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 29th March
Palm Sunday
HYMN Click and join in or listen
All glory, laud and honour
Collect for Palm Sunday
True and humble king,
hailed by the crowd as Messiah:
grant us the faith to know you and love you,
that we may be found beside you
on the way of the cross,
which is the path of glory.
Amen.
New Testament reading:
Read Philippians 2: 5 – 11
HYMN Click and join in or listen
At the name of Jesus
Gospel reading:
Read Matthew 21: 1 – 11
SERMON by Martha
Two Processions
PRAYERS led by Francis
Let us join with Liz, saying
THE LORD'S PRAYER:
HYMN Click and join in or listen
Alleluia! Sing to Jesus
Sunday 22nd March
Fifth Sunday of Lent
HYMN Click and join in or listen
Thy kingdom come O God
Collect for the Fifth Sunday of Lent
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 our Saviour’s blood,
Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Old Testament reading:
Read Ezekiel 37: 1 – 4
HYMN Click and join in or listen
Soldiers of Christ arise
Gospel reading:
Read John 11: 1 – 45
Let us join with Hugh, saying
THE LORD'S PRAYER:
HYMN Click and join in or listen
Forth in thy name, O Lord, I go
Sunday 15th March
Mothering Sunday
HYMN Click and listen to the Stellenbosch University Choir singing He's got the whole world in his hands
Collect for the Mothering Sunday
God of love,
passionate and strong,
tender and careful:
watch over us and hold us
all the days of our life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Old Testament reading:
Read Exodus 2: 1 – 10
HYMN Click and join in or listen
Dear Lord and Father of mankind
Gospel reading:
Read Luke 2: 33 – 35
Let us join with Francis, saying
THE LORD'S PRAYER:
HYMN Click and join in or listen
All things bright and beautiful
Sunday 8th March
Third Sunday of Lent
HYMN Click and join in or listen
Praise to the holiest in the height
Collect for the Third Sunday of Lent
Eternal God,
give us insight
to discern your will for us,
to give up what harms us,
and to seek the perfection we are promised
in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Old Testament reading:
Read Exodus 17: 1 – 7
HYMN Click and join in or listen
How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
Gospel reading:
Read John 4: 7 – 15
SERMON by Virginia
Let us join with Martha, saying
THE LORD'S PRAYER:
HYMN Click and join in or listen
Guide me, O thou Great Redeemer