Sunday 1st January

Follow the Star

8am

Epiphany Booklet

Psalm 8

O Lord our governor,
how glorious is your name in all the world!
Your majesty above the heavens is praised
out of the mouths of babes at the breast.
You have founded a stronghold against your foes,
that you might still the enemy and the avenger.
When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars that you have ordained,
What is man, that you should be mindful of him;
the son of man, that you should seek him out?
You have made him little lower than the angels
and crown him with glory and honour.
You have given him dominion over the works of your hands
and put all things under his feet,
All sheep and oxen,
even the wild beasts of the field,
The birds of the air, the fish of the sea
and whatsoever moves in the paths of the sea.
O Lord our governor,
how glorious is your name in all the world!

Leader: Gavin
Preacher: Gavin

9.30am

Leader: Gavin
Preacher: Gavin

Welcome

Prayer of Preparation

Song 1: Come and Join the Celebration (BT)

Confession + Absolution

Song 2: Way Maker (BT)

Bible Reading: Matthew 2:1-12

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”

When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born. “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:

“‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
    are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for out of you will come a ruler
    who will shepherd my people Israel.’”

Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.”

After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.

All-age Talk

Set Prayers

Thanksgiving/Communion

Song 3 (during communion): We Three Kings

Saying Thank You

Notices

Dismissal Prayer

Blessing

Final Song 4: Lord I Lift Your Name on High

Go in peace to love and to serve our Lord…

Other Churches…

9am (COE)

Leader: Marie
Preacher: Marie

10.30am (HTC)

Leader: John
Preacher: John

11am (SPC)

Leader: Marie
Preacher: Marie