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SUMMARY:3rd Sunday of Pascha - Year C
DESCRIPTION:Below you will find the Bible readings set for this occasion in the Revised Common Lectionary\, with our Australian idiomatic paraphrases of them\, plus prayers and sermons based on them. \n\n\n\nBible Readings (paraphrased)\n\n\n\nLections from The Revised Common Lectionary. Copyright 1992 by the Consultation on Common Texts(CCT) P.O. Box 340003\, Room 381\, Nashville\, TN 37203-0003\, USA. Used with Permission. \n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  Acts 9: 1-6\, (7-20)			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Saul was the ringleader of a violent campaign of terror directed against the followers of Jesus. He went to the high priest and got permission to go to Damascus to hunt down anyone who had joined the Way of the Lord there. The high priest gave him a letter of referral to show to the leaders of the Damascus Synagogues\, and authorised him to bring the culprits\, men or women\, back to Jerusalem in chains. Saul wasted no time in heading off\, but just as he got within sight of Damascus\, there was a blinding flash of light that knocked him right out of the saddle. As he hit the ground\, he heard a voice saying to him\, “Saul\, Saul\, why have you got it in for me?” \nSaul replied\, “Who are you\, Lord?” \nThe voice came back\, saying\, “I am Jesus — the one you are seeking to crush. Now I want you to get up and go into the city and then wait for further instructions.” \nThe people who were travelling with Saul stood there gob-smacked\, because they could hear the voice but they couldn’t see who was speaking. Saul picked himself up from the ground and rubbed his eyes\, but he couldn’t see a thing. He had been completely blinded and had to be led into Damascus by the hand. For the next three days he felt as weak as a kitten. He couldn’t eat or drink anything and he couldn’t see at all. \nNow in Damascus\, there lived a man named Ananias who was a follower of Jesus. The Lord called out to him in a vision: “Ananias.” \nHe answered\, “Yes\, Lord. I’m here.” \nThe Lord said to him\, “I want you to get yourself over to Judas’ house in Straight Street. Ask there for a man named Saul who is from Tarsus. Even as we speak he is praying\, and in a vision he has seen you come and lay hands on him so that he might regain his sight.” \nBut Ananias protested\, “Lord\, you’ve got to be kidding. Everyone has heard stories about this man and about the atrocities he has committed against your people in Jerusalem. And the word is that he’s here on the authority of the chief priests to hunt down anybody who declares allegiance to you.” \nBut the Lord insisted: “Go and do as I say. I have chosen this man to work for me. He will be instrumental in bringing me to the attention of people everywhere — kings and commoners\, Jews and Gentiles. He will pay a high price for switching his allegiance to me\, but I myself will give him fair warning of what he is going to be put through.” \nSo Ananias went to the house he had been sent to and found Saul there. He placed his hands on his head and said\, “Saul\, my brother\, the Lord Jesus\, who appeared to you on the road\, has sent me to you so that you may regain the use of your eyes and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” \nThe words were barely out of his mouth when something looking like scales fell from Saul’s eyes and he could see normally again. He got up and was baptised straight away. After a good meal\, he could feel his strength returning. \nSaul spent several days in Damascus with the followers of Jesus. Without delay\, he began to speak out about Jesus in the synagogues\, saying\, “He is the Son of God.” \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Psalm 30			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	I’ll be singing your praises\, every chance I get\, LORD\,\nbecause you got me out of deep trouble\nand spared me the gloating of my enemies. \nI pleaded for help\, LORD God\,\nand you stepped in and healed me. \nThey were nearly ready to pronounce me dead\nbut your brought me back\, LORD;\nyou put me back on my feet\nwhen I was about to be carried to the morgue. \nSo I’m singing your praises\,\nand I’m encouraging everyone to do the same;\nto name you with joyful thanks. \nWe manage to get you angry at times\,\nbut it blows over in a moment\nbecause your mercy keeps on keeping on.\nWe may have an evening of bitter tears\,\nbut by morning your mercy has us smiling again. \nI was guilty of taking your goodness for granted;\nI thought I had it made.\nYou had put me on top of the world\nbut I got all too full of myself.