Sunday Services from Connexion for September 10th 2023:
Connexional Youth in Action Week 2023 Launch on September 10th 2023:
Sunday Service from Hillside Circuit for September 10th 2023:
Lectionary Theme: Love your neighbour.
Occasion: 15th Sunday after Pentecost
Lectionary readings:
Psalm 149
Exodus 12: 1-14
Romans 13: 8-14
Matthew 18: 15-20
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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.
All heaven declares.
Lord, I come to you.
Above all powers.
Lord of all good.
Jesu, Jesu.
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 149
1 Shout praises to the LORD!
Sing him a new song of praise
when his loyal people meet.
2 People of Israel, rejoice because of your Creator.
People of Zion, celebrate because of your King.
3 Praise his name by dancing
and playing music on harps and tambourines.
4 The LORD is pleased with his people,
and he gives victory to those who are humble.
5 All of you faithful people, praise our glorious LORD!
Celebrate and worship.
6 Praise God with songs on your lips
and a sword in your hand.
7 Take revenge and punish the nations.
8 Put chains of iron on their kings and rulers.
9 Punish them as they deserve;
this is the privilege of God’s faithful people.
Shout praises to the LORD!
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Exodus 12
1 Some time later the LORD said to Moses and Aaron:
2 This month is to be the first month of the year for you. 3 Tell the people of Israel that on the tenth day of this month the head of each family must choose a lamb or a young goat for his family to eat. 4-5 If any family is too small to eat the whole animal, they must share it with their next-door neighbours. Choose either a sheep or a goat, but it must be a one-year-old male that has nothing wrong with it. And it must be large enough for everyone to have some of the meat.
6 Each family must take care of its animal until the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, when the animals are to be killed. 7 Some of the blood must be put on the two doorposts and above the door of each house where the animals are to be eaten. 8 That night the animals are to be roasted and eaten, together with bitter herbs and thin bread made without yeast. 9 Don’t eat the meat raw or boiled. The entire animal, including its head, legs, and insides, must be roasted. 10 Eat what you want that night, and the next morning burn whatever is left. 11 When you eat the meal, be dressed and ready to travel. Have your sandals on, carry your walking stick in your hand, and eat quickly. This is the Passover Festival in honour of me, your LORD.
12 That same night I will pass through Egypt and kill the first-born son in every family and the first-born male of all animals. I am the LORD, and I will punish the gods of Egypt. 13 The blood on the houses will show me where you live, and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. Then you won’t be bothered by the terrible disasters I will bring on Egypt.
14 Remember this day and celebrate it each year as a festival in my honour.
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Romans 13
8 Let love be your only debt! If you love others, you have done all that the Law demands. 9 In the Law there are many commands, such as, “Be faithful in marriage. Do not murder. Do not steal. Do not want what belongs to others.” But all of these are summed up in the command that says, “Love others as much as you love yourself.” 10 No one who loves others will harm them. So love is all that the Law demands.
11 You know what sort of times we live in, and so you should live properly. It is time to wake up. You know that the day when we will be saved is nearer now than when we first put our faith in the Lord. 12 Night is almost over, and day will soon appear. We must stop behaving as people do in the dark and be ready to live in the light. 13 So behave properly, as people do in the day. Don’t go to wild parties or get drunk or be vulgar or indecent. Don’t quarrel or be jealous. 14 Let the Lord Jesus Christ be as near to you as the clothes you wear. Then you won’t try to satisfy your selfish desires.
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Matthew 18
15 If one of my followers sins against you, go and point out what was wrong. But do it in private, just between the two of you. If that person listens, you have won back a follower. 16 But if that one refuses to listen, take along one or two others. The Scriptures teach that every complaint must be proven true by two or more witnesses. 17 If the follower refuses to listen to them, report the matter to the church. Anyone who refuses to listen to the church must be treated like an unbeliever or a tax collector.
18 I promise you that God in heaven will allow whatever you allow on earth, but he will not allow anything you don’t allow. 19 I promise that when any two of you on earth agree about something you are praying for, my Father in heaven will do it for you. 20 Whenever two or three of you come together in my name, I am there with you.
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[Did you miss last week’s Sunday Services? They can now be found at Worship Archive – September 3rd 2023.]
Methodist Church: Hillside Circuit 
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