This Sunday, 8 June is Pentecost. There is a Joint Benefice Service of Holy Communion at 10am in St Mary the Virgin, Horne. Café Church is at 3pm in Smallfield Church Hall.

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

Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire,
and lighten with celestial fire;
thou the anointing Spirit art,
who dost thy sevenfold gifts impart.

Thy blessèd unction from above
is comfort, life, and fire of love;
enable with perpetual light
the dullness of our blinded sight.

Anoint and cheer our soiled face
with the abundance of thy grace:
keep far our foes, give peace at home;
where thou art guide no ill can come.

Show us the Father and the Son,
in thee and with thee ever One;
then through the ages all along
this shall be our unending song,

Praise to thy eternal merit,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.

Rabanus Maurus (c776-856), tr John Cosin (1594-1672)
Tune: Veni creator spiritus

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.

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 Prayer for Pentecost
God, who as at this time
taught the hearts of your faithful people
by sending to them the light of your Holy Spirit:
grant us by the same Spirit
to have a right judgement in all things
and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort;
through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour,
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 Acts 2:1-21
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 John.
Glory to you, O Lord.

The Gospel reading is from John 14:8-17
read by Peter Nye

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

Talk
by Revd Steve Bishop

The Peace
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 minds that know you,
the joy of hearts that love you,
and the strength of 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.

Blessing

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

Come down, O Love divine,
seek thou this soul of mine,
and visit it with thine own ardor glowing;
O Comforter, draw near,
within my heart appear,
and kindle it, thy holy flame bestowing.

O let it freely burn,
till earthly passions turn
to dust and ashes in its heat consuming;
and let thy glorious light
shine ever on my sight,
and clothe me round, the while my path illuming.

And so the yearning strong,
with which the soul will long,
shall far out pass the power of human telling;
for none can guess its grace,
till Love create a place
wherein the Holy Spirit makes a dwelling.

Bianco da Siena (c1350-1434), trans. Richard Frederick Littledale (1833-1890)
Tune: Down Ampney, Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

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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