\nYou stepped aside – made me stand alone —\nand I turned to jelly! \nI realised how much I needed you\, LORD\,\nand in my panic I begged you for mercy. \n“What good is my blood to you?” I cried.\n“How will it help if I’m in the grave?\nCan a corpse sing your praises?\nWill a gravestone publicise your goodness?\nGive me another chance\, LORD.\nPlease\, LORD\, bail me out one more time.” \nAnd sure enough\, you did\, LORD.\nYou turned my tears to laughter;\nyou set my dragging feet dancing;\nyou dusted me off and dressed me up for a party.\nSo now I’m singing your praises\nfrom the bottom of my heart\,\nand no one can shut me up! \nYou are my God\, LORD\,\nand I’m eternally grateful. \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Revelation 5: 11-14			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	I had a vision of a huge crowd of angels circling around heaven’s throne. There were thousands and millions of them; trillions perhaps\, more than anyone could count. I heard their voices swelling\, joining with the four awesome creatures and the twenty four elders in a mighty song: \n“The Lamb who was slaughtered deserves all we can offer:\npower and wealth\,\nwisdom and strength\,\nhonour and glory and every good thing! \nThen I heard every creature everywhere joining in the song — from heaven and earth\, from under the earth\, from the waves of the seas — their voices rose as one: \n“To you who sits on the throne\,\nand to the Lamb\,\nwe give it all:\nblessing and honour\,\nglory and strength\,\nforever and ever and ever!” \nAnd at that\, the four awesome creatures said\, “And so say all of us!”\nAnd the twenty four elders fell to their knees and worshipped. \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  John 21: 1-19			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	One of the places where Jesus appeared to his followers after his resurrection was at Lake Galilee. A few of them had gathered there: Simon Peter; Thomas the Twin; Nathaniel\, who came from Cana in Galilee; the two sons of Zebedee; and a couple of others. Simon Peter had decided to go fishing\, and the rest of them had said\, “You can count us in. We’ll come too.” They spent the night in the boat\, but they didn’t catch a thing. \nThey were heading back in to shore as the sun came up\, when they saw a man standing on the beach. It was Jesus\, but they didn’t recognise him. Jesus called out to them\, “Morning boys! How are the fish biting?” \n“We haven’t caught a thing\,” they replied. \nJesus said\, “Try casting off the right hand side of the boat instead. You’ll find some there.” \nSo they did\, and suddenly there were fish everywhere – more than they could pull in. The disciple with whom Jesus had been most intimate said to Peter\, “It’s got to be the Lord!” \nSimon Peter had been stripped for work\, but when he heard it was the Lord\, he threw his shirt back on\, dived into the sea\, and struck out for the shore. They weren’t far off the beach – no more than a hundred metres – so the rest of them dragged the boat in with the load of fish. \nWhen they arrived on the beach\, they found that Jesus had a fire going and was baking some damper-bread and barbecuing some fish. He looked up and said to them\, “Put on some of the fish you’ve just caught.” \nSimon Peter dragged in the catch. There were a hundred and fifty three fish in all\, most of them whoppers. It was surprising that the fishing tackle was still intact after landing them all. Jesus said\, “Breakfast’s ready. Come and get it!” \nSome of the disciples half wanted to say\, “Who are you?” but none dared because they knew it was the Lord. Jesus divided up the bread among them and then did the same with the fish. This was the third time the disciples had seen Jesus alive since he had been raised from the dead. \nWhen they had finished eating breakfast\, Jesus said to Simon Peter\, “Simon\, son of John\, do you love me above anyone else?” \nSimon Peter replied\, “Yes\, Lord. You know I do.” \nJesus said to him\, “Then feed my lambs.” \nThen he asked him again\, “Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?” \nHe replied\, “Yes\, Lord; you know that I love you.”  \nJesus said to him\, “Well\, take care of my sheep.” \nJesus asked him a third time\, “Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?” \nPeter was starting to feel hurt that Jesus kept questioning his love\, and the third time he replied\, “Lord\, you know everything. You know how much I love you.” \nJesus said to him\, “Feed my sheep. I kid you not\, Simon\, when you were a young bloke\, you dressed however you liked and went wherever you wanted. But when you are an old man\, you’ll put your hands up when you’re told to\, you’ll wear what’s issued to you\, and you’ll be taken places you don’t want to go.” (In saying this\, Jesus was foreshadowing the kind of death Simon Peter would eventually face in his honouring of God.) After that\, Jesus simply said\, “Follow me.” \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nPrayers\n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  Eucharistic Preface			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Let us lift up our hearts.