Sunday 13th July
A most warm welcome to everyone in the name of
Christ Jesus as we come before Him in praise ,
Worship and thanksgiving
“ I thank God every time I
remember you”
Opening Hymn 456 Stand up and Bless the Lord
First
Paul and Timothy, servants of
Christ Jesus,
To all the saints
in Christ Jesus at
I
thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I
always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first
day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you
will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
It is right for me to feel
this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart; for whether I am in
chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God's grace
with me. God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ
Jesus.
And this is my prayer: that
your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that
you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the
day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus
Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Around the Gospel : 417 Praise
God
Gospel
Then some Pharisees and
teachers of the law came to Jesus from
Jesus replied, "And
why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? For God
said, 'Honor your father and mother' and 'Anyone who
curses his father or mother must be put to death. But you say that if a man
says to his father or mother, 'Whatever help you might otherwise have received
from me is a gift devoted to God,' he is not to 'honor his father with it. Thus
you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition. You hypocrites!
Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:
'These people honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
They worship me in vain;
their teachings are but rules taught by
men.
Jesus called the crowd to
him and said, "Listen and understand. What goes into a man's mouth does
not make him 'unclean,' but what comes out of his mouth, that
is what makes him 'unclean.' "
Then the disciples came to
him and asked, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they
heard this?"
He replied, "Every
plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.
Leave them; they are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will
fall into a pit."
Peter said, "Explain
the parable to us."
Are you still so
dull?" Jesus asked them. "Don't you see that whatever enters the
mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body? But the things that come
out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man 'unclean. 'For out
of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft,
false testimony, slander. These are what make a man 'unclean'; but eating with
unwashed hands does not make him 'unclean.'
Offertory Hymn: 512 Thou Art the Way
Communion / Eucharistic Prayer:
Sung responses can be found on page 8
If you would like to receive blessing
at the altar rail you are very welcome, and if you would like a special prayer or a prayer for healing please indicate that to the priest when he comes to you
Communion Hymn: 409 Open Our Eyes Lord
Sung prayerfully and quietly
Recessional Hymn: 464 Take My Life
Please take your pew
sheet home with you and leave your hymn book and service book in your seat. Please
do stay for refreshments in the side aisle.
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Trio Ensemble Concert, organized
by Joan Leroy Sunday
August 17th, 18.00 here at
Harvest Thanksgiving. An
advance date for your diaries We will be celebrating Harvest
Thanksgiving on 21 September which is the third Sunday of the month. The
service will be followed by lunch in Bens and Anne’s garden if fine or the
church if the weather is not good.
Hymns: Remember, if you have a hymn
of special significance you you, that you would like
to share with us please do speak to Ben
Avenue Paul Doumer 0494404861
83700 St Raphaël beneaton@orange.fr
www.sjevar.com