{"id":19143,"date":"2022-04-24T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-24T08:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/urc\/urc-daily-devotions-sunday-service-for-24th-april-2022-the-revd-david-coleman"},"modified":"2022-04-27T22:39:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T21:39:26","slug":"urc-daily-devotions-sunday-service-for-24th-april-2022-the-revd-david-coleman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/urc-daily-devotions-sunday-service-for-24th-april-2022-the-revd-david-coleman\/","title":{"rendered":"URC Daily Devotions Sunday Service for 24th April 2022 – The Revd. David Coleman"},"content":{"rendered":"
Daily Devotions from the United Reformed Church<\/strong>
\nWorship for Sunday 24th April 2022<\/strong>
\nThe Second Sunday of Easter<\/strong>
\n
\nBy Caravaggio – http:\/\/www.christusrex.org\/www2\/art\/images\/carav10.jpg, Public Domain, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=6804893The Rev\u2019d David Coleman<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Introduction\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Hello, my name is David Coleman.\u00a0 Welcome, friends, from Edinburgh, where I\u2019m based as Environmental Chaplain with EcoCongregation\u00a0 Scotland, a special category ministry of the United Reformed Church, working ecumenically, and frequently online, with now close to 600 local congregations, colleges and fellowships\u00a0 who have declared their interest and commitment to a renewed relationship with the Earth and all our fellow creatures, seeking spiritual resilience as the Climate Crisis becomes more acute.
\nWe know that sisters and brothers with our world-wide family, the Council for World Mission, are in no doubt at all as to the urgency and severity of what human beings, by unjust living, have caused.\u00a0 In our work before, but all the more since the United Nations Climate Conference, which I was able to attend in person, the Earth emerges not merely as a location, but as a character, which itself gives a new perspective to so much of our traditional hymns and writings.<\/p>\n

Like all injustice, it is the poor and the excluded who are hit first hardest, but for all of us, we\u2019re discovering the special and transformative value of Christian faith in the face of threat: not for gloom and doom, but taking our cue from that joyful cry \u201cHosanna\u201d, which we recalled at Palm Sunday a couple of weeks ago.\u00a0 In all we do, sing pray and say: Hosanna! – God Help us! AMEN.<\/p>\n

Call To Worship<\/strong><\/p>\n

One:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Alleluia! Christ is Risen!<\/p>\n

Many:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He is Risen indeed! Alleluia!<\/strong><\/p>\n

One:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rejoice, heavenly powers!\u00a0\u00a0 Sing, choirs of angels!
\nExult, all creation around God\u2019s throne!
\nJesus, our King, is risen! Sound the trumpet of salvation!<\/p>\n

Many:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rejoice, heavenly powers! Sing, choirs of angels!<\/strong><\/p>\n

One:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rejoice, O Earth, in shining splendour,
\nradiant in the brightness of our King! Jesus has conquered! Glory fills you! Darkness vanishes for ever!<\/p>\n

Many:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rejoice, heavenly powers!\u00a0 Sing, choirs of angels!<\/strong><\/p>\n

One:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Rejoice, O holy Church! Exult in glory!
\nThe risen Saviour shines upon you!
\nLet this place resound with joy,
\nas we sing, echoing the mighty song\u00a0 of all God\u2019s people!<\/p>\n

Hymn\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Love Divine<\/em>
\nCharles Wesley (1707-1788) BBC Songs of Praise<\/p>\n

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\n

Love divine, all loves excelling,
\njoy of heaven, to earth come down,
\nfix in us thy humble dwelling,
\nall thy faithful mercies crown.
\nJesus, thou art all compassion,
\npure, unbounded love thou art;
\nvisit us with thy salvation,
\nenter every trembling heart.<\/p>\n

2 Come, almighty to deliver;
\nlet us all thy life receive;
\nsuddenly return, and never,
\nnever more thy temples leave.
\nThee we would be always blessing,
\nserve thee as thy hosts above,
\npray, & praise thee, without ceasing
\nglory in thy perfect love.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\n

