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BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH ORDER OF SERVICE 6:00 p.m. – Communion Service August 20, 2017 LEADER: Deacon Pauline Taylor SPEAKER: Rev Norman Mills *** Praise & Worship [led by Praise Team]

Call to Worship

Hymn of Praise – No. 1 -#12 – Jesus calls here to meet him

1. Jesus calls us here to meet him 3. Jesus calls us to each other: as through word and song and prayer found in him are no divides. we affirm God’s promised presence Race and class and sex and language where his people live and care. such are barriers he derides Praise the God who keeps his promise; Join the hand of friend and stranger; praise the Son who calls us friends; join the hands of age and youth; praise the Spirit who, among us, join the faithful and the doubter to our hopes and fears attends. in their common search for truth.

2 Jesus calls us to confess him 4. Jesus calls us to his table Word of Life and Lord of All, rooted firm in time and space, sharer of our flesh and frailness where the church in earth and heaven saving all who fail or fall. finds a common meeting place. Tell his holy human story; Share the bread and wine, his body; tell his tales that all may hear; share the love of which we sing; tell the world that Christ in glory share the feast for saints and sinners came to earth to meet us here. hosted by our Lord and King. [Iona Community - 87 87 D; ]

Prayer of Thanksgiving and Confession

Responsive Reading - Leader: Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud, be gracious to me and answer me! ‘Come’, my heart says, ‘seek his face!’ People: Your face, Lord, do I seek. Do not hide your face from me. Leader: Do not turn your servant away in anger, You who have been my help. Do not cast me off, do not forsake me, O God of my salvation! People: If my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will take me up. Leader: Teach me your way, O Lord, and lead me on a level path because of my enemies. People: Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen against me, and they are breathing out violence. Leader: I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. ALL: Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!

Songs of Worship They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength They shall mount up with wings as eagles They shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint 1 Teach me Lord, teach me Lord, to wait.

Blessing and honour, glory and power be unto the Ancient of Days From every nation, all of creation, bow before the Ancient of Days Ev’ry tongue in heaven and earth shall declare Your glory, Ev’ry knee shall bow at Your throne in worship You will be exalted, O God, and Your Kingdom shall not pass away, O Ancient of Days (rept.)

Your kingdom shall reign over all the earth Sing unto the Ancient of Days; For none can compare to Your matchless worth, Sing unto the Ancient of Days.

Ev’ry tongue in heaven…………………..Ancient of Days

Welcome & Announcements Tithes & Offering Act of Fellowship [singing – There’s a sweet, sweet Spirit]

Hymn of Meditation - No. 2 God, You spin the whirling planets

1 God, You spin the whirling planets, 2 You have called us to be faithful Fill the seas and spread the plain, In our life and ministry Mold the mountains, fashion blossoms, We respond in grateful worship, Call forth sunshine, wind and rain. Joined in one community We created in Your image, When we blur Your gracious image Would a true reflection be. Focus us and make us whole Of Your justice, grace and mercy Healed and strengthened as Your people And the truth that makes us free. We move onward toward Your goal

3 God, Your word is still creating, Calling us to life made new. Now reveal to us fresh vistas Where there's work to dare and do. Keep us clear of all distortion. Polish us with loving care. Thus, new creatures in Your image, We'll proclaim Christ everywhere. Jane Parker Huber 8 7 8 7 D -Ode to Joy]

Scripture Reading - [NT] Ephesians 4:25- 5:2

Special Musical Item Mrs Elan Neil

Message Rev Norman Mills

Closing Hymn Take Thou our minds, dear Lord, we humbly pray

1. Take Thou our minds, dear Lord, we humbly pray, 3. Take Thou our wills, Most High! Hold Thou full sway; Give us the mind of Christ each passing day; Have in our inmost souls Thy perfect way; Teach us to know the truth that sets us free; Guard Thou each sacred hour from selfish ease Grant us in all our thoughts to honor Thee. Guide Thou our ordered lives as Thou dost please

2. Take Thou our hearts, O Christ—they are Thine own; 4 Take Thou ourselves, O Lord, heart, mind, and will; Come Thou within our souls and claim Thy throne; Through our surrendered souls Thy 2 plans fulfill Help us to shed abroad Thy deathless love; We yield ourselves to Thee—time, talents, all Use us to make the earth like heaven above. We hear, and henceforth heed, Thy sovereign call [William Foulkes 10 10 10 10; Moecambe] Prayer Lord’s Supper

Song during Lord’s Supper As we gather at your table 1 As we gather at your table, 2. Turn our worship into witness as we listen to your word, in the sacrament of life; help us know, O God, your presence; send us forth to love and serve you let our hearts and minds be stirred. bringing peace where there is strife Nourish us with sacred story Give us, Christ, your great compassion till we claim it as our own; to forgive as you forgave teach us through this holy banquet may we still behold our image how to make Love's vict'ry known. in the world you died to save

3. Gracious Spirit, help us summon other guests to share that feast where triumphant love will welcome those who had been last and least. There no more will envy blind us nor will pride our peace destroy, as we join with saints and angels to repeat the sounding joy. [Tune: Nettleton],

Benediction