This Sunday, 15 February there are services of Holy Communion at 9:30am in St Bartholomew, Burstow, 10am at St Mary the Virgin, Horne and at 11am in St John the Baptist, Outwood.
This week’s online service is led by the Revd Charles Sargent.
To follow today’s online service, click on the arrow here and find the words below.
Christ, whose glory fills the skies,
Christ, the true and only Light,
Sun of Righteousness, arise,
triumph o’er the shade of night;
Day-spring from on high, be near;
Day-star, in my heart appear.
Dark and cheerless is the morn
unaccompanied by Thee;
joyless is the day’s return,
till Thy mercy’s beams I see,
till they inward light impart,
glad my eyes, and warm my heart.
Visit then this soul of mine,
pierce the gloom of sin and grief;
fill me, radiancy divine,
scatter all my unbelief;
more and more Thyself display,
shining to the perfect day.
Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
Tune: Ratisbon, from Johann Werner’s Choralbuch (1815)
This is the day that the Lord has made.
Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
The Collect Prayer for the Sunday Next before Lent
Almighty Father,
whose Son was revealed in majesty
before he suffered death upon the cross:
give us grace to perceive his glory,
that we may be strengthened to suffer with him
and be changed into his likeness, from glory to glory;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
The first reading is from Exodus 24:12-18
read by Ginette Nye
This is the word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew.
Glory to you, O Lord.
The Gospel reading is from Matthew 17:1-9
read by Ginette Nye
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, O Christ.
Talk
by Revd Charles Sargent
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.
Blessing
Meekness and majesty,
manhood and deity,
in perfect harmony,
the man who is God.
Lord of eternity
dwells in humanity,
kneels in humility
and washes our feet.
O, what a mystery.
Meekness and majesty,
Bow down and worship,
For this is your God.
This is your God.
Father’s pure radiance,
perfect in innocence,
yet learns obedience
To death on a cross.
Suff’ring to give us life,
conqu’ring through sacrifice;
and as they crucify
Prays: “Father forgive”.
Wisdom unsearchable,
God the invisible;
love indestructible
In frailty appears.
Lord of infinity,
stooping so tenderly,
lifts our humanity
to the heights of his throne.
Graham Kendrick
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Organist: Roger Hind
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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