Welcome
to St Peter’s-in-the-Forest
All Age Communion
Mothering Sunday
10th March 2013
Presiding today is Fr Paul Trathen
Our welcomers today
are Mary and Bill Eveleigh
Hymn: Lord
Jesus Christ
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Lord
Jesus Christ
you
have come to us,
you
are one with us,
Mary’s
Son;
cleansing
our souls from all their sin,
pouring
your love and goodness in,
Jesus,
our love for you we sing,
living
Lord.
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Lord
Jesus Christ,
you
have come to us,
born
as one of us,
Mary’s
Son.
Led
out to die on Calvary,
risen
from death to set us free,
living
Lord Jesus, help us see
you
are Lord.
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Lord
Jesus Christ,
now
and ev’ry day
teach
us how to pray,
Son
of God.
You
have commanded us to do
this
in remembrance, Lord, of you.
Into
our lives your pow’r breaks
through,
living
Lord.
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Lord
Jesus Christ,
I
would come to you,
live
my life for you,
Son
of God.
All
my commands I know are true,
your
many gifts will make me new,
into
my life your pow’r breaks
through,
living
Lord.
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Welcome
Priest: God is good
All: all
the time!
Priest: All the time
All: God is good!
Priest: Today is a special day - it is Mothering Sunday - not Mother's Day - that
is something quite different which some countries celebrate on the 2nd
Sunday in May, but it has no particular religious significance. Mothering
Sunday has its roots in the traditions of the Church, going back for hundreds
of years. Today
Mothering Sunday is a popular day when Christians choose to use the occasion to
think about all things which concern motherhood. We give thanks for the Church
as Mother, the Virgin Mary as the mother of Jesus, we remember that God cares
for us like a mother and last but not least we give thanks for our own mothers
and all who ‘mother’ us.
And
today is a good opportunity for us to pause and focus on the real, true,
important values in our lives; right here, and in the whole world.
We are going to
hear readings, sing some hymns, ask for God’s forgiveness and learn a bit about
different aspects of caring.
Sing: He’s got the whole world in his
hand.
He’s got the whole world
in his hand.
He’s got the whole world in his hand.
He’s got the whole world in his hand.
Reader
1: Father,
we are always running after things. We
want bigger, better things, listening too hard to the adverts of our consumer
society.
All: Protect us from this greed. Help us to cling to the important things
instead: compassion, love, hope and joy, the treasures of heaven.
Reader
2: Father, help us to turn away from our
lust for fame – when we secretly want people to recognise our achievements and
congratulate us over them.
All: Give us reassurance when we are
doing the right thing, and the energy to work at spreading your fame instead of
our own. Help us to remember that all
our works are gifts from you.
Sing: He’s got you and me, brother, in his
hand.
He’s got you and me,
brother, in his hand.
He’s got you and me,
brother, in his hand.
He’s got the whole world in
his hand.
Reader
3: Father, help us to turn away from our
thirst for power – when we accidentally or deliberately manipulate others,
beating them down with the stick of our power or ambitions.
All: Forgive us when we use your Holy
Book as an excuse to injure others or as a cover for our pride.
Reader
4: Father, help us to conquer our desire
for money. Help us to see money in
perspective, as a tool to help others instead of a weapon against the poor.
All: Help us to remember that all
things come from you, Lord and that in your eyes, everyone is equal.
Sing: He’s
got you and me, sister, in his hand.
He’s got you and me, sister, in
his hand.
He’s got you and me, sister, in
his hand.
He’s got the whole world
in his hand.
Reader
5: Father, we sometimes get obsessed by
food – whether it be by eating too much, by dieting, or by worrying about what
foods are safe to eat.
All: Help us to eat joyfully, safely
and without greed. Help us also to do
our part to help the hungry.
Reader
6: Father, help us not to follow fashion
blindly, but to appreciate the beauty and creativity of clothing as art whilst
making sure that no one is hurt by fashion – either by being forced to buy
expensive clothes by peer pressure, or by being forced to work in a clothing factory
for a slave wage.
All: Lord, you care for all of your
creation; the birds of the air, the lilies of the field – help us not to worry
but be assured of your love and care.
Sing: He’s
got the little tiny baby in his hand.
