Order of Service – 6th July 2025

The Order of Service follows below.

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Brougham Place Uniting Church
Kardlayirdi Karnungga
A Light on the Hill

Sunday July 6, 10.00am
Preacher: Rev Linda Driver
Pentecost 4. Green
Communion

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)

Lighting of the Candles

Call to Worship

Family of God rejoice.
Have you heard?
God knows your name!
You live deep within the divine heart—
held and bound within the greatest love.
We rejoice, and give thanks for this God of grace!

Prayer of Confession

Merciful God,
forgive us for times when we doubt your love.
Forgive us for the ways we pour so much energy into defending,
protecting, and proving ourselves,
in place of receiving, accepting, and participating in your very life.
(a silence is kept)

Words of Grace

The beautiful thing about grace
is that it remains grace all the way—
always available whenever we are ready to receive it.
This is true of God’s gift of freedom.
Siblings in Christ, you are forgiven!
Thanks be to God!

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:

    Refrain:
    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.

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Children’s Time

Passing of the Peace

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

Communion

The children are invited to sit with their families.

Invitation

Great Prayer of Thanksgiving

Let us give our thanks to God:

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.

We thank you..

The Lord’s Prayer

Please join me as we say the Lord’s Prayer together:

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.

Words of Institution

The Breaking of the Bread

The Communion

Prayer After Communion

The love of the faithful Creator,
The peace of the wounded Healer,
The joy of the challenging Spirit,
The hope of the Three-in-One,
surround and encourage us today, tonight, and forever.

We thank you God for feeding us today,
may we go from here in your love,
knowing your presence with us always. Amen.

Children and Youth may go downstairs for Sunday School and Youth Group. 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.

We sing: Let Us Talents and Tongues Employ

Let us talents and tongues employ,
reaching out with a shout of joy;
bread is broken, the wine is poured,
Christ is spoken and seen and heard.

Jesus lives again, earth can breathe again,
pass the Word around: loaves abound!
Christ is able to make us one,
at the table he sets the tone,
teaching people to live to bless,
love in word and in deed express.

Jesus lives again, earth can breathe again,
pass the Word around: loaves abound!
Jesus call us in, sends us out
bearing fruit in a world of doubt,
gives us love to tell, bread to share:
God-Immanuel everywhere.

Jesus lives again, earth can breathe again,
pass the Word around: loaves abound!

Scripture Reading: Luke 10:1-11

After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go. He said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. Go on your way; I am sending you out like lambs into the midst of wolves. Carry no purse, no bag, no sandals, and greet no one on the road. Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this house!’ And if a person of peace is there, your peace will rest on that person, but if not, it will return to you. Remain in the same house, eating and drinking whatever they provide, for the laborer deserves to be paid. Do not move about from house to house. Whenever you enter a town and its people welcome you, eat what is set before you; cure the sick who are there, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ But whenever you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go out into its streets and say, ‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off in protest against you. Yet know this: the kingdom of God has come near.’

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

Message

We sing: The Kingdom of God is Justice and Peace

The kingdom of God is justice and peace
and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Come, Lord, and open in us
the gates of your kingdom. (repeat twice)

Prayers of the People

Response:
God of great love
Bring your peace

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: Here I Am Lord

I, the Lord of sea and sky,
I have heard my people cry.
All who dwell in dark and sin
my hand will save.
I who made the stars of night,
I will make their darkness bright
Who will bear my light to them?
Whom shall I send?

    Here I am, Lord, is it I, Lord?
    I have heard you calling in the night;
    I will go, Lord, if you lead me;
    I will hold your people in my heart.
I, the Lord of snow and rain,
I have borne my people’s pain;
I have wept for love of them.
They turn away.
I will break their hearts of stone,
give them hearts for love alone.
I will speak my word to them.
Whom shall I send?

    Here I am, Lord, is it I, Lord?
    I have heard you calling in the night;
    I will go, Lord, if you lead me;
    I will hold your people in my heart.
I, the Lord of wind and flame
I will tend the poor and lame;
I will set a feast for them.
My hand will save.
Finest bread I will provide
till their hearts are satisfied.
I will give my life to them.
Whom shall I send?

    Here I am, Lord, is it I, Lord?
    I have heard you calling in the night;
    I will go, Lord, if you lead me;
    I will hold your people in my heart.

Sending Forth and Benediction

As Jesus sent out the seventy-two, so we are sent now.
Jesus sends us to be beautiful offerings,
to carry peace, to be welcomed into the lives of others.
Go, eat, drink—really share life with people.
Point to what is good and hopeful, tell people where the richest of love can be found.
And may you truly relax and be at home
in the relentless affection of God.
Rejoice! Your names are written in heaven!
Go in peace.
In the name of Christ, we will go.

We sing: Thuma Mina

Thuma mina, thuma mina,
thuma mina Somandla. (repeat)
Send me, Jesus; send me, Jesus;
send me, Jesus; send me, Lord. (repeat)
Lead me, Jesus; lead me, Jesus;
lead me, Jesus; lead me, Lord. (repeat)
I will go, Lord; I will go, Lord:
in your name, Lord, I will go. (repeat)

Traditional South African. Words by permission Walton Music Corporation, Florida, USA. Words used with permission under copyright

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!

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

Jesse Size: Learning, and (Purposeful) Life (L3) Uniting Church in Australia, Synod of South Australia Mission Resourcing

Mikenzie Ling, Aboriginal Christian woman of the Wiradjuri nation from Narromine (NSW): Prayer for the Next Generation, for NAIDOC Week 2025.
https://www.commongrace.org.au/mikenzie_ling_prayer

Bible reading: New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition. Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.