Order of service 8th of September 2024, “The responsibilities of being saved!” 

Welcome – Keith

Call to worship Romans 12: 1 – 2 
 
“Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”

Opening prayer – Alison

Hymn My lighthouse 

Sword drill

Hymn Yet not I but Christ in me  

Reading 2 Peter 1: 1 – 11 

“Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,
 
To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:
 
Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
 
His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
 
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.

Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble, and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” – Jonathan 
  
Thought – Darrel

Hymn  Mighty to save  Collection taken during the hymn by Alison & Jonathan

Prayers of thanks – Jonathan

Notices
Prayer meeting, 12th of September @ 10:00 on Zoom and Steve & Hazel’s.
Prayer walk, 13th of September @ 10:00 meeting at the old church building.
Serving refreshments today September Jonathan & Lorraine
Serving refreshments 15th of September Dannii & Lorraine
Big Church Day Away, 14th of September.
Church website address https://www.hurstgreen-fellowship.org
Pastors email address hgecpastor@outlook.com

Hymn Cynthia

Lord’s Supper

Lord’s prayer – Steve

Share the peace
 
Hymn  We’ll walk the land 

Blessing 
“May the Lord bless you
    and keep you;
may the Lord make his face shine on you
    and be gracious to you;
may the Lord turn his face toward you
    and give you peace.”

Grace – Alison