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/
~ Pastor Tony
Scripture Sentence
“The Lord has become King, clothed with majesty; the Lord is robed, girded with might.” (Psalm 93: 1)
The Collect
Almighty and everlasting God,
it is your will to restore all things
in your well-beloved Son,
our Lord and King.
Grant that the peoples of the earth,
now divided and enslaved by sin,
may be freed and brought together
under his gentle and loving rule;
who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen
Approach to God – based on Psalm 97
Leader: Come, let us sing to the Lord;
All: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!
Leader: Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving;
All: let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!
Leader: For the Lord is a great God,
All: and a great King above all gods.
Leader: In his hand are the depths of the earth;
All: the heights of the mountains are his also.
Leader: The sea is his, for he made it,
All: and the dry land, which his hands have formed.
Leader: Come, let us worship and bow down,
All: let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!
Leader: For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture,
All: and the sheep of his hand.
Leader: Come let us listen to his voice!
Opening Hymn of Praise
Come let us worship and bow down (MP 1036)
Come, let us worship and bow down
And kneel before the Lord, our Maker
Come, let us worship and bow down
And kneel before the Lord, our Maker
He is our God, He is our God
We are the people of His pasture
He is our God, He is our God
We are the sheep of His hand
Come, let us worship and bow down
And kneel before the Lord, our Maker
Come, let us worship and bow down
And kneel before the Lord, our Maker
Worship the Lord in holiness
Let the whole world stand in awe
He will come to judge the world
In righteousness and truth
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
You, God, are our one and only King.
We beg Your forgiveness for the other “kings” that we kneel before:
money...
power...
gossip...
self-righteousness...
privilege...
We beg Your forgiveness, we who are broken and torn apart
by our own doings and un-doings.
Guide us to be Your servants.
Lead us to trust in You as the only king we need.
Direct our faith in Your sovereign power
as we strive to follow Your Son,
through the power of Your Holy Spirit, we pray
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 95:1-7
Gospel: Matthew 25:31-46
Song
Before the throne of God above (MP 975)
1 Before the throne of God above
I have a strong, a perfect plea,
a great High Priest whose name is Love,
who ever lives and pleads for me.
My name is graven on His hands,
my name is written on His heart;
I know that while in heaven He stands
no tongue can bid me thence depart,
no tongue can bid me thence depart.
2 When Satan tempts me to despair,
and tells me of the guilt within,
upward I look and see Him there
who made an end to all my sin.
Because the sinless Saviour died,
my sinful soul is counted free;
for God the just is satisfied
to look on Him and pardon me,
to look on Him and pardon me.
3 Behold Him there! The risen lamb,
my perfect, spotless righteousness;
the great unchangeable;
I AM the King of glory and of grace!
One with Himself I cannot die,
my soul is purchased with His blood;
my life is hid with Christ on high,
with Christ my Saviour and my God,
with Christ my Saviour and my God.
Thanksgiving – based on Psalm 100
Let us today worship the Lord with gladness
and come into his presence with singing.
Let us know that the Lord is God.
It is God who made us; and we belong to God;
we are God’s people, and the sheep of God’s pasture.
Let us enter God’s gates with thanksgiving,
and God’s courts with praise,
giving thanks to God,
blessing God’s name.
Let us give thanks to God for God’s goodness,
for God’s steadfast love which endures for ever,
for God’s faithfulness to all generations.
Let us give thanks for all the gifts we receive
Amen
Sermon
Song
Above all (MP 1022)
1 Above all powers, above all kings,
above all nature and all created things;
above all wisdom and all the ways of man,
You were here before the world began.
2 Above all kingdoms, above all thrones,
above all wonders the world has ever known;
above all wealth and treasures of the earth,
there’s no way to measure what You’re worth.
Crucified, laid behind the stone;
You lived to die, rejected and alone;
like a rose trampled on the ground,
You took the fall and thought of me, above all.
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
Gracious and loving God,
if we have gifts to bring,
it is of your free mercy;
for all things are yours,
and what we have comes from you.
Accept the offerings we make,
and grant that gifts which can never be worthy
may yet be hallowed by your blessing
and used in your service;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Prayers
Intercession
Leader: We pray for the coming of God’s kingdom.
You sent Your Son to bring good news to the poor,
sight to the blind,
freedom to captives
and salvation to Your people:
anoint us with Your Spirit;
rouse us to work in His name.
Loving God, by Your Spirit
All: bring in Your kingdom.
Leader: Send us to bring help to the poor
and freedom to the oppressed.
Loving God, by Your Spirit
All: bring in Your kingdom.
Leader: Send us to speak out
and proclaim Your justice in the world.
Loving God, by Your Spirit
All: bring in Your kingdom.
Leader: Send us to tell the world
the good news of Your healing love.
Loving God, by Your Spirit
All: bring in Your kingdom.
Leader: Send us to those who mourn,
to bring joy and gladness instead of grief.
Loving God, by Your Spirit
All: bring in Your kingdom.
Leader: Send us to proclaim that the time is here
for You to save Your people.
Loving God, by Your Spirit
All: bring in Your kingdom.
Leader: Lord of the Church,
hear our prayer,
and make us one in mind and heart
to serve You in Christ our Lord
All: Amen
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
Closing Song
How great is our God (MP 1227)
1 The splendour of the King, clothed in majesty;
let all the earth rejoice, all the earth rejoice.
He wraps Himself in light, and darkness tries to hide,
and trembles at His voice, and trembles at His voice.
How great is our God, sing with me:
how great is our God
And all will see how great, how great is our God.
2 And age to age He stands, and time is in His hands;
beginning and the end, beginning and the end.
The Godhead, Three in One, Father, Spirit, Son,
the Lion and the Lamb, the Lion and the Lamb.
How great is our God . . .
Name above all names, worthy of all praise;
my heart will sing: how great is our God.
Name above all names, worthy of all praise;
my heart will sing: how great is our God.
How great is our God . . .
Prayer of Sending and Blessing
– based on the five marks of mission
May we go forth to proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom;
May we be always willing to teach, baptise and nurture new believers;
May we in our daily lives respond to human need by loving service;
May we have the courage to transform unjust structures of society, to challenge
violence of every kind and to pursue peace and reconciliation
May we join together to strive to safeguard the integrity of creation, and sustain and
renew the life of the earth.
And the blessing of God, who creates, redeems and sustains us, be with us always as we share in God’s mission to the world.
Amen
in the name of Christ.
Amen
