Welcome to the CHS Vientiane Worship Service Resources
We invite you to take time this Sunday, in families or very small groups of friends, to responsibly share space to worship God together.
If you are on your own, please be assured we are together in the Spirit and if you have needs, or just want to share concerns, please don't be afraid to reach out and share these with the CHS community. Contact details can be found on our church website at: http://www.thechs.org/
If you are on your own, please be assured we are together in the Spirit and if you have needs, or just want to share concerns, please don't be afraid to reach out and share these with the CHS community. Contact details can be found on our church website at: http://www.thechs.org/
Ideas for parents to use with their children at home can be found on this page (click this link).
~ Pastor Tony
Scripture Sentence
“How good and pleasant it is to live together in unity.” (Psalm 133: 1)
Collect
Almighty God,
you have built your Church
on the foundation of the apostles and prophets,
Jesus Christ himself
being the chief cornerstone.
Join us together in unity of spirit
by their teaching
that we may become a holy temple
acceptable to you;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
Approach
Faithful God,
we awaken ourselves to Your presence
as we awaken too,
to our discovery of who we have become.
We know we were created in Your image,
that You have a history of bringing us out of slavery
and into freedom
and we long to find that freedom today.
We know You as the great restorer –
able to transform all injustice
into the kingdom of heaven on earth
and we open ourselves
to be part of Your future that is coming.
Amen
Opening Hymn of Praise
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
1. Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation!
O my soul, praise him, for he is thy health and salvation!
All you who hear, now to his temple draw near.
Join me in glad adoration.
2. Praise to the Lord, above all things so wondrously reigning,
Shelters you under his wings, and so gently sustaining!
Have you not seen all that is needful has been
sent by his gracious ordaining?
3. Praise to the Lord who will prosper your work and defend you!
Surely his goodness and mercy shall daily attend you.
Ponder anew what the Almighty can do,
If with his love he befriends you.
4. Praise to the Lord, O let all that is in me adore Him!
All that has life and breath, come now with praises before him.
Let the Amen sound from his people again;
gladly forever adore him.
Confession
Our heavenly Father
thank you that you love us
and care for us all the time.
We know that this week
we have not always lived the way you tell us.
We have done wrong things
and not done all the good things we should have done.
Only you can save us,
so please forgive us
and help us to live as your friends.
We ask this in Jesus’ name.
Amen
Silence
We ask for Your restoration,
for You to make Your face shine upon us
that, having released our anger and blame
we discover the tools for starting again.
The hope for our future becoming our vision
that together, we can be Your people again
through Your Son Jesus Christ's death for us
and his rising from death to eternal life,
opening the way back to Your presence.
Amen.
Creed
We believe in God the Father,
Maker of all things.
We believe in his Son Jesus Christ,
Lord and Saviour of the world.
We believe in the Holy Spirit,
giver of life and light.
We belong to the Church,
God’s family everywhere.
Amen.
Bible Readings
Psalm: Psalm 80:7-15
First reading: Isaiah 5:1-7
Second reading: Philippians 3:4-14
Gospel: Matthew 21:33-46
Song
Cornerstone
Verse 1
My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness.
I dare not trust the sweetest frame
But wholly trust in Jesus’ name.
Chorus
Christ alone, Cornerstone
Weak made strong in the Savior’s love.
Through the storm
He is Lord, Lord of all.
Verse 2
When darkness seems to hide his face
I rest on his unchanging grace.
In every high and storm gale
My anchor holds within the veil.
My anchor holds within the veil.
Chorus
Verse 3
When He shall come with trumpet sound
Oh may I then in Him be found.
Dressed in His righteousness alone
Faultless, stand before the throne.
Chorus
Prayer for / with the Children
Put God First
Loving God
Help us to give worth to you as the one who gives worth to us.
Help us to use Your name with respect and love.
Help us to spend time thinking about You, Our God.
Help us to honour and love our whole family.
Help us to live towards other people with love and generosity.
Help us to find the richness in faithfulness towards others.
Help us to celebrate what we have rather than dwell on what we don’t.
Help us to speak well of others and truthfully to ourselves.
Help us not to get down about what others have
when we can share what we have with others.
