Order of service 7th of April 2024 “We all have one!”
Welcome – Keith
Call to worship 1 Corinthians 13: 1 – 7
If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonour others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Opening prayer – Steve
Hymn And can it be
Sermon in the sack – A gift
Hymn He will hold me fast
Open prayer
Lord’s prayer – Jonathan
Hymn Hallelujah eh Collection taken during the hymn by Andrew & Claire
Prayers of thanks –Claire
Notices
Home group 9th of April @ 19:00 at Stefano’s & Reika’s house
Prayer meeting, 11th of April @ 10:00 on Zoom (you can find the Zoom link here Church timeline) and in the Manse.
Bible Study 11th of April @ 11:00 in the Manse
Prayer walk 12th of April @ 10:00 meeting at the old church building.
Serving refreshments this Sunday Alison & Patricia
Serving refreshments next Sunday Andrew & Jonathan
Church website address https://www.hurstgreen-fellowship.org
Pastors email address hgecpastor@outlook.com
Reading 1 Corinthians 12: 1 – 21
Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols. Therefore, I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.
There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.
Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines. – Hazel
Hymn Open the eyes of my heart
Thought “We all have one!”
Hymn My lighthouse
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