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Worship Service 20 September 2020 Generous with our actions

Our Vision:

To be a loving and growing community

released and empowered to join in God's work

of proclaiming and demonstrating the good news

to Egham and beyond

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Please have bread and Wine/Juice ready for our Agape Meal Pre-Service Song: Welcome Opening Prayers We Worship Him Together God I look to You, I won't be overwhelmed Give me vision to see things like You do God I look to You, You're where my help comes from Give me wisdom; You know just what to do I will love You Lord my strength I will love You Lord my shield I will love You Lord my rock forever All my days I will love You God Hallelujah, our God reigns Hallelujah, our God reigns Hallelujah, our God reigns forever all my days, Hallelujah. Jenn Johnson © 2010 Bethel Music

Lord of all creation, Of water earth and sky. Heavens are your tabernacle, Glory to the Lord on high.

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God of wonders beyond our galaxy You are holy, holy. The universe declares your majesty. You are holy, holy.

Lord of heaven and earth

Early in the morning I will celebrate the light. And as I stumble in the darkness I will call Your name by night. Hallelujah to the Lord of Heaven and earth Marc Byrd, Steve Hindalong © 2000 New Spring/Small Stone Media Reading: John 5:1-18 Geoff Wickes This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. Sermon Margaret Stevens Response Song This is my desire To honour You Lord with all my heart I worship You All I have within me I give You praise All that I adore is in You

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Lord I give You my heart I give You my soul I live for You alone Ev'ry breath that I take Ev'ry moment I'm awake Lord have Your way in me Reuben Morgan © 1995 Hillsong Music Publishing Stewardship Video Intercessions Conrad Benefield 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 forever. Amen. We Remember Jesus The Lord is right where you are His Spirit is with us. Lord Jesus, your first miracle was turning water into wine at a wedding feast: Give us the gift of seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary.

Lord Jesus, you took one boy’s simple lunch and made a feast for thousands: Give us the imagination to see that, in your hands, what we have to offer is enough.

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Lord Jesus, you ate and drank with the marginalised and the outcast: Give us the courage to both give to them and receive from them.

Lord Jesus, beneath the looming shadow of the cross, you shared a last meal with friends: Help us to face our own mortality, growing kinder and more able to savour life.

Lord Jesus, you ate with your disciples to show the truth of your resurrection: Help us not to despise the physical things of life because you made them blessed.

Lord Jesus, the Emmaus disciples knew you not in words, but in your breaking of bread: Help us to know you when we meet you, even if you don’t do what we expect.

Lord Jesus, you cooked breakfast for your friends before calling them again to follow you: We remember that you call us friends because we do what you command us.

Lord Jesus, you were broken for us like bread: We remember you each time we eat, each time we are full and each time we feel broken.

Lord Jesus, you were poured out for us like wine, We remember you each time we drink,

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each time we celebrate and each time we feel dry. Lord Jesus, you promise us a place at the banquet in heaven, with you forever. As we eat, as we drink, as we love you and one another, We remember all you have done and all you have promised, with thanksgiving. Amen. I invite you to share in this Agape Meal in your homes and as you do, take a moment to reflect on what you are remembering/what stood out to you in particular, then either now or later you could share this with someone else so you can encourage each other? As we do, the Worship Team will minister to us in song… Ministry Song: Behold the lamb who bears our sins away, Slain for us: and we remember The promise made that all who come in faith Find forgiveness at the cross. So we share in this Bread of life, And we drink of His sacrifice, As a sign of our bonds of peace Around the table of the King.

The body of our Saviour, Jesus Christ, Torn for you: eat and remember The wounds that heal, the death that brings us life, Paid the price to make us one.

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So we share in this Bread of life, And we drink of His sacrifice, As a sign of our bonds of love Around the table of the King. The blood that cleanses every stain of sin, Shed for you: drink and remember He drained death's cup that all may enter in To receive the life of God. So we share in this Bread of life, And we drink of His sacrifice, As a sign of our bonds of grace Around the table of the King. And so with thankfulness and faith We rise to respond: and to remember. Our call to follow in the steps of Christ As His body here on earth. As we share in His suffering, We proclaim: Christ will come again! And we'll join in the feast of heaven Around the table of the King. Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty, Stuart Townend © 2007 Thankyou Music

Closing Prayers and Blessing Closing Song You call me out upon the waters The great unknown where feet may fail And there I find You in the mystery In oceans deep my faith will stand

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And I will call upon Your name And keep my eyes above the waves When oceans rise My soul will rest in Your embrace For I am Yours and You are mine Your grace abounds in deepest waters Your sov'reign hand will be my guide Where feet may fail and fear surrounds me You've never failed and You won't start now Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders Let me walk upon the waters Wherever You would call me Take me deeper than my feet could ever wander And my faith will be made stronger In the presence of my Saviour I will call upon Your name Keep my eyes above the waves My soul will rest in Your embrace I am Yours and You are mine Joel Houston, Matt Crocker, Salomon Lighelm © 2012 Hillsong Music Publishing Dismissal Stay in your community (virtual or physical) and tell them how much the Lord has done for you and how he has had mercy on you. By the Spirit’s power, we will.