Today has been our first service back in the building, this page includes the whole service. We are very aware of those of you who can’t join us, because of local lockdown, distance or health concerns. We hope that you feel a part of our service.

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The words of the Bible reading and hymns are at the bottom of the page.

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HYMN ‘Let us go’

Welcome, Call to Worship, Opening Prayer

SONG ‘Behold, behold’

Bible Readings Psalm 24 and Acts 12:1-16

HYMN Mission Praise 457 ‘Make way, make way’

Sermon, Prayers, Act of Dedication, Blessing

HYMN Mission Praise 992 ‘I’m not ashamed to own my Lord’

Psalm 24

The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it,
    the world, and all who live in it;
2 for he founded it on the seas
    and established it on the waters.

3 Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord?
    Who may stand in his holy place?
4 The one who has clean hands and a pure heart,
    who does not trust in an idol
    or swear by a false god.

5 They will receive blessing from the Lord
    and vindication from God their Saviour.
6 Such is the generation of those who seek him,
    who seek your face, God of Jacob.

7 Lift up your heads, you gates;
    be lifted up, you ancient doors,
    that the King of glory may come in.
8 Who is this King of glory?
    The Lord strong and mighty,
    the Lord mighty in battle.
9 Lift up your heads, you gates;
    lift them up, you ancient doors,
    that the King of glory may come in.
10 Who is he, this King of glory?
    The Lord Almighty –
    he is the King of glory.

Acts 12:1-16

Peter’s miraculous escape from prison
12 It was about this time that King Herod arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to persecute them. 2 He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword. 3 When he saw that this met with approval among the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This happened during the Festival of Unleavened Bread. 4 After arresting him, he put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out for public trial after the Passover.
5 So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.
6 The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries stood guard at the entrance. 7 Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. ‘Quick, get up!’ he said, and the chains fell off Peter’s wrists.
8 Then the angel said to him, ‘Put on your clothes and sandals.’ And Peter did so. ‘Wrap your cloak round you and follow me,’ the angel told him. 9 Peter followed him out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening; he thought he was seeing a vision. 10 They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went through it. When they had walked the length of one street, suddenly the angel left him.
11 Then Peter came to himself and said, ‘Now I know without a doubt that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from Herod’s clutches and from everything the Jewish people were hoping would happen.’
12 When this had dawned on him, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered and were praying. 13 Peter knocked at the outer entrance, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer the door. 14 When she recognised Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed she ran back without opening it and exclaimed, ‘Peter is at the door!’
15 ‘You’re out of your mind,’ they told her. When she kept insisting that it was so, they said, ‘It must be his angel.’
16 But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished.

HYMN ‘Let us go’

Let us go, let us go,
let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
Let us go, let us go,
let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.

I am singing of my gladness when they said unto me:
Let us now go up unto the house of the Lord.
Now my feet are standing within your gates,
Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.

Let us go, let us go
let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
Let us go, let us go,
let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.

I am singing of Jerusalem, the city restored,
Built with beauty, unified in order and grace.
Here the tribes of Israel, the tribes of the Lord,
All come to go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
   Let us go, let us go …

I am singing of the Lord’s decree to Israel:
Give all praise and thanks unto the name of the Lord.
Here are all the thrones of justice of David’s house,
Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
  Let us go, let us go …

Bill Monaghan

SONG ‘Behold, behold’

Behold, Behold
I stand at the door
And knock, knock, knock.
Behold, Behold
I stand at the door
And knock, knock, knock.
If anyone hears my voice,
If anyone hears my voice
And will open, open, open the door
I will come in.

Troy Davis, Michael Weatherbe, © Rock This Way Music

HYMN Mission Praise 457 ‘Make way, make way’

Make way, make way,
For Christ the King
In splendour arrives;
Fling wide the gates and welcome Him
Into your lives.

Make way! (Make way!)
Make way! (Make way!)
For the King of kings
(For the King of kings)
Make way! (Make way!)
Make way! (Make way!)
And let His kingdom in

He comes the broken hearts to heal,
The prisoners to free;
The deaf shall hear, the lame shall dance,
The blind shall see.  Make way! (Make way!)…..

And those who mourn with heavy hearts,
Who weep and sigh,
With laughter, joy and royal crown
He’ll beautify.  Make way! (Make way!)….

We call you now to worship Him
As Lord of all,
To have no gods before Him,
Their thrones must fall!  Make way! (Make way!)….

Graham Kendrick
Copyright © 1986 Thankyou Music

HYMN Mission Praise 992 ‘I’m not ashamed to own my Lord’

1 I’m not ashamed to own my Lord,
or to defend his cause,
maintain the honour of his Word,
the glory of his cross.

2 Jesus, my God! I know his name,
his name is all my trust;
nor will he put my soul to shame,
nor let my hope be lost.

3 Firm as his throne his promise stands,
and he can well secure
what I’ve committed to his hands
’til the decisive hour.

4 Then will he own my worthless name
before his Father’s face,
and in the new Jerusalem
appoint my soul a place.

Isaac Watts