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January 24th 2021


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‘I am the vine, you are the branches’ 





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As we gather let’s reflect upon the words of Jesus in the upper room:

‘I pray not only for them, but also for those who believe in me because of their message.  I pray that they may all be one. Father! May they be in us, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they be one, so that the world will believe that you sent me. I gave them the same glory you gave me, so that they may be one, just as you and I are one: I in them and you in me, so that they may be completely one, in order that the world may know that you sent me and that you love them as you love me.
Father! You have given them to me, and I want them to be with me where I am, so that they may see my glory, the glory you gave me; for you loved me before the world was made’.
[John 17:20-24 – GNT] 


​Song:   Father, we love You  [MP 142]

Prayer 
Living Love,
beginning and end,
giver of food and drink,
clothing and warmth,
love and hope:
life in all its goodness
we praise and adore you. 

Jesus,
Wisdom and Word;
lover of outcasts,
friend of the poor;
one of us, yet one with God;
crucified and risen:
life in the midst of death
we praise and adore you. 

Holy Spirit,
storm and breath of love;
bridge-builder,
eye-opener,
unseen and unexpected,
untameable energy of life
we praise and adore you.
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Holy Trinity,
forever one,
whose nature is community;
source of all sharing,
in whom we love,
and meet, and know our neighbour:
life in all its fullness,
making all things new
we praise and adore you.


Listen to this sung version of the Lord’s Prayer 
Father in Heaven [BPW 590]
​Reading:            John 15:1-17​

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Click
here to listen to 
'You are the vine'
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Reading:            1 Corinthians 1:10-13
Reflection:        'The Vine'
Prayers

Go-between God, bridge-builder, community-maker:

You call us, your Church,
to be a laboratory of peace:
accept our sorrow for the hostilities we harbour
and the walls we continue to build.

You call us, your Church,
to be a parable of your kingdom:
accept our sorrow for telling a very different story:
a story of attachment to worldly values.

You call us, your Church,
to be a sign of contradiction:
accept our sorrow for being content
with the way things are
and fearful of speaking the prophetic word.

You call us, your Church,
to be a place of welcome and warmth:
accept our sorrow for sour faces, cold hands,
judgmental attitudes and lack of compassion.

You call us, your Church,
to be a community of praise:
accept our sorrow for allowing anxiety about human failures to muzzle confidence in your power to transform the world.
               
Now take a moment to bring your
own prayers before God

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​Song:   In heavenly love abiding  [MP 331]

Click on the title above and watch full screen.
(Note that adverts might precede the song)

​Blessing

Lord God,
we thank you
for calling us into the company
of those who trust in Christ
and seek to obey his will.

May your Spirit guide and strengthen us
in mission and service to your world;
for we are strangers no longer
but pilgrims together
on the way to your kingdom.

[Collect for Christian Unity]


Acknowledgements

Prayers from ‘Gathering for Worship’
Patterns and Prayers for the Community of Disciples
 © BUGB 2007
Used with permission
Father, we love You
Words & Music: Donna Adkins
© 1976Maranatha! Music / CopyCare
Father in Heaven
Words: Stella Read (from the Lord’s Prayer)
Music: Bunessan
© URC from New Church Praise, 1975
You are the vine
Words & Music: Danny Daniels & Randy Rigby
© 1982 Mercy / Vineyard Publishing / CopyCare
In Heavenly Love Abiding
Words: Anna L Waring
Music: Penlan
Public Domain




​'We shall meet'-  a 'song for Covid'.
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We shall have this link every week for the next while.
Original words and music Hans Olav Mørk (Norway)
© Words: 2020 WGRG, c/o Iona Community, Glasgow, Scotland
© Music: John Bell, WGRG, c/o Iona Community, Glasgow, Scotland
CCLI Song Number: 7153725  Wellspring CCLI licence no. 571370
   
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