PSALM 115 (1-15)  |  Sing Psalms
LORD, not to us, O not to us--
to your name be the praise,
Because your love and faithfulness
endure, O LORD, always.

Why do the nations question us?
“Where is their God?” they say.
Our God inhabits heaven high
and over all holds sway.

Their gold and silver images
are crafted carefully,
But they have mouths which cannot speak,
and eyes which cannot see.

Their noses have no sense of smell;
their ears can hear no sound.
They have no feeling in their hands,
nor can they walk around.

Although these idols do have throats,
no word can they proclaim.
Their makers and their worshippers
will all become like them.

O house of Isr’el, place your trust
upon the LORD alone;
He is the mighty help and shield
of all who are his own.

O house of Aaron, trust the LORD;
he is their help and shield.
All you who fear him, trust the LORD;
he is your help and shield.

The LORD remembers Israel
and he will bless us all--
The house of Aaron and all those
who fear him, great and small.

May God the LORD make you increase--
both you and all your line.
May you be blessed by God, who makes
all things by his design.

PRAYER  |  of adoration, confession, thanksgiving & supplication

SCRIPTURE READING  |  Acts 28:11-16

SERMON  |  “Mission Matters”

PRAYER  |  of intercession

HYMN  |  Guide me, O thou great Jehovah

Guide me, O thou great Jehovah
Pilgrim though this barren land;
I am weak, but thou art mighty;
Hold me with thy pow’rful hand;
Bread of heaven, Bread of heaven,
Feed me till I want no more.

Open now the crystal fountain,
Whence the healing stream doth flow;
Let the fire and cloudy pillar
Lead me all my journey through;
Strong Deliverer, strong Deliverer,
Be thou still my Strength and Shield.

When I tread the verge of Jordan,
Bid my anxious fears subside;
Death of death, and hell’s Destruction,
Land me safe on Canaan’s side;
Songs of praises, songs of praises
I will ever give to thee.

BENEDICTION
Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we
ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church
and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

PSALM 146
1 Praise the LORD, my soul! O praise him!
2 I’ll extol him all my days.
While I live, to God my Saviour
from my heart I will sing praise.

3 Do not put your trust in princes,
mortal men who cannot save.
4 All their plans will come to nothing
when they perish in the grave.

5 Blessèd is the one who truly
looks for help to Jacob’s God;
Blessèd is the one who places
all his hope upon the LORD--

6 He who made the earth and heaven
and the seas, with all their store;
He who keeps his every promise,
who is faithful evermore.

7 He delivers from oppression
and relieves the hungry’s plight.
He releases those in prison;
8 to the blind the LORD gives sight.

Those who are bowed down he raises.
God delights in righteousness.
9 He protects and cares for strangers,
Widows and the fatherless.

He frustrates the wicked’s purpose.
10 So the LORD through endless days
Reigns to every generation.
Praise your God, O Zion, praise!

PRAYER OF ADORATION, CONFESSION, THANKSGIVING AND SUPPLICATION 

SCRIPTURE READING  |  Acts 28:1-10

SERMON  |  “Marvels & Miracles in Malta”  |  Rev Paul Gibson

PRAYER OF INTERCESSION

HYMN  |  GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS

Great is Thy faithfulness,
O God my Father
There is no shadow of turning with Thee
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not
As Thou hast been Thou forever wilt be

Refrain
Great is Thy faithfulness, great is Thy faithfulness
Morning by morning new mercies I see
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!

Summer and winter, and springtime and harvest
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love

Refrain

Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth
Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside

Refrain

BENEDICTION
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you this day and evermore. 

CALL TO WORSHIP
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PSALM 46(a): 1-6, 10-11  |  Sing Psalms

1 God is our refuge and our strength,
our ever-present aid;
2 And therefore, though the earth gives way,
we will not be afraid.

Though mountains fall into the sea,
3 though waters foam and roar,
We will not fear, though mountains quake
as waves engulf the shore.

