Welcome Sara Snow
The Gathering and Greeting
In the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen
The Lord be with you and also with you.
CCLI Number: 2592087
11:00am Service 19th September 2021
The Harveys would love you to join them in the hall for lunch following the service.
Please be aware that the front few rows of seats might be visible on the live stream.
Blessing
The peace of God,
which passes all understanding, keep our hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord;
and the blessing of God almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be among us and remain with us always.
Amen
Go in the peace of Christ.
Thanks be to God.
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of Creation!
O my soul, praise him, for he is your health and salvation!
Come, all who hear: brothers and sisters, draw near,
praise him with glad adoration!
2. Praise to the Lord, above all things so mightily reigning;
keeping us safe at his side, and so gently sustaining.
Have you not seen: all you have needed has been
met by his gracious ordaining?
3. Praise to the Lord, who, when darkness of sin is abounding,
who, when temptation would triumph, all virtue confounding,
shines forth his light, chases the horrors of night,
saints with his mercy surrounding.
4. Praise to the Lord, who shall prosper our work and defend us;
surely his goodness and mercy shall daily attend us.
Ponder anew what the Almighty can do, who with his love will befriend us.
5. Praise to the Lord – O let all that is in me adore him!
All that has life and breath come now with praises before him!
Let the ‘Amen’ sound from his people again – gladly with praise we adore him!
German original by Joachim Neander (1650-1680).
English version by Catherine Winkworth (1827-1878) and others.
Church Family News
Collect
O Lord, we beseech you mercifully to hear the prayers of your people who call upon you;
and grant that they may both perceive and know what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Amen
Thanksgiving for the Gift of Daniel, Benjamin and Abigail Harvey
Be strong and courageous The Lord of the Ages
Holds all His little ones safe by His side Be strong and courageous
The Lord of the Ages Holds all His little ones safe Do not fear the fire
Do not fear the waters Do not fear the thunder Jesus has conquered them all
2. Be strong and courageous The Lord of the Ages
Holds all His little ones safe by His side Be strong and courageous
The Lord of the Ages Holds all His little ones safe Do not fear the darkness (Do not fear the darkness) Do not fear the sadness (Do not fear the sadness) Do not fear the sickness (Do not fear the sickness) Jesus has conquered them all
Songwriters: Colin Keith Robert Buchanan . Be Strong and Courageous lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Pty. Ltd.
Sermon Zechariah’s Non-Thanksgiving for the Gift of a Child Pete Snow
The Lord’s Prayer
As our Saviour taught us, so we pray…
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.
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours
now and forever.
Amen.
Church Family Prayer
God of power and might, Who meets all our needs
Out of the riches of your glory in Christ Jesus,
Please give us what we need
For this next generation of ministry in Harringay.
Make us one family in Christ
And bless our mission as we hold out the eternal gospel
To our neighbours and friends, By the power of the Holy Spirit, Through the name of Jesus And for your glory.
Amen.
Prayers of Intercession Confession
Almighty God, our heavenly Father, we have sinned against you
and against our neighbour in thought and word and deed,
through negligence, through weakness, through our own deliberate fault.
We are truly sorry and repent of all our sins.
For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, who died for us,
forgive us all that is past
and grant that we may serve you in newness of life
to the glory of your name.
Amen.
Rock of ages, cleft for me, let me hide myself in thee.
Let the water and the blood
from thy wounded side which flowed, be of sin the double cure:
save from wrath and make me pure.
2. Not the labour of my hands can fulfil thy law’s demands;
could my zeal no respite know, could my tears forever flow, all for sin could not atone;
thou must save and thou alone.
3. Nothing in my hands I bring, simply to thy cross I cling, naked come to thee for dress, helpless, look to thee for grace.
Foul, I to thy fountain fly – wash me, Saviour, or I die.
4. While I draw this fleeting breath, when my eyes shall close in death, when I soar to worlds unknown, see thee on thy judgement throne – Rock of ages, cleft for me,
let me hide myself in thee.
Augustus Montague Toplady (1740-1778
Assurance
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9
righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly.
7 But they were childless because Elizabeth was not able to conceive, and they were both very old.
8 Once when Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God, 9 he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord and burn incense. 10 And when the time for the burning of incense came, all the assembled worshippers were praying outside.
