Order of Service – 3rd May 2026

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Brougham Place Uniting Church

Kardlayirdi Karnungga

A Light on the Hill

May 3, 2026

Preacher: Rev Linda Driver

Easter 5. White

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

Naa marni?

(Are you all good?)

Marni Ai!

(Good I am)

Call to Worship

All who search for a place of calm, come;

we come to shelter in the rock, who is our God.

All who are ready to journey, come;

we come to walk the way Christ sets before us.

All who long to belong to a community, come;

we come to be shaped as living stones by the Spirit.

All who gather today, come and worship;

we come to worship the God of resurrection life.

Opening Prayer

God of mercy and loving kindness,

we come to you in gratitude for all you have done.

You call us from the shadows into the brightness of your truth.

Teach us what it means to be your people,

so we can make known what you have done.

We ask this in the name of the risen Christ, amen.

Lighting of the Candles

We sing: All Are Welcome

Let us build a house where love can dwell

and all can safely live,

a place where saints and children tell

how hearts learn to forgive.

Built of hopes and dreams and visions,

rock of faith and vault of grace;

here the love of Christ shall end divisions:

All are welcome, all are welcome,

all are welcome in this place.

Let us build a house where prophets speak,

and words are strong and true,

where all God’s children dare to seek

to dream God’s reign anew.

Here the cross shall stand as witness

and as symbol of God’s grace;

here as one we claim the faith of Jesus:

All are welcome, all are welcome,

all are welcome in this place.

Let us build a house where love is found

in water, wine and wheat:

a banquet hall on holy ground

where peace and justice meet.

Here the love of God, through Jesus,

is revealed in time and space;

as we share in Christ the feast that frees us:

All are welcome, all are welcome,

all are welcome in this place.

Let us build a house where hands will reach

beyond the wood and stone

to heal and strengthen, serve and teach,

and live the Word they’ve known.

Here the outcast and the stranger

bear the image of God’s face:

let us bring an end to fear and danger:

All are welcome, all are welcome,

all are welcome in this place.

Let us build a house where all are named,

their songs and visions heard

and loved and treasured, taught and claimed

as words within the Word.

Built of tears and cries and laughter,

prayers of faith and songs of grace,

let this house proclaim from floor to rafter:

All are welcome, all are welcome,

all are welcome in this place.

Prayer of Confession

Loving God, you call us to be living stones,

but sometimes our hearts are hard.

You call us to be living stones,

but we don’t always like the place where you have put us.

You call us to be living stones,

but sometimes we make others stumble.

A time of silence

Have mercy on us and treat us with kindness, we pray. Amen.

Words of Grace

God is good to us.

Know that you are still called and special to God.

Take your place where you are called among God’s people

and tell of the wonderful things God has done in Jesus.

Amen.

Passing of the Peace

The peace of our God be with you.

And also with you.

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Scripture Reading: 1 Peter 2:2-10

Be like newborn babies who are thirsty for the pure spiritual milk that will help you grow and be saved. You have already found out how good the Lord really is.

Come to Jesus Christ. He is the living stone people have rejected, but which God has chosen and highly honoured. And now you are living stones being used to build a spiritual house. You are also a group of holy priests, and with the help of Jesus Christ you will offer sacrifices that please God. It is just as God says in the Scriptures,

“Look! I am placing in Zion

a choice and precious

cornerstone.

No one who has faith

in this one

will be disappointed.”

You are followers of the Lord, and this stone is precious to you. But it isn’t precious to those who refuse to follow him. They are the builders who tossed aside the stone that turned out to be the most important one of all. They disobeyed the message and stumbled and fell over this stone because they were doomed.

But you are God’s chosen and special people. You are a group of royal priests and a holy nation. God has brought you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Now you must tell all the wonderful things he has done. The Scriptures say,

“Once you were nobody.

Now you are God’s people.

At one time no one

had mercy on you.

Now God has treated you

with kindness.”

We sing: Jesus is the Rock (TiS 669)

Well, Jesus is the rock,

his love never stops;

the world’s in his hands,

there’s no shifting sands

if Jesus is your rock.

