All Saints, Bawdeswell
12th January 2025
First Sunday of Epiphany
Gathering music: When a Child is born.
Let there be peace on earth.
As we are gathered - please stand and join in
As we are gathered, Jesus is here,
one with each other, Jesus is here,
joined by the Spirit, washed in the blood,
part of the body, the Church of God.
As we are gathered, Jesus is here,
one with each other, Jesus is here,
Please sit
Leader : Welcome
Hymn: 393 O worship the King
Please sit or kneel to pray.
lease the beauty of holi
Leader: Opening prayer
Leader: Let us pray for Penitence.
Sometimes we have known what is wrong and done it.
Father forgive us
Sometimes we have known what was right, and not
done it.
Father forgive us
Sometimes we were too afraid, or too proud.
Father forgive us
Sometimes we were too selfish or too unkind.
Father forgive us
Leader: May God remind us of his great love, may we know that he has put all our sins behind us,
may we feel free to follow Christ, may we be forgiven Amen.
Hymn: 235 I, the Lord of sea and sky
2nd Reading: Matthew 3. 13-17
Reflection by Richard Cooke
Music Group: Born in the night, Mary’s child
We observe a moment of silence.
Hymn: 26 Alleluia, sing to Jesus with gladness, men of old
The collect for the first Sunday of Epiphany
Eternal Father, who at the baptism of Jesus didst reveal him to be thy Son, anointing him with the Holy Spirit: grant that we, being born again by water and the Spirit, may be faithful to our calling as thine adopted children; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and
reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Please sit for the Intercessions:
Intercessions.
Leader: After the words ‘Lord, hear us.’
Please join in with the Taizé response
ALL: ‘Oh Lord hear my prayer, Oh Lord hear my prayer
When I call answer me.
Oh Lord hear my prayer, Oh Lord hear my prayer
Come and listen to me.’
Let us say together the prayer that Jesus taught us
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: 532 We have a gospel to proclaim
(The collection will be presented during this hymn)
Please sit or kneel to pray.
Final Prayer
Leader: Dear God, please help us to hear your voice more clearly. We want to be able to discern your guidance and follow your will for our lives. Please help us to quiet our minds and hearts so that we can hear you more easily. We pray that you would speak to us through your Word, through other people, and through the circumstances of our lives. Help us to be open to your teaching and to trust you more fully. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Let us say together the grace.
ALL: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us all evermore. Amen
Leader: Let us go in peace to love and serve the Lord,
All: In the name of Christ, Amen.
Our thanks to our organist James Lilwall, and soloist Jane Ewing.
NEXT SUNDAY HOLY COMMUNION AT 1030