3 Finish then thy new creation:
\npure and spotless let us be;
\nlet us see thy great salvation
\nperfectly restored in thee,
\nchanged from glory into glory,
\ntill in heaven we take our place,
\ntill we cast our crowns before thee,
\nlost in wonder, love, and praise.<\/p>\n

Prayers of Approach<\/strong><\/p>\n

God above us around us beneath us, within us
\nGod incarnate in the Earth which we are<\/p>\n

We delight to share with all life
\nthat we breathe, that we eat, that we love,
\nand even that, in common with all life, we die…<\/p>\n

With hope of something more,
\nand more than this
\nthat letting go lets life continue;
\nfor in cycles, you sustain, and yet move on
\nthrough ending and beginnings
\nand through ages, so the world lives
\nin your\u00a0 wonderful diversity.<\/p>\n

We celebrate a faith and a hope, that begins in a graveyard
\nfrom where springs – why should\u00a0 we wonder?-
\nfrom where springs hope.
\nthrough our faith that a cross of salvation
\nmust also be a tree.
\nA holy habitat to all the birds of the air.
\nWithout whom heaven is not heaven.<\/p>\n

Prayer of Confession<\/strong><\/p>\n

We see much, this is true,
\nthat seems cruel and vicious in what we call nature.
\nPredators, who nonetheless ensure the balance
\nof life and environment
\nWe see the stumbling that comes without our doing.
\nAnd feel justified in adding to it<\/p>\n

But with your eyes we see also what\u2019s chosen:
\nhuman selfishness and arrogance
\nwhich afflicts us as a species,\u00a0 expressed in
\ninjustice and the oppression of the poor,
\nwith and through violence to Earth<\/p>\n

Prayer of Forgiveness <\/strong><\/p>\n

And so, appalled at the damage that has been done
\nAnd jolted awake to the harm that continues
\nBut encouraged by the beauty which remains
\nwe seek and claim that vital\u00a0 forgiveness
\nwhich Jesus so often offered
\nbefore folk could put right the harm they had chosen.
\nleaving us no excuse in despair or guilt
\nbut\u00a0 to dare to to hope
\nand love
\nand try again
\nagain.<\/p>\n

God in Christ, hear us,\u00a0 continue to warn us
\nand by your grace, beyond achievement,
\nhelp us to turn
\nand rejoice in your way
\nAmen<\/p>\n

Prayer of Illumination<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear God, who reads and speaks within these words;
\nmay our indifference and detachment
\nrot away and decompose
\nto richly fertilise compassion
\nand engagement. Hosanna!\u00a0 Amen!<\/p>\n

Reading<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 St John 20:19-31<\/em><\/p>\n

When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”
\nWhen he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.” But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe.” A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe.” Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe.” Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. But these are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.<\/p>\n

Hymn<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Let All The World In Every Corner Sing<\/em>
\nGeorge Herbert (1593-1633)\u00a0 BBC Songs of Praise<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Let all the world
\nin every corner sing,
\n\u201cMy God and King!\u201d
\nThe heavens are not too high,
\nhis praise may thither fly;
\nthe earth is not too low,
\nhis praises there may grow.
\nLet all the world
\nin every corner sing,
\n\u201cMy God and King!\u201d<\/p>\n

2 Let all the world
\nin every corner sing,
\n\u201cMy God and King!\u201d
\nThe Church with psalms
\nmust shout,
\nno door can keep them out;
\nbut, above all, the heart
\nmust bear the longest part.
\nLet all the world
\nin every corner sing,
\n\u201cMy God and King!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Sermon\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

When the Bible overlaps with our experience, we find the gift of meaning. We\u2019ve never before universally shared this fear, isolation and uncertainty, but by hook or by crook – or via zoom, google, Lifesize, Skype, or even by telephone, the churches have been keeping our fellowship alive, and in some cases extending it. At one meeting this week I suggested forcefully that we stop talking about \u201cvirtual worship\u201d in favour of worship or fellowship by technical means. That we should no more question the value and validity of what we share than we would when someone uses technology like a hearing aid to be part of the body of Christ.<\/p>\n

