Order of Service – 4th June 2023

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Kardlayirdi Karnungga
The light on the hill

June 4, 2023
Trinity Sunday
Preacher: Sharonne Price

We acknowledge the Kaurna people as the traditional carers of the land on which our church is built.

Prelude

Welcome and Acknowledgement of Country

Lighting of Candles and Introit – Let All the World in Every Corner Sing

Together in Song 105 – George Herbert

Call to Worship

All of life is sacred. All time and space resound with the presence of the Divine.
We come to this place and time
seeking communion with the Spirit of God.

Here is the sacrament of grace, centred in the teachings of Jesus, made known through Word and worship. We sing with hearts full of praise for the Triune God – Creator – source of all that is sacred; The Christ – Pain-bearer and Redeemer; and Spirit of power, connection and comfort.
We gather our voices together – young and old, rich and poor,
joyful and saddened, enthusiastic and reluctant, certain and
uncertain- but all of us drawn to the mystery of love and the
wonder of God.

The Lord be with you.
And also with you.

Lift up your hearts.
We lift them up to our God.

Let us give God thanks and praise.

Anthem: – Awake, My Soul and Sing

MiniM Choir – Text and music: Judith Herrington

Prayer

We Sing: God the Great Mystery

God the great mystery, source of our trust,
ground of our being and shaper of dust;
elusive presence to whom we belong,
heartbeat and rhythm, both singer and song.
Through all this borrowed life we seek your face,
listening with wonder and mapping each trace;
burning bush, still small voice, manna and quail,
all gifts and signs that your love will prevail.
Jesus, the Word, human child and divine,
we are the branches and you are the vine,
speak to us still of this imminent grace,
“I’m in you, you’re in me, here in this place!”
Great Spirit pulsing twixt heaven and earth,
heart always beating with signs of new birth:
loving us, lifting us, turning us ’round,
’til all our songs with compassion resound.
God, take our minds, hearts and souls to your own.
Live in us, breathe in us, through us be known.
Gather our worlds in your wondrous embrace
’til all is love, mercy, goodness and grace.

Words: Sharonne Price. Tune: George Campbell, Scottish traditional melody. Arr Rosemary Nairn – from Walk as One, Songs for Worship, Wattleseed Publishing 2022.

Passing of the Peace

The peace of our God be with you.
And also with you.

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Children’s Time

Children may go downstairs for Sunday School. Parents, you are welcome to join your child in Sunday School if you feel your child may need your assistance. Alternatively, you may wish for your child to remain with you for the duration of worship. Activity packs are available at the entrances.

Scripture Readings

Psalm 8

O Lord, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have founded a bulwark because of your foes, to silence the enemy and the avenger. When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established; what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them? Yet you have made them a little lower than God, and crowned them with glory and honour. You have given them dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under their feet, all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas.

O Lord, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

John 1:1-5, 14, 16-18

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.

And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth. From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. The law indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father’s heart, who has made God known.

Responsive Prayer

Holy Love, Beginning and End,
beyond all Names:
giver of love and hope, life and its goodness.
We praise and adore you.

We Sing: (Please remain seated)

Be still and know that I am God
Be still and know that I am God
be still and know that I am God.

Jesus Christ,
Wisdom and Word:
lover of outcasts,
friend of the poor,
one of us, yet one with God,
crucified and risen,
life in the midst of death –
We learn from the Word and follow by grace

We Sing:

Be still and know that I am God
Be still and know that I am God
be still and know that I am God.

Holy Spirit,
Storm and Breath:
building bridges,
breaking chains,
waking the oppressed,
making us one,
unseen and unexpected,
untameable energy of life.
We listen for your prompting, ready to work for your justice and change the world.

We Sing:

Be still and know that I am God
Be still and know that I am God
be still and know that I am God.

Words: Jason Daniel. All Together OK. Words and music: the Iona Community. © 1988. Administered in Australia and New Zealand by Willow Connection Pty Ltd. All rights reserved. ONE LICENSE. License #A‑604444.

Holy Trinity, forever One,
whose nature is community;
unbounded dance of love:
in whom we love, and grow,
and know our neighbour,
life in all its fullness,
making all things new –
We praise and adore you.
Amen!

Scripture Reading

Matthew 28:16-20

Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

The Gospel of Christ, Light of the world.
Thanks be to God.

Address

Offering

Spirit Lead Us – MiniM Choir

Words and music: Paul Somerville from Walk as One – Songs for Worship Wattleseed Publishing 2022.

To give electronically please go to bpuc.org/give

(Alternatively, there is an offering bowl near the lectern on the left-hand side as you exit the church)

Prayers of the People

Holy Communion

Setting of the Table

Great Prayer of Thanksgiving

Let us give thanks to God our Creator.
It is right to give our thanks and praise.

Choir: Holy, Holy, Holy

Music: Alan Smith

The Lord’s Prayer

…And now with the confidence of the children of God, let us pray the prayer Jesus taught us saying:

Our Father in heaven,

hallowed be Your name,

your Kingdom come,

your will be done,

on earth as in Heaven.

Give us today our daily bread.

Forgive us our sins,

as we forgive those who sin against us.

Save us from the time of trial

and deliver us from evil.

For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours

now and forever. Amen.

Breaking of the Bread

(Distribution of the elements)

Prayer after Communion

We Sing: You Are Holy, You Are Whole

Part 1.
You are holy,
you are whole.
You are always evermore
than we ever understand.
You are always at hand.
Blessed are you coming near;
blessed are you coming here
to your church in wine and bread
raised from soil
raised from dead.

Part 2.
You are holy,
you are wholeness,
you are present,
let the cosmos praise you, Lord!
Hallelujah, hallelujah
hallelujah, hallelujah, our Lord!

Sending Forth and Benediction

Choral Blessing: The Peace of the Earth be with You

Church Hymmary 798 – Guatemalan Folk Song arr John Bell

Postlude

Come and share morning tea together, downstairs in the basement. There are stairs behind the organ and a ramp between the church and the car park leading to the basement.

Front Cover: Trinity (Andrei Rublev) also called The Hospitality of Abraham