SELF-SERVICE for SUNDAY, 1st NOVEMBER 2020
All Saints' Day
ORDER OF SERVICE
WELCOME by David
HYMN Click and join in or listen:
Who are these like stars appearing
COLLECT for All Saints' Day:
God of holiness,
your glory is proclaimed in every age:
as we rejoice in the faith of your saints,
inspire us to follow their example
with boldness and joy;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
FIRST READING
We are God's children, and we shall see him as he is.
Helen Gee reads 1 John 3: 1 - 3
HYMN Click and join in or listen:
Blest are the pure in heart
1 Blest are the pure in heart,
for they shall see our God;
the secret of the Lord is theirs,
their soul is Christ's abode.
2 The Lord, who left the heavens
our life and peace to bring,
to dwell in lowliness with men,
their pattern and their King;
3 Still to the lowly soul
he doth himself impart,
and for his dwelling and his throne
chooseth the pure in heart.
4 Lord, we thy presence seek;
may ours this blessing be;
give us a pure and lowly heart,
a temple meet for thee.
John Keble ( 1792-1866) and others
GOSPEL READING
The Beatitudes
Judith reads Matthew 5: 1 - 22
SERMON Preached by Bishop Andrew
From Ordinary to Extraordinary
HYMN Click and join in or listen:
PRAYERS Led by David
Let us join with Martha, saying 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
HYMN Click and join in or listen:
BLESSING given by Judith
ORGAN VOLUNTARY
James plays Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesus Christ by J. S. Bach
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Background illustration:
Mosaic in the Church of the Beatitudes, Israel:
QUAE SURSUM EST IERUSALEM "The Jerusalem above"