4 A river flows, whose streams delight
the city of our God--
The holy place, in which the LORD
Most High has his abode.

5 God is within his holy place;
he city will not yield,
For God will come at break of day
o be her help and shield.

6 The nations are in disarray;
the kingdoms disappear.
God speaks, and at his mighty voice
the whole earth melts with fear.

10 Be still, and know that I am God,
on earth exalted high;
And all the nations of the world
my name will glorify.

11 The LORD Almighty is with us
to strengthen and sustain;
For Jacob’s God our strong defence
and fortress will remain. 


​PRAYER  |  adoration, confession, thanksgiving & supplication

SCRIPTURE READING  |  Acts 27

SERMON  |  “Lessons from a Stormy Sea”  |  Rev Paul Gibson

PRAYER  |  intercession

HYMN  |  The Sands of time are sinking

The sands of time are sinking; The dawn of heaven breaks:
the summer morn I’ve longed for, the fair, sweet morn awakes.
Dark, dark has been the midnight, but sunrise is at hand
with glory, glory dwelling in Immanuel’s land.

The King in all his beauty without a veil is seen;
it were a well-spent journey though seven deaths lay between.
The Lamb and all his ransomed upon Mount Zion stand
with glory, glory dwelling in Immanuel’s land.

Christ Jesus is the fountain, the deep, deep swell of love;
the streams on earth I’ve tasted more deep I’ll drink above;
there, to an ocean fullness, his mercy will expand
with glory, glory dwelling in Immanuel’s land.

With mercy and with judgement my web of time he wove
and every dew of sorrow was glistening with his love.
I’ll bless the hand that guided, I’ll bless the heart that planned,
when in his glory dwelling in Immanuel’s land

The bride eyes not her garment but her dear bridegroom’s face;
I will not gaze at glory but on my king of grace;
not at the crown he gives me but on his nail-pierced hand;
the Lamb is all the glory of Immanuel’s land.

I’ve wrestled on towards heaven through storm and wind and tide;
now, like a weary traveller who leans upon his guide,
with evening shadows closing while sinks life’s lingering sand,
I greet the glory dawning from Immanuel’s land.

BENEDICTION
Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.

CALL TO WORSHIP

​PSALM 125 
Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion.
It cannot be moved; it abides forever.
As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
so the LORD surrounds His people,
both now and forevermore.

For the scepter of the wicked will not rest
upon the land allotted to the righteous,
so that the righteous will not put forth
their hands to injustice.

Do good, O LORD, to those who are good,
and to the upright in heart.
But those who turn to crooked ways
the LORD will banish with the evildoers.
Peace be upon Israel.

PRAYER  |  Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving & Supplication

SCRIPTURE READING  |  Acts 25:13 – 26:32

SERMON  |  “Addressing the King.”  |  Rev Paul Gibson

PRAYER  |  Intercession

HYMN  |  O Church Arise  |  Keith & Kristyn Getty

O church, arise and put your armor on;
Hear the call of Christ our captain;
For now the weak can say that they are strong
In the strength that God has given.
With shield of faith and belt of truth
We'll stand against the devil's lies;
An army bold whose battle cry is "Love!"
Reaching out to those in darkness.

Our call to war, to love the captive soul,
But to rage against the captor;
And with the sword that makes the wounded whole
We will fight with faith and valor.
When faced with trials on ev'ry side,
We know the outcome is secure,
And Christ will have the prize for which He died--
An inheritance of nations.

Come, see the cross where love and mercy meet,
As the Son of God is stricken;
Then see His foes lie crushed beneath His feet,
For the Conqueror has risen!
And as the stone is rolled away,
And Christ emerges from the grave,
This vict'ry march continues till the day
Ev'ry eye and heart shall see Him.

So Spirit, come, put strength in ev'ry stride,
Give grace for ev'ry hurdle,
That we may run with faith to win the prize
Of a servant good and faithful.
As saints of old still line the way,
Retelling triumphs of His grace,
We hear their calls and hunger for the day
When, with Christ, we stand in glory.

BENEDICTION   
Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever.
​Amen