\nWe lift them to the Lord.\nLet us give thanks to the Lord our God.\nIt is right to give our thanks and praise. \nIt is indeed right to give you our thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor you alone are worthy to receive\nall power and riches and wisdom and strength\nand honour and glory and praise. \nWith your powerful voice and glorious light\nyou created the heavens and the earth.\nIn mercy and love you saved a people from the pit of slavery\,\nand commissioned them\nto bring your name before all the world. \nYour child\, Jesus\, lived your compassion to the full\nand called us to follow him.\nWhen he was killed\nby those who would murder your Way\,\nyou raised him to life again\nand enthroned him as the centre of heaven’s worship.\nHe meets us in our uncertainty\,\nredeeming even our failures and betrayals\,\noffering forgiveness\nand removing the scales from our eyes\,\nso that we might recognise you in everything\,\nand express our love in worship and service. \nTherefore with ..... \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Short Preface (for insertion into Eucharistic prayers with fixed prefaces)			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	We thank for your Son\, Jesus\,\nwho redeems even our failures and betrayals\,\nand removes the scales from our eyes\,\nso that we might recognise you in all the earth\,\nand express our love in worship and service. \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  General Prayer of Thanksgiving			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	(Preface reformatted for use apart from communion)\n\nWe give you all thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor you alone are worthy to receive\nall power and riches and wisdom and strength\nand honour and glory and praise. \nWith your powerful voice and glorious light\nyou created the heavens and the earth.\nIn mercy and love you saved a people from the pit of slavery\,\nand commissioned them\nto bring your name before all the world. \nYour child\, Jesus\, lived your compassion to the full\nand called us to follow him.\nWhen he was killed\nby those who would murder your Way\,\nyou raised him to life again\nand enthroned him as the centre of heaven’s worship.\nHe meets us in our uncertainty\,\nredeeming even our failures and betrayals\,\noffering forgiveness\nand removing the scales from our eyes\,\nso that we might recognise you in everything\,\nand express our love in worship and service. \nTherefore\, with our hearts lifted high\,\nwe offer you thanks and praise at all times\nthrough Jesus Christ our Lord\,\nwho lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit\,\none God\, for ever and ever.\nAmen. \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Declaration of Grace / Absolution			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Awesome is our God\nwhose anger passes quickly\,\nand whose mercy lasts a lifetime. \nSisters and Brothers\,\n  your sins are forgiven;\n    be at peace. \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Commission & Benediction			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Go now and follow the risen Christ.\nLove God and nourish the faith of God’s little ones.\nMake Christ known to all people\nfor God has chosen you as an instrument\nto lead others into the way of mercy and love. \nAnd may God change your anguish into a joyful dance;\nMay Christ Jesus lead you from betrayal to mission;\nAnd may the Holy Spirit fill you with light and love and purpose. \nWe go in peace to love and serve the Lord\,\n   In the name of Christ. Amen. \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nSermons\n\n\n\nSermons will open in new tabs from our SYCBaps church website. \n\n\n\n\nWhat is Conversion?A sermon on Acts 9:1-20 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nWorshipping the Slaughtered OneA sermon on Revelation 5:11-14 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nPulling your love to piecesA sermon on John 21:1-19 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nGoing Back to the Scene of the CrimeA sermon on Acts 9:1-20 & John 21:1-19 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nGod Calls\, Converts\, and Commissions!A sermon on Acts 9:1-20 by Chris Barnden\n\n\n\nConfronting ConversionA sermon on Acts 9:1-20 & John 21:1-19 by Nathan Nettleton
