, to our hopes and fears attends. Jesus calls us to confess him Word of life and Lord of all, sharer of our flesh and frailness, saving all who fail or fall. Tell his holy human story; tell his tales that all may hear; tell the world that Christ in glory came to earth to meet us here.

Jesus calls us to each other, vastly different though we are; creed and colour, class and gender neither limit nor debar. Join the hand of friend and stranger; join the hands of age and youth; join the faithful and the doubter in their common search for truth. John L. Bell (b. 1949) and Graham Maule (b. 1958) CCLI Streaming Licence 583214

StF 156

1. From the breaking of the dawn
   to the setting of the sun,
   I will stand on every promise of your word.
   Words of power, strong to save,
   that will never pass away;
   I will stand on every promise of your word.
   For your covenant is sure,
   and on this I am secure:
   I can stand on every promise of your word.

2. When I stumble and I sin,
   condemnation pressing in,
   I will stand on every promise of your word.
   You are faithful to forgive,
   that in freedom I might live,
   so I stand on every promise of your word.
   Guilt to innocence restored;
   you remember sins no more.
   So I’ll stand on every promise of your word.

3. When I’m faced with anguished choice
   I will listen for your voice,
   and I’ll stand on every promise of your word.
   Through this dark and troubled land,
   you will guide me with your hand
   as I stand on every promise of your word.
   And you’ve promised to complete
   every work begun in me,
   so I’ll stand on every promise of your word.

4. Hope that lifts me from despair;
   love that casts out every fear
   as I stand on every promise of your word.
   Not forsaken, not alone,
   for the Comforter has come,
   and I stand on every promise of your word.
   Grace sufficient, grace for me,
   grace for all who will believe.
   We will stand on every promise of your word.

Keith Getty (b. 1974) and Stuart Townend (b. 1963)   CCLI Streaming Licence 583214

StF 59

1. Lord, the light of your love is shining,
   in the midst of the darkness, shining:
   Jesus, Light of the world, shine upon us;
   set us free by the truth you now bring us —
   shine on me, shine on me.

Shine, Jesus, shine,
fill this land with the Father's glory;
blaze, Spirit, blaze,
set our hearts on fire.
Flow, river, flow,
flood the nations with grace and mercy;
send forth your word,
Lord, and let there be light!

2. Lord, I come to your awesome presence,
   from the shadows into your radiance;
   by your blood I may enter your brightness:
   search me, try me, consume all my darkness —
   shine on me, shine on me.

3. As we gaze on your kingly brightness
   so our faces display your likeness,
   ever changing from glory to glory:
   mirrored here, may our lives tell your story —
   shine on me, shine on me.

Graham Kendrick (b. 1950)   CCLI Streaming Licence 583214

Organ music from Small Church Music, played by Rev. Clyde McLennan, Hymnary.org

Order of Service:

Music StF 552		Here am I, Lord		tune: Keith Duke
Welcome		Call to Worship		Catherine Bowstead
Hymn StF 11		Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty!		tune: Nicaea
Prayers		Adoration and Confession		Catherine Bowstead
Readings		Isaiah 40: 21-31		Bill Barry
		Mark 1: 29-39		Bill Barry
Music StF 552		Here am I, Lord		tune: Keith Duke
Sermon		Rest for the Weary		Catherine Bowstead
Hymn StF 495		Dear Lord and Father of mankind		tune: Repton
Prayers		Intercessions and Lord's Prayer		Rosi MorganBarry
Hymn StF 67		This, this is the God we adore		tune: Celeste
Blessing				Catherine Bowstead
Music StF 495		Dear Lord and Father of mankind		tune: Repton

 

StF 11

1. Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty!
   Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee:
   holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty,
   God in three Persons, blessèd Trinity!

2. Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore thee,
   casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;
   cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee,
   who wert, and art, and evermore shalt be.

3. Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide thee,
   though the sinful human eye thy glory may not see,
   only thou art holy; there is none beside thee,
   perfect in power, in love, and purity.

4. Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty!
   All thy works shall praise thy name in earth and sky and sea;
   holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty,
   God in three Persons, blessèd Trinity!

 Reginald Heber (1783–1826) (alt.)    Based on Revelation 4: 8-11

StF 495

Dear Lord and Father of mankind forgive our foolish ways; reclothe us in our rightful mind; in purer lives thy service find, in deeper reverence, praise. In simple trust like theirs who heard beside the Syrian sea the gracious calling of the Lord, let us, like them, without a word rise up and follow thee. O sabbath rest by Galilee! O calm of hills above, where Jesus knelt to share with thee the silence of eternity, interpreted by love!

