A Light on the Hill

Order of Service – 27th July 2025

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Brougham Place Uniting Church
Kardlayirdi Karnungga
A Light on the Hill

Date. 27 July 2025
Preacher: Rev Linda Driver
Liturgical week: Pentecost 7 Green

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)

Introit and Lighting of the Candles

Lord teach me all your ways (PS 25 The Scottish Psalter)

Call to Worship

Let us give thanks to God because God is good.
God’s faithful love endures forever.
Let us draw together in worship,
putting our differences aside,
knowing that Christ is all and in all we do.

Opening Prayer

We sing: Praise with Joy the World’s Creator

Together in Song 179

  1. Praise with joy the world’s Creator,
    God of justice, love and peace,
    source and end of human knowledge,
    force of greatness without cease.
    Celebrate the Maker’s glory,
    power to rescue and release.

  2. Praise the Son who feeds the hungry,
    frees the captive, finds the lost,
    heals the sick, upsets religion,
    fearless both of fate and cost.
    Celebrate Christ’s constant presence –
    Friend and Stranger, Guest and Host.

  3. Praise the Spirit sent among us,
    liberating truth from pride,
    forging bonds where race or gender,
    age or nation dare divide.
    Celebrate the Spirit’s treasure –
    foolishness none dare deride.

  4. Praise the Maker, Son and Spirit,
    one God in community,
    calling Christians to embody
    oneness and diversity.
    Thus the world shall yet believe, when
    shown Christ’s vibrant unity.

Words of Assurance

When we earnestly confess our sins, we can be assured of forgiveness.
Hear this word of forgiveness and let your heart know peace.
Amen.

Passing of the Peace

The peace of our God be with you.
And also with you.

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Children’s Time

Children and Young People may go downstairs for Sunday School and Youth. Parents, 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.

Anthem

Forgiveness is your Gift (Ian Masson Fraser)

Scripture Reading: Luke 12:13-21

Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.” But he said to him, “Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbitrator over you?” And he said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.” Then he told them a parable: “The land of a rich man produced abundantly. And he thought to himself, ‘What should I do, for I have no place to store my crops?’ Then he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.’ But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God.”

The Gospel of Christ, Light of the world.
Thanks be to God.

Message

We sing: Take my Life and Let it Be

Together in Song 599

  1. Take my life, and let it be
    consecrated, Lord, to thee.
    Take my moments and my days,
    let them flow in ceaseless praise.

  2. Take my hands, and let them move
    at the impulse of thy love.
    Take my feet, and let them be
    swift and beautiful for thee.

  3. Take my voice, and let me sing
    always, only, for my King.
    Take my lips, and let them be
    filled with messages from thee.

  4. Take my silver and my gold,
    nothing, Lord, would I withhold.
    Take my intellect, and use
    every power as thou shalt choose.

  5. Take my will and make it thine;
    it shall be no longer mine.
    Take my heart, it is thine own;
    it shall be thy royal throne.

  6. Take my love: my Lord, I pour
    at thy feet its treasure-store.
    Take myself, and I will be
    ever, only, all for thee.

The Lord’s Prayer

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.

We sing: Faith will not Grow from Words Alone

Together in Song 691

  1. Faith will not grow from words alone,
    from proofs provided, scripture known;
    our faith must feel its way about,
    and live with question-marks and doubt.

  2. The pattern Jesus showed, we share:
    life comes through death, hope through despair.
    God is made known in brokenness,
    and faith feeds on God’s emptiness.

  3. The church still tells how Jesus came
    through death to glorious life again
    the strangest story! Yet, maybe,
    our faith will thrive on mystery.

  4. Faith takes the little that we know,
    and calls for hope, and tells us: Go!
    Love and take courage, come what may;
    Christ will be with us on the way.

Choral Blessing

The Peace of God (J Rutter)

Extroit

It is appropriate to depart during the Extroit if you wish

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:

Words for Worship

Bible Reading: 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.

Cover Photo by Jakob Creutz, Unsplash

Hymns:

Praise with Joy the World’s Creator Together in Song 179. John L. Bell 1949- and Graham Maule 1958- Words from Wild Goose Songs 1, Heaven Shall Not Wait.

Take My Life and Let it Be
Together in Song 599. Frances Ridley Havergal 1836 – 79 alt. Public Domain.

Faith will not grow from words alone Together in Song 691. Elizabeth J. Smith Words © E.J. Smith. Music permission Faber Music, London. All rights reserved.

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