Sunday worship 3rd of March 2024 @ 11:00 at St Johns York Rooms “Jesus our Cornerstone"
Order of service 3rd of March 2024 “Jesus our cornerstone”
Welcome – Keith
Call to worship Matthew 21: 42 – 46
“Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:
“‘The stone the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;
the Lord has done this,
and it is marvellous in our eyes”
“Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit. Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.”
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus’ parables, they knew he was talking about them. They looked for a way to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd because the people held that he was a prophet.”
Opening prayer – Sharon
Hymn Build your Kingdom here
Build me a tower – Children
Hymn In Christ alone
Open prayer
Lord’s prayer – Jonathan
Hymn And can it be Collection taken during the hymn by Gwen & Anne
Prayers of thanks – Anne
Notices – Steve
Bible Study 6th of March 2024 @ 11:00 in the Manse
Prayer meeting, 7th of March @ 10:00 on Zoom and in the Manse.
Bible Study 7th of March 2024 @ 11:00 in the Manse
Prayer walk 8th of March @ 10:00 meeting at the old church building.
Serving refreshments next Sunday Lisa & Steve
Church website address https://www.hurstgreen-fellowship.org
Pastors email address hgecpastor@outlook.com
Reading Ephesians 2: 11 – 22
“Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the circumcision” (which is done in the body by human hands)—remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, by setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility. He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.” – Claire
Hymn Cornerstone
Thought “Jesus our cornerstone"
Hymn On Christ the solid rock I stand
Blessing
“‘“May the Lord bless you
and keep you;
may the Lord make his face shine on you
and be gracious to you;
may the Lord turn his face toward you
and give you peace.”’
Grace – Alison