Well, Jesus is the rock,

his love never stops;

the world’s in his hands,

there’s no shifting sands

if Jesus is your rock.

If your world’s caving in around you

and you don’t know where to turn,

take a look at Jesus: there’s plenty there to learn.

If your life is built on shifting sand

you don’t follow God at all;

when the rain and the flood and the wind come up

there’ll be a mighty fall.

Well, Jesus is the rock,

his love never stops;

the world’s in his hands,

there’s no shifting sands

if Jesus is your rock.

When all the rain is falling and

the floods are coming down,

all the winds are blowing, you never will be drowned

if your life is

built on Jesus

and all he has said;

you’ll be laughing at the storm

all snuggled in your bed.

Well, Jesus is the rock,

his love never stops;

the world’s in his hands,

there’s no shifting sands

if Jesus is your rock.

Children’s Time (Exploring the Theme)

Following Children’s Time, the children will sit with their families for Communion.

We sing: Feed Us Now (TiS 538 v1, 2)

Feed us now Bread of life,

in this holy meal;

let us know your love anew:

we hunger for you.

Feed us now, Bread of life,

come and live within;

let your peace be ours today,

Lord Jesus, we pray.

Piece of bread, cup of wine:

Lord, this food is good:

love and mercy come to us –

your promise we trust.

Piece of bread, cup of wine:

who can understand

how his mercy works in these?

Yet, Lord, we believe.

Communion

Invitation

Great Prayer of Thanksgiving

We come to God with our prayers of thanksgiving.

May God be with you.

And also with you.

Lift up your hearts!

We lift them up to our God.

Let us give thanks to God our Creator.

It is right to give our thanks and praise.

…to join with the angels and sing your praise:

Holy, holy, holy God of all that is,

All that was and all that will be.

Heaven and earth are full of your glory,

Hosanna in the highest.

Blessed is the one who comes in the name of God.

Hosanna in the highest!

Words of Institution

The Lord’s Prayer

Let us pray together in the words that Jesus taught us:

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.

Save us from the time of trial

and deliver us from evil.

For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours

now and forever. Amen.

The Breaking of the Bread

We break this bread

and take this cup

so that we can all share in the life of Christ.

The gifts of God for the people of God.

The Communion

Prayer After Communion

We sing: Feed Us Now (TiS 538 v3)

God is here, O so near,

nearer than our thoughts.

Stay with us where’er we go;

Lord, help us to grow.

God is here, O so near,

in this heaven’s meal.

May we always feed on you –

on the bread that is true.

Children may go downstairs for Sunday School.
Youth will remain in the service for Communion Sunday.
Parents of young children, you are welcome to join your child in Sunday School if you feel your child 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.

Scripture Reading: John 14:1-14

Jesus said to his disciples, “Don’t be worried! Have faith in God and have faith in me. There are many rooms in my Father’s house. I wouldn’t tell you this, unless it was true. I am going there to prepare a place for each of you. After I have done this, I will come back and take you with me. Then we will be together. You know the way to where I am going.”

Thomas said, “Lord, we don’t even know where you are going! How can we know the way?”

“I am the way, the truth, and the life!” Jesus answered. “Without me, no one can go to the Father. If you had really known me, you would have known the Father. But from now on, you do know him, and you have seen him.”

Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father. That is all we need.”

Jesus replied:

Philip, I have been with you for a long time. Don’t you know who I am? If you have seen me, you have seen the Father. How can you ask me to show you the Father? Don’t you believe that I am one with the Father and that the Father is one with me? What I say isn’t said on my own. The Father who lives in me does these things.

Have faith in me when I say that the Father is one with me and that I am one with the Father. Or else have faith in me simply because of the things I do. I tell you for certain that if you have faith in me, you will do the same things I am doing. You will do even greater things, now that I am going back to the Father. Ask me, and I will do whatever you ask. This way the Son will bring honor to the Father. I will do whatever you ask me to do.

From this shines forth the Word of God.

Thanks be to God.

Message

We sing: In My Father’s House

Rainbow of colours, a complex of creeds;

age old perspectives meet fresh ways to see.

Everyone welcome, fling open the doors

you’ll learn of my path and I’ll learn from yours.