ALL SAINTS CHURCH, BAWDESWELL
27th April 2025
2nd Sunday of Easter
Family Eucharist
The Gathering
At the entry of the minister the Revd David Head
427 Praise to the Lord the almighty
The president says
In the name of the Father,
And of the Son,
And the Holy Spirit.
All Amen
The Greeting
The president greets the people
Grace, mercy and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
All and also with you.
Alleluia, Christ is risen.
All He is risen indeed. Alleluia.
Words of Welcome and Introduction.
Prayers of Penitence
Our Lord Jesus Christ said:
The first commandment is this:
‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is the only Lord.
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,
with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’
The second is this: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’
There is no other commandment greater than these.
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
All Amen, Lord have mercy.
Christ our Passover lamb has been sacrificed for us.
Let us therefore rejoice by putting away all malice and evil and confessing our sins with a sincere and true heart.
1 Corinthians 5.7,8
Please sit or kneel
All Almighty God, our heavenly Father,
we have sinned against you and against our neighbour in thought and word and deed,
through negligence, through weakness
through our own deliberate fault.
We are truly sorry and repent of all our sins.
For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, who died for us, forgive all that is past and grant that we may serve you in newness of life to the glory of your name.
Amen
Absolution
Almighty God,
Who forgives all who truly repent,
have mercy on you,
pardon and deliver you from all your sins,
confirm and strengthen you in all goodness,
and keep you in life eternal;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
All Amen
Please stand
Gloria Tune: Battle Hymn
We give the Father glory and we pray for peace on earth
As we praise the Lord and sing to heaven our highest songs of worth.
We worship God and give him thanks who brings all things to birth:
The Father’s love gives life.
Glory, glory, alleluia!
Glory, glory, alleluia!
Glory, glory, alleluia!
The Father’s love gives life.
O Jesus Christ, the only Son, you take away our sin.
You save the world, O Lamb of God, the final victory win.
Receive our prayer, O Holy One, and give us peace within:
God’s love in Christ has shone.
Glory, glory, alleluia!
Glory, glory, alleluia!
Glory, glory, alleluia!
God’s love in Christ has shone.
For you, O Christ, are seated at the right of God most high,
With the Holy Spirit, you are one, as angels sing and cry.
Their songs of praise take up our hymn and to God’s throne they fly:
God’s Spirit leads us on.
Glory, glory, alleluia!
Glory, glory, alleluia!
Glory, glory, alleluia!
God’s Spirit leads us on.
The Collect prayer for the 2nd Sunday of Easter
Almighty Father, you have given your only Son to die for our sins and to rise again for our justification: grant us so to put away the leaven of malice and wickedness that we may always serve you in pureness of living and truth; through the merits of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Please sit for the first Reading Acts 5.27-32
At the end of the reading the reader says:
This is the word of the Lord
All Thanks be to God.
Gradual Hymn
532 We have a gospel to proclaim
Please remain standing for the Gospel
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, alleluia.
I am the first and the last, says the Lord, and the living one;
I was dead, and behold I am alive for evermore.
All Alleluia.
Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John.
All Glory to you, O Lord.
GOSPEL John 20.19-end
At the end - This is the Gospel of the Lord.
All Praise to you, O Christ.
Please sit for the Sermon.
Affirmation of faith Let us declare our faith in God.
Please stand
All We believe in God the Father,
from whom every family
in heaven and earth is named.
We believe in God the Son,
who lives in our hearts through faith,
and fills us with his love.
We believe in God the Holy Spirit,
who strengthens us
with power from on high.
We believe in one God;
Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen
Let us pray
Prayers of Intercession Please kneel or sit
Responses - Lord in your mercy:
All Hear our prayer
Merciful Father:
All Accept these prayers for the sake
of your Son our Saviour Lord Jesus Christ. Amen
Introduction to the Peace Please stand
The risen Christ came and stood among his disciples and said, ‘Peace be with you.’
Then were they glad when they saw the Lord. Alleluia. John 20.19,20
The peace of the Lord be always with you.
All and also with you.
280 Jesus, stand among us in thy risen power
The gifts of the people are presented.
Yours Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the splendour and majesty; for everything in heaven and on earth is yours.
All All things come from you, and of our own do we give you.
Prayers at the Preparation of the Table.
Please remain standing.
Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation:
through your goodness we have this bread to set before you, which earth has given and human hands have made.. It will become for us the bread of life.
