From the Archives: Sunday Service from Hillside Circuit for October 2nd 2022:
Theme: Patience, presence and promise
Sunday Service from Hillside Circuit for October 5th 2025:
Lectionary Theme: Resilience through faith in God’s promises
Occasion: 17th Sunday after Pentecost
Lectionary readings:
Psalm 37: 1-7
Habakkuk 1: 1-4; 2: 1-4
2 Timothy 1: 1-14
Luke 17: 5-10
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Songs:
Here are the songs for Sunday morning service. Click or tap on a song to open it in YouTube.
We believe.
Above all powers.
I am not ashamed.
This is my body.
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:
[No Children’s Address was received today.]
Sermon:
[No Sermon was received today.]
Bible readings:
Psalm 37
1 Don’t be annoyed by anyone who does wrong,
and don’t envy them.
2 They will soon disappear like grass without rain.
3 Trust the LORD and live right!
The land will be yours, and you will be safe.
4 Do what the LORD wants,
and he will give you your heart’s desire.
5 Let the LORD lead you and trust him to help.
6 Then it will be as clear as the noonday sun
that you were right.
7 Be patient and trust the LORD.
Don’t let it bother you when all goes well for those
who do sinful things.
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Habakkuk 1 & 2
1: 1 I am Habakkuk the prophet. And this is the message that the LORD gave me.
2 Our LORD, how long must I beg for your help
before you listen?
How long before you save us from all this violence?
3 Why do you make me watch such terrible injustice?
Why do you allow violence, lawlessness,
crime, and cruelty to spread everywhere?
4 Laws cannot be enforced; justice is always the loser;
criminals crowd out honest people
and twist the laws around.
2: 1 While standing guard on the watchtower,
I waited for the LORD’S answer,
before explaining the reason for my complaint.
2 Then the LORD told me:
“I will give you my message in the form of a vision.
Write it clearly enough to be read at a glance.
3 At the time I have decided, my words will come true.
You can trust what I say about the future.
It may take a long time, but keep on waiting
it will happen!
4 “I, the LORD, refuse to accept anyone who is proud.
Only those who live by faith are acceptable to me.
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2 Timothy 1
1 From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus.
God himself chose me to be an apostle, and he gave me the promised life that Jesus Christ makes possible.
2 Timothy, you are like a dear child to me. I pray that God our Father and our Lord Christ Jesus will be kind and merciful to you and will bless you with peace!
3 Night and day I mention you in my prayers. I am always grateful for you, as I pray to the God my ancestors and I have served with a clear conscience. 4 I remember how you cried, and I want to see you, because that will make me truly happy. 5 I also remember the genuine faith of your mother Eunice. Your grandmother Lois had the same sort of faith, and I am sure that you have it as well. 6 So I ask you to make full use of the gift that God gave you when I placed my hands on you. Use it well. 7 God’s Spirit doesn’t make cowards out of us. The Spirit gives us power, love, and self-control.
8 Don’t be ashamed to speak for our Lord. And don’t be ashamed of me, just because I am in jail for serving him. Use the power that comes from God and join with me in suffering for telling the good news.
9 God saved us and chose us to be his holy people.
We did nothing to deserve this,
but God planned it because he is so kind.
Even before time began
God planned for Christ Jesus to show kindness to us.
10 Now Christ Jesus has come to show us the kindness of God.
Christ our Saviour defeated death
and brought us the good news.
It shines like a light and offers life that never ends.
11 My work is to be a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher. 12 That’s why I am suffering now. But I am not ashamed! I know the one I have faith in, and I am sure that he can guard until the last day what he has trusted me with. 13 Now follow the example of the correct teaching I gave you, and let the faith and love of Christ Jesus be your model. 14 You have been trusted with a wonderful treasure. Guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit, who lives within you.
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Luke 17
5 The apostles said to the Lord, “Make our faith stronger!”
6 Jesus replied:
If you had faith no bigger than a tiny mustard seed, you could tell this mulberry tree to pull itself up, roots and all, and to plant itself in the ocean. And it would!
7 If your servant comes in from ploughing or from taking care of the sheep, would you say, “Welcome! Come on in and have something to eat”? 8 No, you wouldn’t say that. You would say, “Fix me something to eat. Get ready to serve me, so I can have my meal. Then later on you can eat and drink.” 9 Servants don’t deserve special thanks for doing what they are supposed to do. 10 And that’s how it should be with you. When you’ve done all you should, then say, “We are merely servants, and we have simply done our duty.”
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[Did you miss last week’s Sunday Services? They can now be found at Worship Archive – September 28th 2025.]
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