This Sunday, 12 January we celebrate the Baptism of Christ. There are services of Holy Communion at 9:30am in St Bartholomew, Burstow, at 10am in St Mary the Virgin, Horne and at 11am in St John the Baptist, Outwood, which will include the Blessing of the Plough.

This week’s online service is led by the Revd Alan Bayes. To follow the service, click on the arrow here and find the words below.

All for Jesus! all for Jesus!
This our song shall ever be;
For we have no hope nor Saviour
If we have not hope in thee.

All for Jesus! Thou wilt give us
Strength to serve thee hour by hour:
None can move us from thy presence
While we trust thy love and pow’r.

All for Jesus! At thine altar
Thou dost give us sweet content:
There, dear Saviour, we receive thee
In thy holy sacrament.

All for Jesus! Thou hast loved us,
All for Jesus! Thou hast died,
All for Jesus! Thou art with us,
All for Jesus, glorified!

All for Jesus! All for Jesus!
This the Church’s song shall be,
Till at last the flock is gathered
One in love, and one in thee.

William John Sparrow-Smith (1859-1952)
Tune: All for Jesus, John Stainer (1840-1901)

The Lord be with you
And with your spirit

God be gracious to us and bless us,
and make your face to shine upon us:
Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.

May your ways be known on the earth
your saving health among the nations:
Christ, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.

You, Lord, have made known your salvation,
and reveal your justice in the sight of the nations:
Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.

Almighty God,
who forgives all who truly repent,
have mercy upon you,
pardon and deliver you from all your sins,
confirm and strengthen you in all goodness,
and keep you in life eternal;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

The Collect for the Feast of The Baptism of Christ
Eternal Father,
who at the baptism of Jesus
revealed him to be your Son,
anointing him with the Holy Spirit:
grant to us, who are born again by water and the Spirit,
that we may be faithful to our calling as your adopted children;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. Amen

The readings
Read by Liam Harvey

The first reading is from Isaiah 55:6-11

This is the word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke.
Glory to you, O Lord.

The Gospel reading is from Luke 3:15-17, 21-22

This is the Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, O Christ.

Talk
by Revd Alan Bayes

The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come;
thy will be done; on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation;
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
the power and the glory,
for ever and ever. Amen.

Lord of all time and eternity,
you opened the heavens and revealed yourself as Father
in the baptism of Jesus your beloved Son:
by the power of your Spirit
complete the heavenly work of our rebirth
through the waters of the new creation;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

The Blessing
May God the Holy Spirit,
who came upon the beloved Son
at his baptism in the river Jordan,
pour out his gifts on you
who have come to the waters of new birth.
And the blessing of God almighty,
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,
be among you and remain with you always.
Amen.

Crown him with many crowns,
the Lamb upon his throne.
Hark! how the heavenly anthem drowns
all music but its own.
Awake, my soul, and sing
of him who died for thee,
and hail him as thy matchless king
through all eternity.

Crown him the vir­gin’s son,
the God in­car­nate born,
whose arm those crim­son tro­phies won
which now His brow adorn.
Fruit of the mys­tic rose,
as of that rose the stem;
the root whence mer­cy ev­er flows,
The babe of Beth­le­hem!

Crown him the Lord of life,
who triumphed o’er the grave,
and rose victorious in the strife
for those he came to save;
his glories now we sing
who died and rose on high,
who died eternal life to bring,
and lives that death may die.

Crown him the Lord of love;
behold his hands and side,
rich wounds, yet visible above,
in beauty glorified;
no angel in the sky
can fully bear that sight,
but downward bend each burning eye
at mysteries so bright.

Crown him the Lord of peace,
whose power a sceptre sways
from pole to pole that wars may cease,
and be prayer and praise.
His reign shall know no end
and round his pierc­èd feet
fair flowers of paradise extend
their fragrance ever sweet.

Crown him the Lord of years,
the potentate of time,
creator of the rolling spheres,
ineffably sublime.
All hail, Redeemer, hail!
for thou hast died for me;
thy praise shall never, never fail
throughout eternity.

Matthew Bridges (1800-1894)
Tune: Diademata, George Elvey (1816-1893)

Organist: Peter Nye.
Common Worship: Services and Prayers for the Church of England (2000), material from which is included in this service,
is copyright © The Archbishops’ Council 2000.
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