Welcome to St Margaret’s Church IfieldSunday 23rd July 2017

Patronal Festival

All are welcome to St Margaret’s and we encourage all to take part fully in this service. If you have mobility issues that make it difficult for you to

come and receive communion or laying-on-of-hands for healing, should you want to, then do please notify our sides-people, and we will come to you.

Please do stay for coffee served at the back of church after the service. There is a toilet at the back of church should you need to use it during the

service.

THE GATHERINGWe stand and sing: Hymn 777: Francis van Alstyne.

TO GOD BE THE GLORY! great things he hath done; so loved he the world that he gave us his Son; who yielded his life an atonement for sin, and opened the life-gate that all may go in.

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord! let the earth hear his voice; Praise the Lord, praise the Lord! the people rejoice: O come to the Father, through Jesus the Son, and give him the glory; great things he hath done!

‘Accept one another for the glory of God, as Christ has accepted you.’ (Romans 15:7)

O perfect redemption, the purchase of blood! to ev’ry believer the promise of God; the vilest offender who truly believes, that moment from Jesus a pardon receives.

Great things he hath taught us, great things he hath done, and great our rejoicing through Jesus the Son; but purer, and higher, and greater will be our wonder, our rapture, when Jesus we see.

THE GREETINGCelebrant The Lord be with youAll and also with you

THE PRAYER OF PREPARATIONAll Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open, all

desires known, and from whom no secrets are hidden: cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

PRAYERS OF PENITENCE Celebrant Our Lord Jesus Christ said: The first commandment is

this: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is the only Lord. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength’. The second is this: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself’. There is no other commandment greater than these. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

All Amen. Lord have mercy.

‘Accept one another for the glory of God, as Christ has accepted you.’ (Romans 15:7)

Celebrant God so loved the world that he gave his only Son Jesus

Christ to save us from our sins, to be our advocate in heaven, and to bring us to eternal life.Let us confess our sins in penitence and faith, firmly resolved to keep God’s commandments and to live in love and peace with all.

All Lord our God, in our sin we have avoided your call.Our love for you is like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes away early. Have mercy on us; deliver us from judgement; bind up our wounds and revive us; in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Celebrant The Lord enrich us with his grace, and nourish us with his blessing; the Lord defend us in trouble and keep us from all evil; the Lord accept our prayers, and absolve us from our offences, for the sake of Jesus Christ, our Saviour.

All Amen.

Gloria in Excelsis Michael Perry © 1982 The Jubilate GroupGlory be to God in heaven, Only Son of God the Father,peace to those who love him well; Lamb who takes our sin away,on the earth let all his people now with him in triumph seated speak his grace, his wonders tell. for your mercy, Lord we pray.Lord, we praise you for your glory, Jesus Christ, most high and holy,Mighty Father, heaven’s king; Saviour, you are God alonehear our joyful adoration in the glory of the Fatherand accept the thanks we bring. with the Spirit: Three in One!

‘Accept one another for the glory of God, as Christ has accepted you.’ (Romans 15:7)

THE COLLECTCelebrant Almighty God, by whose grace and power your holy

martyr St Margaret of Antioch triumphed over suffering and was faithful unto death: strengthen us with your grace, that we may endure reproach and persecution and faithfully bear witness to the name of Christ Jesus your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen

We sit for the readings. THE LITURGY OF THE WORD

First Reading Isaiah 43:1-7

This is the word of the Lord.All Thanks be to God

Second Reading Romans 8:35-39

This is the word of the Lord.All Thanks be to God

Hymn 16: Graham Kendrick Copyright © 1993 Make Way Music.ALL I ONCE HELD DEAR, built my life upon,All this world reveres, and wars to own,All I once thought gain I have counted loss;Spent and worthless now, compared to this.

‘Accept one another for the glory of God, as Christ has accepted you.’ (Romans 15:7)

Knowing You, Jesus,Knowing You, there is no greater thing.You're my all, You're the best,You're my joy, my righteousness,And I love You, Lord.

Now my heart's desire is to know You more,To be found in You and known as Yours.To possess by faith what I could not earn,All-surpassing gift of righteousness.

Oh, to know the power of Your risen life,And to know You in Your sufferings.To become like You in Your death, my Lord,So with You to live and never die.

Remain standing and turn to face the Gospel:

The Gospel ReadingMatthew 10:16-22

The Lord be with you.All And also with you.

Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew.

All Glory to you, O Lord.At the end:

This is the Gospel of the Lord.All Praise to you, O Christ.

