O God,
you call your Church to witness
that in Christ we are reconciled to you:
help us to proclaim the good news of your love,
that all who hear it may turn to you;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.

Almighty God,
you have made us for yourself,
and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you:
Teach us to offer ourselves to your service,
that here we may have your peace,
and in the world to come may see you face to face;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

God our guide,
you feed us with bread from heaven
as you fed your people Israel.
May we who have been inwardly nourished
be ready to follow you
all the days of our pilgrimage on earth,
until we come to your kingdom in heaven.
This we ask in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.

O God,
you call your Church to witness
that in Christ we are reconciled to you:
help us to proclaim the good news of your love,
that all who hear it may turn to you;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.

Almighty God,
you have made us for yourself,
and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you:
Teach us to offer ourselves to your service,
that here we may have your peace,
and in the world to come may see you face to face;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

God our guide,
you feed us with bread from heaven
as you fed your people Israel.
May we who have been inwardly nourished
be ready to follow you
all the days of our pilgrimage on earth,
until we come to your kingdom in heaven.
This we ask in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.

(c) 1st Reading Proverbs 1: 20–33
643* Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart
11* Can we by searching find out God
324* God, whose almighty word

(c) Psalm Psalm 19 [Ep3C/L3B/EVABC/Pr22A]
606* As the deer pants for the water
153 Come, thou Redeemer of the earth
351* From all that dwell below the skies
631* God be in my head
696* God, we praise you! God, we bless you!
616 In my life, Lord, be glorified
97* Jesus shall reign where’er the sun
384* Lord, thy word abideth
432* Love is his word, love is his way
638* O for a heart to praise my God
34* O worship the King all–glorious above
35* The spacious firmament on high

(c) Alternative Canticle ‘Song of Wisdom’ (Wisdom 7: 26– 8: 1)
for Psalm 643* Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart
33* O Lord of every shining constellation

(p) 1st Reading Isaiah 50: 4–9a [L6ABC/HW–WABC]
230* My Lord, what love is this
235 O sacred head, sore wounded
239* See, Christ was wounded for our sake

(p) Psalm Psalm 116: 1–8
494* Beauty for brokenness
374* When all thy mercies, O my God

2nd Reading James 3: 1–12
31 Lord of the boundless curves of space
589 Lord, speak to me that I may speak
33* O Lord of every shining constellation
446* Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands

The Gospel Mark 8: 27–38
666* Be still, my soul: the Lord is on thy side
460 For all your saints in glory, for all your saints at rest (vv. 1, 2j, 3)
533* God of grace and God of glory
588* Light of the minds that know him
59* New every morning is the love
108* Praise to the Holiest in the height
599* ‘Take up thy cross,’ the Saviour said
112* There is a Redeemer
605 Will you come and follow me

O God,
you call your Church to witness
that in Christ we are reconciled to you:
help us to proclaim the good news of your love,
that all who hear it may turn to you;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.

Almighty God,
you have made us for yourself,
and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you:
Teach us to offer ourselves to your service,
that here we may have your peace,
and in the world to come may see you face to face;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

God our guide,
you feed us with bread from heaven
as you fed your people Israel.
May we who have been inwardly nourished
be ready to follow you
all the days of our pilgrimage on earth,
until we come to your kingdom in heaven.
This we ask in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.

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O God,
you call your Church to witness
that in Christ we are reconciled to you:
help us to proclaim the good news of your love,
that all who hear it may turn to you;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.

Almighty God,
you have made us for yourself,
and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you:
Teach us to offer ourselves to your service,
that here we may have your peace,
and in the world to come may see you face to face;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

God our guide,
you feed us with bread from heaven
as you fed your people Israel.
May we who have been inwardly nourished
be ready to follow you
all the days of our pilgrimage on earth,
until we come to your kingdom in heaven.
This we ask in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.

(c) 1st Reading Jeremiah 4: 11–12, 22–28
140 [The Lord will come and not be slow]
540* To thee, our God, we fly

(c) Psalm Psalm 14 [Pr12B]
649* Happy are they, they that love God

(p) 1st Reading Exodus 32: 7–14
584* Jesus calls us! O’er the tumult
358* King of glory, King of peace
372* Through all the changing scenes of life
374* When all thy mercies, O my God

(p) Psalm Psalm 51: 1–11
397* Alleluia! Alleluia! Opening our hearts to him
297* Come, thou Holy Spirit, come
614* Great Shepherd of your people, hear
208 [Hearken, O Lord, have mercy upon us]
553* Jesu, lover of my soul
305 O Breath of life, come sweeping through us
638* O for a heart to praise my God
557* Rock of ages, cleft for me

2nd Reading 1 Timothy 1: 12–17
478* Go forth and tell! O Church of God, awake!
6* Immortal, invisible, God only wise
553* Jesu, lover of my soul
429* Lord Jesus Christ, you have come to us
231* My song is love unknown
102* Name of all majesty
657* O God of Bethel, by whose hand
366* Praise, my soul, the King of heaven

The Gospel Luke 15: 1–10
683* All people that on earth do dwell
642* Amazing grace (how sweet the sound!)
328* Come on and celebrate
644* Faithful Shepherd, feed me
319* Father, of heaven, whose love profound
569* Hark, my soul. It is the Lord
587* Just as I am, without one plea
105* O the deep, deep love of Jesus
438* O thou who at thy eucharist didst pray
20* The King of love my shepherd is
660* Thine for ever! God of love

O God,
you call your Church to witness
that in Christ we are reconciled to you:
help us to proclaim the good news of your love,
that all who hear it may turn to you;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.

Almighty God,
you have made us for yourself,
and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you:
Teach us to offer ourselves to your service,
that here we may have your peace,
and in the world to come may see you face to face;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

God our guide,
you feed us with bread from heaven
as you fed your people Israel.
May we who have been inwardly nourished
be ready to follow you
all the days of our pilgrimage on earth,
until we come to your kingdom in heaven.
This we ask in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.