17 September 2017 9am Communion in-the-round Presider, Andrew Federle Preacher, Richard Webb Director of Music, Daniel Webb Violinist, Jenna Gallagher Welcome to St Clement s! We are grateful you ve joined us and pray you will experience God s presence today. We invite all newcomers to take one of the red Welcome bags (available at each entrance) and to join us after the service for refreshments. Questions? Ask anyone wearing their nametag on a red lanyard. Children and youth are full participants in all our worship services at St Clement s and always welcome to sit with you. Every Sunday, we also offer excellent, staffed leadership in our Nursery, Children, and Youth ministries. Children and Youth enjoy their own dedicated programming during the first half of the service, joining the wider community at Communion, our family meal. Our youngest members may remain in the Nursery for the entire service. Nursery (ages 0-3): Located just up the stairs and to the right. Feel free to stay with your child until s/he feels comfortable. Please pick up your child here after the service. Children (JK-Grade 5): Located up the stairs in Canon Nicholson Hall. Kids do a sticker sign-in at our colourful Welcome table. Youth (Grades 6-12): Located at the top of the stairwell past Canon Nicholson Hall. Junior and Senior Youth gather in the youth room.
We seek to be a community that is easy to enter; where you can discover God and yourself; and live a transformed life. Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand; it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy. ~ Wendell Berry Enter 2
We Enter into the presence of God and of one another. Musical Prelude Please help yourself to a hot or cold drink, or refill the one you have. Enjoy the music as you find a seat wherever you feel comfortable. Welcome please stand Gathering Song Refrain King of the ages King of the ages, almighty God; perfect love, ever just and true. Who will not fear You and bring You praise? the nations will come to You. Your ways of love have won my heart, and brought me joy unending. Your saving power at work in me, bringing peace, and the hope of glory. Refrain Your arms of love are reaching out to every heart that seeks you. Your light will shine in all the earth, bringing grace and a great salvation. Refrain The day will come when you appear and every eye will see you. Then we shall rise, with hearts ablaze with a song we will sing for ever. Refrain Prayer of the Day Almighty God, You call your Church to witness that in Christ we are reconciled to you. Help us so to proclaim the good news of your love, that all who hear it may turn to you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Discover We Discover more of God and of ourselves. 3
Reading Matthew 18:21-35 read by Heather Goodall Reader Reader A reading from the Gospel of Saint Matthew. 21 Then Peter came and said to him, Lord, if someone sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times? 22 Jesus said to him, Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times. 23 For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his slaves. 24 When he began the reckoning, one who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him; 25 and, as he could not pay, his lord ordered him to be sold, together with his wife and children and all his possessions, and payment to be made. 26 So the slave fell on his knees before him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay you everything. 27 And out of pity for him, the lord of that slave released him and forgave him the debt. 28 But that same slave, as he went out, came upon one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred denarii; and seizing him by the throat, he said, Pay what you owe. 29 Then his fellow slave fell down and pleaded with him, Have patience with me, and I will pay you. 30 But he refused; then he went and threw him into prison until he would pay the debt. 31 When his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and they went and reported to their lord all that had taken place. 32 Then his lord summoned him and said to him, You wicked slave! I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me. 33 Should you not have had mercy on your fellow slave, as I had mercy on you? 34 And in anger his lord handed him over to be tortured until he would pay his entire debt. 35 So my heavenly Father will also do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother or sister from your heart. Hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church. Thanks be to God. Responsive Song God of grace God of grace, amazing wonder, irresistible and free; oh, the miracle of mercy Jesus reaches down to me. God of grace, I stand in wonder, as my God restores my soul. His own blood has paid my ransom; awesome cost to make me whole. God of grace, who loved and knew me long before the world began; sent my Saviour down from heaven; perfect God and perfect man. God of grace, I trust in Jesus; I m accepted as his own. Every day new grace sustains me, as I lean on him alone. Discover God of grace, I stand astounded, cleansed forgiven and secure. my fears are now confounded and my hope is ever sure. God of grace, now crowned in glory, where one day I ll see your face; and forever I ll adore you in your everlasting grace. Message 4 please be seated Richard Webb
