Service from St David's Church, Connah's Quay (St Asaph Diocese in the Church of Wales) on the Fifteenth Sunday of Trinity. Service presided over by the Rev'd Alexier Mayes, Vicar of the Connah's Quay Parish Churches and led by Bill Harrison, Licensed Lay Minister.
NOTICES and GATHERING PRAYER
In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Grace and Peace be with you. ALL: And keep you in the love of Christ.
ALL: Heavenly Father,
All hearts are open to you.
No secrets are hidden from you.
Purify us with the fire of your Holy Spirit
That we may love and worship you faithfully,
Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Let us humbly confess our sins to Almighty God:
Heavenly Father, we have sinned in thought, word and deed
And have failed to do what we ought to have done.
We are sorry and truly repent.
For the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ, who died for us, forgive us all that is past and lead us in his way to walk as children of light. Amen.
ABSOLUTION:
Almighty God, who forgives all who truly repent,
Have mercy on you and set you free from sin.
Strengthen you in goodness and keep you in eternal life;
Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
COLLECT & THE LITURGY OF THE WORD: Let us prepare ourselves for the Word of God as it comes to us in the reading of Holy Scripture. Amen.
BIBLE READINGS
SERMON/REFLECTION
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH: ALL
I believe and trust in God the Father, who created all that is.
I believe and trust in his Son, Jesus Christ, who redeemed humankind.
I believe and trust in his Holy Spirit, who gives life to the people of God.
I believe and trust in One God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.
INTERCESSIONS - Lord in your Mercy: Hear our Prayer.
Merciful Father accept these prayers…
THE THANKSGIVING:
The Lord is here: His Spirit is with us.
Lift up your hearts: We lift them to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God: It is right to give our thanks and praise.
It is always right, wherever we are, to thank you and to praise you, God our Father and King forever, through Jesus Christ, your Son.
Through him you made us and the whole universe.
When your Holy Spirit came to Mary, Jesus was born as one of us.
He loved us so much that he died for us;
On the first Easter Day you raised him to life;
And death and evil were conquered forever.
At Pentecost, you gave the Holy Spirit,
As Jesus promised, to help us to live as your children.
So, here on earth, with the angels and archangels
And with everyone in heaven we praise your name and say:
ALL: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might,
heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
Father in Heaven, listen to the prayer we make in Jesus’s name;
Through the Holy Spirit’s power, gentle as a dove,
May this bread and this wine be for us Jesus’s body and blood.
Father, we remember when Jesus had supper with his friends the night before he died, he took the bread; he thanked you, broke it, gave it to his friends and said: Take this and eat it - this is my body, given for you. Do this to remember me.
After supper, Jesus took the cup of wine; he thanked you, gave it to his friends and said: Drink from this cup, because this is my blood- the new promise of God’s love. Do this, every time you drink it to remember me.
Father, as we remember your Son, Jesus Christ, who died on the cross and rose again, we offer you these gifts you freely give to us.
Send your Holy Spirit to be with us and all who share this bread and drink of this cup* Help us to trust you, bring us closer together and welcome us, with all your people into Jesus’s glorious Kingdom.
All honour and honour belong to you, Father, through Jesus, your Son, with the Holy Spirt: one God, forever and ever. Amen
As our Saviour taught us, we boldly pray:
Our Father, who art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name,
Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread
And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those
Who trespass against us,
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil
For thine is the Kingdom, the power and the glory,
Forever and ever. Amen
THE COMMUNION
We break this bread to share in the body of Christ.
Though we are many, we are one body, for we all share in one bread.
Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. Happy are those who are called to his supper.
Lord, I am not worthy to receive you but only say the word and I shall be healed.
In receiving communion, may the Lord bless you and keep watch over you; the Lord’s face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord look lovingly on you and give you peace and the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, be with you now and evermore. Amen.
13 сен 2024
