St Pauls Church Wibsey SUNDAY EVENING PRAYER WELCOME

St Paul’s Church, Wibsey SUNDAY EVENING PRAYER WELCOME TO YOUR CHURCH Together: Growing, Caring, Sharing in God’s Love

WELCOME TO OUR SUNDAY EVENING PRAYER. This Power. Point presentation will give you all you need to celebrate at home this service. For the Song/Hymn, just click on the titles, and the weblink will open it directly in your computer. Watch the video in full screen, then come back to this presentation. You have the choice between a modern song or a traditional hymn. The Psalm can be read by two people or two groups of people if you want. You may start by lighting

(Time of quiet to be in presence of the Lord)

The light and peace of Jesus Christ, All be always with us. Amen.

SONG/HYMN Modern Song: ‘In Christ alone’ Traditional Hymn: ‘How shall I sing that majesty’

Blessed are you, Lord God, creator of day and night: All to you be praise and glory for ever!

The Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns: All let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory.

For the marriage of the Lamb has come: All and his bride has made herself ready.

Blessed be God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit: All Blessed be God for ever!

That this evening may be holy, good and peaceful, let us pray with one heart and mind.

All As our evening prayer rises before you, O God, so may your mercy come down upon us, to cleanse our hearts and set us free to sing your praise, now and for ever. Amen.

THE WORD OF GOD A light on our path

PSALM (Good News Version) Psalms 149 -150

149 Praise the LORD! Sing a new song to the LORD; praise him in the assembly of his faithful people! 2 Be glad, Israel, because of your Creator; rejoice, people of Zion, because of your king!

3 Praise his name with dancing; play drums and harps in praise of him. 4 The LORD takes pleasure in his people.

He honours the humble with victory. 5 Let God's people rejoice in their triumph and sing joyfully all night long (…)

150 Praise God in his Temple! Praise his strength in heaven! 2 Praise him for the mighty things he has done. Praise his supreme greatness.

3 Praise him with trumpets. Praise him with harps and lyres. 4 Praise him with drums and dancing. Praise him with harps and flutes.

5 Praise him with cymbals. Praise him with loud cymbals. 6 Praise the LORD, all living creatures! Praise the LORD!

Glory to the Father, by the Son, in the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever. Amen. Or: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever. Amen.

God of life and love whose Son was victorious over sin and death, make us alive with his life, that the whole world may resound with your praise through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

(News International Reader Version) READING Follow a Reading Plan of your choice: https: //www. biblegateway. com/reading-plans/ or read the verses on the next slide.

13 Brothers and sisters, we should always thank God for you. The Lord loves you. That’s because God chose you as the first to be saved. Salvation comes through the Holy Spirit’s work. He makes people holy. It also comes through believing the truth. 14 He chose you to be saved by accepting the good news that we preach. And you will share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. (2 Thessalonians 2. 13 -14; NIr. V)

The Lord is my light and my salvation: All the Lord is the strength of my life. The light shines in the darkness: All and the darkness has not overcome it. Glory to the Father, by the Son, in the Holy Spirit: All The Lord is my light and my salvation, the Lord is the strength of my life.

(Time of quiet adoration)

CANTICLE Luke 1. 46 -55 (Good News Version) The marriage of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.

My heart praises the Lord; my soul is glad because of God my Saviour, for he has remembered me, his lowly servant!

From now on all people will call me happy, because of the great things the Mighty God has done for me. His name is holy; from one generation to another he shows mercy to those who honour him.

He has stretched out his mighty arm and scattered the proud with all their plans. He has brought down mighty kings from their thrones, and lifted up the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things, and sent the rich away with empty hands.

He has kept the promise he made to our ancestors, and has come to the help of his servant Israel. He has remembered to show mercy to Abraham and to all his descendants forever!

Glory to the Father, by the Son, in the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever. Amen. Or: Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever. Amen.

The marriage of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.

PRAYERS FOR THE WORLD (Present to the Lord all your prayers, for yourself, your loved ones, and the whole world)

-The leaders of the nations -The natural world and the resources of the earth -All who are in any kind of need

(We offer ourselves to the Lord)

All Lighten our darkness, Lord, we pray, and in your great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night, for the love of your only Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

THE LORD’S PRAYER As our Saviour taught us, so we pray with confidence:

(Modern Version) 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. And 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. (Traditional Version) 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. 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 for ever and ever. Amen.

SONG/HYMN Modern Song: ‘King of my heart’ Traditional Hymn: ‘Take my life’

SENDING OUT All The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore. Amen.

Let us bless the Lord. All Thanks be to God.