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 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
Sunday 27th September
Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity
HYMN Click and join in or listen
At the name of Jesus
Collect for the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity
Gracious God,
you call us to fullness of life:
deliver us from unbelief
and banish our anxieties
with the liberating love of Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
New Testament reading:
Read Philippians 2: 1 – 13
HYMN Click and join in or listen
Rock of ages, cleft for me
Gospel reading:
Read Matthew 21: 23 – 32
SERMON by Virginia
Let us join with Liz and Francis, saying
THE LORD'S PRAYER:
HYMN Click and join in or listen
Jesu, lover of my soul
Sunday 20th September
Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity
HYMN Click and join in or listen
Glorious things of thee are spoken
Collect for the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity
Lord of creation,
whose glory is around and within us:
open our eyes to your wonders,
that we may serve you with reverence
and know your peace at our lives’ end,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Old Testament reading:
Read Jonah 3: 10 – 4: 11
HYMN Click and join in or listen
Father, hear the prayer we offer
Gospel reading:
Read Matthew 20: 1 – 16
SERMON by Martha
Jonah's Complaint
Let us join with Martha and Scott, saying
THE LORD'S PRAYER:
HYMN Click and join in or listen
Guide me, O thou great Redeemer
Sunday 13th September
Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity
HYMN Click and join in or listen
Praise, my soul, the King of heaven
Collect for the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity
Lord God,
defend your Church from all false teaching
and give to your people knowledge of your truth,
that we may enjoy eternal life
in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
New Testament reading (included in Hugh's sermon):
Read Romans 14: 1 – 13
HYMN Click and join in or listen
Be thou my guardian and my guide
Gospel reading:
Read Matthew 18: 21 – 35
SERMON by Hugh
Disagreements
Let us join with Liz, saying
THE LORD'S PRAYER:
HYMN Click and join in or listen
Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us