Sunday Service from Hillside Circuit for May 25th 2025:
Lectionary Theme: Holy Spirit guides towards the divine plan
Occasion: 6th Sunday of Easter
Lectionary readings:
Psalm 67
Acts 16: 9-16
Revelation 21: 10,22 – 22: 5
John 14: 23-29
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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.
Lord of creation.
Agnus Dei.
O Master let me walk with thee.
Our blest Redeemer.
Will your anchor hold.
Now unto Him.
Prayers:
[Intercession Prayer from Mrs Seula as she prays for the following:
The Church: Our Circuit, Our Preachers, Ministers, Circuit leaders
and the entire Methodist Church in Zimbabwe.
The Young people in our church.
Those suffering because of drug abuse and their relatives.
The elderly at our Church who are no longer able to attend services.
Our Country Zimbabwe and peace in the whole world.]
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 67
1 Our God, be kind and bless us! Be pleased and smile.
2 Then everyone on earth will learn to follow you,
and all nations will see your power to save us.
3 Make everyone praise you and shout your praises.
4 Let the nations celebrate with joyful songs,
because you judge fairly and guide all nations.
5 Make everyone praise you and shout your praises.
6 Our God has blessed the earth with a wonderful harvest!
7 Pray for his blessings to continue
and for everyone on earth to worship our God.
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Acts 16
9 During the night, Paul had a vision of someone from Macedonia who was standing there and begging him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us!” 10 After Paul had seen the vision, we began looking for a way to go to Macedonia. We were sure that God had called us to preach the good news there.
11 We sailed straight from Troas to Samothrace, and the next day we arrived in Neapolis. 12 From there we went to Philippi, which is a Roman colony in the first district of Macedonia.
We spent several days in Philippi. 13 Then on the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to a place by the river, where we thought there would be a Jewish meeting place for prayer. We sat down and talked with the women who came. 14 One of them was Lydia, who was from the city of Thyatira and sold expensive purple cloth. She was a worshipper of the Lord God, and he made her willing to accept what Paul was saying. 15 Then after she and her family were baptized, she kept on begging us, “If you think I really do have faith in the Lord, come stay in my home.” Finally, we accepted her invitation.
16 One day on our way to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl. She had a spirit in her that gave her the power to tell the future. By doing this she made a lot of money for her owners.
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Revelation 21 & 22
21: 10 Then with the help of the Spirit, he took me to the top of a very high mountain. There he showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down from God in heaven.
21: 22 I did not see a temple there. The Lord God All-Powerful and the Lamb were its temple. 23 And the city did not need the sun or the moon. The glory of God was shining on it, and the Lamb was its light.
24 Nations will walk by the light of that city, and kings will bring their riches there. 25 Its gates are always open during the day, and night never comes. 26 The glorious treasures of nations will be brought into the city. 27 But nothing unworthy will be allowed to enter. No one who is dirty-minded or who tells lies will be there. Only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life will be in the city.
22: 1 The angel showed me a river that was crystal clear, and its waters gave life. The river came from the throne where God and the Lamb were seated. 2 Then it flowed down the middle of the city’s main street. On each side of the river are trees that grow a different kind of fruit each month of the year. The fruit gives life, and the leaves are used as medicine to heal the nations.
3 God’s curse will no longer be on the people of that city. He and the Lamb will be seated there on their thrones, and its people will worship God 4 and will see him face to face. God’s name will be written on the foreheads of the people. 5 Never again will night appear, and no one who lives there will ever need a lamp or the sun. The Lord God will be their light, and they will rule forever.
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John 14
23 Jesus replied:
If anyone loves me, they will obey me. Then my Father will love them, and we will come to them and live in them. 24 But anyone who doesn’t love me, won’t obey me. What they have heard me say doesn’t really come from me, but from the Father who sent me.
25 I have told you these things while I am still with you. 26 But the Holy Spirit will come and help you, because the Father will send the Spirit to take my place. The Spirit will teach you everything and will remind you of what I said while I was with you.
27 I give you peace, the kind of peace that only I can give. It isn’t like the peace that this world can give. So don’t be worried or afraid.
28 You have already heard me say that I am going and that I will also come back to you. If you really love me, you should be glad that I am going back to the Father, because he is greater than I am.
29 I am telling you this before I leave, so that when it does happen, you will have faith in me.
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[Did you miss last week’s Sunday Services? They can now be found at Worship Archive – May 18th 2025.]
Methodist Church: Hillside Circuit 
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