Sunday 21st January 2024, 10.30am

Order of Service

Morning Worship Led by the Revd Lucy Brierley. The Parables – The Good Samaritan

This Service, broadcast live from the Church can be found via the Church’s website – www.wokingurc.org.uk our YouTube Channel or via our Facebook page. There is an archive of service recordings,   including this one, on our website which can be viewed at home.  If you would like some help to access any of them please email – office@wokingurc.org.uk  or telephone us on 01483 763078.  If you would like a recording of this Service, and any other, they are available in various formats by request. Please contact the Church Office.

ORDER OF SERVICE

Welcome and Notices

Call to Worship

Hymns –      Come Now Is The Time To Worship

                        Build My Life (Worthy Of Every Song)

Prayers and The Lord’s Prayer

Family Time

Hymn – Hear The Call Of The Kingdom

Children & Young people continue in groups

Bible Readings:

Amos 5 v21-24 read by Miriam Chapman

Luke 10 v25-37 read by James Gemmell

Hymn – I Dream Of A Church (Tune: The Bard Of Armagh R&S 583) 

Sermon

Hymn – If Christ Has Made No Distinction (Tune: Let There Be Love R&S 477) 

Prayers for Others & Offering Prayer

Hymn – From Heaven You Came (R&S 522)

Blessing & The Grace

NEWS AND FORTHCOMING EVENTS

You are invited to stay for refreshments after the Service. They will be served in the  Forum and in the Sanctuary.  Please do stay if you can to enjoy a time to meet and talk with each other.

Heathside Car Park.  Free Sunday morning (up until 1 pm) parking for those attending this Church. Please key in your registration number on a device in the Forum in the Church each time you are here.  This can be on arrival or as you leave.  The barrier will rise to let you out of the car park because your number will be recognised. 

If you would like to donate to the work of the Church this can  be done in a variety of ways as described on the “Giving to the Church” page of the website.  For one-off gifts, there is a direct link to the Dona online page from the “Give Online” button on the Home page, and the contactless device in the Forum is also available. There is a plate at the back of the Church and an offering bag under the Dona device in the Forum for anyone wishing to make a cash donation.

Care4Creation – Please take a look at the display boards in the Forum which are related to the recent worship series, the ongoing work of the Green Team and the Church’s environmental commitments. You may contribute to this funding through the card machine in the Forum or via the Church’s website.

Leading Worship elsewhere. Vivien Gerhold is at Cobham United Church and the Revd David Netherwood is at Boulevard URC, Weston-Super-Mare this morning.

Collection point for the York Road Project and Your Sanctuary every Sunday. Items which would be appreciated by the York Road Project are: Sugar sachets, coffee sachets, jars of coffee, tea; pasta, rice;  squash (orange or blackcurrant), bottled or cans of water;  pot noodles; fresh fruit and vegetables; individually wrapped biscuits or other snacks, individual chocolate bars, tinned goods; boxer shorts (new) – men’s small and medium. Your Sanctuary would particularly be grateful for tea, coffee, pasta, rice, tins of beans, veg, soups etc. Also toiletries, and new or nearly new unwanted items which may be sold on Ebay.

WEEKLY  CALENDAR
TODAYWeek of Prayer for Christian Unity (until Thursday). 5.30 pm Youth Group
MONDAY7.00 am Early morning coffee for commuters and passers by the Church.   Boys’ and Girls’ Brigades groups: Anchors and Explorers (ages 4/5 – school year 3) 5.30 to 6.30 pm. Junior Section Boys and Girls (school years 4-6) 5.30 to 7.00 pm. Company, Senior and Brigader Sections (school years 7-13) 7.15 to 9.15 pm.
TUESDAY9.30 am  Prayers for Children and Young People (Youth Room).
WEDNESDAY10.00  am Baby & Toddler Group. 7.30 pm URC Church Life Review Webinar – to register please see website – www.urc.org.uk
THURSDAY11.00 am Communion Service in person and by Zoom, followed by coffee and social time. Zoom link: https://Zoom.us/j/95986431118  Meeting ID – 959-8643-1118.   12.45 pm Lunch and Talk – Royal Support for British Export Promotion by Peter Bryant. Sign-up sheet in the Forum – last day to book.   7.30 pm IT and Media Committee
FRIDAYURC Youth Assembly at Whitemoor Lakes, Staffs (until Sunday)
SATURDAY9.30 am Pastoral Care Morning for Elders and Pastoral Assistants. 11.00 am Woking Debates- focussing on local Council funding issues for the vulnerable in our community (meeting being held at Woking URC).
NEXT
SUNDAY		10.00 am Prayers in the Vestry.  10.30 am Morning Worship led by the Minister.    Collection point for food and other items for the York Road Project and Your Sanctuary open every Sunday – please see list on previous page.
UPCOMING Saturday 3rd February- 9.30 am to 12.30 pm- Generation Cafe with Craft Corner (one week earlier than usual).   Sunday 4th February at 3 pm- Woking Street Angels Commissioning Service at Woking URC – All welcome.

Please use the information on this page and the previous one about meetings and events in your prayers this week.