CALL TO WORSHIP

PSALM 148
O praise, O praise the LORD! Praise him from heaven's height!

PRAYER

SCRIPTURE READING  |  Romans 9:6-18

SERMON  |  Rev Paul Gibson

PRAYER

PSALM 105:1-11, 41-45  |  Sing Psalms
Give thanks to the LORD God and call on his name.

BENEDICTION

CALL TO WORSHIP

HYMN 503 | Praise!
Before the throne of God above

PRAYER

SCRIPTURE READING  |  Luke 23:44-49

SERMON  |  "Father, into your hands I commit my soul."  | Rev Paul Gibson

PRAYER

PSALM 31:1-6, 23, 24  |  Sing Psalms
In you I've taken refuge, LORD;  You are my shelter in distress

BENEDICTION

CALL TO WORSHIP

PSALM 14  |  Sing Psalms
The fool speak in his heart; “There is no God”, he says. 

PRAYER

SCRIPTURE READING  |  Romans 3: 9-20

SERMON  |  “Total Depravity."  |  Rev Paul Gibson

PRAYER

PSALM 32:1-8  |  Sing Psalms
How blessed the one who has received forgiveness for his sin!

BENEDICTION

CALL TO WORSHIP

PSALM 147:1-7; 19-20
O praise the LORD! How good it is to sing him songs of praise! 

PRAYER

SCRIPTURE READING  |  Psalm 22:22-31,  John 19:28-30

SERMON  |   “It is finished."  |  Rev Paul Gibson

PRAYER

HYMN  |  Townend
My heart is filled with thankfulness 

BENEDICTION

CALL TO WORSHIP

PSALM 46:1-7  |  Sing Psalms
God is our refuge and our strength, our ever present aid

PRAYER

SCRIPTURE READING  |  Psalm 13

SERMON  |   “Our Strength in Suffering.”  |  Rev Paul Gibson

PSALM 125  |  Sing Psalms
All those who trust the LORD, like Zion are secure

BENEDICTION

CALL TO WORSHIP

PSALM 130  |  Sing Psalms
LORD, from the depths I call to you

PRAYER

SCRIPTURE READING  |  Isaiah 53: 4-6,  Matthew 27:45-56 

SERMON  |  “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”  |  Rev Paul Gibson

HYMN  |  When I survey the wondrous cross 

BENEDICTION

CALL TO WORSHIP

PSALM  93  |  Sing Psalms
The LORD is king; his throne endures, majestic in his height. The LORD is robed in majesty and armed with strength and might.

PRAYER

SCRIPTURE READING  |  Psalm 42:1-5,  John 19:23-29

SERMON  |  Rev Paul Gibson

PRAYER

PSALM 63:1-8  |  Sing Psalms
O God, you are my God alone; I seek your face with eagerness. My soul and body thirst for you, In this dry, weary wilderness.

BENEDICTION

CALL TO WORHIP

PSALM 33:1-5, 12-22  |  Sing Psalms

PRAYER

SCRIPTURE READING  |  Isaiah 61:1-3,  John 19:17-27

SERMON  |  "Behold Your Mother."  |  Rev Paul Gibson

HYMN  |  The King of Love my Shepherd is

​BENEDICTION

CALL TO WORSHIP

PSALM 16:1-11  |  Sing Psalms

​Protect me, O my God;
you are my refuge true.
I said, “You are my Lord: I have
no good apart from you.”

The godly in the land,
for holiness renowned--
They are the glorious ones, in whom
all my delight is found.

Their sorrows will increase
who on false gods rely.
I will not sacrifice to them;
their worship I defy.

O LORD, you are to me
my cup and portion sure;
The share that is assigned to me
you guard and keep secure.

The land allotted me
is in a pleasant site;
And surely my inheritance
to me is a delight.

I’ll praise the LORD my God,
whose counsel guides my choice;
And even in the night, my heart
recalls instruction’s voice.

Before me constantly
I set the LORD alone.
Because he is at my right hand
I’ll not be overthrown.

Therefore my heart is glad;
my tongue with joy will sing.
My body too will rest secure
in hope unwavering.

For you will not allow
my soul in death to stay,
Nor will you leave your Holy One
to see the tomb’s decay.

You have made known to me
the path of life divine.
Bliss shall I know at your right hand;
​joy from your face will shine.
​
PRAYER

SCRIPTURE READING  |   Isaiah 53:10-12,  Luke 23:32-43

SERMON  |  Rev Paul Gibson

PRAYER

​HYMN  |  Thine be the glory

Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son;
 endless is the victory, thou o'er death hast won;
 angels in bright raiment rolled the stone away,
 kept the folded grave clothes where thy body lay.
 Thine be the glory, risen conquering Son,
 Endless is the vict'ry, thou o'er death hast won.