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SUMMARY:3rd Sunday of Pascha - Year C
DESCRIPTION:Below you will find the Bible readings set for this occasion in the Revised Common Lectionary\, with our Australian idiomatic paraphrases of them\, plus prayers and sermons based on them. \n\n\n\nBible Readings (paraphrased)\n\n\n\nLections from The Revised Common Lectionary. Copyright 1992 by the Consultation on Common Texts(CCT) P.O. Box 340003\, Room 381\, Nashville\, TN 37203-0003\, USA. Used with Permission. \n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  Acts 9: 1-6\, (7-20)			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Saul was the ringleader of a violent campaign of terror directed against the followers of Jesus. He went to the high priest and got permission to go to Damascus to hunt down anyone who had joined the Way of the Lord there. The high priest gave him a letter of referral to show to the leaders of the Damascus Synagogues\, and authorised him to bring the culprits\, men or women\, back to Jerusalem in chains. Saul wasted no time in heading off\, but just as he got within sight of Damascus\, there was a blinding flash of light that knocked him right out of the saddle. As he hit the ground\, he heard a voice saying to him\, “Saul\, Saul\, why have you got it in for me?” \nSaul replied\, “Who are you\, Lord?” \nThe voice came back\, saying\, “I am Jesus — the one you are seeking to crush. Now I want you to get up and go into the city and then wait for further instructions.” \nThe people who were travelling with Saul stood there gob-smacked\, because they could hear the voice but they couldn’t see who was speaking. Saul picked himself up from the ground and rubbed his eyes\, but he couldn’t see a thing. He had been completely blinded and had to be led into Damascus by the hand. For the next three days he felt as weak as a kitten. He couldn’t eat or drink anything and he couldn’t see at all. \nNow in Damascus\, there lived a man named Ananias who was a follower of Jesus. The Lord called out to him in a vision: “Ananias.” \nHe answered\, “Yes\, Lord. I’m here.” \nThe Lord said to him\, “I want you to get yourself over to Judas’ house in Straight Street. Ask there for a man named Saul who is from Tarsus. Even as we speak he is praying\, and in a vision he has seen you come and lay hands on him so that he might regain his sight.” \nBut Ananias protested\, “Lord\, you’ve got to be kidding. Everyone has heard stories about this man and about the atrocities he has committed against your people in Jerusalem. And the word is that he’s here on the authority of the chief priests to hunt down anybody who declares allegiance to you.” \nBut the Lord insisted: “Go and do as I say. I have chosen this man to work for me. He will be instrumental in bringing me to the attention of people everywhere — kings and commoners\, Jews and Gentiles. He will pay a high price for switching his allegiance to me\, but I myself will give him fair warning of what he is going to be put through.” \nSo Ananias went to the house he had been sent to and found Saul there. He placed his hands on his head and said\, “Saul\, my brother\, the Lord Jesus\, who appeared to you on the road\, has sent me to you so that you may regain the use of your eyes and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” \nThe words were barely out of his mouth when something looking like scales fell from Saul’s eyes and he could see normally again. He got up and was baptised straight away. After a good meal\, he could feel his strength returning. \nSaul spent several days in Damascus with the followers of Jesus. Without delay\, he began to speak out about Jesus in the synagogues\, saying\, “He is the Son of God.” \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Psalm 30			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	I’ll be singing your praises\, every chance I get\, LORD\,\nbecause you got me out of deep trouble\nand spared me the gloating of my enemies. \nI pleaded for help\, LORD God\,\nand you stepped in and healed me. \nThey were nearly ready to pronounce me dead\nbut your brought me back\, LORD;\nyou put me back on my feet\nwhen I was about to be carried to the morgue. \nSo I’m singing your praises\,\nand I’m encouraging everyone to do the same;\nto name you with joyful thanks. \nWe manage to get you angry at times\,\nbut it blows over in a moment\nbecause your mercy keeps on keeping on.\nWe may have an evening of bitter tears\,\nbut by morning your mercy has us smiling again. \nI was guilty of taking your goodness for granted;\nI thought I had it made.\nYou had put me on top of the world\nbut I got all too full of myself.