We ask you to help us put you first in our lives.
In Jesus' name we pray.
Amen
Sermon
Song
Worthy is the Lamb (MP 1109)
Thank you for the cross, Lord,
thank You for the price You paid.
Bearing all my sin and shame,
in love You came
and gave amazing grace.
Thank You for this love, Lord,
thank You for the nail-pierced hands.
Washed me in Your cleansing flow,
now all I know,
Your forgiveness and embrace.
Worthy is the Lamb
seated on the throne.
Crown You now with many crowns,
You reign victorious.
High and lifted up,
Jesus, Son of God,
the darling of heaven crucified.
Worthy is the Lamb,
worthy is the Lamb.
Thank you for the cross . . .
Worthy is the Lamb . . .
Worthy is the Lamb. (4 times)
Worthy is the Lamb . . .
Worthy is the Lamb. (6 times)
Offering
(Please do bear in mind that as long as we are still able to, CHS is continuing to support various projects and people in need and needs will likely increase during this time. You may want to set aside some money in an envelope every Sunday and bring these to church when we next meet back at ARDA.)
Dedication of our Offering
All say:
Each thing we have received
came from you.
Each thing for which we hope
will come from you.
Each thing we enjoy
is of your giving.
Each thing for which we ask
comes from your generosity.
We offer these gifts of money
as tokens of our love for you.
Use them and with them
our gifts and time
that our whole lives may be dedicated
for Your service and glory.
Amen.
Thanksgiving
Loving and amazing God,
Your constant relationship of love and faithfulness
is one which sustains us through all things.
Your stories speak to us,
transcending time and place,
meeting us here today.
We give You thanks for the choice to let go
of who we have thought ourselves to be
and become a runner in Your race,
with the experience of the love of Christ as our only goal.
We give thanks too, that You call us again and again
to be Your people,
that You love us and want us to live together
in fullness of community and life,
that You send people, prophets and Jesus,
to show us Your love.
In turn, send us as Your people and prophets,
and as Christ to those who need to meet You.
We give thanks that You want us to be part of the harvest,
In the gathering of it and the sharing,
so that we might learn more
of what it is to be like You.
Intercession
When it is our walls coming down
and we see our family under attack,
when we see the hope of harvest crumbling before us
May Your presence be revealed.
When it is the walls of others that are crumbling
when the family under attack are our neighbour’s,
when we have enough, but they do not
May Your justice be stirred within us.
When we are tearing down the walls
when we are attacking our neighbours
when we are taking what is not ours
May Your mercy be upon us.
When we have a choice to restore the walls
when we have room for others
when harvest will feed everyone
May Christ’s light shine from our hearts
as we share what we have.
These prayers we offer up in the name for for the sake of our Lord, Jesus Christ.
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 for ever.
Amen
Closing Song
Beautiful Saviour
Verse
Jesus, Beautiful Saviour,
God of all majesty, Risen King.
Lamb of God, Holy and Righteous,
Blessed Redeemer, Bright Morning Star.
All the heavens shout your praise.
All creation bows to worship you.
Chorus
How wonderful, how beautiful,
Name above every name, exalted high.
How wonderful, How beautiful,
Jesus your Name, Name above every name, Jesus.
Verse
Jesus, Beautiful Saviour
God of all majesty, Risen King.
Lamb of God, Holy and Righteous,
Blessed Redeemer, Bright Morning Star.
All the heavens shout your praise.
All creation bows to worship you.
Chorus
How wonderful, how beautiful,
Name above every name, exalted high.
How wonderful, How beautiful,
Jesus your Name, Name above every name, Jesus.
Bridge
I will sing forever,
Jesus I love you, Jesus I love you.
(Repeat)
Chorus
How wonderful, how beautiful,
Name above every name, exalted high.
How wonderful, How beautiful,
Jesus your Name, Name above every name, Jesus.
Prayer of Sending and Blessing
May we be blessed with the restoration of Your vineyard
May we all have a part to play in that joyous task
May we see you in the tearing down of walls
and in our discovery of the Cornerstone that is Christ –
yesterday, today and forever.
Amen.
in the name of Christ.
Amen
