Sunday Service from Hillside Circuit for August 30th 2026:
Lectionary Theme: Express love even to those who hate you. The Lord will save you.
Occasion: 14th Sunday after Pentecost
Lectionary readings:
Psalm 26: 1-8
Jeremiah 15: 15-21
Romans 12: 9-21
Matthew 16: 21-28
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Songs:
Here are the songs for Sunday morning service. Click or tap on a song to open it in YouTube.
Rejoice and be glad.
Lord make me a mountain.
Agnus Dei (Alleluia).
For the fruits of His creation.
Father, lead me day by day.
At the name of Jesus.
Day by day.
Prayers:
You can listen and join in with prayers from the English Methodist Service Book. They can be found at the Prayers for worship webpage.
Children’s Address:
Sermon:
Bible readings:
Psalm 26
1 Show that I am right, LORD!
I stay true to myself,
and I have trusted you without doubting.
2 Test my thoughts and find out what I am like.
3 I never forget your kindness,
and I am always faithful to you.
4 I don’t spend my time with worthless liars
5 or go with evil crowds.
6 I wash my hands, LORD, to show my innocence,
and I worship at your altar,
7 while gratefully singing about your wonders.
8 I love the temple where you live,
and where your glory shines.
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Jeremiah 15
15 You can see how I suffer insult after insult,
all because of you, LORD.
Don’t be so patient with my enemies;
take revenge on them before they kill me.
16 When you spoke to me, I was glad to obey,
because I belong to you, the LORD All-Powerful.
17 I don’t go to parties and have a good time.
Instead, I keep to myself,
because you have filled me with your anger.
18 I am badly injured and in constant pain.
Are you going to disappoint me,
like a stream that goes dry in the heat of summer?
19 Then the LORD told me: Stop talking like a fool!
If you turn back to me and speak my message,
I will let you be my prophet once again.
I hope the people of Judah will accept what you say.
But you can ignore their threats,
20 because I am making you strong, like a bronze wall.
They are evil and violent, but when they attack,
21 I will be there to rescue you.
I, the LORD, have spoken.
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Romans 12
9 Be sincere in your love for others. Hate everything that is evil and hold tight to everything that is good. 10 Love each other as brothers and sisters and honour others more than you do yourself. 11 Never give up. Eagerly follow the Holy Spirit and serve the Lord. 12 Let your hope make you glad. Be patient in time of trouble and never stop praying. 13 Take care of God’s needy people and welcome strangers into your home.
14 Ask God to bless everyone who mistreats you. Ask him to bless them and not to curse them. 15 When others are happy, be happy with them, and when they are sad, be sad. 16 Be friendly with everyone. Don’t be proud and feel that you are smarter than others. Make friends with ordinary people. 17 Don’t mistreat someone who has mistreated you. But try to earn the respect of others, 18 and do your best to live at peace with everyone.
19 Dear friends, don’t try to get even. Let God take revenge. In the Scriptures the Lord says,
“I am the one to take revenge
and pay them back.”
20 The Scriptures also say,
“If your enemies are hungry, give them something to eat.
And if they are thirsty, give them something to drink.
This will be the same as piling burning coals on their heads.”
21 Don’t let evil defeat you, but defeat evil with good.
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Matthew 16
21 From then on, Jesus began telling his disciples what would happen to him. He said, “I must go to Jerusalem. There the nation’s leaders, the chief priests, and the teachers of the Law of Moses will make me suffer terribly. I will be killed, but three days later I will rise to life.”
22 Peter took Jesus aside and told him to stop talking like that. He said, “God would never let this happen to you, Lord!”
23 Jesus turned to Peter and said, “Satan, get away from me! You’re in my way because you think like everyone else and not like God.”
24 Then Jesus said to his disciples:
If any of you want to be my followers, you must forget about yourself. You must take up your cross and follow me. 25 If you want to save your life, you will destroy it. But if you give up your life for me, you will find it. 26 What will you gain, if you own the whole world but destroy yourself? What would you give to get back your soul?
27 The Son of Man will soon come in the glory of his Father and with his angels to reward all people for what they have done. 28 I promise you that some of those standing here will not die before they see the Son of Man coming with his kingdom.
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[Did you miss last week’s Sunday Service? It can now be found at Worship Archive – August 23rd 2026.]
Methodist Church: Hillside Circuit 
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