Remain standing until the Priest has introduced the Sermon:

‘Accept one another for the glory of God, as Christ has accepted you.’ (Romans 15:7)

THE SERMON

THE AFFIRMATION OF FAITH

Let us declare our faith in God.All We believe in God the Father, from whom every family

in heaven and on earth is named. We believe in God the Son,who lives in our hearts through faith,and fills us with his love. We believe in God the Holy Spirit,who strengthens us with power from on high. We believe in one God;Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.

PRAYERS OF INTERCESSIONPrayers for the Church, the world, and for all human need. After each

petition the following responses may be used:

Lord in your mercyAll Hear our prayer

and at the end of the prayers: Merciful father,All accept these prayers for the sake of your Son,

our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

‘Accept one another for the glory of God, as Christ has accepted you.’ (Romans 15:7)

THE LITURGY OF THE SACRAMENTWe stand to share the peace:The PeaceCelebrant Christ is our peace. He has reconciled us to God in one

body by the cross. We meet in his name and share his peace.

The peace of the Lord be always with you

All And also with you.

Let us offer one another a sign of peace.

As the Body of Christ receives its life from God, and offers its life to God, so we, as members of that Body, greet each other in love.

The Preparation of the TableThe Taking of the Bread and Wine

Should you wish to make a donation to the work of St Margaret’s church a collection bowl is passed around during the following hymn. If you are a UK

Tax Payer do please consider placing your gift in one of the yellow GiftAid envelopes provided and complete the required details as this will enable us

to claim back 25p/£1 donated. Thank you!Hymn 352:

Keith Getty and Stuart Townsend©2001 Thankyou Music

In Christ alone my hope is found;He is my light, my strength, my song;This cornerstone, this solid ground,Firm through the fiercest drought and storm.What heights of love, what depths of peace,When fears are stilled, when strivings cease!My comforter, my all in all—

‘Accept one another for the glory of God, as Christ has accepted you.’ (Romans 15:7)

Here in the love of Christ I stand.

In Christ alone, Who took on flesh,Fullness of God in helpless babe!This gift of love and righteousness,Scorned by the ones He came to save.Till on that cross as Jesus died,The wrath of God was satisfied;For ev'ry sin on Him was laid—Here in the death of Christ I live.

There in the ground His body lay,Light of the world by darkness slain;Then bursting forth in glorious day,Up from the grave He rose again!And as He stands in victory,Sin's curse has lost its grip on me;For I am His and He is mine—Bought with the precious blood of Christ.

No guilt in life, no fear in death—This is the pow'r of Christ in me;From life's first cry to final breath,Jesus commands my destiny.No pow'r of hell, no scheme of man,Can ever pluck me from His hand;Till He returns or calls me home—Here in the pow'r of Christ I'll stand!

Celebrant Yours, Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the splendour, and the majesty; for everything in heaven and on earth is yours.

‘Accept one another for the glory of God, as Christ has accepted you.’ (Romans 15:7)

All All things come from you, and of your own do we give you.

We sit or stand for:The Eucharistic Prayer

The Lord is hereAll His Spirit is with us.

Lift up your hearts.All We lift them to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.All It is right to give thanks and praise.

Celebrant Blessed are you, Lord God, our light and our salvation;to you be glory and praise for ever. From the beginning you have created all things and all your works echo the silent music of your praise. In the fullness of time you made us in your image, the crown of all creation. You give us breath and speech, that with angels and archangels and all the powers of heaven we may find a voice to sing your praise:

A Gregory Murray, OSB 1905-1992©1975, 1987 McCrimmon Publishing LtdAll Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might,

Heaven and earth are full of your glory.Hosanna in the highest.Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.Hosanna in the highest.How wonderful the work of your hands, O Lord. As a mother tenderly gathers her children, you embraced a people as your own. When they turned away and rebelled your love remained steadfast. From them you

‘Accept one another for the glory of God, as Christ has accepted you.’ (Romans 15:7)

raised up Jesus our Saviour, born of Mary, to be the living bread, in whom all our hungers are satisfied. He offered his life for sinners, and with a love stronger than death he opened wide his arms on the cross.

On the night before he died, he came to supper with his friends and, taking bread, he gave you thanks. He broke it and gave it to them, saying: Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of me.

At the end of supper, taking the cup of wine, he gave you thanks, and said: Drink this, all of you; this is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.

Praise to you Lord Jesus:All Dying you destroyed our death,

Rising you restored our life:Lord Jesus, come in glory.

Father, we plead with confidence his sacrifice made once for all upon the cross; we remember his dying and rising in glory, and we rejoice that he intercedes for us at your right hand. Pour out your Holy Spirit as we bring before you these gifts of your creation; may they be for us the body and blood of your dear Son. As we eat and drink these holy things in your presence, form us in the likeness of Christ, and build us into a living temple to your glory. Remember, Lord, your Church in every land. Reveal her unity, guard her faith,and preserve her in peace.

