Christ Church, Denton with St George’s Church Dane Bank Denton

Zoom Service at Home

Matthew 13.

The 6th Sunday after Trinity

Sunday 19th July 2020.

The Welcome. The Lord be with you. And also with you!

We now sing our 1st worship song

Hymn

The Call to Worship as we come together as the family of God, and in our Father’s presence:

All -To offer him praise and thanksgiving

To hear and receive his holy word

To bring before him the needs of the world. To ask his forgiveness of our sins, and to seek his grace, that through his son Jesus Christ we may give ourselves to his service

Loving Lord, fill us with your life-giving, joy-giving, peace-giving presence, that we may praise you now with our lips, and all the day long with our lives, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

Confession- Which is saying `Sorry` to God, for the things we have said, thought or done, for which we are sorry – Confession

All -Father we have sinned against heaven and before you and are not worthy to be called your children.

We turn to you again. Have mercy on us, bring us back to yourself as those who once were dead but now have life through Christ our Lord. Amen

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 forever. Amen

Time to Praise

Let us give thanks to the God of our Lord Jesus Christ:

All -Who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing.

Before the world was made, God chose us in Christ:

All -That we might be holy and blameless before him.

Let us praise God for the glory of his grace:

All -For the free gift he gave us in his dear Son. To Father, Son and Holy Spirit, give praise and dominion, honour and might for ever and ever. Amen

Time to Listen to a reading from the Bible

The 1st reading is from the book of Genesis; Chapter 28 verses 10-19a.

Jacob left Beer-sheba and went towards Haran. He came to a certain place and stayed there for the night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place. And he dreamed that there was a ladder set up on the earth, the top of it reaching to heaven; and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. And the Lord stood beside him and said, ‘I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring; and your offspring shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and all the families of the earth shall be blessed in you and in your offspring. Know that I am with you and will keep you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.’ Then Jacob woke from his sleep and said, ‘Surely the Lord is in this place—and I did not know it!’ And he was afraid, and said, ‘How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.’

So Jacob rose early in the morning, and he took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up for a pillar and poured oil on the top of it. He called that place Bethel.

….This is the word of the Lord. All. Thanks be to God.

The 2nd reading is from the Gospel of Matthew chapter 13: verses 24-30, 36-43.

He put before them another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field; but while everybody was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and then went away. So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared as well. And the slaves of the householder came and said to him, “Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where, then, did these weeds come from?” He answered, “An enemy has done this.” The slaves said to him, “Then do you want us to go and gather them?” But he replied, “No; for in gathering the weeds you would uproot the wheat along with them. Let both of them grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Collect the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.” ’

Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples approached him, saying, ‘Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.’ He answered, ‘The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man; the field is the world, and the good seed are the children of the kingdom; the weeds are the children of the evil one, and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels. Just as the weeds are collected and burned up with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will collect out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all evildoers, and they will throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let anyone with ears listen!

This is the Gospel of the Lord. All. Praise to you O Christ.

Talk/Activities

Act of Faith: Speaking together about all the things we believe are important in our Christian faith.

Do you believe and trust in God the Father who made the world?

All -I believe and trust in him

Do you believe and trust in his Son, Jesus Christ who redeemed mankind?

All -I believe and trust in him

Do you believe and trust in his Holy Spirit who gives life to the people of God?

All -I believe and trust in him, This is our faith, we believe and trust in one God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Time to pray for the Church, the World and other things.

Notices and final Worship song.

Blessing

The Dismissal Go in peace to love and serve the Lord All   In the name of Christ. Amen

Please join us after the service for chat on Zoom, we thank you for joining us this morning and look forward to continue being Church at home with those unable to join us for public worship.

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