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The Lord is my light and my Salvation Alleluia to the Risen Christ! Welcome to the quiet side of the day, when the wind subsides, when the birds depart to the trees, when we prepare for darkness and refreshing sleep. Join with me in the Evening Responses: The world belongs to God: the earth and all...
Prelude: 3rd movement of Telemann’s Viola Sonata in G Played by Louise Boynton (viola) and Adrian Boynton (piano) Welcome Welcome in the name of Christ. God’s grace, mercy and peace be with you. Good morning and welcome to our Holy Communion Service on this Sixth Sunday of Easter. We begin with the Prayer of the Week....
Faithful God, who loves us in Christ Jesus, send your Spirit of truth to the world within us that we may always reject what is false, live by the commands of Christ and be true to the love you have shown us. Grant this through Jesus Christ, the Resurrection and the Life, who lives and reigns...
A reading from John’s Gospel: 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. 28 ‘You heard me say, “I am going away and I am coming back to you.” If you loved me,...
A reading from the book of Genesis: 13 By the first day of the first month of Noah’s six hundred and first year, the water had dried up from the earth. Noah then removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry. 14 By the twenty-seventh day of the second month...
God is our hope and strength, a very present help in trouble. The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Psalm 46: 1 & 7 Heavenly Father, on this special weekend when we mark the 75th Anniversary of VE Day, we give thanks for the sacrifice of thousands of men...
Postlude: Crown Imperial [Text of Service starts here:] Welcome Welcome in the name of Christ. God’s grace, mercy and peace be with you. Good morning and welcome to our Holy Communion Service on this Fifth Sunday of Easter. We begin with the Prayer of the Week. Prayer of the Week Let us pray Gracious God, even...
By Revd Canon John Robertson Director of Ecumenical Mission, Milton Keynes Mission Partnership Bible readings: Micah 4: 1–4 & Revelation 22: 1–5 Lord God, in whom is our healing and our hope, grant us courage and faithfulness that we may follow the way of the cross marked out by Jesus and so join the joyous triumph...
Gracious God,
even as we find ourselves in the upheaval caused by the devastating virus,
we pledge to serve you and all humanity
and to strive to bring peace, justice and the relief of want and suffering,
through the Grace of your son and our Lord.
Guide us by your Spirit;
give us wisdom;
give us courage;
give us hope;
and keep us faithful now and all the days of lives.
Amen
A reading from Psalm 31 1 In you, Lord, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; deliver me in your righteousness. 2 Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue; be my rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me. 3 Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the...
A reading from the prophet Isaiah: 2 Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The Lord, the Lord himself, is my strength and my defence; he has become my salvation.’ 3 With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. 4 In that day you will say: ‘Give praise to the...
We arrive at evening on the day commemorating war’s end in Europe 1945. It is good to focus on peace before we hand the day to the Lord and surrender to the night. I light a candle. I am a child of post-war hope. My father was in the US Navy, serving in the Pacific, and...
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to our Friday Morning Prayers. To focus our minds on God this morning, I am going to use a prayer written by St Anselm, who was the Archbishop of Canterbury at the end of the Eleventh Century: Come now, turn aside for awhile from your daily employment. Escape for a moment...
God saw that it was Good The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands. In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun. It rises at one end of the heavens and makes its circuit to the other; nothing is deprived of its warmth. (Excerpts from Psalm...
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