This morning we being a new series of studies in John 13 and John 14 and in the Evening we will be joined by our neighbours for the dedication of our new organ. In the morning our Order of Service will be:

Welcome and Call to Worship

Hymn 129 The Lord is King lift up your voice

Collect

Children’s Address: ‘Wild Orchids’

Children’s Prayer / Lord’s Prayer

Hymn 559 There is a Redeemer

Prayer of Approach

Intimations

Offering / Dedication

Scripture Reading: John 13 v31—4 v4  p1081

Choir

Prayer of Intercession

Hymn 491 Lord Jesus think on me

Sermon:  ‘Following Jesus’

Hymn 490 Jesus lover of my soul

Benediction / Sung Amen

This morning we turn to John’s Gospel to explore the story of the ‘Man Born Bllind’. In the evening we will welcome Mark Muller who will bring us up to date news on his work.

Welcome and Call to Worship

Hymn 189 Be still for the presence of the Lord

Collect

Children’s Address

Children’s Prayer / Lord’s Prayer

Hymn  522 The church is wherever

Prayer of Approach

Intimations

Offering / Dedication

Scripture Reading: John 9 v1-

Choir

Prayer of Intercession

Hymn 88 Up from the depths I cry to God

Sermon:  ‘Recreation’

Hymn 549 How deep the Father’s love for us

Benediction / Sung Amen

This morning in BVP we begin a short series of studies I have wanted to do for the last fifteen years or so but known how to go about it: a bird’s eye view of the Bible so that we can see the major themes and see how things tie together. The problem has been how to do this; but after some thought I would like to fulfil this ambition by tracing the development of the Covenant. Our Order of Service in Sunday will be:

Welcome and Call to Worship

Hymn 445 Alleluia sing to Jesus

Collect

Children’s Address

Children’s Prayer / Lord’s Prayer

Hymn  802 We are here to praise you

Prayer of Approach

Intimations

Offering / Dedication

Scripture Reading: John 1 v1-18 p 1063

Prayer of Intercession

Hymn 486 Forgive our sins as we forgive

Sermon:  ‘Discovering the Bible 1’

Hymn 159 Lord for the years

Benediction / Sung Amen

Whilst on holiday I was greatly helped by a sentence on Assurance from vol 3 of the works of the Puritan divine John Owen. I would like to enlarge upon this as our theme for today’s service.

Welcome and Call to Worship

Hymn 83 I rejoiced when I heard them say

Collect

Children’s Address

Children’s Prayer / Lord’s Prayer

Hymn  600 Spirit of God unseen as the wind

Prayer of Approach

Intimations

Offering / Dedication

Scripture Reading: John 4 v1-15 p1066

Prayer of Intercession

Hymn 548 Approach my soul the mercy seat

Sermon:  ‘Assurance’

Hymn Loved with everlasting love

Benediction / Sung Amen

Andrew has been hard at it giving our blog and web page a more professional look; we trust you will find the changes helpful.

This Sunday we follow our normal Order of Service as we continue our studies in Matthew’s Gospel.

We’re in the process of trying out setting this site up to run on WordPress, and I’ve had a go at importing all the content from the BlogSpot blog. We’ll see how this goes!