‘Accept one another for the glory of God, as Christ has accepted you.’ (Romans 15:7)

Bring us at the last with St Margaret and all the saintsto the vision of that eternal splendour for which you have created us; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, by whom, with whom, and in whom, with all who stand before you in earth and heaven, we worship you, Father almighty, in songs of everlasting praise:

All Blessing and honour and glory and powerbe yours for ever and ever. Amen.

The Lord’s PrayerAll 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 forever. Amen.

The Breaking of the BreadThe Priest breaks the consecrated bread

We break this bread to share in the body of Christ.All Though we are many, we are one body,

because we all share in one bread.

The Giving of CommunionCelebrant Come, not because you are strong, but because you

are weak. Come, not because any goodness of your own gives you any right to come, but because you need mercy and help. Come, because you love the Lord a little, and would like to love him more.

‘Accept one another for the glory of God, as Christ has accepted you.’ (Romans 15:7)

Come, because he loves you and gave himself for you.We sing the Agnus Dei. A Gregory Murray, OSB 1905-1992©1975, 1987 McCrimmon Publishing Ltd

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: grant us peace.

All are welcome to either come and receive Communion or a blessing. If you would like a blessing rather than to receive Communion (the bread and

wine) then please keep hold of your service sheet as you approach the servers at front of the church.

Laying on of hands for healing is offered in the south aisle chapel during the distribution of communion. This ministry is offered for your own

needs or for someone who maybe on your heart and mind at this time.

Those who are going into hospital in the coming week, or for some other reason, and who would like to be anointed with oil of healing and prayed for by a priest please do have a word with a priest after the service – they

will gladly offer you this ministry.

Communion Hymns

Hymn 820:

When I survey the wondrous cross,on which the Prince of glory died,my richest gain I count but loss,and pour contempt on all my pride.

‘Accept one another for the glory of God, as Christ has accepted you.’ (Romans 15:7)

Forbid it, Lord, that I should boastsave in the death of Christ my God;all the vain things that charm me most,I sacrifice them to his blood.

See from his head, his hands, his feet,sorrow and love flow mingled down;did e’er such love and sorrow meet,or thorns compose so rich a crown?

His dying crimson like a robe,spreads o’er his body on the tree;then am I dead to all the globe,and all the globe is dead to me.

Were the whole realm of nature mine,that were a present far too small;love so amazing, so divine,demands my soul, my life, my all.

The Prayers after CommunionCelebrant Eternal God, who gave us this holy meal in which we

have celebrated the glory of the cross and the victory of your martyr Margaret: by our communion with Christ in his saving death and resurrection, give us with all your saints the courage to conquer evil and so to share the fruit of the tree of life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

‘Accept one another for the glory of God, as Christ has accepted you.’ (Romans 15:7)

All Almighty God, we thank you for feeding us with the body and blood of your son Jesus Christ. Through him we offer you our souls and bodies to be a living sacrifice. Send us out in the power of your Spirit to live and work to your praise and glory. Amen

THE BLESSINGCelebrant The peace of God, which passes all understanding, keep

your hearts and minds, in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord; and the blessing of God almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be among you and remain with you always. Amen.

Hymn 387:David J. Mansell. Copyright © 1982 Authentic Publishing..

JESUS IS LORD! CREATION'S VOICE PROCLAIMS IT,for by his pow’r each tree and flow’r was planned and made.Jesus is Lord! The universe declares it;sun, moon and stars in heaven cry: Jesus is Lord!

Jesus is Lord! Jesus is Lord!Praise Him with hallelujahs,for Jesus is Lord!

Jesus is Lord! Yet from his throne eternalin flesh he came to die in pain on Calv’ry's tree.Jesus is Lord! From him all life proceeding,

‘Accept one another for the glory of God, as Christ has accepted you.’ (Romans 15:7)

yet gave his life as ransom thus setting us free.

Jesus is Lord! O'er sin the mighty conqu’ror,from death he rose, and all his foes shall own his name.Jesus is Lord! God sent his Holy Spiritto show by works of power that Jesus is Lord.

THE DISMISSALCelebrant We go into the world to walk in God’s light,

to rejoice in God’s love, and to reflect God’s glory.

Go in peace to love and serve the Lord. All In the name of Christ.

Calamus Licence No: 95 C.C.L. Licence No: 210222The service material in this booklet is taken from Common Worship. © Copyright 2000

The Archbishop’s Council.

