A Light on the Hill
Order of Service – 11th August 2024
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Brougham Place UC – Children’s Talk Creation – facilitated by Emma Dubrich
Getting to know Jesus
Brougham Place Uniting Church
Kardlayirdi Karnungga
A Light on the Hill
11 August 2024
Preacher: Rev Bill Harris
12th Sunday after Pentecost
Liturgical colour: Green
We acknowledge the Kaurna people as the traditional carers of the land on which our church is built.
As you wait for worship to begin, please turn your phone to silent.
Prelude
Welcome and Acknowledgment of Country
Naa marni?
(Are you all good?)
Marni Ai!
(Good I am)
Introit and Lighting of the Candles
Christ the World’s True Light
Krieger/Briggs
Call to Worship
We sing: For the Beauty of the Earth
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 you we raise
this our hymn of grateful praise.For the joy of human love,
brother, sister, parent, child,
friends on earth and friends above
for all gentle thoughts and mild,
Lord of all, to you we raise
this our hymn of grateful praise.For the church that evermore,
lifting holy hands above,
offers up on every shore
the pure sacrifice of love,
Lord of all, to you we raise
this our hymn of grateful praise.
Together in Song 137. Folliott Sandford Pierpoint 1835-1917 alt. Public Domain.
Opening Prayer
Jesus said: I am the bread of life, whoever comes to me will never be hungry and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
You, O God, create our lives.
You provide our bread;
you quench our thirst.
Create this day in us
to walk in your love.
O Christ, join us in our quest,
O Christ, we share the bread together,
O Christ, be food for our minds.
Eternal God, creator of time, sustainer of soul, liberator of the oppressed, feed us the bread of Christ, bringing true communion with you, making our joy complete. Amen.
Prayer of Confession
Words of Grace
Gracious God, we lay our questions and our doubts at your feet. Be with
us as we continue to learn to trust. Your grace surrounds us, and we are
grateful.
Thanks be to God.
Passing of the Peace
The peace of our God be with you.
And also with you.
Community News and Notices
Introduction of Guest Preacher – Rev Bill Harris
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.
Anthem
Put Peace into each other’s hands
Trad. Kaan, arr Barnard
Scripture Reading:
Ephesians 5: 1&2, 6-14. Follow God’s example
Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in
the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a
fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things
God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient. Therefore do not be
partners with them.
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as
children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness,
righteousness and truth) and find out what pleases the Lord. Have
nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose
them. It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
But everything exposed by the light becomes visible—and everything that
is illuminated becomes a light. This is why it is said:
“Wake up, sleeper,
rise from the dead, and
Christ will shine on you.”
John 6: 35, 41-51 Jesus, the Bread of Life
Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will
never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am
the bread that came down from heaven.” They said, “Is this not Jesus,
the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say,
‘I came down from heaven’?”
“Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus answered. “No one can come to
me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at
the last day. It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by
God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to
me. No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; only he
has seen the Father. Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has
eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna in
the wilderness, yet they died. But here is the bread that comes down
from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die. I am the living bread
that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever.
This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the
world.”
May the Spirit of God open our eyes to see, our ears to hear,
and our hearts to understand.
Message
We sing: At the name of Jesus
At the name of Jesus
every knee shall bow,
every tongue confess him
King of Glory now:
this the Father’s pleasure
that we call him Lord,
who from the beginning
was the mighty Word.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.In your hearts enthrone him,
there let him make new
all that is not holy,
all that is not true.
He is God the Saviour,
he is Christ the Lord,
ever to be worshipped,
trusted and adored.When this same Lord Jesus
shall appear again
in his Father’s glory,
there with him to reign,
then may we adore him,
all before him bow,
as our hearts confess him
King of Glory now.
Together in Song 231. Caroline Maria Noel 1817-77 alt. Public Domain.
Prayers of the People
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.
Offering
To give electronically towards
the ministry of Brougham Place, 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.
Chimes: Lead me Lord
Offering Prayer
We sing: Praise with Joy the World’s Creator
Praise with joy the world’s Creator,
God of justice, love and peace,
source and end of human knowledge,
force of greatness without cease.
Celebrate the Maker’s glory,
power to rescue and release.Praise the Son who feeds the hungry,
frees the captive, finds the lost,
heals the sick, upsets religion,
fearless both of fate and cost.
Celebrate Christ’s constant presence –
Friend and Stranger, Guest and Host.Praise the Spirit sent among us,
liberating truth from pride,
forging bonds where race or gender,
age or nation dare divide.
Celebrate the Spirit’s treasure –
foolishness none dare deride.Praise the Maker, Son and Spirit,
one God in community,
calling Christians to embody
oneness and diversity.
Thus the world shall yet believe, when
shown Christ’s vibrant unity.
Together in Song, 179, John L. Bell 1949- and Graham Maule 1958- Words from Wild Goose Songs 1, Heaven Shall Not Wait. Words used with permission under copyright CCLI Licence No 37219. Copyright cleared music for churches.
Sending Forth and Benediction
Choral Blessing
Aaronic Blessing
Rosemary Dewerse
Postlude
Chimes: Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken
Come and share morning tea together, in the basement. There are stairs behind the organ and a ramp between the church and the car park. All are welcome!
This service has been prepared with assistance from:
L3 Resources
Cover Photo by Michelle Harris
