Organ Music

Frederick Wadely Romance
Pierre Cochereau Berceuse à la mémoire de Louis Vierne

Introit

We will rejoice in thy salvation

We will rejoice in the salvation,
and triumph in the name of the Lord our God;
the Lord perform all thy petitions.
Thou also shalt light my candle:
The Lord my God shall make my darkness to be light.

Text: Psalm 20: 5 Psalm 18: 28
Music: Bernard Rose 1916-96

Processional Hymn

Sing to God new songs of worship-
all his deeds are marvellous;
he has brought salvation to us
with his hand and holy arm.
He has shown to all the nations
righteousness and saving power;
he recalled his truth and mercy
to his people Israel.

Sing to God new songs of worship-
earth has seen his victory;
let the lands of earth be joyful
praising him with thankfulness.
Sound upon the harp his praises,
play to him with melody;
let the trumpets sound his triumph,
show your joy to God the King!

Sing to God new songs of worship-
let the sea now make a noise;
all on earth and in the waters,
sound your praises to the Lord.
Let the hills rejoice together,
let the rivers clap their hands,
for with righteousness and justice
he will come to judge the earth.

Text: Michael Baughen b.1930
Music: Ode to Joy CH4 173 Ludwig van Beethoven 1770-1827

Scripture Sentences

The Preces

O Lord open thou our lips

Richard Lloyd 1933-1921

Bidding

Prayer

Collect

Almighty God, you have taught us that without love all our doings are worth nothing. Send your Holy Spirit, and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of love, the true bond of peace and all virtues; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.

First Lesson    Isaiah 51 1-6

The Choir Sings Psalm 124

If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say;
If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:
Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

Second Lesson    St Matthew 16 13-20

Hymn

Christ is our light! the bright and morning star
covering with radiance all from near and far.
Christ be our light, shine on, shine on we pray
into our hearts, into our world today.

Christ is our love! baptized that we may know
the love of God among us, swooping low.
Christ be our love, bring us to turn our face
and see in you the light of heaven's embrace.

Christ is our joy! transforming wedding guest!
Through water turned to wine the feast was blessed.
Christ be our joy; your glory let us see,
as your disciples did in Galilee.

Text: Leith Fisher 1941-2009
Music: Highland Cathedral CH4 336 Uli Roever and Michael Korb

The Sermon

Anthem

Jauchzet dem Herrn

Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.
Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

Text: Psalm 100
Music: Felix Mendelssohn 1809-1847

The Offering

Prayer

The Lord's Prayer

Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come, thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever.

Hymn

'For My sake and the gospel's, go
and tell redemption's story';
his heralds answer, 'Be it so,
And thine Lord, all the glory!'
They preach his birth, his life, his cross,
the love of his atonement,
for whom they count the world but loss,
his Easter, His enthronement.

Hark! hark! the trump of jubilee
proclaims to every nation,
from pole to pole, by land and sea,
glad tidings of salvation.
Still on and on the anthems spread
of alleluia voices,
in concert with the holy dead
the warrior church rejoices;

He comes, whose advent trumpet drowns
the last of time's evangels,
Immanuel, crowned with many crowns,
the Lord of saints and angels.
O Life, Light, Love, the great I AM,
Triune, who changest never,
the throne of God and of the Lamb
is Thine, and thine for ever.

Text: Edward Henry Bickersteth (1825-1906)
Music: Bishopgarth CH3 476 Arthur S Sullivan 1842-1900

Benediction

Organ Voluntary
Max Reger Dankpsalm