Author: Peter Nye

This Sunday is Mothering Sunday, the Fourth Sunday of Lent. There is a Family Service at 9:30am in St Bartholomew’s, Burstow, Holy Communion at 10am in St Mary the Virgin, Horne and Family Communion at 11am in St John the Baptist, Outwood.

This week’s online service is led by the Revd Alan Bayes.

To follow today’s online service, click on the arrow here and find the words below.

For the beauty of the earth,
for the beauty of the skies,
for the love which from our birth
over and around us lies,
Lord of all, to thee we raise
this our sacrifice of praise.

For the beauty of each hour
of the day and of the night,
hill and vale and tree and flower,
sun and moon and stars of light:

For the joy of human love,
brother, sister, parent, child,
friends on earth, and friends above,
pleasures pure and undefiled:

For each perfect gift of thine,
to our race so freely given,
graces human and divine,
flowers of earth and buds of heaven:

For thy church which evermore
lifteth holy hands above,
offering up on every shore
her pure sacrifice of love,
Lord of all, to thee we raise
this our sacrifice of praise.

Folliot Sandford Pierpoint (1835-1917)
Tune: England’s Lane, Geoffrey Shaw (1879-1943)

The Lord be with you.
And with your spirit.

Your love gives us life from the moment of conception;
we fail to live as you children.
Lord, have mercy,
Lord have mercy.

You call us to do good;
we seek our own good.
Christ have mercy,
Christ have mercy.

You hear us when we cry for help;
we ignore the cries of others.
Lord, have mercy,
Lord have mercy.

Absolution

The Collect Prayer for Mothering Sunday
God of compassion,
whose Son Jesus Christ, the child of Mary,
shared the life of a home in Nazareth,
and on the cross drew the whole human family to himself:
strengthen us in our daily living
that in joy and in sorrow
we may know the power of your presence
to bind together and to heal;
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.

The readings
Read by Ginette Nye

The first reading is from Exodus 2:1-10

This is the word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John.
Glory to you, O Lord.

The Gospel reading is from John 19:25-27

This is the Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, O Christ.

Talk
by Revd Alan Bayes

The Lord’s Prayer
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.

Loving God,
as a mother feeds her children at the breast
you feed us in this sacrament with the food and drink of eternal life:
help us who have tasted your goodness
to grow in grace within the household of faith;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

The Blessing

I danced in the morning when the world was begun,
And I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun,
And I came down from heaven and I danced on the earth;
At Bethlehem I had my birth.
“Dance, then, wherever you may be;
I am the Lord of the Dance,” said he.
“I’ll lead you all wherever you may be,
and I’ll lead you all in the Dance,” said he.

I danced for the scribe and the Pharisee,
But they would not dance and they wouldn’t follow me;
I danced for the fishermen, for James and John;
They came with me and the dance went on:

I danced on the Sabbath and I cured the lame:
The holy people said it was a shame.
They whipped and they stripped and they hung me high,
And they left me there on a cross to die:

I danced on a Friday when the sky turned black;
It’s hard to dance with the devil on your back.
They buried my body and they thought I’d gone,
But I am the dance and I still go on:

They cut me down and I leapt up high,
I am the life that’ll never, never die;
I’ll live in you if you’ll live in me:
“I am the Lord of the Dance,” said he:
“Dance, then, wherever you may be;
I am the Lord of the Dance,” said he.
“I’ll lead you all wherever you may be,
and I’ll lead you all in the Dance,” said he.

Words and music: Sydney Carter (1915-2004). CCLI 845257
Tune: Lord of the Dance

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Organist: Peter Nye.
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.
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This Sunday, 8 March, is the Third Sunday of Lent. There are services of Holy Communion: at 9:30am in St Bartholomew, Burstow; at 10am in St Mary the Virgin. Horne; and at 11am in St John the Baptist, Outwood. Café Church is at 3pm in Smallfield Church Hall.

This week’s online service is led by Revd Steve Bishop.

All my hope on God is founded;
he doth still my trust renew.
Me through change and chance he guideth,
only good and only true.
God unknown, he alone
calls my heart to be his own.

Human pride and earthly glory,
sword and crown betray his trust;
what with care and toil he buildeth,
tower and temple, fall to dust.
But God’s power, hour by hour,
is my temple and my tower.

God’s great goodness aye endureth,
deep his wisdom, passing thought:
splendour, light, and life attend him,
beauty springeth out of naught.
Evermore from his store
new-born worlds rise and adore.

Daily doth th’ Almighty giver
bounteous gifts on us bestow;
his desire our soul delighteth,
pleasure leads us where we go.
Love doth stand
at his hand; joy doth wait on his command.

Still from earth to God eternal
sacrifice of praise be done,
high above all praises praising
for the gift of Christ his Son.
Christ doth call
one and all: ye who follow shall not fall.

Joachim Neander (1650-1680) trans Robert Bridges (1899)
Tune: Michael, Herbert Howells (1892-1983)

The Lord be with you.
And also with you.

This is the day that the Lord has made.
Let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Confession
Almighty God, our heavenly Father,
we have sinned against you and against our neighbour,
in thought and word and deed,
through negligence, through weakness,
through our own deliberate fault.
We are truly sorry,
and repent of all our sins.
For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, who died for us,
forgive us all that is past;
and grant that we may serve you in newness of life
to the glory of your name. Amen.

Absolution

Collect for the Third Sunday of Lent
Almighty God,
whose most dear Son went not up to joy
but first suffered pain,
and entered not into glory
before He was crucified,
mercifully grant that we,
walking in the way of the cross,
may find it none other than
the way of life and peace;
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.

The readings
read by Ginette Nye

The first reading is from Exodus 17:1-7

This is the word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John.
Glory to you, O Lord.