And because of the limits of the connection, we have to give our full attention. Even when someone \u201cfreezes\u201d And to be prepared for vile disruptions if someone tries \u2018bombing\u2019 – breaking in to disrupt. In the clip that follows, I\u2019ve put in a reminder of how close this meeting is to the crucifixion. Judas might still be around, wondering what to do next. And whether for good or ill, we can\u2019t expect the disciples would have been able to cope.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a tough side to Jesus\u2019s teaching too. Don\u2019t throw your pearls to the pigs: they will turn and trample. Bear in mind, that as, in this emergency, we\u2019re learning so abruptly these new ways of being church, it\u2019s pearls we\u2019re putting out.<\/p>\n

Most churches, I\u2019ve seen,\u00a0 are putting their soul online, and Jesus counsels, if not caution, then discernment. Don\u2019t be pigs. Don\u2019t trample,\u00a0 but support others if they\u2019re having trouble.<\/p>\n

On a lighter note,\u00a0 there\u2019s barely one of the meetings we\u2019ve had when online,\u00a0 where someone\u2019s cat doesn\u2019t make an appearance. The church was never just about humans!<\/p>\n

But now we know for real.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve\u00a0 had to challenge what we mean by a \u2018real\u2019 meeting.\u00a0 We now know this means a meeting minds and hearts and maybe soul, which happens\u00a0 online as much as what we now call in person.<\/p>\n

Lockdown has taken is to a reality we might otherwise just have played with. And as EcoCongregation Scotland,\u00a0 we\u2019ve seen how this re-shuffles\u00a0 our structures of inclusion and exclusion, whilst sustaining fellowship and commitment, not just for those who live close together, or within easy reach of a church.\u00a0 To really encourage. To keep out faith green, however we manage to express it.<\/p>\n

We also remember those positive experiences of early lockdown which showed us that change is possible when all the excuses are taken away.<\/p>\n

To breathe the breath we share with all life.\u00a0 The air, that we feel clearing; to share our experience of the quiet streets in which we finally hear the birds sing once more. And wonder if the streets and the\u00a0 beaches might for once stay clear of the litter we\u2019ve picked.<\/p>\n

There have been more fringe benefits of this time:\u00a0 rather like finally finding the name of a familiar street through a sat-nav, we\u2019ve\u00a0 see the names of those we talk with, and there are few things more sensitive than getting folks names right.<\/p>\n

Especially if you\u2019re the other Judas in the group of disciples. The four Gospels and Acts give ample scope for confusion about who\u2019s who. And right now, we well know what that\u2019s like!<\/p>\n

There may well be hundreds of clips like mine around the world: the online meeting of the disciples in lockdown. But it\u2019s been very fruitful for reflection.
\nJohn\u2019s Gospel doesn\u2019t do justice to the diversity of the Jesus group, so I\u2019ve put in a mention of the women, who seemed mostly to be called Mary!<\/p>\n

Maybe they too had a Jesus bombing.\u00a0 John\u2019s Gospel is clear: we don\u2019t know all the stories of the Risen Christ.<\/p>\n

Nor what the sharp intake of Spirit, the breath we share with Jesus,\u00a0 is getting up to in the transformation of our lives.<\/p>\n

Isaiah describes the Suffering Servant, whom we like to identify with Jesus, as someone who is able to trust: who won\u2019t wait to act in love until everything is fully forensically proven. For Jesus, real and virtual aren\u2019t in conflict.<\/p>\n

And Thomas, getting it in his face may not have been pleasant.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t\u00a0 need to have walked on a melting glacier,\u00a0 nor swum amongst bleached coral to be convinced of the emergency that continues in the background whilst we\u2019re otherwise engaged.<\/p>\n

And if you\u2019re still taking notice. And if you\u2019re also ready to keep on forgiving as well as holding to account, then the Blessing of the Risen Christ is for you.<\/p>\n

