Sunday Service from Hillside Circuit for July 20th 2025:
Lectionary Theme: Encountering God in everyday life
Occasion: 6th Sunday after Pentecost
Lectionary readings:
Psalm 15
Genesis 18: 1-10a
Colossians 1: 15-28
Luke 10: 38-42
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Songs:
Here are the songs for Sunday morning service. Click or tap on a song to open it in YouTube.
Amazing grace.
In Christ alone.
Give thanks.
There is none like you.
Lord of all good.
We plough the fields.
Praise, O praise our God & King.
Prayers:
You can also 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 15
1 Who may stay in God’s temple
or live on the holy mountain of the LORD?
2 Only those who obey God and do as they should.
They speak the truth 3 and don’t spread gossip;
they treat others fairly and don’t say cruel things.
4 They hate worthless people,
but show respect for all who worship the LORD.
And they keep their promises, no matter what the cost.
5 They lend their money without charging interest,
and they don’t take bribes to hurt the innocent.
Those who do these things will always stand firm.
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Genesis 18
1 One hot summer afternoon Abraham was sitting by the entrance to his tent near the sacred trees of Mamre, when the LORD appeared to him. 2 Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. He quickly ran to meet them, bowed with his face to the ground, 3 and said, “Please come to my home where I can serve you. 4 I’ll have some water brought, so you can wash your feet, then you can rest under the tree. 5 Let me get you some food to give you strength before you leave. I would be honoured to serve you.”
“Thank you very much,” they answered. “We accept your offer.”
6 Abraham quickly went to his tent and said to Sarah, “Hurry! Get a large sack of flour and make some bread.” 7 After saying this, he rushed off to his herd of cattle and picked out one of the best calves, which his servant quickly prepared. 8 He then served his guests some yogurt and milk together with the meat.
While they were eating, he stood near them under the trees, 9 and they asked, “Where is your wife Sarah?”
“She is right there in the tent,” Abraham answered.
10 One of the guests was the LORD, and he said, “I’ll come back about this time next year, and when I do, Sarah will already have a son.”
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Colossians 1
15 Christ is exactly like God, who cannot be seen.
He is the first-born Son, superior to all creation.
16 Everything was created by him,
everything in heaven and on earth,
everything seen and unseen,
including all forces and powers,
and all rulers and authorities.
All things were created by God’s Son,
and everything was made for him.
17 God’s Son was before all else,
and by him everything is held together.
18 He is the head of his body, which is the church.
He is the very beginning, the first to be raised from death,
so that he would be above all others.
19 God himself was pleased to live fully in his Son.
20 And God was pleased for him to make peace
by sacrificing his blood on the cross,
so that all beings in heaven and on earth
would be brought back to God.
21 You used to be far from God. Your thoughts made you his enemies, and you did evil things. 22 But his Son became a human and died. So God made peace with you, and now he lets you stand in his presence as people who are holy and faultless and innocent. 23 But you must stay deeply rooted and firm in your faith. You must not give up the hope you received when you heard the good news. It was preached to everyone on earth, and I myself have become a servant of this message.
24 I am glad that I can suffer for you. I am pleased also that in my own body I can continue the suffering of Christ for his body, the church. 25 God’s plan was to make me a servant of his church and to send me to preach his complete message to you. 26 For ages and ages this message was kept secret from everyone, but now it has been explained to God’s people. 27 God did this because he wanted you Gentiles to understand his wonderful and glorious mystery. And the mystery is that Christ lives in you, and he is your hope of sharing in God’s glory.
28 We announce the message about Christ, and we use all our wisdom to warn and teach everyone, so that all of Christ’s followers will grow and become mature.
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Luke 10
38 The Lord and his disciples were travelling along and came to a village. When they got there, a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. 39 She had a sister named Mary, who sat down in front of the Lord and was listening to what he said. 40 Martha was worried about all that had to be done. Finally, she went to Jesus and said, “Lord, doesn’t it bother you that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her to come and help me!”
41 The Lord answered, “Martha, Martha! You are worried and upset about so many things, 42 but only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen what is best, and it will not be taken away from her.”
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[Did you miss last week’s Sunday Services? They can now be found at Worship Archive – July 13th 2025.]
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