The Gospel reading is from John 4:4-42

This is the Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, O Christ.

Talk
by Revd Steve Bishop

Grace, mercy and peace from God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
And also with you.

Lord, everything in heaven and earth is yours.
All things come from you and of your own do we give you.

The Lord’s Prayer
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.

Eternal God,
the light of the minds that know you,
the joy of the hearts that love you,
and the strength of the wills that serve you:
grant us so to know you that we may truly love you,
so to love you that we may truly serve you,
whose service is perfect freedom;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Jesus is Lord! Creation’s voice proclaims it,
For by his pow’r each tree and flow’r was planned and made.
Jesus is Lord! The universe declares it;
Sun, moon and stars in heaven cry: Jesus is Lord!
Jesus is Lord! Jesus is Lord!
Praise Him with alleluias, for Jesus is Lord!

Jesus is Lord! Yet from his throne eternal
In flesh he came to die in pain on Calv’ry’s tree.
Jesus is Lord! From him all life proceeding,
Yet gave his life a ransom thus setting us free.

Jesus is Lord! O’er sin the mighty conqu’ror,
From death he rose and all his foes shall own his name.
Jesus is Lord! God sends his Holy Spirit
To show by works of power that Jesus is Lord.

David J Mansell
© 1982 Authentic Publishing. Administered by CopyCare,
P O Box 77, Hailsham, BN27 3EF
Used by permission. CCLI: 845257

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Organist: Peter Nye.
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.
CCLI Streaming Licence™ 1942313
PRS for Music Church Licence (CCLI) 1545501

This Sunday is the Second Sunday of Lent. There is a service of Holy Communion from the Book of Common Prayer at 8am in St Mary the Virgin, Horne; services of Holy Communion at 9:30am in St Bartholomew’s, Burstow and at 11am in St John the Baptist, Outwood; and a Family Service at 10am in St Mary the Virgin, Horne.

This week’s online service is led by the Revd Alan Bayes.

To follow today’s online service, click on the arrow here and find the words below.

Alleluia, sing to Jesus,
his the sceptre, his the throne;
Alleluia, his the triumph,
his the victory alone:
Hark, the songs of peaceful Sion
thunder like a mighty flood:
Jesus, out of every nation,
hath redeemed us by His blood.

Alleluia, not as orphans
are we left in sorrow now;
Alleluia, he is near us,
faith believes, nor questions how;
Though the cloud from sight received him
when the forty days were o’er,
Shall our hearts forget his promise,
“I am with you evermore”?

Alleluia, bread of angels,
thou on earth our food, our stay;
Alleluia, here the sinful
flee to thee from day to day;
Intercessor, friend of sinners,
earth’s redeemer, plead for me,
where the songs of all the sinless
sweep across the crystal sea.

Alleluia, King eternal,
thee the Lord of lords we own;
Alleluia, born of Mary,
earth thy footstool, heav’n thy throne;
Thou within the veil has entered
robed in flesh, our great High Priest;
Thou on earth both priest and victim
in the Eucharistic Feast.

William Chatterton Dix (1837-1898)
Tune: Hyfrydol, Rowland Hugh Pritchard (1811-1887) arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

In the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.

Grace, mercy and peace from God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
And also with you.

Introduction

Wash me thoroughly from my wickedness
and cleanse me from my sin.
Lord, have mercy,
Lord have mercy.

Make me a clean heart, O God,
and renew a right spirit within me.
Christ have mercy,
Christ have mercy.

Cast me not away from your presence
and take not your holy spirit from me.
Lord, have mercy,
Lord have mercy.

Absolution

The Collect Prayer for Saint David’s Day
Almighty God,
who called your servant David
to be a faithful and wise steward of your mysteries
  for the people of Wales:
in your mercy, grant that,
following his purity of life and zeal for the gospel of Christ,
we may with him receive the crown of everlasting life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

The readings
Read by Ginette Nye

The first reading is from Genesis 12:1-4

This is the word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John.
Glory to you, O Lord.

The Gospel reading is from John 3:1-17

This is the Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, O Christ.

Talk
by Revd Alan Bayes

The Lord’s Prayer
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.

Lord God, shepherd of your people,
whose servant David revealed the loving service of Chrst
in his ministry as a pastor of your people,
awaken within us the love of Christ
and keep us faithful to our Christian calling,
through him who laid down his life for us
but is alive and reigns with you,
now and for ever.
Amen.

The Blessing

Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.
In the name of Christ. Amen.

Love divine, all loves excelling,
joy of heaven to earth come down,
fix in us Thy humble dwelling;
all Thy faithful mercies crown!
Jesu, Thou art all compassion,
pure, unbounded love Thou art;
visit us with Thy salvation,
enter every trembling heart.

Breathe, O breathe Thy loving Spirit
into every troubled breast;
Let us all in Thee inherit,
let us find Thy promised rest.
Take away the love of sinning;
Alpha and Omega be;
end of faith, as its beginning,
set our hearts at liberty.

Come, Almighty to deliver;
let us all Thy life receive;
suddenly return and never,
never more Thy temples leave.
Thee we would be always blessing,
serve Thee as Thy hosts above;
pray, and praise Thee without ceasing,
glory in Thy perfect love.

Finish then, Thy new creation;
pure and spotless let us be;
let us see Thy great salvation
perfectly restored in Thee.
Changed from glory into glory,
till in heaven we take our place,
till we cast our crowns before Thee,
lost in wonder, love, and praise.

Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
Tune: Blaenwern, William Penfro Rowlands (1860-1937)

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Organist: Peter Nye.
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.
CCLI Streaming Licence™ 1942313
PRS for Music Church Licence (CCLI) 1545501