Your notes: Every week we rotate through one of the following Discovery elements: 1. Q & A with today s speaker 2. Silence 3. Responding through music 4. Take home question of the week 5. Visuals The Creed People Do you believe and trust in God the Father? I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. please stand People People Discover Do you believe and trust in his Son Jesus Christ? I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead. Do you believe and trust in the Holy Spirit? I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. The Prayers of the People read by Sally Spofforth Merciful God, we have sinned in what we have thought and said, in the wrong we have done and in the good we have not done. We have sinned in ignorance, in weakness and through our own deliberate fault. We are truly sorry. We repent and 5
turn to you. Forgive us, for our Saviour Christ's sake, and renew our lives to the glory of your name. Amen. God, in your mercy, hear our prayer. Giving Back to God We invite you to come forward as we circle around the table up front. Bread, wine, and money are collected and placed on the table as symbols of our lives and labours. If you are visiting with us today, you are our special guests, so please do not feel compelled to give financially. Song Refrain Spirit of heaven Spirit of heaven, flood over me, forming Christ in all that I do. Turn every sinful desire in me into holy passion for you. O, Spirit of God, come down; let mercy and grace abound. My passionate prayer shall be: Christ in me. Spirit of beauty and holiness, come refine with fire from above, till I am cast in your righteousness and I love the things that you love. Refrain Breathe your forgiveness when darkness falls and my heart is heavy with sin. Fill me with faith for the higher cause of the ceaseless praise of the King. Refrain Live As we prepare to Live transformed lives, our communion meal reminds us of Jesus with us. Receiving bread, wine, or blessing are all valued ways of participating around Jesus' table. Baptized persons of any age are welcome to receive the bread and wine, and gluten-free wafers are available. If you wish to receive a blessing, please cross your arms over your chest. If you wish, the Deacon will bring communion to where you are seated. 6
Prayer over the Gifts Great and holy God, People accept our offering of labour and love. May we bring you true and spiritual worship and be one with you. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord. Amen. The Eucharistic Prayer The Lord is here. Lift up your hearts. We lift them to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give thanks and praise. It is right to praise you, Father, Lord of all creation; in your love you made us for yourself. When we turned away you did not reject us, but came to meet us in your Son. You embraced us as your children and welcomed us to sit and eat with you. In Christ you shared our life that we might live in him and he in us. He opened his arms of love upon the cross and made for all the perfect sacrifice for sin. On the night he was betrayed, at supper with his friends, he took bread and gave you thanks; he broke it and gave it to them, saying: Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of me. Father, we do this in remembrance of him: his body is the bread of life. At the end of supper, taking the cup of wine, he gave you thanks and said: Drink this, all of you; this is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for you for the forgiveness of sins; do this in remembrance of me. Father, we do this in remembrance of him: his blood is shed for all. Live The Lord s Prayer Wyse 7
Meal Live Communion Song who hunger 8
Kids Join in! Live Communion Song 549 Our darkness is never darkness in your sight Kids Our darkness is never darkness in your sight: 9
Join in! the deepest night is clear as the daylight. Closing Prayers Everlasting God, in faith you have adopted us as your children, made us members of the body of Christ and chosen us as inheritors of your kingdom: We thank you that in this bread and wine, you renew your promises within us, empower us by your Spirit to witness and to serve, and send us out as disciples of your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Glory to God, whose power, working in us, can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine. Glory to God from generation to generation, in the Church and in Christ Jesus, for ever and ever. Amen. Living it Out Sending Song Kids Lord of the dance I danced in the morning when the world was begun, and I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun, and I came down from heaven and I danced on the earth at Bethlehem I had my birth. Join in! Dance, then, wherever you may be; I am the Lord of the Dance, said he, I ll lead you all wherever you may be, I will lead you all in the dance, said he. I danced for the scribe and the Pharisee, but they would not dance and they wouldn t follow me; I danced for the fishermen, for James and John; they came with me and the dance went on. Refrain I danced on the Sabbath and I cured the lame; the holy people said it was a shame; they whipped and they stripped and they hung me high, and they left me there on a cross to die. Refrain Live I danced on a Friday when the sky turned black it s hard to dance with the devil on your back; they buried my body and they thought I d gone but I am the dance and I still go on. Refrain 10
They cut me down and I leapt up high; I am the life that ll never, never die. I ll live in you if you live in me I am the Lord of the Dance, said he. Refrain Sending Go in peace, filled with God s Holy Spirit. Thanks be to God. Please join us for coffee in the Briar Hill Wing after the service. The flowers at the altar today are given to the glory of God, and in loving memory of Ellenor & John Frampton by their family. Flowers are arranged this week by Helen Skinner. 11
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