24 Nov 2013 ... Hardcastle. Please feel free to take this service sheet away with you. ... Words to
songs and hymns reproduced under CCL Licence No. 7824 ... But after three and
a half days a breath of life from .... These are the days of Elijah,.
Notices For further details on any of these events or activities, please contact the Parish Office on 810616. www.stjamescarlisle.org.uk
Services This Sunday 10.30am Family Worship 6.30pm Evening Worship Cummersdale 10.30am Holy Communion
Preacher Paul McVittie Sam Mukabi
Services Next Sunday 10.30am Family Worship 6.30pm Holy Communion Cummersdale 10.30am Morning Worship
Preacher John Libby Paul McVittie
Jonathan Moores
Paul McVittie
Family Worship 10.30am, Sunday 24th November, 2013
Diary Mon 25 10.00am Parent and Toddler Bible Study 2.45pm Women’s Fellowship 26/27/28 Homegroups as arranged Wed 27 10.00am & 1.15pm Toddlers Thu 28 10.30am Sticky Fingers 7.30pm Alpha Fri 29 7.45pm Badminton and Table Tennis Sat 30 7.30pm WAGs Christmas Crafts
Information WAGs Christmas Crafts to make and buy: Saturday 30th Nov, 7.30pm at St James Parish Centre. £8 with mulled wine and mince pies. Come with your friends for a fun evening of making some special gifts. There will be a range of different projects to have a go at, all abilities welcome! If you have a heart for prayer and would be interested in the possibility of joining the prayer ministry team, please speak to Pat Cottingham. The Mission Committee will be sending £1000 from the Crisis Fund to contribute toward Disaster Relief in the Philippines following the devastation of Typhoon Haiyan. If you would also like to contribute, please place gifts on the plate in the Welcome Area. If you ordered a Real Advent Calendar, they are now available at the Parish Centre to be paid for and collected. Thank you!
Please Pray For Those who are ill or in hospital at this time, especially Peggy Fluck, Glenda Davidson, Kathleen Wildey, Joyce Mason, Sam Harris, Joyce Trewick, George Yarker, Norah Guy, Howard Dawson and Heather Hardcastle.
Please feel free to take this service sheet away with you. Common Worship: Services and Prayers for the Church of England, material from which is included in this service is copyright © The Archbishops’ Council 2000. Words to songs and hymns reproduced under CCL Licence No. 7824
Welcome to our service of family worship. Today we continue our study of the book of Revelation.
There is a programme in the Parish Centre for children aged 0-11, and any children visiting us today are asked to join in those activities. The children will go over to the Parish Centre after the first part of this service. There is also a Crèche available for parents and babies.
If you are new to St. James please fill in one of the Welcome Cards on the pews. If you have a mobile telephone, please ensure that it is switched off.
Welcome
Opening Sentence But after three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and terror struck those who saw them. Revelation chapter 11 verse 11
Song ‘Jesus is Lord’ – The cry that echoes through creation; Resplendent power, eternal Word, our Rock. The Son of God, The King whose glory fills the heavens, Yet bids us come to taste this living Bread. Jesus is Lord – Whose voice sustains the stars and planets, Yet in His wisdom laid aside His crown. Jesus the man, Who washed our feet, who bore our suffering, Became a curse to bring salvation’s plan. Jesus is Lord – The tomb is gloriously empty! Not even death could crush this King of love! The price is paid, The chains are loosed, and we’re forgiven, And we can run into the arms of God. ‘Jesus is Lord’ – A shout of joy, a cry of anguish, As He returns, and every knee bows low. Then every eye And every heart will see His glory, The Judge of all will take His children home.
And though these are days of great trial, Of famine and darkness and sword, Still, we are a voice in the desert crying ‘Prepare ye the way of the Lord.’ Behold He comes riding on the clouds, Shining like the sun at the trumpet call; Lift your voice, it’s the year of jubilee, Out of Zion’s hill salvation comes. These are the days of Ezekiel, The dry bones becoming as flesh; And these are the days of Your servant David, Rebuilding the temple of praise. These are the days of the harvest, The fields are as white in the world, And we are the labourers in the vineyard, Declaring the word of the Lord. There’s no God like Jehovah, There’s no God like Jehovah! Robin Mark Copyright © 1997 Daybreak Music Ltd
Stuart Townend & Keith Getty Copyright © 2003 Thankyou Music
Time of Confession We come to God as one from whom no secrets are hidden, to ask for his forgiveness and peace. We confess to you our selfishness and lack of love: fill us with your Spirit. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. We confess to you our fear and failure in sharing our faith: fill us with your Spirit. Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. We confess to you our stubbornness and lack of trust: fill us with your Spirit. Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Offertory Prayer Yours, Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the splendour and the majesty; for everything in heaven and on earth is yours. All things come from you, and of your own do we give you.
Closing Prayer and Blessing
The Prayer Team will be available after this service. Please join us for refreshments in the Parish Centre
Assurance of Forgiveness May God who loved the world so much that he sent his Son to be our Saviour forgive us our sins and make us holy to serve him in the world, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Song For God so loved the World He gave his only Son, And whoever believes in him Shall not die, but have eternal life. 2
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‘L’ is for the love that he has for me ‘I’ am the reason he died on the tree ‘F’ is for forgiveness and now I am free ‘E’ is to enjoy being in his company John Hardwick © 1993 Daybreak Music Ltd
Action Creed Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again! We believe and trust in God the Father, source of all being and life, the one for whom we exist. We declare: Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again! We believe and trust in Jesus, God’s only Son, who took our human nature, died for us and rose again. We declare: Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again! We believe and trust in the Holy Spirit, who gives life to the people of God and makes Jesus known in the world. We declare: Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again!
Talk
Song (During the singing of this song young people up to the age of 11 are invited to leave for their own activities in the Parish Centre)
Jesus, Jesus, Holy and anointed One, Jesus. Jesus, Jesus, Risen and exalted One, Jesus. Your name is like honey on my lips, Your Spirit like water to my soul. Your word is a lamp unto my feet; Jesus I love You, I love You. John Barnett.Copyright © 1988 Mercy/Vineyard Publishing/Adm. by CopyCare
Notices
Intercessions
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The Lord’s Prayer Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours, now and forever. Amen.
Reading Revelation chapter 11 verses 1-14 (Page 310 after the blue tag) After the reading: Reader: This is the Word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God.
Song When the music fades, all is stripped away, And I simply come; Longing just to bring something that’s of worth That will bless Your heart. I’ll bring You more than a song, For a song in itself is not what You have required. You search much deeper within Through the way things appear; You’re looking into my heart. I’m coming back to the heart of worship, And it’s all about You, all about You, Jesus. I’m sorry, Lord, for the thing I’ve made it, When it’s all about You, all about You, Jesus. King of endless worth, no one could express How much You deserve. Though I’m weak and poor, all I have is Yours, Every single breath. Matt Redman Copyright © 1997 Kingsway’s Thankyou Music
Sermon Two Witness or Not Two Witness
Song (During this song the offering will be taken up to the front)
These are the days of Elijah, Declaring the word of the Lord: And these are the days of Your servant Moses, Righteousness being restored. 4
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