11 Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense. 12 When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and was gripped with fear. 13 But the angel said to him: ‘Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John. 14 He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth, 15 for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even before he is born. 16 He will bring back many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God. 17 And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous – to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.’
18 Zechariah asked the angel, ‘How can I be sure of this? I am an old man and my wife is well on in years.’
19 The angel said to him, ‘I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news. 20 And now you will be silent and not able to speak until the day this happens, because you did not believe my words, which will come true at their appointed time.’
21 Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he stayed so long in the temple. 22 When he came out, he could not speak to them. They realised he had seen a vision in the temple, for he kept making signs to them but remained unable to speak.
23 When his time of service was completed, he returned home. 24 After this his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. 25 ‘The Lord has done this for me,’ she said. ‘In these days he has shown his favour and taken away my disgrace among the people.’
When anxious storms within us rage, we will fear the Lord.
when death, disease and darkness reign we will fear the Lord.
All things will bow at his command to bring us good from what would harm.
We rest secure in sovereign arms, we will fear the Lord.
2. Our Father freely gave his Son, we will fear the Lord,
how could he now withhold his love?
We will fear the Lord.
Oh, see our Father's love displayed as Jesus died to bear our shame then left our death within the grave:
we will fear the Lord.
3. There may be anxious times ahead we will fear the Lord.
We'll look to him for daily bread, we will fear the Lord.
Our Father hears each feeble plea, He has compassion for the weak, He will supply our every need:
we will fear the Lord.
4. So as we face the storms of life, we will fear the Lord.
We'll cast our burdens onto Christ, we will fear the Lord.
In you our future is secure, for all your promises are sure.
This song we'll sing forevermore:
we will fear the Lord!
© Ben Slee 2020
Reading
Luke 1:5-255 In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron. 6 Both of them were
Welcome
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Sermons
Missed a sermon?Head over to our YouTube channel:
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stpaulsharringay Why not read ahead?
Next week, Pete Snow will be preaching on Luke 1:26-38.
Dates for your Diary
Prayer meetings will continue to be held on the 2nd (in person) and 4th (on Zoom) Wednesday of the month. Zoom details:
Meeting ID: 928 9029 1286 Passcode: 619591 Dial in: 0208 0806 592
CHURCH FAMILY NEWS
Prayer Meeting Prayer & Praise Joint Harvest Service Annual Autumn Church Clean
8pm 6pm 10:30am
3pm
Wed 22 Sep Sun 26 Sep Sun 3 Oct
Sun 3 Oct
Refreshments, Welcoming, and Cleaning
In the coming weeks we are hoping to bring back a welcome team and a refreshments team.If you would like to be involved, please email the office - we need your help!
We are hoping to have a cleaning team run from 6:30-7:30pm before the in-person prayer
meeting each month
We accept and endorse the principles set out in Safeguarding in the Diocese of London: https://
www.london.anglican.org/support/safeguarding/
safeguarding-policy/
Follow us on social media:
Facebook -- @StPaulN4 Twitter -- @paulharringay Instagram -- @stpaulharringay www.stpaulsharringay.com Pete Snow, Pastor
[email protected] Courtney, Operations Manager:
[email protected] Katy, Ministry Trainee:
If you would like to give to St Paul’s, please visit the giving page on our website, stpaulsharringay.com/30/giving.
Alternatively, you can call 0333 002 1271, quoting code 230623394.
Pop-Up Bookstall Luke Scripture Journal.
Why not purchase a Luke Scripture Journal so that you can make and keep notes, treasures and prayers throughout the series? Each page contains the bible passage on one side, with a
blank space to write on the other. £2.50!
Prayer & Praise 26th September, 6pm
Join us for a one-off evening service with 4 other local churches to sing our hearts out in
praise and to pray for God to act to save many in our generation. This is the first of a series of 5 such P&P evenings, building up to
a National ‘A Passion For Life’ mission at Easter, and we’re the first church of the 5 to
host such a meeting! Let’s extend a big St Paul’s Harringay welcome and pray for our brothers and sisters to be courageous with the
gospel!