\nYou stepped aside – made me stand alone —\nand I turned to jelly! \nI realised how much I needed you\, LORD\,\nand in my panic I begged you for mercy. \n“What good is my blood to you?” I cried.\n“How will it help if I’m in the grave?\nCan a corpse sing your praises?\nWill a gravestone publicise your goodness?\nGive me another chance\, LORD.\nPlease\, LORD\, bail me out one more time.” \nAnd sure enough\, you did\, LORD.\nYou turned my tears to laughter;\nyou set my dragging feet dancing;\nyou dusted me off and dressed me up for a party.\nSo now I’m singing your praises\nfrom the bottom of my heart\,\nand no one can shut me up! \nYou are my God\, LORD\,\nand I’m eternally grateful. \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Revelation 5: 11-14			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	I had a vision of a huge crowd of angels circling around heaven’s throne. There were thousands and millions of them; trillions perhaps\, more than anyone could count. I heard their voices swelling\, joining with the four awesome creatures and the twenty four elders in a mighty song: \n“The Lamb who was slaughtered deserves all we can offer:\npower and wealth\,\nwisdom and strength\,\nhonour and glory and every good thing! \nThen I heard every creature everywhere joining in the song — from heaven and earth\, from under the earth\, from the waves of the seas — their voices rose as one: \n“To you who sits on the throne\,\nand to the Lamb\,\nwe give it all:\nblessing and honour\,\nglory and strength\,\nforever and ever and ever!” \nAnd at that\, the four awesome creatures said\, “And so say all of us!”\nAnd the twenty four elders fell to their knees and worshipped. \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  John 21: 1-19			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	One of the places where Jesus appeared to his followers after his resurrection was at Lake Galilee. A few of them had gathered there: Simon Peter; Thomas the Twin; Nathaniel\, who came from Cana in Galilee; the two sons of Zebedee; and a couple of others. Simon Peter had decided to go fishing\, and the rest of them had said\, “You can count us in. We’ll come too.” They spent the night in the boat\, but they didn’t catch a thing. \nThey were heading back in to shore as the sun came up\, when they saw a man standing on the beach. It was Jesus\, but they didn’t recognise him. Jesus called out to them\, “Morning boys! How are the fish biting?” \n“We haven’t caught a thing\,” they replied. \nJesus said\, “Try casting off the right hand side of the boat instead. You’ll find some there.” \nSo they did\, and suddenly there were fish everywhere – more than they could pull in. The disciple with whom Jesus had been most intimate said to Peter\, “It’s got to be the Lord!” \nSimon Peter had been stripped for work\, but when he heard it was the Lord\, he threw his shirt back on\, dived into the sea\, and struck out for the shore. They weren’t far off the beach – no more than a hundred metres – so the rest of them dragged the boat in with the load of fish. \nWhen they arrived on the beach\, they found that Jesus had a fire going and was baking some damper-bread and barbecuing some fish. He looked up and said to them\, “Put on some of the fish you’ve just caught.” \nSimon Peter dragged in the catch. There were a hundred and fifty three fish in all\, most of them whoppers. It was surprising that the fishing tackle was still intact after landing them all. Jesus said\, “Breakfast’s ready. Come and get it!” \nSome of the disciples half wanted to say\, “Who are you?” but none dared because they knew it was the Lord. Jesus divided up the bread among them and then did the same with the fish. This was the third time the disciples had seen Jesus alive since he had been raised from the dead. \nWhen they had finished eating breakfast\, Jesus said to Simon Peter\, “Simon\, son of John\, do you love me above anyone else?” \nSimon Peter replied\, “Yes\, Lord. You know I do.” \nJesus said to him\, “Then feed my lambs.” \nThen he asked him again\, “Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?” \nHe replied\, “Yes\, Lord; you know that I love you.”  \nJesus said to him\, “Well\, take care of my sheep.” \nJesus asked him a third time\, “Simon\, son of John\, do you love me?” \nPeter was starting to feel hurt that Jesus kept questioning his love\, and the third time he replied\, “Lord\, you know everything. You know how much I love you.” \nJesus said to him\, “Feed my sheep. I kid you not\, Simon\, when you were a young bloke\, you dressed however you liked and went wherever you wanted. But when you are an old man\, you’ll put your hands up when you’re told to\, you’ll wear what’s issued to you\, and you’ll be taken places you don’t want to go.” (In saying this\, Jesus was foreshadowing the kind of death Simon Peter would eventually face in his honouring of God.) After that\, Jesus simply said\, “Follow me.” \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nPrayers\n\n\n	\n\n		\n			\n				  Eucharistic Preface			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Let us lift up our hearts.