HOLMBURY
ST MARY
SELF-SERVICE for SUNDAY, 21st MARCH 2021
ORDER OF SERVICE
for the Fifth Sunday of Lent
Passion Sunday
ORGAN PRELUDE
James Stanton plays Herzlich thut mich verlangen
by Joseph Rheinberger (1839–1901)
WELCOME by David
HYMN Click and join in or listen:
COLLECT for Passion Sunday
Gracious Father,
You gave up your Son out of love for the world:
Lead us to ponder the mysteries of his passion,
That we may know eternal peace
Through the shedding of the Saviour’s blood.
Amen.
FIRST READING
God's promise of a new covenant
Claire Tallis reads Jeremiah 31: 31 – 34
TALK by Hilary Swift:
What Lent means to me this year
Introduction to ‘Just as I am’
In her early 40s, Charlotte Elliott’s health deteriorated and she became an invalid, bedridden for fairly long stretches at a time. Her brother was organising an enormous bazaar to raise money to open a school for poorer children. Many people were involved and Charlotte felt she could contribute virtually nothing, so she wrote "Just as I am, without one plea.....O Lamb of God, I come”, in the hope it might sell a few copies.
It was an instant success. Shortly after the fund-raising event it was written for, it was published further afield, and was soon selling all over England in large numbers, It was then set to music and became the hymn that is so well-known.
HYMN Click and join in or listen:
GOSPEL READING
Jesus predicts his death
Francesca Leaver (Wotton) reads John 12: 20 – 33
SERMON Preached by Bishop Jo
HYMN Click and join in or listen:
PRAYERS Led by Francis
Let us join with Liz and Francis, 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:
My God, how wonderful thou art
BLESSING given by David
ORGAN VOLUNTARY
James Stanton plays Aria
by Noel Rawsthorne (1929–2019)
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Background image:
A study of clouds
John Constable RA (1776–1837)