Order of Service – 19th July 2026

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Brougham Place Uniting Church

Kardlayirdi Karnungga

A Light on the Hill

July 19, 2026

Preacher: Sharonne Price

Eighth Sunday after Pentecost. 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.

In the silence, let us prepare our hearts and minds for worship.

Prelude

Welcome and Acknowledgment of Country

Naa marni?

(Are you all good?)

Marni Ai!

(Good I am)

Lighting of the Candles

Call to Worship

Opening Prayer

We sing: Come on! Come in!

1.
Choir

Come on! Come in! Come to the feast!

We are the guests of the Prince of Peace,

Where all are invited from greatest to least.

This is the kingdom of God.

2.
Everyone

Come on! Come in! Mercies abound!

This is the kingdom where lost are found,

where prisoners are freed and our life’s turned around.

This is the kingdom of God.

3.
Women

Come on! Come in! Come all who thirst!

This is the kingdom where all is reversed,

where first shall be last and the last shall be first.

This is the kingdom of God.

4.
Men

Come on! Come in! You will find rest.

Safety and refuge for all the oppressed,

the lame rise to walk and the broken are blessed.

This is the kingdom of God.

5.
Everyone

Come on! Come in! Share bread and wine!

We are the branches and Jesus the vine,

for love is our calling and love God’s design.

Come make the kingdom of God.

6.
Everyone

Come on! Come in! Sing a new song!

Though we are different, our voices belong,

diverse gifts and riches that make us all strong.

Come make the kingdom of God!

Psalm 139:1-12; 23-24

O Lord, you have searched me and known me.

You know when I sit down and when I rise up;

you discern my thoughts from far away.

You search out my path and my lying down

and are acquainted with all my ways.

Even before a word is on my tongue,

O Lord, you know it completely.

You hem me in, behind and before,

and lay your hand upon me.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;

it is so high that I cannot attain it.

Where can I go from your spirit?

Or where can I flee from your presence?

If I ascend to heaven, you are there;

if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there.

If I take the wings of the morning

and settle at the farthest limits of the sea,

even there your hand shall lead me,

and your right hand shall hold me fast.

If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,

and night wraps itself around me,“

even the darkness is not dark to you;

the night is as bright as the day,

for darkness is as light to you.

Search me, O God, and know my heart;

test me and know my thoughts.

See if there is any wicked way in me,

and lead me in the way everlasting.

Song: “Where can I flee from your presence?”

Prayer of Confession

God who is with us,

you know us more deeply than we know ourselves.

There are times we lose sight of you,

and times we turn away from your life within us and around us.

In a moment of quiet,

we bring these to you…

(A silence is held)

Draw us back into your presence,

and lead us in your way.

Amen.

Words of Grace

Passing of the Peace

The peace of God be with you.

And also with you.

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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.

Song:

Scripture Reading

Matthew 13:24-39, 36-43

He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field, but while everybody was asleep an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and then went away. So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared as well. And the slaves of the householder came and said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where, then, did these weeds come from?’ He answered, ’An enemy has done this.’ The slaves said to him, ‘Then do you want us to go and gather them?’ But he replied, ‘No, for in gathering the weeds you would uproot the wheat along with them. Let both of them grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Collect the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.’”

Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples approached him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.” He answered, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man; the field is the world, and the good seed are the children of the kingdom; the weeds are the children of the evil one, and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels. Just as the weeds are collected and burned up with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will collect out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all evildoers, and they will throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let anyone with ears listen!

The living Word of Christ,

Light of the world.

Thanks be to God.

We sing: Make me a channel of your peace

Make me a channel of your peace.

Where there is hatred let me bring your love;

where there is injury, your pardon, Lord;

and where there’s doubt, true faith in you.

O Master, grant that I may never seek

so much to be consoled as to console,

to be understood as to understand,

to be loved, as to love with all my soul.

Make me a channel of your peace.

Where there’s despair in life, let me bring hope;

where there is darkness, let me bring your light;

and where there is sadness, ever joy.

O Master, grant that I may never seek

so much to be consoled as to console,

to be understood as to understand,

to be loved, as to love with all my soul.

Make me a channel of your peace.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,

in giving of ourselves that we receive,

and in dying that we’re born to eternal life.