\nWe lift them to the Lord.\nLet us give thanks to the Lord our God.\nIt is right to give our thanks and praise. \nIt is indeed right to give you our thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor you alone are worthy to receive\nall power and riches and wisdom and strength\nand honour and glory and praise. \nWith your powerful voice and glorious light\nyou created the heavens and the earth.\nIn mercy and love you saved a people from the pit of slavery\,\nand commissioned them\nto bring your name before all the world. \nYour child\, Jesus\, lived your compassion to the full\nand called us to follow him.\nWhen he was killed\nby those who would murder your Way\,\nyou raised him to life again\nand enthroned him as the centre of heaven’s worship.\nHe meets us in our uncertainty\,\nredeeming even our failures and betrayals\,\noffering forgiveness\nand removing the scales from our eyes\,\nso that we might recognise you in everything\,\nand express our love in worship and service. \nTherefore with ..... \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Short Preface (for insertion into Eucharistic prayers with fixed prefaces)			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	We thank for your Son\, Jesus\,\nwho redeems even our failures and betrayals\,\nand removes the scales from our eyes\,\nso that we might recognise you in all the earth\,\nand express our love in worship and service. \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  General Prayer of Thanksgiving			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	(Preface reformatted for use apart from communion)\n\nWe give you all thanks and praise\, O God\,\nfor you alone are worthy to receive\nall power and riches and wisdom and strength\nand honour and glory and praise. \nWith your powerful voice and glorious light\nyou created the heavens and the earth.\nIn mercy and love you saved a people from the pit of slavery\,\nand commissioned them\nto bring your name before all the world. \nYour child\, Jesus\, lived your compassion to the full\nand called us to follow him.\nWhen he was killed\nby those who would murder your Way\,\nyou raised him to life again\nand enthroned him as the centre of heaven’s worship.\nHe meets us in our uncertainty\,\nredeeming even our failures and betrayals\,\noffering forgiveness\nand removing the scales from our eyes\,\nso that we might recognise you in everything\,\nand express our love in worship and service. \nTherefore\, with our hearts lifted high\,\nwe offer you thanks and praise at all times\nthrough Jesus Christ our Lord\,\nwho lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit\,\none God\, for ever and ever.\nAmen. \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Declaration of Grace / Absolution			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Awesome is our God\nwhose anger passes quickly\,\nand whose mercy lasts a lifetime. \nSisters and Brothers\,\n  your sins are forgiven;\n    be at peace. \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n		\n\n		\n			\n				  Commission & Benediction			\n		\n\n		\n		 \n \n	Go now and follow the risen Christ.\nLove God and nourish the faith of God’s little ones.\nMake Christ known to all people\nfor God has chosen you as an instrument\nto lead others into the way of mercy and love. \nAnd may God change your anguish into a joyful dance;\nMay Christ Jesus lead you from betrayal to mission;\nAnd may the Holy Spirit fill you with light and love and purpose. \nWe go in peace to love and serve the Lord\,\n   In the name of Christ. Amen. \n©2001 Nathan Nettleton LaughingBird.net \n\n\n			\n	\n	\n\n\n\nSermons\n\n\n\nSermons will open in new tabs from our SYCBaps church website. \n\n\n\n\nWhat is Conversion?A sermon on Acts 9:1-20 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nWorshipping the Slaughtered OneA sermon on Revelation 5:11-14 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nPulling your love to piecesA sermon on John 21:1-19 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nGoing Back to the Scene of the CrimeA sermon on Acts 9:1-20 & John 21:1-19 by Nathan Nettleton\n\n\n\nGod Calls\, Converts\, and Commissions!A sermon on Acts 9:1-20 by Chris Barnden\n\n\n\nConfronting ConversionA sermon on Acts 9:1-20 & John 21:1-19 by Nathan Nettleton
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