Sermon 3rd March 2024 11am gathering

We have recorded our talk in case you missed it or want to listen again.

Here is the OOS together with our bible reading. Please do get in touch with us if you need prayer for anything at all.

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Songs:
- Shine
- This little light of Mine

Telephone game
Prayer – Kids out
Notices
Extended worship:
- Praise is Rising
- Strength will rise (Everlasting God)
- O Praise the name of the Lord our God (Anastasis)

Readings: Ephesians 6:10-20

Talk. (including Matthew 25:14-30 and then Talk Clip Video straight after please)

Ministry time / family prayers

Song
Worthy of it all (music attached)

Communion – with Lord’s prayer modern
Song during communion
Here is love vast as the ocean

Prayer after Communion

Final Song: Lord, the light of your love (Shine Jesus Shine)

Blessing

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Ephesians 6:19-23
19 Pray also for me, so that when I speak, a message may be given to me to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,[a] 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it boldly, as I must speak.
21 So that you also may know how I am and what I am doing, Tychicus will tell you everything. He is a dear brother and a faithful minister in the Lord. 22 I am sending him to you for this very purpose, to let you know how we are, and to encourage your hearts.
23 Peace be to the whole community,[b] and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 24 Grace be with all who have an undying love for our Lord Jesus Christ.
Matthew 25:14-30
14-18 “It’s also like a man going off on an extended trip. He called his servants together and delegated responsibilities. To one he gave five thousand pounds, to another two thousand, to a third one thousand, depending on their abilities. Then he left. Right off, the first servant went to work and doubled his master’s investment. The second did the same. But the man with the single thousand dug a hole and carefully buried his master’s money.
19-21 “After a long absence, the master of those three servants came back and settled up with them. The one given five thousand dollars showed him how he had doubled his investment. His master commended him: ‘Good work! You did your job well. From now on be my partner.’
22-23 “The servant with the two thousand showed how he also had doubled his master’s investment. His master commended him: ‘Good work! You did your job well. From now on be my partner.’
24-25 “The servant given one thousand said, ‘Master, I know you have high standards and hate careless ways, that you demand the best and make no allowances for error. I was afraid I might disappoint you, so I found a good hiding place and secured your money. Here it is, safe and sound down to the last cent.’
26-27 “The master was furious. ‘That’s a terrible way to live! It’s criminal to live cautiously like that! If you knew I was after the best, why did you do less than the least? The least you could have done would have been to invest the sum with the bankers, where at least I would have received a little interest.
28-30 “‘Take the thousand and give it to the one who risked the most. And get rid of this “play-it-safe” who won’t go out on a limb. Throw him out into utter darkness.’
THE MESSAGE (anglicised)