Online Service for 28 April | Windmill United Benefice

This Sunday, 28 April, there are services of Holy Communion at 9:30am at St Bartholomew, Burstow; at 10am at St Mary the Virgin, Horne; and at 11am at St John the Baptist, Outwood.

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

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)

The Lord be with you.
Alleluia! Christ is risen.
He is risen indeed. Alleluia!

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

The Collect prayer for the Fifth Sunday of Easter

Almighty God,
who through your only-begotten Son Jesus Christ
has overcome death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life:
grant that, as by your grace going before us
you put into our minds good desires,
so by your continual help
we may bring them to good effect;
through Jesus Christ our risen 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 Sue Wates

The first reading is from Acts 8:26-40

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 15:1-8

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

Talk
by Revd Steve Bishop

Almighty God, Father of all mercies,
we your unworthy servants give you humble thanks
for all your goodness and loving-kindness
to us and to all whom you have made.
We bless you for our creation, preservation,
and all the blessings of this life;
but above all for your immeasurable love
in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ;
for the means of grace,
and for the hope of glory.
And, we pray, give us such an awareness of your mercies,
that with truly thankful hearts
we may show forth your praise,
not only with our lips, but in our lives,
by giving up ourselves to your service,
and by walking before you
in holiness and righteousness all our days;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit,
be honour and glory throughout all ages. Amen.

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.

Lord Jesus,
Give us your light in our eyes,
your word on our lips and
your love in our hearts.
Send us out in the power of your spirit,
to live and work to your praise and glory. Amen

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

Blessing

At the name of Jesus every knee shall bow,
every tongue confess him King of glory now;
’tis the Father’s pleasure we should call him Lord,
who from the beginning was the mighty Word.

At his voice creation sprang at once to sight,
all the angel faces, all the hosts of light,
thrones and dominations, stars upon their way,
all the heavenly orders in their great array.

Humbled for a season to receive a name
from the lips of sinners unto whom he came.
Faithfully he bore it, spotless to the last,
brought it back victorious when from death he passed.

Bore it up triumphant with its human light,
through all ranks of creatures to the central height,
to the throne of Godhead, to the Father’s breast,
filled it with the glory of that perfect rest.

All creation, name him, with love as strong as death;
but with awe and wonder, and with bated breath.
He is God the Saviour, He is Christ the Lord,
Ever to be worshipped trusted and adored.

In your hearts enthrone him; there let him subdue
all that is not holy, all that is not true;
crown him as your captain in temptation’s hour;
let his will enfold you in its light and power.

Truly this Lord Jesus shall return again
in his Father’s glory, with his angel train;
for all wreaths of empire meet upon his brow,
and our hearts confess him King of glory now.

Caroline M Noel (1817-1877)
Tune: Camberwell, Michael Brierley (b. 1932)