CALL TO WORSHIP

PSALM 100  |  Scottish Psalter
All people that on earth do dwell sing to the LORD with cheerful voice. 

PRAYER

SCRIPTURE READING  |  Luke 23: 1-38

SERMON  |  “Father, forgive them…”  |  Rev Paul Gibson

HOLY COMMUNION

PSALM 116:1-2, 12-19  |  Sing Psalms
I love the LORD because he heard my voice; He listened when I cried to him for aid.  

BENEDICTION

PSALM 145:1-11  |  Sing Psalms
I will exalt you, O my God and King;
For ever I will praise your holy name.
I will extol your name for evermore;
Day after day your praise I will proclaim.

Great is the LORD, most worthy of all praise;
His greatness none can search or comprehend.
Each generation will recount your deeds
And to the next your mighty acts commend.

They praise the splendour of your majesty,
The power of the works that you have done.
I too will meditate upon your deeds,
And your majestic acts I will make known.

They will rejoice in your benevolence,
And your abundant grace they’ll celebrate;
The righteousness that you have shown to them
In praise and joyful song they will relate.

The LORD is gracious and compassionate;
He’s slow to anger, rich in steadfast love.
The LORD is good to all that he has made,
And merciful to all on earth that move.

All you have made will give you praise,
O LORD; Your saints will all unite to bless your name.
The glory of your reign they will declare,
And your surpassing might they will proclaim.

PRAYER  |  of adoration, confession, thanksgiving & supplication

SCRIPTURE READING  |  Psalm 19

SERMON  |  “The Revelation of God”  |  Rev Paul Gibson

PRAYER  |  of intercession

PSALM 19:7-14  |  Sing Psalms
The perfect law of God
Revives the soul of man;
His statutes which are sure
Make wise the simple one.
The precepts of the LORD are right
And fill the heart with great delight.

God’s radiant commands
Shed light on what we see;
The fear of God is pure
And lasts eternally.
The standards of the LORD express
His perfect truth and righteousness.

Of far more worth than gold--
Than much pure gold—they are;
Than honey from the comb,
Than honey sweeter far.
They warn the servant of the LORD;
In keeping them is great reward.

Who can discern his faults?
Forgive my hidden sin.
Keep me from wilful deeds;
May they not rule within.
And then I shall be free from blame
And guiltless of transgression’s shame.

LORD, let the words I speak
Be pleasing in your sight,
And may my inmost thoughts
Be in your judgment right.
O LORD, you are a Rock to me;
You have redeemed and set me free.

BENEDICTION
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

PSALM 125
All those who trust the LORD
Like Zion are secure,
Which never can be moved
But always will endure.

Just as the mountains stand
Around Jerusalem,
The LORD surrounds his own,
For ever guarding them.

The wicked’s evil rule
Will not oppress for long
The righteous and their land,
Lest righteous folk do wrong.

On all those who are good
Bestow your goodness, LORD--
To those of upright heart
Who reverence your word.

But God will banish those
Who choose a crooked way;
They’ll share the sinner’s fate.
Let peace on Israel stay!

PRAYER  |  adoration, confession, thanksgiving & supplication

SCRIPTURE READING  |  Luke 18:1-8; Psalm 123

SERMON  |  “Our eyes look to the LORD our God.”  |  Rev Paul Gibson

PRAYER OF INTERCESSION

PSALM 123  |  Scottish Psalter  |  Tune: Dundee
O thou that dwellest in the heav’ns,
I lift mine eyes to thee.
Behold, as servants’ eyes do look
Their masters’ hand to see,

As handmaid’s eyes her mistress’ hand;
So do our eyes attend
Upon the Lord our God, until
To us he mercy send.

O Lord be gracious unto us,
unto us gracious be;
Because replenished with contempt
exceedingly are we.
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Our soul is filled with scorn of those
that at their ease abide,
And with the insolent contempt
of those that swell in pride.

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 Savior, through
Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and
now and forever. Amen.

PSALM 98  |  Sing Psalms
O sing a new song to the LORD,
for wonders he has done;
His right hand and his holy arm
the victory have won.
The LORD declared his saving work
and made it to be known;
To all the nations of the world
his righteousness is shown.

His steadfast love and faithfulness
he has remembered well--
The covenant he made with them,
the house of Israèl.
And all the nations of the earth
have seen what God has done--
Our God who brings deliverance
by his right hand alone.

Acclaim the LORD, O all the earth;
shout loudly and rejoice.
Make music and be jubilant;
to him lift up your voice.
With harp make music to the LORD;
with harp his praises sing.
With trumpet and with horn rejoice
before the LORD, the King.

Let earth, the sea and all in them
rejoice triumphantly.
Let streams clap hands and mountains sing
together joyfully.
Now let them sing before the LORD,
who comes to judge the earth;
He’ll judge the world in righteousness,
the peoples in his truth.

PRAYER  |  of adoration, confession, thanksgiving & supplication

SCRIPTURE READING  |  Acts 28:17-31

SERMON  |  “When in Rome…Preach the Gospel”  |  Rev Paul Gibson

PRAYER  |  of intercession

HYMN  |  Tell out, my Soul, the greatness of the Lord

Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord!
Unnumbered blessings give my spirit voice;
Tender to me the promise of his word;
In God my Savior shall my heart rejoice.

Tell out, my soul, the greatness of his Name!
Make known his might, the deeds his arm has done;
His mercy sure, from age to age to same;
His holy Name--the Lord, the Mighty One.

Tell out, my soul, the greatness of his might!
Powers and dominions lay their glory by
Proud hearts and stubborn wills are put to flight
The hungry fed, the humble lifted high.

Tell out, my soul, the glories of his word!
Firm is his promise, and his mercy sure
Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord
To children's children and for evermore!

BENEDICTION
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the
work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain and may the
blessing of God - Father, Son and Holy Spirit – rest upon you, this day and evermore.  ​