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SUMMARY:United Covenant Service & Holy Communion
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DESCRIPTION:On the Second Sunday of Epiphany\, we will be joined at St Osw
 ald's by our friends from Durham City Methodists (Elvet Methodist Church a
 nd North Road Methodist Church) for a special United Covenant Service & Ho
 ly Communion\, marking the beginning of the Week of Prayer for Christian U
 nity (WPCU) 2026\, followed by refreshments in the Institute across the ro
 ad. All are very welcome to come and join us. \n\nPreacher:\nThe Reverend 
 John Squares\, Methodist Superintendent Minister for Durham and Deerness V
 alley Circuit\n\nSpecial readings will be used at this service. The Gospel
  Reading for this Sunday is John 1:29-42.\n\nHymns:\n508 (t. 507)\nSP* 152
 \n581 (t.i)\n538 (t. Day of Rest)\n\nPsalms:\n40:1-12\n\nAnd John testifie
 d\, ‘I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove\, and it remain
 ed on him. I myself did not know him\, but the one who sent me to baptize 
 with water said to me\, “He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remai
 n is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.” And I myself have seen 
 and have testified that this is the Son of God.’\n\n(John 1:32-34\, New 
 Revised Standard Version - Anglicized Edition)\n\nThe Collect of the Day:\
 n\nAlmighty God\, in Christ you make all things new: transform the poverty
  of our nature by the riches of your grace\, and in the renewal of our liv
 es make known your heavenly glory\; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord
 \, who is alive and reigns with you\, in the unity of the Holy Spirit\, on
 e God\, now and for ever.\n\nAmen.\n\n(Common Worship\, the Church of Engl
 and)\n\nThe Post Communion:\n\nGod of glory\, you nourish us with your Wor
 d who is the bread of life: fill us with your Holy Spirit that through us 
 the light of your glory may shine in all the world. We ask this in the nam
 e of Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\n(Common Worship\, the Church of En
 gland)\n\nThe Covenant Prayer:\n\nI am no longer my own but yours.\nPut me
  to what you will\,\nrank me with whom you will\;\nput me to doing\,\nput 
 me to suffering\;\nlet me be employed for you\nor laid aside for you\,\nex
 alted for you\nor brought low for you\;\nlet me be full\,\nlet me be empty
 \,\nlet me have all things\,\nlet me have nothing\;\nI freely and wholehea
 rtedly yield all things\nto your pleasure and disposal.\n\nAnd now\, glori
 ous and blessed God\,\nFather\, Son and Holy Spirit\,\nyou are mine and I 
 am yours.\nSo be it.\nAnd the covenant now made on earth\,\nlet it be rati
 fied in heaven. \n\nAmen.\n\n(The Covenant Service\, the Methodist Worship
  Book 2022\, The Methodist Church in Great Britain)\n\nPrayer Intentions f
 or the Day from the Durham Diocesan (Church of England) Monthly Prayer Cyc
 le:\n\nOur Archdeacons - \nRick Simpson (Auckland)\, Katherine Bagnall (Su
 nderland)\, and Libby Wilkinson (Durham) \n\nAnglican Communion - \nProvin
 ce de L'Eglise Anglicane Du Congo: The Most Reverend Georges Titre Ande\n\
 nDurham Diocese (Church of England) Deanery Prayer Intention for January 2
 026 -\nEasington Deanery\n\nThe theme for this year's WPCU is 'There is on
 e body and one Spirit\, just as you were called to the one hope of your ca
 lling'\, from Ephesians 4:4.\n\nThe Bible Verse for WPCU Day 1 - Our Calli
 ng:\n\nI therefore\, the prisoner in the Lord\, beg you to lead a life wor
 thy of the calling to which you have been called\n\n(Ephesians 4:1\, New R
 evised Standard Version - Anglicized Edition)\n\nThe Prayer for WPCU Day 1
  - Our Calling:\n\nGod of light\, \nyou have called us out of darkness int
 o your light. \nMay our response to your call lead us to actively seek rec
 onciliation \nand share your light in the world.\n\nAmen.\n\nPreserve me f
 rom my calling's snare\,\nand hide my simple heart above\,\nabove the thor
 ns of choking care\,\nthe gilded baits of worldly love.\n\n(Forth in Thy N
 ame O Lord I Go\, Charles Wesley * 1707–1788\, Common Praise - A new edi
 tion of Hymns Ancient and Modern\, #430\, Verse 3)\n\nToday also marks the
  Commemoration of Amy Carmichael\, Founder of the Dohnavur Fellowship\, Sp
 iritual Writer\, 1951.\n\n***Unless otherwise stated\, all hymns are from 
 Common Praise - A new edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern\; *SP = Sing Pra
 ise - Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worship (the supplement to Common Pra
 ise). Further musical information for January 2026 can be found by clickin
 g on the attachment below.***\n\n***Please click on 'MORE INFO' below for 
 further details of this year's Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.***
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
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