Sunday, October 24th, 2021

October 24

Prelude: Open My Eyes By Clara H. Scott and Phil Perkins

Open my eyes that I may see, glimpses of truth thou hast for me. Place in my hands the wonderful key that shall unclasp and set me free.

Silently now I wait for thee, ready, my God, thy will to see. Open my eyes, illumine me, Spirit divine!

Open my ears that I may hear voices of truth thou sendest clear. And while the wave notes fall on my ear, ev’rything false will disappear.

Silently now I wait for thee, ready, my God, thy will to see. Open my ears, illumine me, Spirit divine!

Open my mouth and let me bear gladly the warm truth ev’rywhere. Open my heart and let me prepare love with thy children thus to share.

Silently now I wait for thee, ready, my God, thy will to see. Open my mouth, illumine me, Spirit divine! Acknowledgement

Gathering Song: Jesus Shall Reign Where'er the Sun, CP 383

Jesus shall reign where'er the sun does its successive journeys run; God’s kingdom stretch from shore to shore, till moons shall wax and wane no more.

People and realms of every tongue dwell on his love with sweetest song, and infant voices shall proclaim their early blessings on his name.

Blessings abound where'er he reigns; the prisoners leap to lose their chains; the weary find eternal rest, and all who suffer want are blest.

Let every creature rise and bring peculiar honors to our King, angels descend with songs again, and earth repeat the loud amen.

The Gathering In our gathering together let us marvel at life, recognising its wonders and its signs. The blowing wind, the rising and setting sun,the fruiting trees, the falling leaves and drying grasses.

In their beginning, in their ending, they offer evidence of continuing creativity In all creation, visible and invisible.

Together we pray We receive fragments of holiness, glimpses of eternity, brief moments of insight. Let us gather them up for the precious gifts that they are and, renewed by their grace, move boldly into the unknown.

Jubilate Deo

Jubilate everybody serve the Lord in all your ways and come before His presence singing Enter now his courts with praise For the Lord our God is gracious and His mercy’s everlasting. Jubilate jubilate jubilate deo Jubilate everybody serve the Lord in all your ways and come before His presence singing Enter now his courts with praise

Children’s Ministry

Children’s Song- Hallelu Hallelu

Hallelu, hallelu, hallelu, hallelujah! Praise ye the Lord Hallelu, hallelu, hallelu, hallelujah! Praise ye the Lord Praise ye the Lord Hallelujah! Praise ye the Lord Hallelujah! Praise ye the Lord

The Proclamation of the Word

A Reading from the book, Job 42.1–6, 10–17

Then Job answered the Lord: ‘I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. “Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?” Therefore, I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. “Hear, and I will speak; I will question you, and you declare to me.” I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you; therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.’

And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job when he had prayed for his friends; and the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. Then there came to him all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and they ate bread with him in his house; they showed him sympathy and comforted him for all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him; and each of them gave him a piece of money and a gold ring. The Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; and he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand donkeys. He also had seven sons and three daughters. He named the first Jemimah, the second Keziah, and the third Keren-happuch. In all the land there were no women so beautiful as Job’s daughters; and their father gave them an inheritance along with their brothers. After this Job lived for one hundred and forty years, and saw his children, and his children’s children, four generations. And Job died, old and full of days.

Listen for the Leading of the Spirit Thanks be to God

Psalm 34.1–8, (19–22) Refrain: The Lord has done great things for us.

Bless the Lord, O my soul; O Lord my God, how excellent is your greatness! You are clothed with majesty and splendour.

The Lord has done great things for us.

You wrap yourself with light as with a cloak and spread out the heavens like a curtain. You lay the beams of your chambers in the waters above; you make the clouds your chariot; you ride on the wings of the wind. You make the winds your messengers and flames of fire your servants.

The Lord has done great things for us.

You have set the earth upon its foundations, so that it never shall move at any time. You covered it with the deep as with a mantle; the waters stood higher than the mountains. At your rebuke they fled; at the voice of your thunder they hastened away.

The Lord has done great things for us.

They went up into the hills and down to the valleys beneath, to the places you had appointed for them. You appointed the moon to mark the seasons, and the sun knows the time of its setting.

The Lord has done great things for us.

You make darkness that it may be night, in which all the beasts of the forest prowl. The lions roar after their prey and seek their food from God. The sun rises, and they slip away and lay themselves down in their dens.

The Lord has done great things for us.

A Reading from the letter to the Hebrews 7.23–28

Furthermore, the former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office; but he holds his priesthood permanently, because he continues for ever. Consequently, he is able for all time to save those who approach God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.

For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, blameless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. Unlike the other high priests, he has no need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for those of the people; this he did once for all when he offered himself. For the law appoints as high priests those who are subject to weakness, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made perfect for ever.

Listen for the Leading of the Spirit Thanks be to God

Gradual Hymn: From Miles Around by Jane Marshall

From miles around the sick ones came,

in hope that One they heard was Lord

would make their souls and bodies well

with healing touch or saving word.

And still they come, new preys of plague,

while often in their rooms of prayer

God's people worship, safe and sound,

unheeding, even unaware.

Recall us to our mission, Lord,

to reach for those cut off, in pain;

to offer friendship, strength, and peace

and be a faithful Church again.

The Gospel

The Lord be with you And also with you

The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark 10.46–52

Glory to you, Lord Jesus Christ

They came to Jericho. As he and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout out and say, ‘Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!’ Many sternly ordered him to be quiet, but he cried out even more loudly, ‘Son of David, have mercy on me!’ Jesus stood still and said, ‘Call him here.’ And they called the blind man, saying to him, ‘Take heart; get up, he is calling you.’ So throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus. Then Jesus said to him, ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ The blind man said to him, ‘My teacher, let me see again.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Go; your faith has made you well.’ Immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the way.

The Gospel of Christ Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ

Homily

The Shema

Hear, O Israel, God is One. Love God with heart, mind, soul and strength. Hear, O Israel, God is One. Love God with heart, mind, soul and strength. As ourselves, let us love one another. Nothing’s greater than this.

Hear, O Israel, God is One. Love God with heart, mind, soul and strength. Hear, O Israel, God is One. Love God with heart, mind, soul and strength.

Offertory Hymn: Will You Come and Follow Me? CP430

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?

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?

Will you let the blinded see if I but call your name? Will you set the prisoners 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?

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?

Lord, your summons echoes 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.

Prayers of the People

Loving God, thank you for the mercy, healing, forgiveness, and salvation you lavish upon us in Jesus! Give us courage and persistent faith, so we always trust and follow him along his Way.