He’s got the little tiny baby in
his hand.
He’s got the little tiny baby in
his hand.
He’s
got the whole world in his hand.
Reader
7: Father, sometimes we can get
hedonistic – just wanting the next ‘high’ whether it be from drink, drugs or
religious experiences.
All: Help us to enjoy the times of
happiness you give us but not to pursue it by hurting other people or our own
bodies.
Reader
8: Father, help us to turn away from our
misuse of beauty. Help us not to view
people as sex objects rather than human beings with feelings that can be
hurt. Help us not to judge people by
their outward looks, but to look for everyone’s inner beauty.
All: Thank you Lord that you love each
and every one of us, just the way we are – just as you made us. Help us to make the most of the gifts you
gave us and to treasure your creation and each other.
Sing: He’s
got ev’rybody here in his hand.
He’s got ev’rybody here in his hand.
He’s got ev’rybody here in his hand.
He’s got the whole world in his hand.
Absolution
Priest: May God, who gives us all life, and
sent his only Son to die for us, forgive us when we are truly sorry. Amen.
The Gospel Reading – in Dramatic
Form
(Luke 15:11-32 – the parable of the Loving
Mother)
Talk by Fr Paul Trathen
Creed
Leader: We believe in God the Father
All: We
believe in God the Father
Voice B: A
creative God who made the stars and the sky and the earth below.
Voice C: A generous God who gives us light and
life.
Voice D: A loving God who knows you by name and
is our friend.
All: Yes.
This is God our Father.
Leader: We believe in Jesus.
All: We
believe in Jesus.
Voice A: Who is Jesus?
Voice B: He is God’s Son who came to show us
what God is like.
Voice C: He brought us healing and
forgiveness.
Voice D: He died for us and God brought him
back to life.
All: Yes.
We believe in Jesus the Son of God.
Leader: We believe in the Holy Spirit
All: We
believe in the Holy Spirit
Voice A: Who is the Holy Spirit?
Voice B: Someone we can’t see but can know.
Voice C: Someone how helps us to know and
follow Jesus.
Voice D: Someone who gives us the power to be
like Jesus.
All: Yes.
We believe in the Holy Spirit.
All: This
is our faith.
We
believe in one God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Prayers
The Peace
Priest: Unto us a child is born; to us a Son is
given. And his name shall be called the
Prince of Peace. Peace of the Lord be
always with you.
All: And
also with you.
We shake hands, saying “Peace be with you”
All sing: Praise God from whom all blessings
flow;
praise him all creatures
here below;
praise him above ye heavenly
host,
praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
Hymn: Lord, we come to ask your healing
During this hymn, a collection will be taken. If you would like information on how to
gift-aid your donation, please see Peter Shrubsole after the service. Information on setting up standing orders is
also available from Peter.
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Lord,
we come to ask your healing,
teach
us of love;
all
unspoken shame revealing,
teach
us of love.
Take
our selfish thoughts and actions,
petty
feuds, divisive factions,
hear
us now to you appealing,
teach
us of love.
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Sooth away of pain and sorrow,
hold us in love;
grace we cannot buy or borrow,
hold us in love.
Though we see but dark and danger,
though we spurn both friend
and
stranger,
though we often dread tomorrow,
hold us in love.
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When the
bread is raised
and
broken,
fill us with love;
words of consecrations spoken,
fill us with love.
As our grateful prayers continue,
make the faith that we have in you
more than just an empty token,
fill us with love.
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Help
us live for one another,
bind
us in love;
stranger,
neighbour, father, mother –
bind
us in love.
All
are equal at your table,
through
your Spirit make us able
to
embrace as sister, brother,
bind
us in love.
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Priest: Give thanks to the Lord for
he is good;
All: his
faithfulness endures for ever.
Eucharistic prayer
Priest The Lord is here.
All His Spirit is with us.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them to the Lord.
Let us give thanks
to the Lord our God.
It is right to give him thanks
and praise.
When we turned away you did not reject us,
but came to meet us in your Son.
You
embraced us as your children
and welcomed us to sit and eat
with you.
In Christ you shared our life
that we might live in him and he
in us.
He
opened his arms of love upon the cross
and made for all the perfect
sacrifice for sin.