All Blessed be God for ever.
Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation: through your goodness we have this wine to set before you, fruit of the vine and work of human hands. It will become for us the cup of salvation.
All Blessed be God for ever.
The Lord is here.
All His Spirit is with us.
Lift up your hearts.
All We lift them to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
All It is right to give thanks and praise.
It is indeed right,
it is our duty and our joy,
at all times and in all places
to give you thanks and praise,
holy Father, heavenly King,
almighty and eternal God,
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord.
For he is your living Word;
through him you have created all things from the beginning,
and formed us in your own image.
All To you be glory and praise for ever.
Through him you have freed us from the slavery of sin,
giving him to be born of a woman and to die upon the cross;
you raised him from the dead
and exalted him to your right hand on high.
All To you be glory and praise for ever.
Through him you have sent upon us
your holy and life-giving Spirit,
and made us a people for your own possession.
All To you be glory and praise for ever.
Therefore with angels and archangels,
and with all the company of heaven,
we proclaim your great and glorious name,
for ever praising you and saying:
All Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might,
heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest.
Accept our praises, heavenly Father,
through your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ,
and as we follow his example and obey his command,
grant that by the power of your Holy Spirit
these gifts of bread and wine
may be to us his body and his blood;
who, in the same night that he was betrayed,
took bread and gave you thanks;
he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying:
Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you;
do this in remembrance of me.
All To you be glory and praise for ever.
In the same way, after supper
he took the cup and gave you thanks;
he gave it to them, saying:
Drink this, all of you;
this is my blood of the new covenant,
which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins.
Do this, as often as you drink it,
in remembrance of me.
All To you be glory and praise for ever.
Therefore, heavenly Father,
we remember his offering of himself
made once for all upon the cross;
we proclaim his mighty resurrection and glorious ascension;
we look for the coming of your kingdom,
and with this bread and this cup
we make the memorial of Christ your Son our Lord.
Jesus Christ is Lord:
All Lord, by your cross and resurrection you have set us free.
You are the Saviour of the world.
Accept through him, our great high priest,
this our sacrifice of thanks and praise,
and as we eat and drink these holy gifts
in the presence of your divine majesty,
renew us by your Spirit,
inspire us with your love
and unite us in the body of your Son,
Jesus Christ our Lord.
All To you be glory and praise for ever.
Through him, and with him, and in him,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
with all who stand before you in earth and heaven,
we worship you, Father almighty,
in songs of everlasting praise:
All Blessing and honour and glory and power
be yours for ever and ever.
Amen.
The service continues with the Lord’s Prayer – Please kneel
All 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.
The president breaks the consecrated bread
We break this bread to share in the body of Christ.
All Though we are many, we are one body, because we all share in one bread.
All Jesus, Lamb of God, have mercy on us.
Jesus, bearer of our sins, have mercy on us.
Jesus, redeemer of the world, grant us peace.
Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.
Blessed are those who are called to his supper.
All Lord, I am not worthy to receive you, but only say the word, and I shall be healed.
Alleluia, Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us.
All Therefore let us keep the feast. Alleluia
All are most welcome to receive Holy Communion but if this is not your custom, do please come to the altar rail to receive an Easter Blessing. Bring your service sheet with you to indicate just a Blessing.
Music: Prelude 1 op. 101 C. V. Stanford
Post communion prayer is said.
All Father of all, we give you thanks and praise, that when we were still far off you met us in your Son and brought us home.
Dying and living, he declared your love, gave us grace, and opened the gate of glory.
May we who share Christ’s body live his risen life; we who drink his cup bring life to others; we whom the Spirit lights give light to the world.
Keep us firm in the hope you have set before us, so we and all your children shall be free, and the whole earth live to praise your name; through Christ our Lord.
Amen
388 O praise ye the Lord
Blessing
The God of peace,
who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus,
that great shepherd of the sheep,
through the blood of the eternal covenant,
make you perfect in every good work to do his will,
working in you that which is well-pleasing in his sight;
and the blessing …
Go in the peace of Christ. Alleluia, alleluia.
All Thanks be to God, Alleluia, alleluia.
Voluntary:
Chorale Prelude: Christ lag in Todesbanden (Christ lay in the bonds of death) BWV625 by JS Bach
Organist James Lilwall
NEXT SUNDAY at 1030 : WORD & PRAISE Lay-led