Sunday 29th March Psalm 142 1 I cry for mercy to the LORD;To him I lift my voice in prayer.2 Before the LORD I bring my plea;To him my trouble I declare. 3 Each time my spirit faints in me,You are the one who knows my way;For in the path
Continue readingSaturday 28th March O Sacred Head Sore Wounded (Passion Chorale) RS 220Paul Gerhardt (1607-76) O sacred Head, sore wounded,with grief and shame weighed down;O royal head surroundedwith thorns, thine only crown;O Lord of life and glory,what bliss ’til now was thine!I read the wondrous story,I joy to call thee mine.
Continue readingFriday 27th March My Song is Love Unknown (R&S) 207Samuel Crossman (1624 – 84) My song is love unknown,My Saviour’s love to me;Love to the loveless shown,That they might lovely be.O who am I,That for my sakeMy Lord should takeFrail flesh, and die? He came from His blest throneSalvation to
Continue readingDear <<First Name>> Welcome to all our new subscribers. Since last Thursday over a 1,000 of you have subscribed. I hope you are finding the daily prayer and reflection helpful. As you know each Sunday we are sending out the transcript and recording for a Sunday service. This week the service
Continue readingThursday 26th March We Turn to God When We Are Sorely Pressed CH4 393Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Tune, Eventide) We turn to God when we are sorely pressed;we pray for help, and ask for peace and bread;we seek release from illness, guilt, and death:all people do, in faith or unbelief. We turn
Continue readingWednesday 25th March At The Cross Her Vigil Keeping CH4 38713th Century At the cross her vigil keepingstood the mournful mother weepingwhere he hung, the dying Lord.for her soul, of joy bereaved,bowed with sorrow, deeply grieved,passed the sharp and piercing sword. 2. Who, on Christ’s dear mother gazing,pierced with anguish
Continue readingTuesday 24th March Lifted High On Your Cross CH4 386Ian Cowie (1923-2005) Tune Pulling Bracken Lifted high on your cross,drawing all folk, drawing all folk;lifted high on your cross,drawing all folk to you. Down you came to live among uspart of your creation,knowing poverty and sorrowsharing each temptation. On the
Continue readingMonday 23rd March Here Hangs a Man Discarded CH4 385Brian Wren Tune Shrub End (Passion Chorale works well if verses are doubled)© Stainer and Bell 1975 Here hangs a man discarded,a scarecrow hoisted high,a nonsense pointing nowhereto all who hurry by. Can such a clown of sorrowsstill bring a useful wordwhen
Continue readingSunday Worship from the United Reformed Churchfor Sunday 22nd March Today’s service comes from the Spire Church, a Methodist and United Reformed Church local ecumenical partnership at Farnham in Surrey. The service is led by the Rev’d Michael Hopkins. Call to Worship Come to the God who loves you.Come to the God
Continue readingDear <<First Name>> Over the last week we’ve had around 1,000 people sign up to the Daily Devotions so I thought it would be helpful to cover a few housekeeping things. Firstly, welcome to our new subscribers. I hope you find the daily reflections and Sunday service a useful resource in
Continue readingSunday 22nd March Psalm 141 1 O LORD, I call to you.Come quickly! I’m in need!And, when I cry to you for help,to my appeal give heed. 2 Like incense may my prayerbefore your face arise—The raising of my hands be likethe evening sacrifice. 3 Keep watch, LORD, on my
Continue readingSaturday 21st March The Servant KingGraham Kendrick (b1950) © 1983 Thank You Music From heaven you came helpless babeEntered our world, your glory veiledNot to be served but to serveAnd give Your life that we might live This is our God, The Servant KingHe calls us now to follow HimTo
Continue readingSunday’s Service Dear Friends, over the last few days we have prepared worship for Sunday morning. We are grateful to the Rev’d Michael Hopkins, minister of the Spire Church in Farnham, for preparing and recording a service so quickly. It will be sent out to you, via email, at 10am
Continue readingFriday 20th March Ride On, Ride on, The Time is RightJohn Bell © Wild Goose Worship Resource GroupTune: Winchester New or Ride On CH4 370 Ride on, ride on, the time is right: the roadside crowds scream with delight;Palm branches mark the pilgrim wayWhere beggars squat and children play. Ride on,
Continue readingThursday 19th March God of Our Yesterdays StF 241 © Matt Redman Thank You Music 2008 When we were in the darkest nightand wondered if our eyes would ever see the lightYou were there Lord.When we were in the stormy galeand wondered if we’d ever live in peace againYou were there
Continue readingWednesday 18th March Jesus Tempted in the Desert (Ebenezer [Ton-Y-Botel]) Herman G Stuempfle © 1993 GIA Publications Jesus, tempted in the desert,lonely, hungry, filled with dread;“Use the power,” the tempter tells him;“Turn these barren rocks to bread!”“Not alone by bread,” he answers,“Can the human heart be filled.Only by the Word that
Continue readingDear <<First Name>> We live in a difficult time with fast moving circumstances in the face of the Covid 19 epidemic. Since the weekend it has been clear that restrictions were going to be placed on us and yesterday the Prime Minster announced that we should avoid all unnecessary social contact.
Continue readingTuesday 17th March Christ is our light! The bright and morning star (Highlands Cathedral) CH4 336 © Leith Fisher Christ is our light! The bright and morning starcovering with radiance all from near and far.Christ be our light, shine on, shine on we prayinto our hearts, into our world today.
Continue readingLenten and Passiontide Hymns Dear Friends, I hope you enjoyed our two weeks’ worth of reflections from David Thompson on Baptism and the Eucharist. As you will have noticed we have now moved on to a new theme looking at Lenten and Passiontide hymns. We hope these are useful to
Continue readingMonday 16th March Led by the Spirit of Our God (Kingsfold) Bob Hurd © OCP Publications Led by the Spirit of our God, we go to fast and prayWith Christ into the wilderness; we join His paschal way.“”Rend not your garments, rend your hearts.Turn back your lives to me.””Thus says our kind and
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