The Parishes of Clent and Hagley

Family Communion

15th June 2025 - Trinity Sunday - St John’s

 

 

Call to worship and Opening Prayer

 

The Lord be with you

and also with you.

 

Let us accept God’s invitation to come into his presence.
Let us bring ourselves, body, mind and spirit.
May we be willing to share our God’s hospitable love with

those we meet.

 

Hospitable God,
thank you for inviting us into your presence.
May we come with joy and with a desire to meet with you,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Give us the will to welcome others into your unfailing love,
Amen.

 

 

Hymn: 141 I Bind onto myself this day

 

Asking for God’s forgiveness

 

Heavenly Father, in creation you made all things good.
Lord Jesus, at the cross you gave your life for the whole world.
Holy Spirit, at Pentecost you filled afresh people of all
ethnicities and languages with divine life and love.
Forgive us:
when we exclude rather than include;
when we say to some, ‘you are welcome’ and to others, ‘go away’;
when we fail to see and honour your image in others.
And please don’t just forgive us but change us to be ever more
like you, one in loving diversity.
Amen.

 

 

Praise and thanksgiving

 

We are reconciled to God through Jesus.
Praise be to God!
May the God whose love has been poured out
into our hearts through the Holy Spirit,
bless us with the forgiveness and peace that only he can bring.
We go forward in you, as your forgiven people.
Praise be to God! Amen.

 

We praise you, Lord, for suffering,
as it draws us closer to you.
We praise you, Lord, for perseverance,
as it makes us stronger in your love.
We praise you, Lord, for hope,
as it makes our hearts long for you.
We praise you, Lord, for grace,
as it invites all of us in.
Amen.

 

 

A Collect

 

Almighty and everlasting God,

you have given us your servants grace,

by the confession of a true faith,

to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity

and in the power of the divine majesty to worship the Unity:

keep us steadfast in this faith,

that we may evermore be defended from all adversities;

through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,

who is alive and reigns with you,

in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, now and for ever.

Amen

 

 

An Old Testament Reading      

 

           

A New Testament Reading                

 

 

Hymn          67 Father I place into your hands.

 

A Gospel Reading                               

 

         Hear the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John

            Glory to you, O Lord.

 

 At end:           

            This is the Gospel of the Lord

            Praise to you, O Christ.     

 

 

 

A Reflection

 

 

An Affirmation of Faith

 

Let us declare our faith in God.

 

We believe in God the Father,
from whom every family
in heaven and on earth is named.

 

We believe in God the Son,
who lives in our hearts through faith,
and fills us with his love.

 

We believe in God the Holy Spirit,
who strengthens us
with power from on high.

 

We believe in one God;
Father, Son and Holy Spirit. 

Amen.

 

Intercessions                  

 

 

The Peace

Peace to you from God our heavenly Father.

Peace from his Son Jesus Christ who is our peace.

Peace from the Holy Spirit, the life-giver.

The peace of the triune God be always with you

and also with you.

 

We indicate an expression of peace to one another.

 

 

 

Offertory Hymn  232 My Jesus, My Saviour 

 

 

Prayers at the preparation of the Table

 

 

God of all goodness and grace,

receive the gifts we offer;

and grant that our whole lives

may give you glory and praise;

through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

 

 

Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation:

through your goodness we have this bread to set before you,

which earth has given and human hands have made.

It will become for us the bread of life.

Blessed be God for ever.

 

Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation:

through your goodness we have this wine to set before you,

fruit of the vine and work of human hands.

It will become for us the cup of salvation.

Blessed be God for ever.

 

The Eucharistic Prayer and Communion

 

The Lord is here.

His Spirit is with us.

 

Lift up your hearts.

We lift them to the Lord.
 

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

It is right to give thanks and praise.

It is always right to give you thanks,
God our Creator, loving and faithful, holy and strong.

You made us and the whole universe,
and filled your world with life.

 

You sent your Son to live among us,
Jesus our Saviour, Mary’s child.

He suffered on the cross;
he died to save us from our sins;
he rose in glory from the dead.

 

You send your Spirit
to bring new life to the world,
and clothe us with power from on high.

And so we join the angels, praising you and singing:

 

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord.

Holy is the Lord God almighty!

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord.

Holy is the Lord God almighty!

Who was and is, and is to come;

holy, holy, holy is the Lord.

 

Blessed, blessed, blest is he who comes,

Blest is he who comes in the Lord’s name.

Blessed, blessed, blest is he who comes,

blest is he who comes in the Lord’s name.

Hosanna in the heights of heav’n.

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord.

 

 

Father, on the night before he died,
Jesus shared a meal with his friends.

 

He took the bread, and thanked you.
He broke it, and gave it to them, saying:
Take and eat; this is my body, given for you.
Do this to remember me.

 

After the meal, Jesus took the cup of wine.
He thanked you, and gave it to them, saying:
Drink this, all of you.
This is my blood, the new promise of God’s unfailing love.
Do this to remember me.         

 

Jesus Christ is Lord:

Lord, by your cross and resurrection

you have set us free.

You are the Saviour of the world.

 

 

Father, as we bring this bread and wine,
and remember his death and resurrection,
send your Holy Spirit, that we who share these gifts
may be fed by Christ’s body and his blood.

 

Pour your Spirit on us
that we may love one another,
work for the healing of the earth,
and share the good news of Jesus,
as we wait for his coming in glory.

 

For honour and praise belong to you, Father,
with Jesus your Son, and the Holy Spirit:
one God, for ever and ever. 

Amen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Lord's Prayer

 

Our Father in heaven,

hallowed be your name,

your kingdom come,

your will be done,

on earth as in heaven.

Give us today our daily bread.

Forgive us our sins

as we forgive those who sin against us.

Lead us not into temptation

but deliver us from evil.

For the kingdom, the power,

and the glory are yours

now and for ever. 

Amen.

 

The Breaking of the Bread

 

We break this bread
to share in the body of Christ.

Though we are many, we are one body,
because we all share in one bread.

 

 

The Prayer of the Lamb

 

   O Lamb of God, come cleanse our hearts              

and take our sin away.                                    

O Lamb of God, your grace impart,      

and let our guilty fear depart,                          

have mercy, Lord, we pray,                         

have mercy, Lord, we pray. 

                   

O lamb of God, our lives restore,

our guilty souls release.

Into our lives your Spirit pour

and let us live for evermore

in perfect heavenly peace,

in perfect heavenly peace.

The Invitation

 

‘I am the bread which has come down from heaven’, says the Lord.

Give us this bread for ever.

 

Everyone is invited to receive communion or a blessing.

 

 

Communion Hymns   20   Father We Love You

                                                    In Christ  Alone

 

 

 In Christ Alone

In Christ alone, my hope is found
He is my light, my strength, my song
This Cornerstone, this solid ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm
What heights of love, what depths of peace
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease

My Comforter, my All in All

Here in the love of Christ I stand

 

In Christ alone, who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpless babe
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones He came to save
'Til on that cross as Jesus died
The wrath of God was satisfied
For every sin on Him was laid
Here in the death of Christ I live, I live

 

There in the ground His body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain
Then bursting forth in glorious Day
Up from the grave He rose again
And as He stands in victory
Sin's curse has lost its grip on me
For I am His and He is mine
Bought with the precious blood of Christ

No guilt in life, no fear in death
This is the power of Christ in me
From life's first cry to final breath
Jesus commands my destiny
No power of hell, no scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from His hand
Till He returns or calls me home
Here in the power of Christ I'll stand



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