FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
- Land Acknowledgement, Easter Greeting & Collect of the Day
- First Reading: Acts 4:5-12
- Psalm 23 – Response: The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
- Second Reading: 1 John 3:16-24
- Gradual Hymn: The Lord’s My Shepherd (Common Praise #519 – words below)
- Gospel: John 10:11-18
- Sermon: Gary van der Meer
- Anthem: The Lord is My Shepherd, H Goodall
- Prayers of the People
- The Lord’s Prayer (sung)
- Doxology & Blessing
- Hymn: The King of Love My Shepherd Is (Common Praise #520 – words below)
- Dismissal
THE LORD’S MY SHEPHERD
The Lord’s my Shepherd, I’ll not want.
He makes me down to lie
in pastures green; he leadeth me
the quiet waters by.
My soul he doth restore again;
and me to walk doth make
within the paths of righteousness,
even for his own name’s sake.
Yea, though I walk through death’s dark vale,
yet will I fear no ill;
for thou art with me, and thy rod
and staff me comfort still.
My table thou hast furnishéd
in presence of my foes;
my head thou dost with oil anoint,
and my cup overflows.
Goodness and mercy all my life
shall surely follow me:
and in God’s house forevermore
my dwelling place shall be.
THE KING OF LOVE MY SHEPHERD IS
The King of love my shepherd is,
whose goodness faileth never.
I nothing lack if I am his,
and he is mine forever.
Where streams of living water flow,
my ransomed soul he leadeth;
and where the verdant pastures grow,
with food celestial feedeth.
Perverse and foolish, oft I strayed,
but yet in love he sought me;
and on his shoulder gently laid,
and home, rejoicing, brought me.
In death's dark vale I fear no ill,
with thee, dear Lord, beside me;
thy rod and staff my comfort still,
thy cross before to guide me.
Thou spread’st a table in my sight;
thy unction grace bestoweth;
and oh, what transport of delight
from thy pure chalice floweth!
And so through all the length of days,
thy goodness faileth never;
Good Shepherd, may I sing thy praise
within thy house forever.
