HOLMBURY
ST MARY
For those of us unable to worship the Lord in church each Sunday, we include below a selection of transcripts and recordings from recent services, as well as collects, readings, and YouTube recordings of the hymns chosen for each service.
Please let us know if there's anything else you'd like us to include.
Sunday 25th October
Last Sunday after Trinity
HYMN Click and join in or listen
God of grace and God of glory
Collect for the Last Sunday after Trinity
Merciful God,
teach us to be faithful in change and uncertainty,
that trusting in your word
and obeying your will
we may enter the unfailing joy of Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
New Testament reading:
Read 1 Thessalonians 2: 1 – 8
HYMN Click and join in or listen
Who would true valour see
Gospel reading:
Read Matthew 22: 34 – end
SERMON by Rev'd Caroline Lazenby
Let us join with Francis, saying
THE LORD'S PRAYER:
HYMN Click and join in or listen
Forth in thy name, O Lord, I go
Sunday 18th October
Twentieth Sunday after Trinity
St Luke the Evangelist
HYMN Click and join in or listen
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God almighty
Collect for the feast of St Luke the Evangelist
Almighty God,
you called Luke the physician,
whose praise is in the gospel,
to be an evangelist and physician of the soul:
by the grace of the Spirit
and through the wholesome medicine of the gospel,
give your Church the same love and power to heal;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
New Testament reading:
Read Acts 16: 6 – 12a
HYMN Click and join in or listen
O thou who camest from above
Gospel reading:
Read Luke 10: 1 – 9
SERMON by Hugh
Let us join with Martha, saying
THE LORD'S PRAYER:
HYMN Click and join in or listen
Christ triumphant, ever reigning
Sunday 11th October
Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity
HYMN Click and join in or listen
Eternal ruler of the ceaseless round
Collect for the Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity
Faithful Lord,
whose steadfast love never ceases
and whose mercies never come to an end:
grant us the grace to trust you
and to receive the gifts of your love,
new every morning,
in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
New Testament reading:
Read Philippians 4: 1 – 9
HYMN Click and join in or listen
The King of love my shepherd is
Gospel reading:
Read Matthew 22: 1 – 14
SERMON by Roy
Let us join with Liz, saying
THE LORD'S PRAYER:
HYMN Click and join in or listen
Great is thy faithfulness
Sunday 4th October
Harvest Thanksgiving
HYMN Click and join in or listen
Come, ye thankful people, come!
Collect for Harvest Thanksgiving
Creator God,
you made the goodness of the land,
the riches of the sea
and the rhythm of the seasons;
as we thank you for the harvest,
may we cherish and respect
this planet and its peoples,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Old Testament reading:
Read Deuteronomy 26: 1 – 11
HYMN Click and join in or listen
For the fruits of his creation
Gospel reading:
Read John 6: 25 – 35
SERMON by Roy
Let us join with Hugh, saying
THE LORD'S PRAYER:
HYMN Click and join in or listen
We plough the fields and scatter