On the night that
he was betrayed,
at supper with his friends he
took bread, and gave you thanks;
he broke it and gave it to them,
saying:
Take, eat; this is my body which
is given for you;
do this in remembrance of me.
Father,
we do this in remembrance of him:
his body is the bread of life.
At the end of supper, taking the cup of
wine,
he gave you thanks, and said:
Drink this, all of you; this is
my blood of the new covenant,
which is shed for you for the
forgiveness of sins;
do this in remembrance of me.
Father,
we do this in remembrance of him:
his blood is shed for all.
As we proclaim his death and celebrate his
rising in glory,
send your Holy Spirit that this
bread and this wine
may be to us the body and blood
of your dear Son.
As we
eat and drink these holy gifts
make us one in Christ, our risen
Lord.
With your whole Church throughout the world
we offer you this sacrifice of
praise
and lift our voice to join the
eternal song of heaven:
Holy,
holy, holy Lord,
God of power and might,
Heaven and earth are full of
your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Sit/Kneel
Priest: Let us pray the prayer that Jesus taught us:
All: 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.
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.
The priest invites people to come forward to
receive communion or a blessing.
Priest We
break this bread to share in the body of Christ.
All Though we are many, we are one body,
because we all
share in one bread.
Priest: Draw near
with faith.
Receive
the body of our Lord Jesus Christ
which
he gave for you,
and his blood which he shed for
you.
Eat
and drink in remembrance that he died for you,
and
feed on him in your hearts by faith with thanksgiving.
Adults
who are baptized and children who’ve received preparation are welcome to
receive communion. If you do not receive communion, please feel free to go
forward for a blessing.
Hymn: Sing we
of the blessed Mother (remain seated)
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Sing
we of the blessèd Mother
who
received the angel’s word,
and
obedient to his summons
bore
in love the infant Lord;
sing
we of the joys of Mary
at
whose breast that child was fed
who
is Son of God eternal
and
the everlasting Bread.
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Sing
again the joys of Mary
when
she saw the risen Lord,
and,
in prayer with Christ’s apostles,
waited
on his promised word:
from
on high the blazing glory
of
the Spirit’s presence came,
heav’nly
breath of God’s own being,
manifest
through wind and flame.
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Sing
we, too, of Mary’s sorrows,
of
the sword that pierced her
through,
when
beneath the cross of Jesus
she
his weight of suff’ring knew,
looked
upon her Son and Saviour
reigning
high on Calv’ry’s tree,
saw
the price of our redemption
paid
to set the sinner free.
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Sing
the greatest joy of Mary
when
on earth her work was done,
and
the Lord of all creation
brought
her to his heav’nly home:
virgin
mother, Mary blessed,
raised on high,
and
crowned with grace,
may
your Son, the world’s
redeemer,
grant
us all to see his face.
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Prayer after communion
All: Father
of all, we give you thanks and praise,
that
when we were still far off
you
met us in your Son and brought us home.
Dying
and living, he declared your love,
gave
us grace, and opened the gates of glory.
May
we who share Christ’s body live his risen life;
we
who drink his cup bring life to others;
we
whom the Spirit lights give light to the world.
Keep
us firm in the hope that you have set before us,
so
we and all your children shall be free,
and
the whole earth live to praise your name;
through
Christ our Lord. Amen.
Hymn:
Will you come and follow me?
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Will
you come and follow me
if
I but call your name?
Will
you go where you don’t know,
and
never be the same?
Will
you let my love be shown,
will
you let my name be known,
will
you let my life be grown
in
you, and you in me?
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Will
you love the ‘you’ you hide
if
I but call your name?
Will
you quell the fear inside,
and
never be the same?
Will
you use the faith you’ve found
to
reshape the world around
through
my sight and touch
and sound
in
you, and you in me?
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Will
you leave yourself behind
if
I but call your name?
Will
you care for cruel and kind,
and
never be the same?
Will
you risk the hostile stare,
should
your life attract or scare,
will
you let me answer prayer
in
you, and you in me?
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Lord,
your summons echo true
when
you but call my name.
Let
me turn and follow you,
and
never be the same.
In
your company I’ll go
where
your love and
footsteps show.