And Christ\u2019s Spirit, Breath, Wind, Power.\u00a0 Breathe in God!<\/p>\n

Here we go with the sketch this week. Based, very closely,\u00a0 and loosely, on John Chapter 20:\u00a0 The Gospel of Lockdown!<\/p>\n

Simon <\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0OK, meeting starting.\u00a0\u00a0 I hope they\u2019ve got the time right.<\/p>\n

James & John <\/strong>… we\u2019re here… have you sent the password round Peter?
\nSimon\u00a0 <\/strong>I\u2019m sticking with Simon for now. Peter\u2019s a bit too dangerous<\/p>\n

Simon 2<\/strong>: Hi there Simon.<\/p>\n

Simon<\/strong> Hi there Simon.<\/p>\n

Andrew [Dark glasses]\u00a0 <\/strong>Is it secret? Is it safe?<\/p>\n

All:<\/strong> Good to see you Andrew<\/p>\n

Simon<\/strong> : Hiya Philip [Use as no-show] , Bartholemew.<\/p>\n

Bartholemew<\/strong>.\u00a0 Nathanael to you. We\u2019re in\u00a0 John\u2019s Gospel<\/p>\n

Simon <\/strong>\u00a0Hi Judas –<\/p>\n

Judas. <\/strong>\u00a0-please, Thaddeus.\u00a0 Or\u00a0 Lebbaeus. I\u2019ve gone off Judas<\/p>\n

[Judas\u00a0 bombs in] <\/strong>\u00a0—\u00a0 [swearing ]<\/p>\n

Simon:<\/strong>\u00a0 It\u2019s OK, I\u2019ve blocked him.<\/p>\n

All:\u00a0 <\/strong>Whew<\/p>\n

Simon: <\/strong>Is that everyone…..<\/p>\n

The girls are getting together later:\u00a0 there\u2019s Mary, and Mary and Mary…..<\/p>\n

Simon2:<\/strong>\u00a0 Heaven help us. Simon –<\/p>\n

Simon : <\/strong>Yes Simon?<\/p>\n

Simon2: <\/strong>Thomas?
\n[Ding] That\u2019ll be him now<\/p>\n

Jesus\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Peace be with you.\u00a0 [breathes out]
\n-They all breath in –<\/p>\n

Yes. breathe in:\u00a0 Breathe in God. And when you breathe out, you\u2019ll be forgiving and healing. The way God sent me.<\/p>\n

[goes]<\/strong><\/p>\n

[general alarm ].<\/strong>… stunned silence….<\/p>\n

Thomas.<\/strong> Hi guys….<\/p>\n

Hi guys…..\u00a0 you seen a ghost or something?
\n=============================================<\/p>\n

One week later<\/p>\n

======================<\/p>\n

Simon : <\/strong>James and John,\u00a0 Simon, Andrew. Bart— Nathanael,\u00a0 Jude—Thaddeus.\u00a0\u00a0 Judas won\u2019t be joining us again…..Thomas.<\/p>\n

Thomas.<\/strong>\u00a0 If you think that was Jesus last week, You\u2019re being conned.\u00a0 Some Troll.\u00a0 I think we should block him.\u00a0 Unless I can see his hands and his side. Something real,\u00a0 to get hold of, Not just hearsay. Not \u201cvirtual\u201d.<\/p>\n

Jesus: [In Thomas\u2019s\u00a0 house <\/strong>You mean this… and this…]<\/p>\n

Thomas.\u00a0 <\/strong>My Friend, my God!<\/p>\n

Jesus: <\/strong>\u00a0\u201cAre you convinced because you have seen me? No one will get anything done without taking the risk of trust.\u00a0 Yes, you\u2019ll get it wrong. Frequently.\u00a0 But stick around……<\/p>\n

[All others disappear ….\u00a0 endangered species appear ]<\/em><\/p>\n

Hymn<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Great is thy faithfulness<\/em>
\nThomas O. Chisholm (1866-1960)<\/p>\n

\n

Great is thy faithfulness,
\nO God my Father,
\nthere is no shadow of
\nturning with thee;
\nthou changest not,
\nthy compassions they fail not,
\nas thou hast been
\nthou for ever wilt be.<\/p>\n

