Order of Service – 14th August 2022

The Order of Service follows below.

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The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
August 14^th, 2022
We acknowledge the Kaurna people as the traditional carers of the land on which our church is built.

Prelude

Pathways – Rosemary Nairn

Welcome

Lighting of the Candles and Introit

God is Our Strength and Refuge

Call to Worship

He saw those who others ignored;
he called those who were never invited;
he raised those who were bent down;
he honoured those who others belittled.

As God drew near to us, in Jesus,
so, now, we draw near to him.

Let us worship God.

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 beauty of each hour
of the day and of the night,
hill and vale, and tree and flower,
sun and moon and stars of light,

Lord of all, to you we raise
this our hymn of grateful praise.
For each perfect gift divine
to the world so freely given,
graces all of your design,
flowers of earth and buds of heaven,

Lord of all, to you we raise
this our hymn of grateful praise.

Tune: Together in Song, 137 Folliott Sandford Pierpoint 1835-1917 alt. Public Domain.

Prayer of Adoration and Confession

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.

Choral Anthem

Christ is the World’s True Light – Walter Stanton

Scripture Reading: Luke 13:10-17

Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight. When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your ailment.” When he laid his hands on her, immediately she stood up straight and began praising God. But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had cured on the Sabbath, kept saying to the crowd, “There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be cured and not on the Sabbath day.” But the Lord answered him and said, “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead it to water? And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen long years, be set free from this bondage on the Sabbath day?” When he said this, all his opponents were put to shame, and the entire crowd was rejoicing at all the wonderful things being done by him.

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

Sermon

Offering

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We Sing: Lord Jesus Christ, Lover of All

Lord Jesus Christ, lover of all
trail wide the hem of your garment,
Bring healing, bring peace.

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 in the time of trial

and deliver us from evil.

For the kingdom, the power

and the glory are yours

now and forever. Amen.

We Sing: We Will Love

Chorus:

We will walk with you at the edges,
we will die with you on the crossroads,
we will live in your dangerous places,
we will love.
We will risk with you taking chances,
we will stand with you facing evil,
we will live in your dangerous places,
we will love.

Come Lord Jesus Christ hear our prayer,
come now living friend please draw near.
Alone, we feel unsure and so afraid.
Calling us to live by your grace,
calling us to leave all that’s safe.
Our lives we choose to lose
so you may save.

We will walk with you at the edges,
we will die with you on the crossroads,
we will live in your dangerous places,
we will love.
We will risk with you taking chances,
we will stand with you facing evil,
we will live in your dangerous places,
we will love.
Stepping out we call on your name,
knowing you have healed all our shame.
Our God, your precious love has made us whole.
Gifting us with power to set free,
Holy Spirit, use even me.
Renew all that I am
so I may see.

We will walk with you at the edges,
we will die with you on the crossroads,
we will live in your dangerous places,
we will love.
We will risk with you taking chances,
we will stand with you facing evil,
we will live in your dangerous places,
we will love.

Sending Forth and Benediction

Choral Blessing

Put Peace Into Each Other’s Hands – Fred Kaan

Postlude

My Song Is Love Unknown

Please come and share morning tea in the basement. There are stairs behind the organ and a ramp between the church and the car park leading to the basement.