Worship at Home Services
 Welcome to worship with Kingswood his 4th Sunday of Easter - we will be considering Jesus the Good Shepherd and sharing in a Love Feast, so gather a candle to light, or a lamp, some bread or cake, and a glass of water each in readiness. St John said “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us “– this Jesus is the Good Shepherd who shows us how to put love into action. We worship him now Stf 481 The Lord's my shepherd Message 'Jesus the Good Shepherd' StF 712 Put peace in each other's hands Agape Meal, A Love Feast To prepare for the Agape Meal gather these things at home… a candle or lamp to light, bread to eat and water to drink, before you start the next video. StF 596 Now let us from this table rise Blessing – Return to the world for the Good Shepherd is there, waiting to meet you and guide you. Go with eyes open to see him, ears open to hear him, a mind open to receive him and a heart open to serve him, for his Name’s sake. Amen
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 We are of course still in the Easter season. Easter was very strange we've perhaps even forgotten it because nothing immense happened. The children are back at school, but we are firmly in the Easter season. We shall be looking later in our service at one of the accounts in the Gospels of the risen Jesus appearing to the disciples and so our hymns today are on an Easter theme Welcome StF 295 Alleluia, alleluia, give thanks to the risen Lord Prayers & Gospel reading. Luke 24 v36b - 48 StF 272. From heaven you came, helpless babe. Stuart Bell. Address: "Jesus himself stood among them” and Prayers for others. StF 298 Christ the Lord is risen today Blessing  Following the Easter story last week of His victorious resurrection, when Jesus appeared to Mary. The passage in John 20 verses 19-31 explores the responses of His disciples to the realisation that Jesus is alive. Reading – Psalm 133 StF 30 – Jesus Stand Among Us Prayer of Praise Praise be to God - By whose wisdom we are created and sustained Praise be to God - By whose love we are redeemed and forgiven Praise be to God – By whose grace we are comforted and redeemed Praise be to God - By whose Spirit we are made whole and perfected Prayer of Thanksgiving Faithful God, we give thanks For the Love & comfort of our Father, The giver of good things: Let us bless the Lord Thanks be to God For the world’s beauty and the changing seasons and for the life that we have been given: Let us bless the Lord Thanks be to God For Christ’s suffering and death on the cross, and His resurrection to new life: Let us bless the Lord Thanks be to God Prayer of Confession We have sinned in thought, word and dead We have not loved you with all our hearts We have not loved our neighbours as ourselves We are sorry and turn away from what is wrong In the silence we say sorry ~silence~ Forgive us for the sake of your Son Prayer of Forgiveness Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. This is his gracious word: “Your sin are forgiven” Amen. Thanks be to God Reading - John 20: 19 – 31 StF 287 – When I survey the Wondrous Cross Sermon - Keeping the Faith Prayers of Intercession For the Church of Christ throughout the world. For its unity & fulfilment of its mission. For the persecuted Christians For all the members, family and friends here at Kingswood That we and all who confess your name may be united in your truth Live together in your love and reveal your glory in the world Lord in your mercy, Hear our prayer For COVID pandemic: For all who work to help those infected For those working on the vaccine roll out For our government to make the correct decisions about exiting lockdown. For countries experiencing a further wave of increased cases to stop the virus in its tracks. Lord in your mercy, Hear our prayer Give grace to us To our families & friends And to all our neighbours That we may serve Christ in one another And love as he loves us Lord in your mercy, Hear our prayer Let us pray for all who suffer For the sick For those who mourn For those without faith For those who serve the needy Lord in your mercy, Hear our prayer Merciful Father accept these prayer in the name of your Son Jesus Christ our saviour Amen The Lord's Prayer Our Father in heaven, hallowed by 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. Save us from the time of trial but deliver us from evil For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours, now and for ever. Amen StF 313 – Thine Be the Glory Blessing
Loving God Enable us to follow Your commission to lead others to you, through the knowledge of the resurrection of Jesus, and the power of the Holy Spirit. Use our doubts and our faith to let those around us know that that You love them, and that through Your forgiveness they are promised Your peace and eternal live. Amen  The risen Christ came and stood among them and said: ‘Peace be with you.’ Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Christ is risen! He is risen indeed. Hallelujah! Easter Service Video |
ServicesThese are the Worship at Home versions of the In Person Services, led by our Minister :- Each Service has the videos of the songs and a transcript of the Sermon or reflection.
The Song references (StF) are from the Singing the Faith song book.
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