Church of Scotland St Andrews-Lhanbryd & Urquhart Parish Church

Order of Service
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Introit Welcome Call to worship read together : Here we are Lord. We come into your presence seeking your peace seeking your hope seeking your comfort. We come asking for a blessing. Equip us in this hour to be your people sa!ed and sent a blessing for all the world. ,y n +1" -esus calls us here to eet hi ./1-#0 " #esus calls us here to meet him as through word and song and prayer we affirm $od%s promised presence where his people li!e and care. &raise the $od who keeps his promise ' praise the (on who calls us friends ' praise the (pirit who among us to our hopes and fears attends. ) #esus calls us to confess him Word of life and Lord of all sharer of our flesh and frailness sa!ing all who fail or fall. *ell his holy human story ' tell his tales that all may hear ' tell the world that Christ in glory came to earth to meet us here. + #esus calls us to each other !astly different though we are ' creed and colour class and gender neither limit nor debar. #oin the hand of friend and stranger ' ,oin the hands of age and youth ' ,oin the faithful and the doubter in their common search for truth. #ohn L. -ell .b$ "/0/1 and $raham 2aule .b$ "/341 &rayer 5amily *alk

,y n *1! -esus %uts this son2 into our hearts " #esus puts this song into our hearts #esus puts this song into our hearts ' it%s a song of ,oy no one can take away. #esus puts this song into our hearts. ) #esus teaches how to li!e in harmony #esus teaches how to li!e in harmony ' different faces different races he makes us one. #esus teaches how to li!e in harmony. + #esus teaches how to be a family #esus teaches how to be a family lo!ing one another with the lo!e that he gi!es. #esus teaches how to be a family. 0 #esus turns our sorrow into dancing #esus turns our sorrow into dancing ' changes tears of sadness into ri!ers of ,oy. #esus turns our sorrow into a dance. .,ey 3 1 $raham 6endrick .b$ "/371 8eading &salm )0 ! "9: 2athew 3:4 ,y n (*! 4he 5in2 of Love y She%herd is " *he 6ing of Lo!e my (hepherd is whose goodness faileth ne!er ' I nothing lack if I am his and he is mine for e!er. ) Where streams of li!ing water flow my ransomed soul he leadeth and where the !erdant pastures grow with food celestial feedeth. + &er!erse and foolish oft I strayed ' but yet in lo!e he sought me and on his shoulder gently laid and home re,oicing brought me. 0 In death%s dark !ale I fear no ill with thee dear Lord beside me ' thy rod and staff my comfort still thy cross before to guide me. 3 *hou spread%st a table in my sight ' thy unction grace bestoweth ' and oh what wonder and delight from thy pure chalice floweth ; : <nd so through all the length of days thy goodness faileth ne!er ' $ood (hepherd may I sing thy praise within thy house for e!er ; Henry Williams -aker ."4)"="4>>1.alt$0 from Psal (ermon 8eflecti!e music 9 8efiners 5ire 5rom C? .offering uplift1

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,y n )"7 - %raise 6od fro who all blessin2s flow &raise $od from whom all blessings flow ' praise him all creatures here below ' praise him abo!e ye hea!enly host ' praise 5ather (on and Holy $host. *homas 6en .":+>=">""1 &rayers ,y n 1+1 Lord for the years " Lord for the years your lo!e has kept and guided urged and inspired us cheered us on our way sought us and sa!ed us pardoned and pro!ided Lord of the years we bring our thanks today. ) Lord for that word the Word of life which fires us speaks to our hearts and sets our souls abla@e teaches and trains rebukes us and inspires us Lord of the word recei!e your people%s praise. + Lord for our land in this our generation spirits oppressed by pleasure wealth and care ' for young and old for commonwealth and nation Lord of our land be pleased to hear our prayer. 0 Lord for our world ' when we disown and doubt him lo!eless in strength and comfortless in pain ' hungry and helpless lost indeed without him Lord of the world we pray that Christ may reign. 3 Lord for oursel!es ' in li!ing power remake us self on the cross and Christ upon the throne ' past put behind us for the future take us Lord of our li!es to li!e for Christ alone. *imothy ?udley9(mith .b$ "/):1

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