Message: The joy of the both/and

We sing: Lord help me see, see more and more

Lord let me see, see more and more,

see the beauty of a person, not the colour of the skin,

see the faces of the homeless with no-one to take them in,

see discouragement because she’ll never win:

see the face of our Lord in the pain:

Lord let me see.

Lord let me hear, hear more and more,

hear the sounds of great rejoicing, hear a person barely sigh;

hear the ring of truth, and hollowness of those who live a lie;

hear the wail of starving people who will die;

hear the voice of our Lord in the cry:

Lord let me hear.

Lord let me care, care more and more,

care for those who feel the loneliness,

for those who have no say,

care for friends who have no job and find it hard to face the day,

care for those with whom we sing and work and pray:

and in care Jesus Christ will be found:

Lord let me care.

Lord let me learn, learn more and more,

learn that what I know is just a speck of what there is to know;

learn from listening to my neighbour when I’d rather speak and go;

learn that as we live in faith and trust we grow:

learn to see, hear and care, with our Lord:

Lord let me learn.

Lord let me love, love more and more,

love the loveless and the fragile, help them be what they can be,

love the way that I would like them to be looking after me;

for to know you is to love them and be free,

and in love Jesus Christ will be found:

Lord let me love.

Prayers of the People

God who is always with us,

we pray for those who feel alone and estranged,

isolated by the people around them,

abandoned by governments and systems,

with no one left to turn to.

(Silent Prayer)

May they feel your presence:

warmth in the coldness, stillness in the chaos.

(Silent Prayer)

Bring healing in mind and body, we pray:

peace in fear and war, and the quiet assurance

that they are not forgotten.

(Silent Prayer)

May we be moved to be your presence

for those who need it most. Amen.

The Lord’s Prayer

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

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.

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

God you know us and hold us in love,

in response to all you have given,

we offer these gifts—

our resources, our time, and our lives.

Use them, we pray,

so that we may be present to others

with the same care and compassion we have received.

Amen.

We sing: Lord of our Days

From many pasts you fashion one history,

a people of God created to hold

for all humankind the myst’ry of faith.

Lord of our days, your people we are.

From many wills you fashion community,

a people of God created to love;

being for all the promise of hope.

Lord of our days, your people we are.

Lord of our days,

Lord of yesterday,

Lord, our Lord, for ever,

Your people we are.

Lord of our days,

Lord of yesterday,

Lord, our Lord, for ever,

Your people we are.

From many calls you fashion one destiny,

a people of God created to be

for all humankind the body of Christ.

Lord of our days, your people we are.

From many dreams you fashion a unity,

a people of God created to serve;

bringing to all the witness of love,

Lord of our days, your people we are.

Lord of our days,

Lord of yesterday,

Lord, our Lord, for ever,

Your people we are.

Lord of our days,

Lord of yesterday,

Lord, our Lord, for ever,

Your people we are.

Sending Forth and Benediction

Postlude

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!

Please stay if you can for the Town Hall meeting downstairs where light refreshments will be provided.

Thank you for joining us for worship!
If you would like to get in touch or request prayer, please make use of the Contact Cards in the pews and next to the Offering Bowl

This service has been prepared with assistance from

Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition (NRSVUE). Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

Congregation Hymns/Songs:

Come on! Come in!
Words and music by Sharonne Price, 2014. From Create: Prayers, Songs and other resources. Compiled by Jennifer Hughes. CMLA 2017.

Make me a channel of your peace
Together in Song 607. Based on an anonymous prayer (?French) c.1900 This version by Johann Sebastian Templehoff (‘Sebastian Temple’) 1928-. Words and Music by permission of Oregon Catholic Press. All rights reserved. One License, License #A-604444.

Lord help me see, see more and more
Together in Song 681. Ross Langmead 1949- Together in Song 681. Ross Langmead 1949- Words from On the Road 16 Songs by Ross Langmead 1981. All rights reserved. ONE LICENSE, License #A-604444.

Lord of our days
© 1976 words Neil Quintrell; music Doug Simper. Used by permission of Rodan Publications from Turning Point of Time. Words used with permission under copyright LicenSing Licence No A1075. Copyright cleared music for churches.