Harvest Donations
At 10:30am on the 3rd October we will be collecting donations at our joint harvest service. We will be giving donations to CARIS
Haringey who are collecting non-perishable food items and toiletries.
Joint Harvest Service, Lunch, Annual Clean
Sunday 3rd October 10:30am Keep this Sunday free! The harvest service will
be followed by a church lunch, and we’d love it if you could stick around for our big annual
church clean.
Bring a salad or drink if you like, we’ll sort out the main course!
Welcome
A warm welcome to St Paul’s! A special welcome if you are new today, or are visiting for the thanksgiving of Daniel, Benjamin and Abigail Harvey. Fill in your contact details here and
we'll get back to you: https://tinyurl.com/y95xl8qr.
Sermons
Missed a sermon?Head over to our YouTube channel:
youtube.com/
stpaulsharringay Why not read ahead?
Next week, Pete Snow will be preaching on Luke 1:26-38.
Dates for your Diary
Prayer meetings will continue to be held on the 2nd (in person) and 4th (on Zoom) Wednesday of the month. Zoom details:
Meeting ID: 928 9029 1286 Passcode: 619591 Dial in: 0208 0806 592
CHURCH FAMILY NEWS
Prayer Meeting Prayer & Praise Joint Harvest Service Annual Autumn Church Clean
8pm 6pm 10:30am
3pm
Wed 22 Sep Sun 26 Sep Sun 3 Oct
Sun 3 Oct
Refreshments, Welcoming, and Cleaning
In the coming weeks we are hoping to bring back a welcome team and a refreshments team.If you would like to be involved, please email the office - we need your help!
We are hoping to have a cleaning team run from 6:30-7:30pm before the in-person prayer
meeting each month
We accept and endorse the principles set out in Safeguarding in the Diocese of London: https://
www.london.anglican.org/support/safeguarding/
safeguarding-policy/
Follow us on social media:
Facebook -- @StPaulN4 Twitter -- @paulharringay Instagram -- @stpaulharringay www.stpaulsharringay.com Pete Snow, Pastor
[email protected] Courtney, Operations Manager:
[email protected] Katy, Ministry Trainee:
If you would like to give to St Paul’s, please visit the giving page on our website, stpaulsharringay.com/30/giving.
Alternatively, you can call 0333 002 1271, quoting code 230623394.
Pop-Up Bookstall Luke Scripture Journal.
Why not purchase a Luke Scripture Journal so that you can make and keep notes, treasures and prayers throughout the series? Each page contains the bible passage on one side, with a
blank space to write on the other. £2.50!
Prayer & Praise 26th September, 6pm
Join us for a one-off evening service with 4 other local churches to sing our hearts out in
praise and to pray for God to act to save many in our generation. This is the first of a series of 5 such P&P evenings, building up to
a National ‘A Passion For Life’ mission at Easter, and we’re the first church of the 5 to
host such a meeting! Let’s extend a big St Paul’s Harringay welcome and pray for our brothers and sisters to be courageous with the
gospel!
Harvest Donations
At 10:30am on the 3rd October we will be collecting donations at our joint harvest service. We will be giving donations to CARIS
Haringey who are collecting non-perishable food items and toiletries.
Joint Harvest Service, Lunch, Annual Clean
Sunday 3rd October 10:30am Keep this Sunday free! The harvest service will
be followed by a church lunch, and we’d love it if you could stick around for our big annual
church clean.
Bring a salad or drink if you like, we’ll sort out the main course!
Thanksgiving for the Gift of a Child
The birth or adoption of a child is a cause for celebration. Many people are overcome by a sense of awe at the creation of new life and want to express thanks to God. A thanksgiving is not a baptism, which is the sacrament of initiation into the Church. Rather, it is an opportunity for parents who do not want their children to be baptised immediately to give thanks for their birth or adoption, and also to pray for their family life and their child’s future faith.
The Pastor and congregation join the parents in thanking God for Daniel, Benjamin and Abigail Harvey.
Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.
Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.
Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his;
We are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise;
Give thanks to him and praise his name.
For the LORD is good and his love endures for ever;
His faithfulness continues through all generations. (Psalm 100)
Almighty God, creator and sustainer of life, we thank and praise you for the gifts of Daniel, Benjamin and Abigail. May we never forget or minimise your kindness to us, but serve you with thankfulness all our lives. Amen.
