WELCOME
Friends, you are welcome in this place as I am welcome. No one owns our time together, it is God’s gift to each of us. We come with what we know of and have experienced in life, we come seeking to discover what we don’t yet know about ourselves, our God and God’s hopes and dreams for our lives. We declare in Jesus’ name that this is a safe place for all who seek and search, irrespective of their sexuality or experience of life, as together we seek to be Christ’s light and salt in the world. Welcome.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF COUNTRY
We gather on this 1st day of this new week of God’s creation on Dharawal land. We acknowledge their continuous link with the land and its Creator. Today we join them in celebration acknowledging their elders past and present and our journey together of justice making and reconciliation.
EASTER CANDLE LIGHTING
The stone has been rolled away. Voices say he is not here but risen. He goes ahead of you into Galilee there you will find him. Light has conquered darkness, love has conquered hatred and Peace has conquered fear. Christ is risen. He is risen indeed! We light the Christ candle.
CALL TO WORSHIP
Come to us, God of Love, as we gather today.
Spirit, bring your warming presence into our hearts of weariness and worry.
Jesus, open us to your song of joy.
Let us hear it in the voices of each other so that we celebrate as one family in you.
We see the sun rise on this new day, light our inner hearts.
We hear the birds begin their songs, open our ears to your voice.
We gather as your people, where all belong and are welcomed.
Gracious God, we give thanks to you forever.
HYMN TIS 227 vs 1, 2, 3 & 5 Piano
When morning gilds the skies
My heart awaking cries
May Jesus Christ be praised
Alike at work and prayer
To Jesus I repair
May Jesus Christ be praised.
Does sadness fill my mind
A solace here I find
May Jesus Christ be praised
When evil thoughts molest
With this I shield my breast
May Jesus Christ be praised.
To God the Word on high
The hosts of angels cry
May Jesus Christ be praised
Let mortals too upraise
Their voice in hymns of praise
May Jesus Christ be praised.
Be this while life is mine
My canticle divine
May Jesus Christ be praised
Be this the eternal song
Through all the ages long
May Jesus Christ be praised.
CCLI Song # 7008580 Edward Caswall | Joseph Barnby | Molly Ijames © Words: Public Domain Music: 2014, 2016 The Lorenz Corporation (Admin. by Music Services, Inc.) For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com CCLI Licence # 31951
WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRAYERS OF CONFESSION & ASSURANCE
I’m going back fishing, nothing else to do
All I had hoped for, dead on a cross
All my brave words, as I fled the Garden
All my love and devotion, denied three times.
Lord Jesus, you prepared a meal of bread and fish
Today, we come to receive bread and wine, both gifts of your resurrection.
Today, we are once again asked to be His disciples. Will we accept his offer?
Lord, receive all that we are, use all that we bring, it will be enough.
Do you love me? Yes Lord, you know all things, you know that I love you.
Then be set free to follow and serve, I need you and our world needs you. Amen
SONG TIS 655 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PYx0PXOyo8
O, let the Son of God enfold you
With His Spirit and His love
Let Him fill your heart and satisfy your soul
O let Him have those things that hold you
And His Spirit like a dove
Will descend upon your life and make you whole.
Jesus, O Jesus, come and fill our lives
Jesus, O Jesus, come and fill our lives
O come and sing this song with gladness
As your hearts are filled with joy
Lift your hands in sweet surrender to His name
O, give Him all your tears and sadness
Give Him all your years of pain
And you’ll enter into life in Jesus’ name.
CCLI Song # 27824 John Wimber © 1979 Mercy / Vineyard Publishing (Admin. by Integrity Music)
For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com CCLI Licence # 31951
GOSPEL READING
JOHN 21: 1 – 19 (NIV) Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Galilee.
It happened this way: Simon Peter, Thomas (also known as Didymus), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. “I’m going out to fish,” Simon Peter told them, and they said, “We’ll go with you.” So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing. Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus. He called out to them, “Friends, haven’t you any fish?” “No,” they answered.
He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.
Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, “It is the Lord,” he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water. The other disciples followed in the boat, towing the net full of fish, for they were not far from shore, about a hundred yards. When they landed, they saw a fire of burning coals there with fish on it, and some bread. Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish you have just caught.” So Simon Peter climbed back into the boat and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn. Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” None of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord. Jesus came, took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish. This was now the third time Jesus appeared to his disciples after he was raised from the dead.
When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he said, “you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Feed my lambs.” Again Jesus said, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” He answered, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.”
Jesus said, “Take care of my sheep.” The third time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?”
He said, “Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Feed my sheep.
Very truly I tell you, when you were younger you dressed yourself and went where you wanted;
but when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.” Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. Then he said to him, “Follow me!”
SERMON: Rev Paul Bartlett
HYMN ‘I’m going fishing’
Peter said, “I’m going fishing,” so his friends went out with him.
Through the night, they laboured, watching, Hauling empty nets back in.
In the grey of early morning, Jesus, you came walking by.
From the beach you called a greeting, “Cast out on the other side!”
Soon their nets were filled to brimming; Someone cried, “It is the Lord!”
Jumping in, he started swimming; Christ, you met him on the shore.
Guiding them to better waters, Eating fish, and sharing bread —
You showed Peter and the others: You were risen from the dead!
Risen Christ, you send us fishing! God’s great sea is everywhere.
You have guided us in mission, You have given love to share.
Through the years, our church has heard you, We have answered your great call:
“Cast your nets where I have told you. Bring my word of love to all!”
Lord, be with our congregation; By your spirit, send us forth!
May we care for your creation; May we work for peace on earth.
In our worship, in our giving, In our serving those in need,
May we know, Lord; you are living, Guiding us in ministry.
Text: Copyright © 2003 by Carolyn W Gillette. New Hymns: www.carolynshymns.com/ Used with permission.
OFFERING
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
HOLY COMMUNION
The Lord be with you
And also with you
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them to the Lord
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God
It is right to give our thanks and praise.
Dear friends, we come to eat a meal of bread and wine which Jesus has already prepared for us, knowing that without his Spirit present in our lives we would starve both as individuals and as a faith community and lose our way. This meal has been prepared at great cost to himself.
Yet it is freely given. An unearned meal of extravagant grace.
If only we will accept it with no sense of privilege or superior knowledge or of service.
So come, enjoy, drink deeply and eat well. There is enough for each one of us and more.
WORDS OF INSTITUTION, DISTRIBUTION & SENDING FORTH
SONG ‘10,000 reasons’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXDGE_IRI0E
Bless the Lord O my soul O my soul
Worship His holy name
Sing like never before O my soul
I’ll worship Your holy name
The sun comes up it’s a new day dawning
It’s time to sing Your song again
Whatever may pass and whatever lies before me
Let me be singing when the evening comes
You’re rich in love and You’re slow to anger
Your name is great and Your heart is kind
For all Your goodness I will keep on singing
Ten thousand reasons for my heart to find
And on that day when my strength is failing
The end draws near and my time has come
Still my soul will sing Your praise unending
Ten thousand years and then forevermore
Worship Your holy name
Lord I’ll worship Your holy name
Sing like never before O my soul
I’ll worship Your holy name
Worship Your holy name
Worship Your holy name
CCLI Song # 6016351 Jonas Myrin | Matt Redman © 2011 Atlas Mountain Songs (Admin. by SHOUT! Music Publishing Australia) sixsteps Music (Admin. by SHOUT! Music Publishing Australia) CCLI Licence # 31951
BLESSING & BENEDICTION
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