‘Accept one another for the glory of God, as Christ has accepted you.’ (Romans 15:7)

Notices

Services next Sunday:Trinity 7

Said Holy Communion (8 am)Sung Eucharist (11 am)

For our prayersThe Parish:

The Sick:

The Departed:

Year’s mind:

Also for our Prayers:

Hunstanton Close, Hyde Drive, Keswick Close and Kittiwake Close, Plover Close, Poles Lane and Poplar Close

Patients of Langley Green Hospital and Toby Barton, Debbie, Alison, Ann Utting, Mo Knox-Crawford, Morag and May

Joy Barry

Joseph Lucy, Gordon Alesbury, Margaret Tucker, Rosina Marling and Gail Wilmott

For all involved in the publication of St. Margaret’s Church News

For preparations for our Holiday Club, ‘Space Academy’

Thanksgiving for our Holiday Club leaders and helpers

Thanksgiving for holidays and recreation

‘Accept one another for the glory of God, as Christ has accepted you.’ (Romans 15:7)

Notices Continued

The financial position for June was:Income

£8802Expenditure

£9925

The main items of income were;PGS £3908Rent from St Leonard’s £2500The main items of expenditure were;Diocesan Contribution £6125Electrical work £1200The cost of the work in the Chancel was £9923.For further information please contact Ray Budd on 01293 520407

Sea Sunday Collection. Thanks to your generosity the collection for the Mission to Seafarers on Sea Sunday (9th July) raised £160.08 which, after Gift Aid has been claimed, is a very useful contribution to their worldwide mission activities.

The Summer Issue of St. Margaret’s Church News is available in church today. Please take a copy, and when you have finished with it you might like to pop it through your neighbour’s door.Also, there are bundles of copies ready to be delivered to various outlets in Ifield and Langley Green. Please have a look at these. If you can help with their distribution it would be much appreciated.

‘Accept one another for the glory of God, as Christ has accepted you.’ (Romans 15:7)

Can You Help? Holiday club is just around the corner and we have nearly all the resources we need. However, we need quite a quantity of newspaper for one of our activities, and we could also benefit from having some larger cardboard boxes. If you are able to help, newspaper can be left in the priest’s vestry and Jamie will be happy to speak to you if you can source some big cardboard boxes. Also needed - Please can you save any sports cap bottles for our holiday club. Any size, as long as it has a sports cap on it. Please make sure they are clean and give to Jamie or Naomi by 30th July. Thank you!

Used Postage Stamps for Charity. We’re donating used postage stamps to support Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy sufferers. Please cut the stamps from your envelopes, leaving 1 cm border around each stamp. Pop them into the red box on the window sill near the church door. Many thanks

Chit Chat. We will not meet until September. Knitters are always needed to knit shawls for those being baptised and those of need in the parish.

The Diocese of Chichester is launching a brand new course – Living Faith – to help people find and grow in the ministry to which God is calling them. The course begins in October and is open to anyone who is active in church life and wants to grow in discipleship. Leaflets with more details are available on the table near the north door.

‘Accept one another for the glory of God, as Christ has accepted you.’ (Romans 15:7)

The ‘Living Alongside Muslims’ course comes to an end at 7:30 pm on Tuesday 25th July with a talk and question time lead by the diocesan Inter-Faith adviser Revd Canon Dr Andrew Wingate OBE. This final session is open to all who may want to come and NOT just those who have been on the course. Andrew is the founding Director of the St Philip's Centre for Study and Engagement in Leicester; a consultant/teacher in the area of Inter Faith Relations (particularly within Scandinavia); a published author and acknowledged theologian – he has much experience and wisdom with regards to inter-faith issues. Do please come and join us for a very thought-provoking evening.

Christianity Explored. We plan to run a seven-week course on Wednesday evenings in September and October, based in Lychgate Cottage, with a day together on Saturday 30th September. Each session will include watching a DVD and small group discussion, with a shared meal on the first and last evening. Christianity Explored is our parish preparation for adult Confirmation, but it’s also suitable for anyone seeking answers to questions about the Christian faith. Several members our our congregation have taken part in this course in recent years and would be happy to talk to you about it. If you would like to know more, please speak to Jill Bell either in church, by ringing 521699 or emailing jillbell@mac.com, or ask any member of the clergy. You can also register your interest via the parish office.

‘Accept one another for the glory of God, as Christ has accepted you.’ (Romans 15:7)

SMILE Ladies – Sarah Millican, Control Enthusiast, at Hawth Theatre Wednesday 21st November 2018. Seats are reserved for a night of outrageous fun. We’re planning well ahead for this one, but there’s a catch – we need to pay for the tickets (£29.50) in full by 10th September this year. Suitable for 16+ due to the content (funny, but rather rude!!) All ladies are welcome to attend our events (and men too!). For further details, contact Clare Wilson pccsecretary@ifieldparish.org or 0776 1122 172

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‘Accept one another for the glory of God, as Christ has accepted you.’ (Romans 15:7)