The parents present the children
Pastor: Do you receive these children as a gift from God?
Parents: We do
Pastor: Do you wish to give thanks to God and seek his blessing?
Parents: We do
Pastor: What names have you given these children?
A parent or supporting friend replies.
The Pastor may take the child.
Thanksgiving for the Gift of a Child
The birth or adoption of a child is a cause for celebration. Many people are overcome by a sense of awe at the creation of new life and want to express thanks to God. A thanksgiving is not a baptism, which is the sacrament of initiation into the Church. Rather, it is an opportunity for parents who do not want their children to be baptised immediately to give thanks for their birth or adoption, and also to pray for their family life and their child’s future faith.
The Pastor and congregation join the parents in thanking God for Daniel, Benjamin and Abigail Harvey.
Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.
Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.
Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his;
We are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise;
Give thanks to him and praise his name.
For the LORD is good and his love endures for ever;
His faithfulness continues through all generations. (Psalm 100)
Almighty God, creator and sustainer of life, we thank and praise you for the gifts of Daniel, Benjamin and Abigail. May we never forget or minimise your kindness to us, but serve you with thankfulness all our lives. Amen.
The parents present the children
Pastor: Do you receive these children as a gift from God?
Parents: We do
Pastor: Do you wish to give thanks to God and seek his blessing?
Parents: We do
Pastor: What names have you given these children?
A parent or supporting friend replies.
The Pastor may take the child.
Pastor: As Jesus took children in his arms and blessed them, so now we ask God’s blessing on N.
Heavenly Father, we praise you for birth of N. Surround them with your blessing that they may know your love, be protected from evil and know goodness all their days.
All: May they learn to love all that is true, grow in wisdom and strength and, in due time, come through faith and baptism to the fullness of your grace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
The Pastor prays for the parents
God and Father of all, may you bless Dave and Helen and give them grace to love and care for their children. May you give them wisdom, patience and faith; help them to provide for their children’s needs and, by their example, reveal the love and truth that are in Jesus Christ. Amen.
A copy of a Bible is presented Receive this book.
It is the good news of God’s love in Jesus Christ.
Take is as your guide.
The Pastor may address the supporting friends and say
Will you do all that you can to help and support Dave and Helen in the bringing up of Daniel, Benjamin and Abigail?
With the help of God, we will.
The Pastor may address the wider family, friends and church and say Will you do all that you can to support this family?
With the help of God, we will.
A prayer may be said by the parents in their own words, or in these words
God our creator, we thank you for the gift of these children, entrusted to our care.
May we be patient and understanding, ready to guide and to forgive, so that through our love they may come to know your love, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Pastor: “The LORD bless you and keep you The LORD make his face shine upon you And be gracious to you
The LORD turn his face toward you And give you peace” (Numbers 6:24-26) Amen.
Pastor: As Jesus took children in his arms and blessed them, so now we ask God’s blessing on N.
Heavenly Father, we praise you for birth of N. Surround them with your blessing that they may know your love, be protected from evil and know goodness all their days.
All: May they learn to love all that is true, grow in wisdom and strength and, in due time, come through faith and baptism to the fullness of your grace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
The Pastor prays for the parents
God and Father of all, may you bless Dave and Helen and give them grace to love and care for their children. May you give them wisdom, patience and faith; help them to provide for their children’s needs and, by their example, reveal the love and truth that are in Jesus Christ. Amen.
A copy of a Bible is presented Receive this book.
It is the good news of God’s love in Jesus Christ.
Take is as your guide.
The Pastor may address the supporting friends and say
Will you do all that you can to help and support Dave and Helen in the bringing up of Daniel, Benjamin and Abigail?
With the help of God, we will.
The Pastor may address the wider family, friends and church and say Will you do all that you can to support this family?
With the help of God, we will.
A prayer may be said by the parents in their own words, or in these words
God our creator, we thank you for the gift of these children, entrusted to our care.
May we be patient and understanding, ready to guide and to forgive, so that through our love they may come to know your love, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Pastor: “The LORD bless you and keep you The LORD make his face shine upon you And be gracious to you
The LORD turn his face toward you And give you peace” (Numbers 6:24-26) Amen.