Great is thy faithfulness!\u00a0 <\/em>
\nGreat is thy faithfulness!<\/em>
\nMorning by morning <\/em>
\nnew mercies I see;<\/em>
\nall I have needed <\/em>
\nthy hand hath provided –<\/em>
\ngreat is thy faithfulness, <\/em>
\nLord, unto me.<\/em><\/p>\n

2\u00a0 Summer and winter,
\nand seed-time and harvest,
\nsun, moon, and stars in
\ntheir courses above,
\njoin with all nature
\nin manifold witness
\nto thy great faithfulness,
\nmercy, and love.<\/p>\n

3\u00a0 Pardon for sin and
\na peace that endureth,
\nthine own dear presence
\nto cheer and to guide;
\nstrength for today and
\nbright hope for tomorrow,
\nblessings all mine,
\nwith ten thousand beside.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\n

A Statement of Faith With Room for Creation<\/strong><\/p>\n

We trust in God beyond us\u00a0 before us and after us;
\nCreator and Companion of All: decisive, collaborative,<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shaper of Earth, Breather of Life at work from the Beginning;
\nBy choice, for justice,\u00a0 assigning work for Creatures too.<\/p>\n

We trust in Christ our God who shares our being;<\/p>\n

God who Spoke Flesh <\/strong>
\nbefriending us in Jesus;<\/strong>
\nFlesh, blood, and birth <\/strong>
\nin common with all life.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jesus loved, healed, warned
\nturned tables, spoke for the poor
\nsaw Wisdom in Creatures.
\nWelcomed with branches but nailed to the Tree.<\/strong>
\nAbandoned to Death,\u00a0 Earth alone received him.<\/p>\n

On the third Day he rose to New Life
\nto be with us as the Sky above us;
\nconstant, present, Companion still.<\/p>\n

We trust the Breath of Life, our God
\nThe Wind that blows where they will;
\nInterpreter of Scriptures
\nGifted like fire to the Church<\/strong>
\nseen in healing, peace, forgiveness<\/strong>
\nGod in us and beyond us too.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Intercessions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sustaining God
\nwho long ago created
\nthe stardust so wondrously reshuffled
\nin the budding, flowering and handing on of life;
\nHelp us, as in Christ you taught us,
\nnot to be overcome by the worry of tomorrow
\nbut to live this day in fullness and compassion
\nwith eyes wide open to what might change
\nand hearts receptive to wonder and gratitude.<\/p>\n

We ask to hear your voice today
\nin the voices of those hit first and hardest
\nand most unjustly
\nby the damage to life\u2019s balance and diversity
\nwhich is so constant it goes unreported.<\/p>\n

We crave the vision to relate
\nwholeheartedly\u00a0 to the Earth
\nas a beloved relative on whom we depend
\nrather than as property we maintain or exploit<\/p>\n

Christ who nurtured friendship
\nmay the treasures and resources of our faith
\nbe brought out of dusty cupboards
\ndown from long-neglected mantelshelves
\nthat the church locally and globally
\nmay find their place and purpose
\nunited and\u00a0 joyful
\nin the healing of the world<\/p>\n

And Spirit, Holy Breath of Life
\nin fact and metaphor
\npoetry and concrete reality;
\nkeep us mindful of grace
\nin the private struggles
\nthat block each horizon.
\nSet us free from bitterness
\nand tasks we need no longer fulfil.<\/p>\n

Sustaining God
\nremake, repurpose,
\nand reward with hope and joy
\neach step we take
\nthrough Christ
\nwith you and with all flesh.\u00a0 Amen<\/p>\n

Offertory <\/strong><\/p>\n

Neither the world nor the Bible are single-use. Indeed, we live from hour to hour, minute to minute by the circulation and refreshment of our bloodstream. It\u2019s diagnosed as a serious life-threatening condition if one part of our body starts hoarding the goodness in a blood-clot.<\/p>\n

Hanging on to more than we need harms others and therefore, eventually, also ourselves.\u00a0 And sometimes decluttering and giving can happily work together.<\/p>\n

