The Lord upholds the cause of the oppressed, and gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets prisoners free, and gives sight to the blind. The Lord watches over the stranger and sustains the fatherless and the widow.
Approach
Min: The Lord upholds the cause of the oppressed,
All: and gives food to the hungry.
Min: The Lord sets prisoners free,
All: and gives sight to the blind.
Min: The Lord watches over the stranger
All: and sustains the fatherless and the widow. from Psalm 146
Hymn: 473 ‘Thy Kingdom Come’
Offering – Hymn 505 v1
Prayer
Word
Isaiah 58: 5-7, 9-10
Hymn 608 ‘Spirit of Truth and Grace’
St Luke 18: 1-8
Sermon: ‘Slavery’
Response
Hymn 253 ‘Inspired by love and anger.’
Prayer/ Lord’s Prayer.
Hymn 474 ‘Hail to the Lord’s anointed.’
Blessing
Benediction and Threefold Amen.
Hymn 786 ‘May the God of peace go with us.’
Thought for the week:
‘Is this not the kind of fasting I have chosen; to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke. To set the oppressed free and break every yoke?’ Isaiah 58: 6
Modern slavery is all around us and Isaiah reminds us of God’s call to set people free.
Mortlach and Rothes Church 