Order of Service – 9th August 2026

August 9, 2026

Preacher: Rev Dr Paul Goh

Pentecost 11. Green

Welcome to Brougham Place Uniting Church.

We acknowledge the Kaurna people as the traditional carers of the land on which our church is built.

As you wait for worship to begin, please turn your phone to silent.

Prelude

Welcome and Acknowledgment of Country

Introit and Lighting of the Candles

Jesus Is Lord (M. How)

Call to Worship

Holy One,

We come to offer you our thanks and praises.

Our hearts find joy in seeking you.

We remember all that you have done

Give thanks for all you are doing

And wait with hope for all you will do!

We praise you and thank you, Lord!

Amen

We sing: All Are Welcome, All Belong

Opening Prayer

Prayer of Confession

We are your family.

We belong to you.

Wash us in your forgiveness and grace and hold us in your love.

Amen

Words of Assurance

Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

Everyone who risks the uncertain walk of faith receives help from the one who calms the waters.

Thanks be to God

Amen

Passing of the Peace

Peace be with you

Community News and Notices

We give thanks for Sharonne and Ian’s ministry and meet Rev Dr Paul Goh

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Children’s Time (Exploring the Theme)

Children and Young People may go downstairs for Sunday School and Youth. Parents, you are welcome to join your young children in Sunday School if you feel they may need your assistance. Alternatively, you may wish for your child to remain with you for the duration of worship. Activity packs are available at the entrances.

Choral Anthem

I Want Jesus to Walk with Me. (Spiritual)

Scripture Reading:

Genesis 37:1-4

Jacob settled in the land where his father had lived as an alien, the land of Canaan. These are the descendants of Jacob.

Joseph, being seventeen years old, was shepherding the flock with his brothers; he was a helper to the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives, and Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father. Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his children because he was the son of his old age, and he made him an ornamented robe. But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peaceably to him.

Genesis 37:12-28

Now his brothers went to pasture their father’s flock near Shechem. And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? Come, I will send you to them.” He answered, “Here I am.” So he said to him, “Go now, see if it is well with your brothers and with the flock, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him from the valley of Hebron.

He came to Shechem, and a man found him wandering in the fields; the man asked him, “What are you seeking?” “I am seeking my brothers,” he said; “tell me, please, where they are pasturing the flock.” The man said, “They have gone away, for I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan. They saw him from a distance, and before he came near to them they conspired to kill him. They said to one another, “Here comes this dreamer. Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits; then we shall say that a wild animal has devoured him, and we shall see what will become of his dreams.” But when Reuben heard it, he delivered him out of their hands, saying, “Let us not take his life.” Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood; throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him”—that he might rescue him out of their hand and restore him to his father. So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the ornamented robe that he wore, and they took him and threw him into a pit. The pit was empty; there was no water in it.

Then they sat down to eat, and looking up they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels carrying gum, balm, and resin, on their way to carry it down to Egypt. Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood? Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him, for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And his brothers agreed. When some Midianite traders passed by, they drew Joseph up, lifting him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they took Joseph to Egypt.

May the Spirit of God open our eyes to see, our ears to hear,

and our hearts to understand.

Message

We sing: When Common Dreams are Shared

Prayers of the People

Prayer for the Peaceful Reunification of the Korean Peninsula

The Lord’s Prayer

And now with the confidence of the children of God, let us pray the prayer Jesus taught us saying…

Offering

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Alternatively, there is an offering bowl near the lectern on the left-hand side as you exit the church.

Offering Prayer

We sing: I, the Lord of Sea and Sky

Sending Forth and Benediction

Choral Blessing

With Prayer and Supplication (A. Beach)

Extroit

Come and share morning tea together, in the basement. There are stairs behind the organ and a ramp between the church and the car park. All are welcome!

Thank you for joining us for worship!
If you would like to get in touch or request a prayer, please make use of the Contact Cards in the pews and next to the Offering Bowl. Alternately, you can email our Minister, Rev Linda Driver: lindad@bpuc.org

This service has been prepared with assistance from


Liturgy, Learning, & (Purposeful) Life (L3)
Rev Jesse Size
© 2026, Uniting Church in Australia, Synod of South Australia

The Abingdon Worship Annual 2023.
ed. Mary Scifres and BJ Beu

The Bible Reading is from the New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition. Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America.

2026 Prayer for the Peaceful Reunification of the Korean Peninsula
National Council of Churches in Korea
https://www.oikoumene.org/resources/prayers/2026-prayer-for-the-peaceful-reunification-of-the-korean-peninsula

Photo by Arifur Rahman on Unsplash

Congregation Hymns/Songs:


All Are Welcome, All Belong
Text and music © 2016, Jesse Manibusan and Jennah Manibusan.
Published by Spirit & Song®, a division of OCP. All rights reserved..

When Common Dreams are Shared
SaNS 37
(Tune TiS 228, 422 / AHB 163)
George Stuart. Used with permission

I, the Lord of Sea and Sky
Together in Song 658
Daniel L. Schutte 1947 – Suggested by Isaiah 6. Words by permission Oregon Catholic Press.

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