So our giving, whilst it may be admirable or sacrificial, is also a participation in the flow of goodness through and from our hands.<\/p>\n

Holy Three, together
\nthrough whom, and by your pattern
\nWe gain, enjoy, let go;<\/p>\n

Give us joy in our giving
\nwisdom in its spending
\nand your peace in our hearts
\nand our world and our lives and your church.
\nAmen.<\/p>\n

Hymn \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Will your anchor hold?<\/em>
\nPriscilla Jane Owens (1829-1907)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

Will your anchor hold
\nin the storms of life,
\nwhen the clouds unfold
\ntheir wings of strife?
\nWhen the strong tides lift,
\nand the cables strain,
\nwill your anchor drift,
\nor firm remain?<\/p>\n

We have an anchor <\/em>
\nthat keeps the soul<\/em>
\nsteadfast and sure <\/em>
\nwhile the billows roll;<\/em>
\nfastened to the Rock <\/em>
\nwhich cannot move,<\/em>
\ngrounded firm and deep <\/em>
\nin the Saviour’s love!<\/em><\/p>\n

2 Will your anchor hold
\nin the straits of fear,
\nwhen the breakers roar
\nand the reef is near?
\nWhile the surges rage,
\nand the wild winds blow,
\nshall the angry waves
\nthen your bark o’erflow?<\/p>\n

3 Will your eyes behold
\nthrough the morning light
\nthe city of gold
\nand the harbour bright?
\nWill you anchor safe
\nby the heavenly shore,
\nwhen life’s storms are past
\nfor evermore?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Blessing<\/strong><\/p>\n

May Christ sneak in and disappoint despair.
\nMay those who withhold trust till all is certain
\nget eggs of Easter on their face.
\nMay fragile friendships know they heal the world
\nAnd the rumour get about that God is with us
\nCome what may.
\nSo may the blessing of God the Creative Community
\nGod, Beloved, and Breath of Life
\nEmpower and encourage you
\nToday and each today God gives. Amen<\/p>\n

Sources and thanks<\/strong><\/p>\n

Call to Worship adapted from the Exultset by Andy Braunston, all other material by David Coleman.<\/p>\n

Love Divine<\/em> – <\/strong>Charles Wesley (1707-1788) BBC Songs of Praise
\nLet All The World In Every Corner Sing<\/em> – George Herbert (1593-1633)\u00a0 BBC Songs of Praise
\nGreat is thy faithfulness<\/em> – Thomas O. Chisholm (1866-1960) Words: \u00a9 1923, renewed 1951, Hope Publishing Company. BBC Songs of Praise
\nWill your anchor hold?<\/em> – <\/strong>Priscilla Jane Owens (1829-1907)\u00a0 BBC Songs of Praise<\/p>\n

Opening Organ Piece: Nun Komm Der Heiden Heiland<\/strong> (\u201cNow the Gentile saviour comes\u201d) by Johann Sebastian Bach (organ of The Spire Church, Farnham \u2013 2020)
\nClosing Organ Piece: Komm Gott Sch\u04e7pfer Heiliger Geist<\/strong> (\u201cCome God, creator Holy Ghost\u201d) by Johann Sebastian Bach (organ of Basilica Santa Maria Dei Assunta, Montecatini Terme, Italy \u2013 2016)<\/p>\n

Both pieces played by and received, with thanks, from Brian Cotterill http:\/\/briancotterill.webs.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Thanks to Barrhead URC for recording the Call to Worship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daily Devotions from the United Reformed Church Worship for Sunday 24th April 2022 The Second Sunday of Easter By Caravaggio – http:\/\/www.christusrex.org\/www2\/art\/images\/carav10.jpg, Public Domain, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=6804893The Rev\u2019d David Coleman Introduction\u00a0 Hello, my name is David Coleman.\u00a0 Welcome, friends, from Edinburgh, where I\u2019m based as Environmental Chaplain with EcoCongregation\u00a0 Scotland, a special category ministry of the United … <\/p>\n

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