 Lo! Jesus meets us, risen from the tomb;
 Lovingly he greets us, scatters fear and gloom;
 let the Church with gladness, hymns of triumph sing;
 for her Lord now liveth, death hath lost its sting.
 Thine be the glory, risen conquering Son,
 Endless is the vict'ry, thou o'er death hast won.

 No more we doubt thee, glorious Prince of life;
 life is naught without thee; aid us in our strife;
 make us more than conquerors, 
 through thy deathless love:
 bring us safe through Jordan to thy home above. 
 Thine be the glory, risen conquering Son,
 Endless is the vict'ry, thou o'er death hast won.

​BENEDICTION

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.
​
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.  ​

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
​
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

CALL TO WORSHIP

HYMN  |  The Church’s One Foundation
​
The church's one Foundation
Is Jesus Christ her Lord;
She is his new creation
By water and the Word:
From heav'n he came and sought her
To be his holy bride;
With his own blood he bought her,
And for her life he died.

Elect from ev'ry nation,
Yet one o'er all the earth,
Her charter of salvation
One Lord, one faith, one birth;
One holy Name she blesses,
Partakes one holy food.
And to one hope she presses,
With ev'ry grace endued.

Though with a scornful wonder
Men see her sore oppressed,
By schisms rent asunder,
By heresies distressed,
Yet saints their watch are keeping,
Their cry goes up, "How long?"
And soon the night of weeping
Shall be the morn of song.

Yet she on earth hath union
With the God the Three in One,
And mystic sweet communion
With those whose rest is won:
O happy ones and holy!
Lord, give us grace that we,
Like them, the meek and lowly,
On high may dwell with thee.

PRAYER

SCRIPTURE READING  |  Acts 25:1-12

SERMON  |   “Know Your Enemy.”  |  Rev Paul Gibson

PRAYER

PSALM 121  |  Sing Psalms

1 I lift up my eyes to the hills --
Where am I to look for my aid?
2 My help comes to me from the LORD
By whom earth and heaven were made.

3 Your foot he will not leave to slide --
His watch over you he will keep.
4 The LORD over Isr’el keeps watch,
And he will not slumber or sleep.

5 The LORD will keep watch over you --
Your shade from the heat and the light.
6 The sun will not harm you by day;
The moon will not harm you by night.

7 The LORD will protect you from harm --
Your life he will ever defend.
8 He’ll guard every step that you take
Both now and for days without end.

BENEDICTION

CALL TO WORSHIP  |  Psalm 111:1-5

PSALM  110   |  Sing Psalms  |  Tune -  Bucer

The LORD said to my Lord:
“Sit here at my right hand,
Until I make your foes a stool
on which your feet may stand.”

The LORD will make your reign
extend from Zion’s hill;
With royal power you’ll rule among
those who oppose your will.

When you display your power,
your people flock to you;
At dawn, arrayed in holiness,
your youth will come like dew.

Unchangeably the LORD
with solemn purpose swore:
“Just like Melchizedek you are
a priest for evermore.”

The Lord’s at your right hand;
there he will ever stay.
He on his day of wrath will crush
the kings who bar his way.

The nations he will judge;
the dead in heaps will lie.
The mighty of the earth he’ll crush--
all who his rule defy.

A brook beside the way
his thirst will satisfy;
And, thus refreshed, he will with joy
lift up his head on high.

PRAYER

• Adoration (Praising God for who He is and what He is like/His attributes),
• Confession (Confessing our sins to God)
• Thanksgiving (Giving thanks to God for all He has given and continues to give)
• Supplication (Requesting His help, presence, leading and provision – especially for the people of God in our time of worship on the Lord’s Day)

SCRIPTURE READING  |  John 5:1-29

RECORDED SERMON  |  "Of the Father’s Love Begotten.”  |  Rev Robert Walker

HYMN  |  Of the Fathers Love Begotten  |  Tune - Praise my Soul, the King of Heaven

Of the Father's love begotten
ere the worlds began to be,
he is Alpha and Omega,
he the Source, the Ending he,
of the things that are, that have been,
and that future years shall see.


O that birth forever blessed,
when the Virgin, full of grace,
by the Holy Ghost conceiving,
bore the Savior of our race;
and the babe, the world's Redeemer,
first revealed his sacred face.

This is he whom heav'n-taught singers
sang of old with one accord,
whom the Scriptures of the prophets
promised in their faithful word;
now he shines, the long expected;
let creation praise its Lord,.


O ye heights of heav'n, adore him;
angel hosts, his praises sing:
all dominions, bow before him
and extol our God and King;
let no tongue on earth be silent,
ev'ry voice in concert ring.


Christ, to thee, with God the Father,
and, O Holy Ghost, to thee,
hymn and chant and high thanksgiving
and unwearied praises be,
honour, glory, and dominion
and eternal victory.

BENEDICTION
Now to him who 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.