With that deep hush subduing all our words and works that drown the tender whisper of thy call, as noiseless let thy blessing fall as fell thy manna down. Drop thy still dews of quietness, till all our strivings cease; take from our souls the strain and stress, and let our ordered lives confess the beauty of thy peace. Breathe through the heats of our desire thy coolness and thy balm; let sense be dumb, let flesh retire; speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire, O still small voice of calm! John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)

StF 67

This, this is the God we adore, our faithful, unchangeable friend, whose love is as great as his power, and neither knows measure nor end:

'Tis Jesus, the first and the last, whose Spirit shall guide us safe home; we'll praise him for all that is past, and trust him for all that's to come. Joseph Hart (1712–1767)

Music and choir from Small Church Music.  Organ played by Rev. Clyde McLennan, Hymnary.org

Order of Service:

Welcome		Introduction		Christine Morgan
Music StF 341		All for Jesus		tune: Wycliffe
Welcome		Opening Worship		Soba Sinnathamby
Hymn StF 175		Light of the world [Here I am to worship]		played and sung by     Eve Bull
Prayers		Praise and Adoration		Soba Sinnathamby
Reading		Mark 1: 21-28		Mike Bowstead
Hymn StF 343		All my days I will sing this song     of gladness		tune: Beautiful Saviour
Sermon		True Authority		Soba Sinnathamby
Music StF 341		All for Jesus		tune: Wycliffe
Prayers		Intercessions and Lord's Prayer		Mike Bowstead
Hymn StF 351		In Christ alone my hope is found		tune: K. Getty
Benediction				Soba Sinnathamby
Music StF 341		All for Jesus		tune: Wycliffe

 

StF 175

Light of the world, you stepped down into darkness, opened my eyes, let me see beauty that made this heart adore you, hope of a life spent with you. So here I am to worship, here I am to bow down, here I am to say that you're my God, and you're altogether lovely, altogether worthy, altogether wonderful to me.

King of all days oh so highly exalted, glorious in heaven above. Humbly you came to the earth you created, all for love's sake became poor. So here I am to worship … And I'll never know how much it cost to see my sin upon that cross. And I'll never know how much it cost to see my sin upon that cross. So here I am to worship … Tim Hughes CCLI Streaming Licence 583214

StF 343

1. All my days I will sing this song of gladness,
   give my praise to the fountain of delights;
   for in my helplessness you heard my cry,
   and waves of mercy poured down on my life.

2. I will trust in the cross of my Redeemer,
   I will sing of the blood that never fails,
   of sins forgiven, of conscience cleansed,
   of death defeated and life without end.

Beautiful Saviour, wonderful Counsellor,
clothed in majesty, Lord of history,
you're the Way, the Truth, the Life.
Star of the Morning, glorious in holiness,
you're the risen one, heaven's champion,
and you reign, you reign over all!

3. I long to be where the praise is never-ending,
   yearn to dwell where the glory never fades,
   where countless worshippers will share one song,
   and cries of ‘worthy' will honour the Lamb!

Beautiful Saviour ...

 Stuart Townend (b. 1963)    CCLI Streaming Licence 583214

StF 351

1. In Christ alone my hope is found,
   he is my light, my strength, my song;
   this Cornerstone, this solid Ground,
   firm through the fiercest drought and storm.
   What heights of love, what depths of peace,
   when fears are stilled, when strivings cease!
   My Comforter, my All in All,
   here in the love of Christ I stand.

2. In Christ alone! — who took on flesh,
   fullness of God in helpless babe!
   This gift of love and righteousness,
   scorned by the ones he came to save:
   till on that cross as Jesus died,
   the wrath of God was satisfied
   for every sin on him was laid;
   here in the death of Christ I live.

3. There in the ground his body lay,
   light of the world by darkness slain:
   then bursting forth in glorious Day
   up from the grave he rose again!
   And as he stands in victory,
   sin's curse has lost its grip on me,
   for I am his and he is mine —
   bought with the precious blood of Christ.

4. No guilt in life, no fear in death,
   this is the power of Christ in me;
   from life's first cry to final breath,
   Jesus commands my destiny.
   No power of hell, no scheme of man,
   can ever pluck me from his hand;
   till he returns or calls me home,
   here in the power of Christ I'll stand!

 Keith Getty (b. 1974) and Stuart Townend (b. 1963)     CCLI Streaming Licence 583214

Organ music from Small Church Music, played by Rev. Clyde McLennan, Hymnary.org