Welcome to our morning worship led by Rev Stephen Haward, we know that many of you are listening at 10.30am, and others later during the day, but whatever the time and wherever you are, we are united in our praise of our living Lord.

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The words of the call to worship, Bible reading, the Lord’s Prayer and hymns are at the bottom of the page.

HYMN Mission Praise 908 ‘O Lord hear my prayer’  Taizé

O Lord, hear my prayer;
O Lord, hear my prayer:
When I call, answer me-
O Lord, hear my prayer;
O Lord, hear my prayer;
Come and listen to me.       repeat

Welcome Psalm 104, Opening Prayer, Reading Acts 3:1-10

HYMN  Mission Praise 598  ‘Peter and John went to pray’

Children’s Talk, Reading Acts 3:11-16

HYMN Mission Praise 1141 You’re the word of God the father

Sermon, Prayers, Dedication, Blessing

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
and the love of God
and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,
be with us all.  Amen.

HYMN Mission Praise 496 O for a thousand tongues to sing

From Psalm 4

When I call to you O God,
In mercy answer me.
Relieve me of my sore distress
So mended I may be.

When many ask you for a sign
Or thirst for empty things,
Your servant trusts in all your ways
And of your goodness sings.

So may my heart be bound to you,
O Lord of grace and peace,
And from my failures and my hurts
Grant healing and release.                                               Stephen Haward

Acts 3:1-16

Peter Heals a Lame Beggar
One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer—at three in the afternoon. ² Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts. ³ When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money. ⁴ Peter looked straight at him, as did John. Then Peter said, “Look at us!” ⁵ So the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from them.
⁶ Then Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.” ⁷ Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly the man’s feet and ankles became strong. ⁸ He jumped to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and jumping, and praising God. ⁹ When all the people saw him walking and praising God, ¹⁰ they recognized him as the same man who used to sit begging at the temple gate called Beautiful, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

Peter Speaks to the Onlookers
¹¹ While the man held on to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and came running to them in the place called Solomon’s Colonnade. ¹² When Peter saw this, he said to them: “Fellow Israelites, why does this surprise you? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk? ¹³ The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. You handed him over to be killed, and you disowned him before Pilate, though he had decided to let him go. ¹⁴ You disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you. ¹⁵ You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this. ¹⁶ By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know was made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through him that has completely healed him, as you can all see.

HYMN Mission Praise 1141 You’re the word of God the father

You’re the word of God the Father, from before the world began:
Every star and every planet has been fashioned by your hand.
All creation holds together by the power of Your voice:
Let the skies declare Your glory, let the land and seas rejoice!
You’re the author of creation,
You’re the Lord of everyone;
And Your cry of love rings out across the lands.

Yet You left the gaze of angels, came to seek and save the lost,
And exchanged the joy of heaven for the anguish of a cross.
With a prayer You fed the hungry, with a word You stilled the sea;
Yet how silently You suffered that the guilty may go free.
You’re the author of creation,
You’re the Lord of everyone;
And Your cry of love rings out across the lands

With a shout You rose victorious, wresting victory from the grave,
And ascended into heaven leading captives in your wake.
Now You stand before the Father interceding for Your own.
From each tribe and tongue and nation You are leading sinners home.
You’re the author of creation,
You’re the Lord of everyone;
And Your cry of love rings out across the lands (repeat twice more)

Words & music: Stuart Townend/Keith & Kristin Getty

HYMN Mission Praise 496 O for a thousand tongues to sing

The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come;
thy will be done;
on 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.
Amen.