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We are pleased that you have joined us this morning, our church is meeting in homes all over Harborough, Leicestershire and further afield.
And we know when we’re together
Sharing love and understanding
That our brothers and our sisters
Feel the oneness that He brings
Thank You, thank You, thank You, Jesus
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HYMN Mission Praise 678 There’s a quiet understanding
Welcome, Opening Prayer, Reading: John 4:7-15
O God, you are my God alone,
whom eagerly I seek,
though longing fills my soul with thirst
and leaves my body weak.
Just as a dry and barren land
awaits a freshening shower,
I long within your house to see
your glory and your power. From Psalm 63, by John Bell
HYMN Mission Praise 37 As the deer pants for the water
Children’s Talk, Reading: 1 Corinthians 12: 4-13
HYMN Mission Praise 1201 Longing for light
Sermon, Prayers, Dedication and Blessing
The peace of God
which is beyond all understanding,
guard our hearts and thoughts in Christ Jesus,
now and always, Amen.
SONG ‘My lighthouse’
John 4:7-15
7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” 8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”
11 “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?”
13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”
1 Corinthians 12: 4-13
4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. 5 There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. 6 There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.
7 Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. 8 To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, 10 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. 11 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.
Unity and Diversity in the Body
12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
HYMN Mission Praise 678 There’s a quiet understanding
There’s a quiet understanding
When we’re gathered in the Spirit
It’s a promise that He gives us
When we gather in His name
There’s a love we feel in Jesus
There’s a manna that He feeds us
It’s a promise that He gives us
When we gather in His name
And we know when we’re together
Sharing love and understanding
That our brothers and our sisters
Feel the oneness that He brings
Thank You, thank You, thank You, Jesus
For the way You love and feed us
For the many ways You lead us
Thank You, thank You, Lord
Tedd Smith © 1973 Hope Publishing Company/CopyCare
HYMN Mission Praise 37 As the deer pants for the water
As the deer pants for the water,
So my soul longs after You.
You alone are my heart’s desire
And I long to worship Thee.
You alone are my strength, my shield,
to You alone may my spirit yield.
You alone are my heart’s desire
and I long to worship you.
I want You more than gold or silver,
only You can satisfy.
You alone are the real joy giver
and the apple of my eye.
You alone are my…
You’re my friend and You’re my brother
even though You are a King.
I love You more than any other,
so much more than anything.
You alone are my…
Martin J. Nystrom © 1985 Restoration Music Ltd/Sovereign Music UK Martin J. Nystrom
HYMN Mission Praise 1201 Longing for light
Longing for light, we wait in darkness.
Longing for truth, we turn to you.
Make us your own, your holy people,
light for the world to see.
Christ, be our light! Shine in our hearts.
Shine through the darkness.
Christ, be our light!
Shine in your church gathered today.
Longing for peace, our world is troubled.
Longing for hope, many despair.
Your word alone has pow’r to save us.
Make us your living voice.
Christ, be our light…..
Longing for food, many are hungry.
Longing for water, many still thirst.
Make us your bread, broken for others,
shared until all are fed.
Christ, be our light…..
Longing for shelter, many are homeless.
Longing for warmth, many are cold.
Make us your building, sheltering others,
walls made of living stone.
Christ, be our light….
Many the gifts, many the people,
many the hearts that yearn to belong.
Let us be servants to one another,
making your kingdom come.
Christ, be our light….
© Bernadette Farrell 1993.
SONG ‘My lighthouse’
In my wrestling and in my doubts,
In my failures You won’t walk out.
Your great love will lead me through,
You are the peace in my troubled sea.
In the silence, You won’t let go;
In the questions, Your truth will hold.
Your great love will lead me through,
You are the peace in my troubled sea.
My lighthouse, my lighthouse,
Shining in the darkness,
I will follow You.
My lighthouse, my lighthouse,
I will trust the promise
You will carry me safe to shore.
I won’t fear what tomorrow brings,
With each morning I’ll rise and sing;
My God’s love will lead me through,
You are the peace in my troubled sea.
My lighthouse, my lighthouse, …
Fire before us, You’re the brightest,
You will lead us through the storms;
Fire before us, You’re the brightest,
You will lead us through the storms.
My lighthouse, my lighthouse, …
Gareth Gilkeson / Chris Llewellyn
© Capitol Christian Music Group
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