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growing in courage to live the Jesus way

Pentecost 7

10am – 12 July 2015

Pre service “Canzona” Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)

“Tiento de Segundo Tono” (Fugue on the Second Tone) Antonio de Cabezon (1510-66)

played by Peter Stockwell

Welcome

Greeting

Kia noho a Ihowa kia koutou. May God be with you.

Ma Ihowa koe e manaaki. May God bless you.

Call to Worship (Psalm 46: 1-3, 6-11)

God is our refuge and strength,

an ever-present help in distress.

Though the earth trembles,

and mountains slide into the sea,

we will not give in to fear.

Waters rise and roar,

mountains shake at their surging;

the God of hosts is with us--

our stronghold, the God of Israel.

Nations are in chaos. Kingdoms fall.

God's voice resounds. The earth melts.

Yahweh is with us;

the God of Israel is our stronghold.

God has stopped wars -

breaking bows, splintering spears,

burning shields with fire.

"Be still and know that I am God."

The Most High is with us;

our stronghold is the God of Israel.

Let us worship God.

Hymn “Sing to the Lord a joyful song” (Gonfalon Royal) CH4 184

words John Samuel Bewley Monsell (1811-75) © 2005 Church Hymnal

music Percy Carter Buck (1871-1947) © Oxford University Press. Reproduced by permission

1 Sing to the Lord a joyful song,

lift up your hearts, your voices raise;

to us God’s gracious gifts belong,

to God our songs of love and praise.

2 For life and love, for rest and food,

for daily help and nightly care,

sing to the Lord, for God is good,

and praise God’s name, for it is fair.

3 For strength to those who on God wait

the truth to prove, God’s will to do,

sing to our God, for God is great,

trust in God’s name, for it is true.

4 For joys untold, that from above

cheer those who love God’s sweet employ,

sing to our God, for God is love;

exalt God’s name, for it is joy.

5 Sing to the Lord of heaven and earth,

whom angels serve and saints adore,

the Father, Son, and Spirit blest,

to whom be praise for evermore. Amen.

Assurance of Forgiveness E te whanau … we are God’s beloved people.

Thanks be to God

Passing the Peace

With young members

Hymn “Prayer is the soul’s sincere desire” (French [Dundee]) CH4 546/81(i)

words James Montgomery (1771-1854) © 2005 Church Hymnary Trust

melody from Scottish Psalter, 1615

1 Prayer is the soul's sincere desire,

unuttered or expressed,

the motion of a hidden fire

that trembles in the breast.

2 Prayer is the burden of a sigh,

the falling of a tear,

the upward glancing of an eye,

when none but God is near.

3 Prayer is the simplest form of speech

that infant lips can try;

prayer the sublimest strains that reach

the Majesty on high.

4 Prayer is the Christian’s vital breath,

the Christian’s native air;

our watchword at the gates of death,

we enter heaven with prayer.

5 Prayer is not made by us alone:

the Holy Spirit pleads,

and Jesus, on the eternal throne,

for sinners intercedes.

6 O Christ, by whom we come to God,

the Life, the Truth, the Way,

the path of prayer yourself have trod,

Lord, teach us how to pray.

Readings Genesis 7:11-20

Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church

Thanks be to God

Acts 2:11-24

This is the Good News of Jesus Christ

Praise to Christ the Word

Reflection “Reflection on Prayer” – Rev. Yvonne Smith

Hymn “For your gift of God the Spirit” (Laus Deo [Redhead No. 46]) CH4 603

words Edith Margaret Clarkson (b. 1915) © 1960 Hope Publishing Company. Used by permission

music Richard Redhead (1820-1901) © Church Hymn Tunes, 1853

1 For your gift of God the Spirit,

with us, in us, always true,

pledge of life and hope of glory,

Saviour, we would worship you.

2 Spirit in creation's dawning

brooded o'er the pathless deep,

still across our nature's darkness

moves to wake our souls from sleep.

3 Spirit here the living author,

wakes to life the sacred word,

reads with us the Bible story

and reveals our risen Lord.

4 Spirit here who works within us,

teaching rebel hearts to pray;

she whose fervent intercessions

rise for us both night and day.

5 Fill us with your grace and goodness,

God the Father, Spirit, Son;

in us, through us, now and always,

may your perfect will be done.

Prayers of Thanksgiving and for Others

concluding with…

Our Father in heaven

Hallowed be your name,

your kingdom come, your will be done,

on earth, as it is in heaven.

Give us today our daily bread.

Forgive us our sins,

as we forgive those who sin against us.

Save us from the time of trial

and deliver us from evil.

For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours,

Now and forever:

AMEN

Offering and Dedication “An Old Man's Tale” from 'Stories of the Young' Op. 1 Enrique Granados (1867-1910), arr. Colin Hand

We recognise and bless the gifts brought to the table, and those which

wing their way electronically from our banks to the Church’s account.

Notices

Hymn “Live into hope” (Truro) GtG 772/CH214(i) words Jane Parker Huber (1926-2008) © 1980 Jane Parker Huber

music Thomas Williams Psalmodia Evangelica, 1789

1 Live into hope of captives freed,

of sight regained, the end of greed.

The oppressed shall be the first to see

the year of God's own jubilee!

2 Live into hope. The blind shall see

with insight and with clarity,

removing shades of pride and fear,

a vision of our God brought near.

3 Live into hope of liberty,

the right to speak, the right to be,

the right to have one's daily bread,

to hear God's word and thus be fed.

4 Live into hope of captives freed

from chains of fear or want or greed.

God now proclaims our full release

to faith and hope and joy and peace.

Benediction and Threefold Amen

Postlude “Postlude in D minor” Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)

Morning tea will be served in the Gathering Area. All are welcome.

Knox Church is a congregation of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand Hymns in the service are reproduced with permission under License #604850, LicenSing – Copyright Cleared Music for Churches

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