Thus
I’ll move and live and grow
in
you, and you in me.
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Will
you let the blinded see
if
I but call your name?
Will
you set the pris’ners free,
and
never be the same?
Will
you kiss the leper clean
and
do such as this unseen,
and
admit to what I mean
in
you, and you in me?
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Blessing and Dismissal
Priest: May
the Lord who brought us to birth by his Spirit, strengthen us for the Christian
life. Amen.
May the Lord who provides for all our needs sustain us day by day. Amen.
May the Lord whose steadfast love is constant as a mother's care, send us out to live and work for others. Amen.
And the blessing of God Almighty.
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,
be with you and remain with you always.
Amen.
Go in peace, to love and serve the Lord.
In the name of Christ. Amen.
Please stay after the service, to have a cup of
coffee, tea or juice, and a biscuit, and chat with other people. Our coffee, tea, sugar and biscuits are all
fair-trade products. Serving coffee today
are Jenni and Dan Hall.
FROM THE TRAIDCRAFT STALL
A message to all Mothers
on Mothering Sunday – thank you!
Prayers – this week please pray for:
Barbara & Stan Eager Rita & Colin Reid Beryl Goodwin
Lily Bollen Ray
Hepburn Les Hobart
George and Phyllis Robbins Richard Fayolle Michael
Bailey
Fred Lennard John
Clayton Pat
Chapman
Sally Johnson Richard,
Debbie, Claire and Grace Mainwaring
Notices
Churchyard management
plan, Investigation
and set up day - 16th March, 10.00 – 4.00 pm. Please come along!
Following the service next week (17th March) there will be a
short meeting to discuss the Flower
Festival (which is being held 29th and 30th
June). If you’d like to do a flower
arrangement, help with refreshments, ticketing the door etc etc, please do come
along to the meeting.
If you have any photos of Parish/Church life, send them to Paul or Sarah
via email and they will be posted on the parish blog site.
Please remember the Lent Course with a focus
on the Beatitudes. They
are being held on Wednesdays in Peterhouse – either at 10.30 am (in the Beech
Room) or 7.30 pm (in the Reception Lounge).
Next Week:
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17th
March 2013
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Passion
Sunday – Parish Eucharist
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Welcomers
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Paul Wardell
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Anne Smith
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Readers
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Margaret Gainey
Isaiah 43:16-21 |
Tom MarshallPhilippians 3:4b-14 |
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Coffee
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Michael Collins
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Bridget Gibbs
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Rocks
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Pam
Bollen
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Matt
Bollen
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A reminder that there are still newsletters to be
delivered – please do take a bundle from the back of church if you’re able to
deliver them.
Holy Week & Easter (24th
– 31st March 2013)
Palm
Sunday
Holy Communion
with Procession of the Palms from
Peterhouse Centre 10.00am
Monday of
Holy Week
Morning Prayer 9.15
am
Stations of the Cross 10.00
am
Evening Prayer 5.00
pm
Simple Eucharist with Guided Meditation 8.00
pm
Night Prayer 8.45
pm
Tuesday
of Holy Week
Morning Prayer 9.15
am
Evening Prayer 5.00
pm
Simple Eucharist with Guided Meditation 8.00
pm
Night Prayer 8.45
pm
Wednesday
of Holy Week
Morning Prayer 9.15
am
Stations of the Cross 10.00
am
Evening Prayer 5.00
pm
Simple Eucharist with Guided Meditation 8.00
pm
Night Prayer 8.45
pm
Maundy Thursday
Morning Prayer 8.45
am
Evening Prayer 5.00
pm
Passover Supper & Foot Washing Please sign up if you’re
in
Peterhouse Centre 8.00
pm coming to the meal.
‘The
Maundy Watch’(till
midnight in church) 9.30 pm
Good
Friday
Morning Prayer 9.15
am
Silence before the Cross 12.00
noon
‘The Way of the Cross’ 1.30
pm
Easter
Day
Service of New Light,
with Renewal of Baptism Vows and the
First Eucharist of Easter 6.15 am
Church breakfast 7.45 am List will be
available to
Holy Communion sign up for breakfast
and Renewal of Baptismal Vows 10.00 am
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