Blessed are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked; or take the way that sinners tread. They are like trees planted by streams of water, which yield their fruit in season and whose leaves do not wither.
Psalm 1
Approach:
Hymn 197 ‘As we are gathered, Jesus is here.’
Min: Blessed are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked;
All: or take the way that sinners tread.
Min: They are like trees planted by streams of water,
All: which yield their fruit in season and whose leaves do not wither.
from Psalm 1.
Hymn 1 ‘How blest are those who do not stray.’
Offering – Hymn 505 v1
All Age Talk
Hymn 193 ‘God is love: his the care.’ vv. 1 – 2.
Prayer.
Word:
James 3: 13 – 18.
Hymn 607 ‘The bright wind is blowing.’
St Mark 9: 30-37.
Sermon: ‘To Be First.’
Response:
Hymn 374 ‘From heaven you came.’
Prayer/ Lord’s Prayer.
Hymn 167 ‘Guide me, O thou great Jehovah.’
Blessing:
Benediction/ Threefold Amen
Hymn 786 ‘May the God of peace go with us.’
Thought for the week:
Jesus said, ‘If anyone wants to be first, they must be the very last, and the servant of all.’ St Mark 9: 35b
‘A Christian is the most free of all, and subject to none; a Christian is the most dutiful servant of all, and subject to everyone.’ Martin Luther.
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