Welcome to our online

Sunday worship –

 we come together as a virtual church to praise and worship God!

Service led by Kina

Challenges and Opportunities” 1 Peter 2:11-25  | Mark Frankline

Music: Joy and Peter Cliff, and  St Peter’s music group

Welcome to our online

Sunday worship –

 we come together as a virtual church to praise and worship God!

Service led by Kina

Priests and Living Stones | 1 Peter 2:1-10 | Mark Smee

Music: Ferenc Csullog, and  St Peter’s music group

Sunday 10 May 2020

Welcome to our online

Sunday worship –

 we come together as a virtual church to praise and worship God!

Service led by Robert Hollis

Motivation for Holy Living | 1 Peter 1:13-25 | Kina Robertshaw

Music St Peter’s music group

Welcome to our online Sunday worship – together at home!

WELCOME AND INTRO by Margaret Smee

Take a moment of silence to bring to God our shortcomings and failures of the past week.

Pray together:

Lord God, we have sinned against you; we have done evil in your sight. We are sorry and repent. Have mercy on us according to your love. Wash away our wrongdoing and cleanse us from our sin. Renew a right spirit within us and restore to us the joy of your salvation, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Pray the Lord’s Prayer together:

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

Music by Ferenc Csullog and children, Reka and Ferenc Jr.

Intercessory Prayer  | Margaret Smee

This week we start our sermon series – Scripture Reading  1 Peter 1:1-2

Kina speaks about – Chosen by God, Sanctified by the Spirit and Cleansed by the Blood of Jesus.

St Peter’s church music group – In Christ Alone

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all evermore. Amen.

We are so glad you have chosen to join us today as we worship the Lord together in Spirit and truth.  

We have come together in the name of Christ to offer our praise and thanksgiving,

to hear and receive God’s holy word,

to pray for the needs of the world,

and to seek the forgiveness of our sins,

that by the power of the Holy Spirit. 

Prepare your heart in prayer

Joy and Peter Cliff will led us in worship.

Confess your sin and examine yourself to see if any cares of the world might be choking out your desire to receive the Word and obey it

Lord God,

  we have sinned against you;

  we have done evil in your sight.

  We are sorry and repent.

  Have mercy on us according to your love.

  Wash away our wrongdoing and cleanse us from our sin.

  Renew a right spirit within us

  and restore us to the joy of your salvation,

  through Jesus Christ our Lord.     Amen.

Silence  kept 

Prayers of Intercession | Pam Binyon 

Thank you, Lord, for all who are involved at this time, in government or policing, locally and nationally.  Please help them to work together to make and put into practice fair and right decisions: and please help them to meet the needs of the very diverse society in which we live.

Lord in your mercy

Hear our prayer.

Thank You, Lord, for the many people who are working among us courageously and sacrificially at this time in hospitals, (especially in Hereford and Bromyard), in care homes, (especially Whitegates, Highwell and Pencombe Hall), and in the wider society.  Please help them to use to the full the gifts and the skills that you have given them.  Please over-rule so that they may be supplied with adequate protective equipment, and use it in the best possible ways.

Lord in your mercy

Hear our prayer.

Thank you, Lord, for the many people, including Boris Johnson, who are now recovering from the virus.  May your healing power continue to work in them, so that they may make a full recovery with no after-effects.  We place in your hands too, Lord, all who are still suffering, not only from the virus, but also from on-going previous illnesses.  Please help them not to be frightened.  May they know your presence with them at all times, and may they continue to receive the best possible treatment available to them according to their needs.

Lord in your mercy

Hear our prayer.

We pray, Lord, today for all in the business world facing so many problems at this time, particularly those who are fearful that they may have to close their businesses, and for all who fear threats of unemployment in the future.

Lord in your mercy

Hear our prayer.

We pray too for our farmers, particularly those in Herefordshire.  We ask that all farmers may be able to make good use of the present market demands, even though these come and have to be responded to in unusual ways.  We pray for adequate staffing for the near fruit-picking season.

Lord in your mercy

Hear our prayer.

Merciful Father, accept these prayers for the sake of your Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

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.

Bible Reading  John 20:19-end  

 Sermon | Robert Hollis   –  Thomas, the realist.

The Blessing

The Lord bless us, and preserve us from all evil, and keep us in eternal life.   Amen.

Easter 2020 will be an Easter to rememberer. God is doing a new thing. What may have been meant for evil God is using for Good.

It may not be possible for us to meet as a church family, but we can still join in worship together

God of glory,

by the raising of your Son you have broken the chains of death and hell:

fill your Church with faith and hope; 

for a new day has dawned and the way to life stands open

in our Saviour Jesus Christ.

All   Amen

Reading  Matthew 28.1-10

 He is Risen – The End of All Fears. 

Prayer of Intercessions | Margaret Smee 

Heavenly Father,

On this very special Easter day we thank You, with grateful hearts, for all that You have done for us, are doing for us and will do for us.  We look inside the empty tomb, look up at the empty cross and look inside the temple through to the most Holy Place and we know the certainty of Your truth.  We know that darkness and death has lost power over us because of Jesus’ selfless sacrifice and obedience, and that we can simply come before You.

Lord in Your Mercy

Hear Our Prayer.

We give grateful thanks too to all those selflessly risking their lives to help the sick, suffering and dying as the Coronavirus continues to ravage the world.  Shower them, Lord, with extra supplies of energy, stamina and strength and wrap your protection around them as they work long hours under difficult conditions.  Help us all to listen and respond to their pleas to act responsibly.  Thank you for those who have helped to assemble makeshift hospitals, design respirators and those who are working on testing kits and vaccines. Speed up this work, please Lord. At a time when lots of us are being blessed with time to rest we give thanks for all those working hard to serve us.

Lord in Your Mercy

Hear Our Prayer.

Lord, be close to all those grappling with loss: loss through death, separation from loved ones, loss of livelihood and income, loss of stability and routine, and loss of liberty.  Heavenly Father, we know you understand our loss.  Help us all to cope and this time to pass.  Help us all to help the desperate, and put a stop to greed, exploitation and lawlessness.  We ask you to bless those living in cramped, overcrowded conditions the world over, for whom isolation is near impossible.

Lord in Your Mercy

Hear Our Prayer.

We pray for all those in leadership positions, globally, nationally and locally, from top governmental positions to company managers, making unspeakably hard decisions with crucial consequences during these times.  Guide them and grant them wisdom, integrity and insight.  Here in the UK we pray especially for Boris Johnson.

Lord in Your Mercy

Hear Our Prayer.

And Lord, we thank you for the blessings you are graciously giving us even during these times. This Easter time may we all experience a renewed need for a close relationship with You.

Accept these prayers

For the sake of your Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ.

Amen.

All our problems

All   we send to the cross of Christ.

All our difficulties

All   we send to the cross of Christ.

All the devil’s works

All   we send to the cross of Christ.

All our hopes

All   we set on the risen Christ;

and the blessing of God almighty,

the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,

be among you and remain with you always.

All   Amen

 Devotional for Good Friday  10^th April 2020