Sunday Service from Connexion for June 11th 2023:
Sunday Service from Hillside Circuit for June 11th 2023:
Lectionary Theme: Salvation is for all
Occasion: 2nd Sunday after Pentecost
Lectionary readings:
Psalm 50: 7-15
Hosea 5: 15 – 6: 6
Romans 4: 13-25
Matthew 9: 9-13, 18-26
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Songs:
Here are the songs for Sunday morning service. Click or tap on a song to open it in YouTube.
Come people of the risen King.
Above all powers.
Purify my heart.
Jesus be the centre.
Jesus calls us.
It is a thing most wonderful.
I need thee every hour.
Christ be beside me.
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:
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Bible readings:
Psalm 50
1 From east to west, the powerful LORD God
has been calling together everyone on earth.
2 God shines brightly from Zion, the most beautiful city.
3 Our God approaches, but not silently;
a flaming fire comes first, and a storm surrounds him.
4 God comes to judge his people.
He shouts to the heavens and to the earth,
5 “Call my followers together! They offered me a sacrifice,
and we made an agreement.”
6 The heavens announce, “God is the judge,
and he is always honest.”
7 My people, I am God! Israel, I am your God.
Listen to my charges against you.
8 Although you offer sacrifices and always bring gifts,
9 I won’t accept your offerings of bulls and goats.
10 Every animal in the forest belongs to me,
and so do the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I know all the birds in the mountains,
and every wild creature is in my care.
12 If I were hungry, I wouldn’t tell you,
because I own the world and everything in it.
13 I don’t eat the meat of bulls or drink the blood of goats.
14 I am God Most High! The only sacrifice I want
is for you to be thankful and to keep your word.
15 Pray to me in time of trouble.
I will rescue you, and you will honour me.
16 But to the wicked I say:
“You don’t have the right to mention my laws
or claim to keep our agreement!
17 You refused correction and rejected my commands.
18 You made friends with every crook you met,
and you liked people who break their wedding vows.
19 You talked only about violence and told nothing but lies;
20 you sat around gossiping,
ruining the reputation of your own relatives.”
21 When you did all of this, I didn’t say a word,
and you thought, “God is just like us!”
But now I will accuse you.
22 You have ignored me! So pay close attention
or I will tear you apart, and no one can help you.
23 The sacrifice that honours me is a thankful heart.
Obey me,
and I, your God, will show my power to save.
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Hosea 5 & 6
15Then I’ll return to my temple
until they confess their guilt and worship me,
until they are desperate and beg for my help.
1 Let’s return to the LORD. He has torn us to shreds,
but he will bandage our wounds and make us well.
2 In two or three days he will heal us
and restore our strength that we may live with him.
3 Let’s do our best to know the LORD.
His coming is as certain as the morning sun;
he will refresh us like rain renewing the earth
in the springtime.
4 People of Israel and Judah, what can I do with you?
Your love for me disappears more quickly
than mist or dew at sunrise.
5 That’s why I slaughtered you
with the words of my prophets.
That’s why my judgments blazed like the dawning sun.
6 I’d rather for you to be faithful and to know me
than to offer sacrifices.
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Romans 4
13 God promised Abraham and his descendants that he would give them the world. This promise wasn’t made because Abraham had obeyed a law, but because his faith in God made him acceptable. 14 If Abraham and his descendants were given this promise because they had obeyed a law, then faith would mean nothing, and the promise would be worthless.
15 God becomes angry when his Law is broken. But where there isn’t a law, it cannot be broken. 16 Everything depends on having faith in God, so that God’s promise is assured by his great kindness. This promise isn’t only for Abraham’s descendants who have the Law. It is for all who are Abraham’s descendants because they have faith, just as he did. Abraham is the ancestor of us all. 17 The Scriptures say that Abraham would become the ancestor of many nations. This promise was made to Abraham because he had faith in God, who raises the dead to life and creates new things.
18 God promised Abraham a lot of descendants. And when it all seemed hopeless, Abraham still had faith in God and became the ancestor of many nations. 19 Abraham’s faith never became weak, not even when he was nearly a hundred years old. He knew that he was almost dead and that his wife Sarah could not have children. 20 But Abraham never doubted or questioned God’s promise. His faith made him strong, and he gave all the credit to God.
21 Abraham was certain that God could do what he had promised. 22 So God accepted him, 23 just as we read in the Scriptures. But these words were not written only for Abraham. 24 They were written for us, since we will also be accepted because of our faith in God, who raised our Lord Jesus to life. 25 God gave Jesus to die for our sins, and he raised him to life, so that we would be made acceptable to God.
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Matthew 9
9 As Jesus was leaving, he saw a tax collector named Matthew sitting at the place for paying taxes. Jesus said to him, “Come with me.” Matthew got up and went with him.
10 Later, Jesus and his disciples were having dinner at Matthew’s house. Many tax collectors and other sinners were also there. 11 Some Pharisees asked Jesus’ disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and other sinners?”
12 Jesus heard them and answered, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor, but sick people do. 13 Go and learn what the Scriptures mean when they say, ‘Instead of offering sacrifices to me, I want you to be merciful to others.’ I didn’t come to invite good people to be my followers. I came to invite sinners.”
18 While Jesus was still speaking, an official came and knelt in front of him. The man said, “My daughter has just now died! Please come and place your hand on her. Then she will live again.”
19 Jesus and his disciples got up and went with the man.
20 A woman who had been bleeding for twelve years came up behind Jesus and barely touched his clothes. 21 She had said to herself, “If I can just touch his clothes, I will get well.”
22 Jesus turned. He saw the woman and said, “Don’t worry! You are now well because of your faith.” At that moment she was healed.
23 When Jesus went into the home of the official and saw the musicians and the crowd of mourners, 24 he said, “Get out of here! The little girl isn’t dead. She is just asleep.” Everyone started laughing at Jesus. 25 But after the crowd had been sent out of the house, Jesus went to the girl’s bedside. He took her by the hand and helped her up.
26 News about this spread all over that part of the country.
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[Did you miss last week’s Sunday Services? They can now be found at Worship Archive – June 4th 2023.]
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