16 January 2022 11am
Order of Service
Second Sunday after the Epiphany
Offering & Prayer
Welcome & Intimations
Call to Worship
CH4 63 “All people that on earth do dwell”
Psalm 29
Prayer & Lord’s Prayer
CH4 722 “Spirit of God, come dwell within me”
Old Testament: Isaiah 43:1-7
New Testament: Luke 3:15-17, 21-22
Sermon
CH4 476 “Mine eyes have seen the glory”
Prayer of Intercession
CH4 637 “Now through the grace of God we claim”
Dismissal & Blessing
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9 January 11am – online
Order of Service
Epiphany
Welcome & Intimations
Call to Worship
CH4 185 ‘Come, children, join and sing’
Psalm 72: 1-7, 10-14
Prayer & Lord’s Prayer
CH4 325, 3-5 ‘Bethlehem, a noble city’
Old Testament: Isaiah 60: 1-6
New Testament: Matthew 2: 1-12
Sermon
CH4 328 ‘Wise men, they came to look for wisdom’
Prayer of Intercession
CH4 326 ‘As with gladness men of old’
Dismissal & Blessing
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2 January 2022 11am – online
Order of Service
Maxwelltown West Church
Welcome & Intimations
Call to Worship
Hymn CH4 327 “Brightest and best of the sons of the morning”
Christmas story by George Mackay Brown
Prayer & Lord’s Prayer
Old Testament: Jeremiah 31:7-14
New Testament: Ephesians 1:3-14
Video “Lift Up Your Eyes” (Resound Worship)
Sermon
Hymn CH4 404 “I danced in the morning when the world was begun”
Prayer of Intercession
Hymn CH4 120 “God we praise you”
Dismissal & Blessing
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CH4 331: Unto us a boy is born!
CH4 316: Love came down at ChristmasReadin
CH4 294: On Christmas night all Christians sing
December 25, 11am – 12pm – Online
Christmas Day:
CH4 306: O Come all ye faithful
CH4 322: Good Christians all rejoice
Reading: John 1: 1-14
CH4 324: Angels from the realms of glory
CH4 320: Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
Christmas Eve:
CH4 315: Once in Royal David’s city
CH4 304: O little town of Bethlehem
Readin
Reading: Luke 2: 1-7
Reading: Luke 2: 8-20
Reading: Matthew 2: 1-12
Reading: John 1: 1-5,14
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12 December – online only
The hymns for Sunday’s on-line service are:
CH4 286 Tell out my soul
CH4 291 When out of poverty is born a dream that will not die
Bible reading – from the New English Bible:-
Luke Chapter 1 verses 26-38
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5 December 2021 . . . . 11am
Order for Communion
Maxwelltown West Church
Offering & Prayer
Welcome & Intimations
Lightning of Second Candle
Hymn CH4 284, verse 2 “Peace is a candle”
Call to Worship
Hymn CH4 279 “Make way, make way, for Christ the King”
Psalm: Luke 1:68-79
Prayer & Lord’s Prayer
Hymn CH4 277 “Hark the glad sound! the Saviour comes”
Old Testament: Malachi 3:1-4
New Testament: Luke 3:1-6
Sermon
Hymn CH4 276 “Wait for the Lord” (only Ostinato)
Prayer of Intercession with 4x “Wait for the Lord” (only Ostinato)
Invitation
Narrative of the Institution
Taking of the Bread and Wine
Thanksgiving
Breaking of Bread
Communion
The minister says:
Draw near with faith:
receive the body of our Lord Jesus Christ
which was given for you,
and his blood which was shed for you,
and feed on him in your hearts by faith,
with thanksgiving.
Taste and see that the Lord is good.
Happy are those who find refuge in him!
In giving the bread, the minister says:
Take, eat. This is the body of Christ
which is (broken) for you.
Do this, remembering him.
The people partake of their own bread in their seats
In giving the cup, the minister says:
This cup is the new covenant
sealed by Christ’s blood
which was shed that the sins of many
might be forgiven.
Drink from it, all of you.
The wine is taken to the people in their seats.
The Peace
Prayers
Hymn CH4 334 “On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cry”
Dismissal & Blessing
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28 November 2021 . . . . 11am
Order of Service
Maxwelltown West Church
Offering & Prayer
Welcome & Intimations
Call to Worship
Hymn CH4 273 “O come, o come Emmanuel”
Psalm 24,7-10
Prayer & Lord’s Prayer
Hymn CH4 509 “Jesus calls us! O’er the tumult”
Old Testament: Jeremiah 33:14-16
New Testament: Luke 21:25-36
Sermon
Music video “Take Heart”
Prayer of Intercession
Hymn CH4 477 “Lo, he comes with clouds descending”
Dismissal & Blessing