In-church worship is pretty much back to normal but we aim also to continue to offer online worship here every week. This week the online service is led by Revd Nicholas Calver
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O worship the King all glorious above;
O gratefully sing his pow’r and his love.
Our shield and defender, the Ancient of Days,
Pavilioned in splendour, and girded with praise.
O tell of his might, O sing of his grace,
Whose robe is the light, whose canopy space;
His chariots of wrath the deep thunder-clouds form,
And dark is his path on the wings of the storm.
This earth, with its store of wonders untold,
Almighty, thy pow’r hath founded of old:
Hath stablished it fast by a changeless decree,
And round it hath cast, like a mantle, the sea.
Thy bountiful care, what tongue can recite?
It breathes in the air, it shines in the light;
It streams from the hills, it descends to the plain,
And sweetly distils in the dew and the rain.
Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail,
In thee do we trust, nor find thee to fail;
Thy mercies how tender, how firm to the end!
Our maker, defender, redeemer, and friend.
O measureless might, ineffable love,
While angels delight to hymn thee above,
Thy humbler creation, though feeble their lays,
With true adoration shall sing to thy praise.
This is the day that the Lord has made.
We will rejoice and be glad in it.
Let us pray
Collect for the 20th Sunday after Trinity
God, the giver of life,
whose Holy Spirit wells up within your Church:
by the Spirit’s gifts equip us to live the gospel of Christ and make us eager to do your will,
that we may share with the whole creation the joys of eternal life;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen
Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark.
Glory to you, O Lord.
The Gospel reading from Mark 10: 35-45
by Sacha Filtness
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, O Christ.
Talk
by the Revd Nicholas Calver
Let us pray with confidence as our Saviour has taught us:
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come; thy will be done;
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation;
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
the power and the glory,
for ever and ever.
Amen.
Blessing
Christ triumphant, ever reigning,
Saviour, Master, King,
Lord of heav’n, our lives sustaining,
hear us as we sing:
Yours the glory and the crown,
the high renown, th’eternal name.
Word incarnate, truth revealing,
Son of Man on earth!
Pow’r and majesty concealing
by your humble birth:
Yours the glory and the crown,
the high renown, th’eternal name.
Suff’ring servant, scorned, ill-treated,
victim crucified!
Death is through the cross defeated,
sinners justified:
Yours the glory and the crown,
the high renown, th’eternal name.
Priestly King, enthroned for ever
high in heav’n above!
sin and death and hell shall never
stifle hymns of love:
Yours the glory and the crown,
the high renown, th’eternal name.
So, our hearts and voices raising
through the ages long,
ceaselessly upon You gazing,
this shall be our song:
Yours the glory and the crown,
the high renown, th’eternal name.
Michael Saward (1932-2015)
© Michael Saward/Jubilate Hymns
CCLI: 845257
Organist: Peter Nye
Hymn words reproduced under CCLI: 845257
Common Worship: Services and Prayers for the Church of England (2000), material from which is included in this service, is copyright © The Archbishops’ Council 2000.