We have a remote Sunday Service at 9am for those unable to use Facebook for our live-streamed service. The material for that 9am service is on this page.

At 9am, each Sunday, we will join together, each in our own homes.

The text is below in full, but also attached as a PDF if you’d like to print it off.

 

Worship: St Luke’s@Home

 At 9am on Sundays, or at any time on other days, in your home, find a place to sit, alone or together. Perhaps in your front room, or at a table.

Take a moment to be still and quiet. Maybe have 30 seconds of silence.

Then begin with the Opening Prayers. Why not speak out loud throughout?

 Preparation

 Opening Prayer

Lord, direct our thoughts, and teach us to pray.
Lift up our hearts to worship you in spirit and in truth,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Psalm 51

1    Have mercy on me, O God, in your great goodness;  ♦

according to the abundance of your compassion

    blot out my offences.

2    Wash me thoroughly from my wickedness  ♦

and cleanse me from my sin.

3    For I acknowledge my faults  ♦

and my sin is ever before me.

4    Against you only have I sinned  ♦

and done what is evil in your sight,

5    So that you are justified in your sentence  ♦

and righteous in your judgement.

6    I have been wicked even from my birth,  ♦

a sinner when my mother conceived me.

7  Behold, you desire truth deep within me  ♦

and shall make me understand wisdom

    in the depths of my heart.

8    Purge me with hyssop and I shall be clean;  ♦

wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.

9    Make me hear of joy and gladness,  ♦

that the bones you have broken may rejoice.

10  Turn your face from my sins  ♦

and blot out all my misdeeds.

11  Make me a clean heart, O God,  ♦

and renew a right spirit within me.

Confession

Lord God,

we have sinned against you;

we have done evil in your sight.

We are sorry and repent.

Have mercy on us according to your love.

Wash away our wrongdoing and cleanse us from our sin.

Renew a right spirit within us

and restore us to the joy of your salvation;

through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Absolution

Pause for silence, then say

May the Father of all mercies

cleanse us from our sins,

and restore us in his image

to the praise and glory of his name,

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

The Word of God

There are two options:

• Below are some short selections that you may want to read, or
• Read the set passage provided online/email or through the door.

After reading the Bible, pause.

Then read the passage again.

After the second reading, you may want to ask yourself the following questions:

• What does this passage tell me about God and/or Jesus?
• How does this passage make me feel?
• What change (if any) might I need to make in light of this?

(The change could be to your way of thinking, or a change in attitude, or a practical response)

 

Short readings

Sunday Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. (Romans 6.3-5)

Monday Yet even now, says the Lord, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; rend your hearts and not your clothing. Return to the Lord, your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and relents from punishing. Who knows whether he will not turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, a grain-offering and a drink-offering for the Lord, your God? (Joel 2.12-14)

Tuesday Do you not know that in a race the runners all compete, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win it. Athletes exercise self-control in all things; they do it to receive a perishable garland, but we an imperishable one. So I do not run aimlessly, nor do I box as though beating the air; but I punish my body and enslave it, so that after proclaiming to others I myself should not be disqualified. (I Cor. 9.24-end)

Wednesday I find it to be a law that when I want to do what is good, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of God in my inmost self, but I see in my members another law at war with the law of my mind, making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! (Romans 7.21-25a)

Thursday Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover them, and not to hide yourself from your own kin? Then your light shall break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up quickly; your vindicator shall go before you, the glory of the Lord shall be your rearguard. Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry for help, and he will say, Here I am. (Isaiah 58.6-9a)

Friday Jesus said to the disciples, ‘Beware of practising your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven. So whenever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be praised by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your alms may be done in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.’  (Matthew 6.1-4)

Saturday Jesus entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to what he was saying. But Martha was distracted by her many tasks; so she came to Jesus and asked, ‘Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her then to help me.’ But the Lord answered her, ‘Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things; there is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her.’ (Luke 10.38-end)

Or, on any day Jesus said, ‘There will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.’ (Luke 15.7)

Prayers

Bring your prayers to God. These may include the following concerns:

¶    Those unwell, sick in body, mind and spirit

¶    Those serving in leadership, in politics, science and medical research

¶    Those looking for forgiveness and spiritual comfort

¶    Those struggling in our community

¶    All who are hungry or in any kind of need

 The Collect

Conclude your prayers with the Collect (Special prayer)

Teach us, good Lord, to serve you as you deserve;

to give and not to count the cost;

to fight and not to heed the wounds;

to toil and not to seek for rest;

to labour and not to seek for any reward,

save that of knowing that we do your will. Amen.

 The Lord’s Prayer

The Lord’s Prayer is said

Our Father in heaven,

hallowed be your name,

your kingdom come,

your will be done,

on earth as in heaven.

Give us today our daily bread.

Forgive us our sins

as we forgive those who sin against us.

Lead us not into temptation

but deliver us from evil.

For the kingdom, the power,

and the glory are yours

now and for ever.

Amen.

The Conclusion

May God bless us and show us compassion and mercy. Amen.

 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,

and the love of God,

and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,

be with us all evermore.

Amen.

For printable PDF please click here. This is the service sheet in a leaflet format. Ideally, you might want to print this out on double-sided paper, opting to turn on the narrow-edge.

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