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St. Luke’s Church
Family Service 4th October 2009
WELCOME
We’re glad
you made it
here!

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Our theme - humility

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St Luke’s Family Service

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Call to worship
When we are happy
When we are full of fun and laughter
GODWELCOMES US
When we are angry
When people let us down and make us sad
GODWELCOMES US
When we are tired
When we need to stop and curl up and rest
GODWELCOMES US

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Though we might wish we were
still in bed
With a cup of coffee and the
Sunday papers
GODWELCOMES US

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When we would prefer to be at home
Watching ‘Charlie and Lola’ on TV
Or on building Lego cars
GODWELCOMES US

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When our team wins 5-1 (yes 5-1!)
And also the many times when
they don’t.
GODWELCOMES US

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Call to worship
When we are tired
When we need to stop & curl up & rest
GODWELCOMES US
God of welcome
God whose door is always open
WE ARE GLAD TO MEETYOU HERE

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Confession
God, we live in a world that needs to change
We are part of the world
We do things that hurt each other
Things that are wrong.
There are things we need to sort out.
Silent reflection to think about these things
GODWE ARE SORRY
WE WANT TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY

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Confession
Let us listen to God’s word’s
Words for those who want to change.
In Jesus, God says to us
‘I know you are sorry
I forgive you
I love you
Don’t be afraid’
GOD THANKYOU
THANKYOU FORYOUR LOVE. AMEN

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Let us pray together

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What you find when you google:
 St Luke was demolished in 1989, and replaced with this
pleasing new building which is at once typical of the following
decade, and an adornment to what is a relatively
architecturally insignificant area of Norwich.The long, red
brick structure shelters a covered area at ground level into
which the congregating plaza feeds, as though this was
perhaps a lecture hall of a campus university.The low hipped
roof with its wide eaves gives the building an elegance which
is almost oriental in character. At the southern end of the
frontage is a curious pagoda-like structure, presumably a
reception area for the door below. Judging from the notice
board,this building is used a great deal for a wide variety of
church and secular activities,and must be a real asset to its local
area.And,after twenty years,it still looks thoroughly
contemporary.

14. +Give us, Lord, a humble spirit that never
takes your mercy for granted, but which
keeps us mindful of all we have been
forgiven. Make us tender & compassionate
towards those who fall into temptation,
mindful of our own weakness now and in the
future.
The light of Christ is in our midst.
Thanks be to God!

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Dear God, help me to be human.
Help me to be able to appreciate and
bring out the best in everyone around
me.
You have created us in your image and
likeness; each reflecting in our own
way something of You.
Fill our minds with the love
of Christ. Amen

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Let’s pray together

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For our children, present & not present.
God our Father,You seeYour children and young
people growing up in an unsteady and confusing
world. Show them thatYour ways give more life
than the ways of the world, and that following You is
better than chasing after selfish goals. Help them
to take failure, not as a measure of their worth, but
as a chance for a new start.
Give them strength and humility to hold
their faith in you, and to keep alive their
joy in your creation.
Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

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For small strength
Father, make us worthy to serve you
Make us deeply humble and full of love.
Make us small, so that no human name is
honoured.
We want to honour Jesus alone.
Lead us all to be a Church of small strength
So that the power of Jesus can be
victorious.
We can no great things
Only small things, with great love. Amen

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Let’s pray together

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Philippians 2 (The Message)
If you've gotten anything at all out of following Christ, if his
love has made any difference in your life, if being in a
community of the Spirit means anything to you, — then do
me a favor: Agree with each other, love each other, be deep-
spirited friends. Don't push your way to the front; don't
sweet-talk your way to the top. Put yourself aside, and help
others get ahead. Don't be obsessed with getting your own
advantage. Forget yourselves long enough to lend a helping
hand.Think of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of
himself. He had equal status with God but didn't think so
much of himself that he had to cling to the advantages of
that status. Not at all. When the time came, he set aside the
privileges of deity and took on the status of a slave, became
human! Having become human, he stayed human. It was an
incredibly humbling process. He didn't claim special
privileges. Instead, he lived a selfless, obedient life and
then died a selfless, obedient death—and the worst kind of
death at that—a crucifixion.

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Philippians 2 (The Message)
Because of that obedience, God lifted him high and
honored him far beyond anyone or anything, ever, so that
all created beings in heaven and on earth will bow in
worship before this Jesus Christ. Be energetic in your
life of salvation, reverent and sensitive before God.That
energy is God's energy, an energy deep within you, God
himself willing and working at what will give him the
most pleasure. Do everything readily and cheerfully—no
bickering, no second-guessing allowed! Go out into the
world uncorrupted, a breath of fresh air in this polluted
society. Provide people with a glimpse of good living and
of the living God. Carry the light-giving Message into the
night so I'll have good cause to be proud of you on the day
that Christ returns.

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Our theme - humility

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Blessed are.
Jesus said: the strong and powerful
will inherit the earth.
RHS – OH NO HE DIDN’T!
LHS – OHYES HE DID
Jesus said: blessed are the winners,
For they will inherit everything
RHS – OH NO HE DIDN’T!
LHS – OHYES HE DID

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Blessed are.
Jesus said: Look after yourself, then if you
have something left over, give a coin to the
poor.
RHS – OH NO HE DIDN’T!
LHS – OHYES HE DID
Jesus said: God is a nice old man,
Who doesn’t want anyone to rock the boat
RHS – OH NO HE DIDN’T!
LHS – OHYES HE DID

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And Jesus blessed them saying:
Blessed are those who are spiritually
needy. Heaven belongs to them.
Blessed are those who are free of pride.
They will be given the earth.

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And Jesus blessed them saying:
Love each other, be deep-spirited
friends. Don't push your way to the front;
don't sweet-talk your way to the top.
Put yourself aside, and help others get
ahead. Don't be obsessed with getting
your own advantage. Forget yourselves
long enough to lend a helping hand.
Think of yourselves the way Christ Jesus
thought of himself.

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And Jesus blessed them saying:
Go out into the world uncorrupted,
a breath of fresh air in this polluted
society. Provide people with a
glimpse of good living and of the
living God.