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Covenant Service (10:30am)

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This morning’s Worship is led by Rev Andrew Robinson with steward Sue Frank. The service will include the Sacrament of Holy Communion & the Communion Steward for today is Bob Blakey.

Today is our Covenant Service. Methodists hold an annual Covenant Service, at which we celebrate all that God has done for us, and affirm that we give our lives and choices to God. The traditional Covenant prayer (shown below) makes it very clear that this affirmation is a serious one that embraces the whole of our life, in all its parts. Most people find it quite tough to say, and really mean it. But the prayer is so central to the Christian life that other Churches have also adopted it. In today’s culture we tend to prize our ability to make decisions and choose our own path in life. It can feel very hard to give that up. But this prayer is like a love poem. It is about surrendering to God in love and joy.

I am no longer my own but yours.
Put me to what you will,
rank me with whom you will;
put me to doing,
put me to suffering;
let me be employed for you,
or laid aside for you,
exalted for you,
or brought low for you;
let me be full,
let me be empty,
let me have all things,
let me have nothing:
I freely and wholeheartedly yield all things
to your pleasure and disposal.
And now, glorious and blessed God,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
you are mine and I am yours. So be it.
And the covenant now made on earth, let it be ratified in heaven.

Amen

Today our organist is Helen Weighell.

The readers are Pauline & David Dale.

The welcome on the door is from Pauline & David Dale.

The flowers are a gift from Rosemary Lincoln.

Coffee is served at the end of the service by Ruth Watson & Rosemary Lincoln.