Teign Valley & Haldon Hill Group of Churches Together in Faith Worship and Living New Patterns for Worship Common Worship: Times and Seasons material from which is included in this service is copyright The Archbishops’ Council 2002, 2006. Words of hymns are reproduced with permission. A Sunday Special Celebrating our Group of Churches Sunday 22nd November 2009 Christ the King Teign Valley & Haldon Hill Group of Churches Teign Valley & Haldon Hill Group of Churches Group Mission Action Plan Our Group Mission Action Plan was developed in accordance with the Our Vision Exeter Diocese’s Programme of Moving On in Mission and Ministry (MOiMM), based on the conviction that every human community in Devon should have a praying, worshipping and witnessing Christian presence I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. promot ing Christian faith, worship and ministry in our communities. (John 10:10) In November 2004, the parish churches of In response to God’s love revealed in Jesus Christ Ashton, Bridford, Christow, Doddiscombsleigh, Dunchideock and Dunsford formed a provisional Group of Churches in the area of the Teign Valley and in the power of his Holy Spirit, and have grown in their commitment to work together we seek to promote Christian faith, worship and living as the Church in these villages and parish areas. in the villages and parish areas of In 2008 all six of t he P arochial Church Council s expressed themselves ready Ashton, Bridford, Christow, to formalise the Group and to prepare for a Celebration of their status. Doddiscombsleigh, Dunchideock and Dunsford Work began on the development of a Group Mission Action Plan • by the existing Group Council of Clergy, Readers and Churchwardens , Our priorities are to: assisted by t wo members of the Archidiaconal Ministry Development Team . ~~~~~~~~ promote Christian faith ~~~~~~~~ In June 2009 an Open Consultation Meeting was held. • The ideas of the 40 parishioners present were collected and considered by deepening our personal commitment • by a further meeting of the Group Council through offering our gifts, talents, time and abilities • in order to identify the priorities for action over the next 12 months . by giving a high priority to prayer and Bible study • This forms the basis of our Group Mission Action Plan. by seeking to develop, strengthen and grow the local Christian community A copy of Our Vision is printed inside the back cover. ~~~~~~~~ promote Christian worship ~~~~~~~~ • by providing a full range of formal and informal church services and events • by effective communication Heavenly Father, we praise you for your mercy and faithfulness to us. • Thank you for calling us to serve you with our lives. by seeking to provide accessible and acceptable places of worship As we can do nothing without you, we ask you to equip, empower and strengthen us by your Spirit ~~~~~~~~ promote Christian living ~~~~~~~~ to worship you, to seek your will • by serving one another and the people in our communities and to deepen our personal commitment to you. • by expanding our pastoral ministry of care and nurture Enable us to share with others the good news of Jesus Christ, • by welcoming all into our churches and help us to live generously, boldly and faithfully for you. • Through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. by responding to the needs of others locally and in the wider world Sending Out Welcome to Worship Closing Prayer and Blessing Our service this morning Please sit or kneel celebrates our growing together Bishop On our head and our homes as a Mission Community of the All the blessing of God. Teign Valley & Haldon Hill Group of Churches In our hearts and minds Together in Worship All the peace of God. Hymns and Words of Praise In our living and believing Bible Reading All the love of God. Confession In our coming and our going All the arms of God to welcome us and bring us home. Together in Faith The Story of the Man who fell among Thieves And the blessing of God almighty, A dramatic presentation of the story the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, from St Luke’s gospel be among you, and remain with you always. Prayers All Amen. Faith Journey Hymn Together in Living Please stand Bible Reading You shall go out with joy Celebration of the You shall go out with joy and be led forth in peace, Teign Valley & Haldon Hill Group and the mountains and the hills shall break forth in singing. Mission Community by Bishop Bob There’ll be shouts of joy, Act of Thanksgiving and Dedication and the trees of the field shall clap, shall clap their hands; and the trees of the field shall clap their hands, Sending out and the trees of the field shall clap their hands, Receiving the Blessing of God and the trees of the field shall clap their hands, and you’ll go out with joy. You are invited to stay behind afterwards Steffi Geiser Rubin and Stuaret Dauermann (b. 1944) for the Celebration Party © 1975 Lillenas Publishing Co. Administered by CopyCare Collection for ‘Families for Children’ - 12 – Together in Worship All Heavenly Father, we praise you for your mercy and faithfulness to us. Thank you for calling us to serve you with our lives. Words of welcome, greeting and introduction As we can do nothing without you, we ask you to equip, empower and strengthen us by Praise and Thanksgiving your Spirit to worship you, to seek your will and to deepen our personal commitment to you. Choir: King of Kings and Lord of Lords Enable us to share with others the good news of Please stand Jesus Christ, and help us to live generously, Minister God is Spirit. boldly and faithfully for you. Through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. All Let us worship him in spirit and truth. Minister The Lord is with us. Hymn Please stand All Let us praise his name together. Help us to pray to you in faith, Guide me, O thou great Redeemer to sing your praise with thanksgiving and joy, Guide me, O thou great redeemer, pilgrim through this barren land; and to listen to your word I am weak, but thou art mighty: hold me with thy powerful hand. with eager hearts and minds, Bread of heaven, bread of heaven, through Christ our Lord. Amen. feed me till I want no more; feed me till I want no more. Hymn Open now the crystal fountain whence the healing stream doth flow; let the fire and cloudy pillar lead me all my journey through. Crown him with many crowns Strong deliverer, strong deliverer, Crown him with many crowns, the Lamb upon his throne; be thou still my strength and shield; hark, how the heavenly anthem drowns all music but its own: be thou still my strength and shield. awake, my soul, and sing of him who died for thee, When I tread the verge of Jordan, bid my anxious fears subside; and hail him as thy matchless King through all eternity. death of death, and hell's destruction land me safe on Canaan's side. Crown him the Lord of love; behold his hands and side, Songs of praises, songs of praises, rich wounds, yet visible above, in beauty glorified: I will ever give to thee; I will ever give to thee. no angel in the sky can fully bear that sight, William Williams (1717-1791) trans. Peter Williams (1727-1796) and others. but downward bends each burning eye at mysteries so bright. - 2 - - 11 – Act of Thanksgiving and Dedication Crown him the Lord of peace, whose power a sceptre sways Please stand from pole to pole, that wars may cease, absorbed in prayer and praise: Bishop Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe. his reign shall know no end, and round his pierced feet All To you be glory and praise for ever. fair flowers of paradise extend their fragrance ever sweet. From the rising of the sun to its setting Crown him the Lord of years, the Potentate of time, your name is proclaimed in all the world. Creator of the rolling spheres, ineffably sublime. All To you be glory and praise for ever. All hail, Redeemer, hail! For thou hast died for me; thy praise shall never, never fail throughout eternity. Blessed are you, Lord God, Matthew Bridges (1800-1894 ) for all your blessings upon us; for our homes, our families, our friends, Bible Reading the people among whom we live. Please sit All To you be glory and praise for ever. Pilate questions Jesus about the nature of his kingship. Blessed are you, Lord God, for all your blessings upon us; Narrator Then Pilate entered the headquarters again, summoned Jesus, and asked him: for our Christian community and fellowship, Pilate Are you the King of the Jews? our places of worship, Narrator Jesus answered: for the gifts of ministry and service Jesus Is this your own idea, or did others tell you about me? distributed among us. Pilate I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests All To you be glory and praise for ever. have handed you over to me. What have you done? Father, by your Holy Spirit, you have promised through Jesus My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my followers would be fighting to keep me from your Son Jesus Christ to lead us into all truth. being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not Help us to trust you amidst all the changes and from here.