HOLMBURY
ST MARY
SELF-SERVICE for SUNDAY, 16th MAY 2021
ORDER OF SERVICE
for the Seventh Sunday of Easter
Sunday after Ascension Day
WELCOME by David
A warm welcome to this service today, which falls just between Ascension and Pentecost – a moment when Jesus’ followers were aware that Jesus had finally gone back to the Father, but with the promise that the Holy Spirit would soon come. A short period, therefore, of real expectation. I hope you enjoy taking part in our worship via this service.
HYMN Click and join in or listen:
Lord enthroned in heavenly splendour
FIRST READING
Francis Cave reads Acts 1: 15 – 17, 21 – end
GOSPEL READING
Jesus prays for his disciples
David reads John 17: 6 – 19
HYMN Click and join in or listen:
We have a gospel to proclaim
SERMON Preached by Martha
PRAYERS Led by Wendy
Let us join with Liz, 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:
Alleluia, alleluia, give thanks to the risen Lord
ASCENSION BLESSING given by David
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Background image:
The Kiss of Judas
Fresco by Giotto di Bondoni (1267–1337)
Scrovegni Chapel, Padua, Italy