24 November 2024
10:30 | 
Posted by
Dr Platts |
Thankfully Storm Bert hasn't damaged the church, although the strong wind kept opening the south door during the service. The Sunday School made beautiful crowns to celebrate today being Christ the King. They wore their crowns when they came to join us for communion.
Important date for your diary!
A reading from the book of Daniel
As I watched,
thrones were set in place,
and an Ancient One took his throne;
his clothing was white as snow,
and the hair of his head like pure wool;
his throne was fiery flames,
and its wheels were burning fire.
A stream of fire issued
and flowed out from his presence.
A thousand thousand served him,
and ten thousand times ten thousand stood attending him.
The court sat in judgement, and the books were opened.
As I watched in the night visions,
I saw one like a human being coming with the clouds of heaven.
And he came to the Ancient One
and was presented before him.
To him was given dominion and glory and kingship,
that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him.
His dominion is an everlasting dominion
that shall not pass away,
and his kingship is one that shall never be destroyed.
Revelation 1:4b-8
A reading from the book of Revelation
Grace to you and peace from God
who is and who was and who is to come,
and from the seven spirits who are before his throne,
and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness,
the firstborn of the dead,
and the ruler of the kings of the earth.
To him who loves us and freed us
from our sins by his blood,
and made us to be a kingdom,
priests serving his God and Father,
to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Look! He is coming with the clouds;
every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him;
and on his account all the tribes of the earth will wail.
So it is to be. Amen.
‘I am the Alpha and the Omega’, says the Lord God,
who is and who was and who is to come,
the Almighty.
John 18:33b-37
Hear the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John
Pilate asked Jesus,
‘Are you the King of the Jews?’
Jesus answered,
‘Do you ask this on your own,
or did others tell you about me?’
Pilate replied,
‘I am not a Jew, am I?
Your own nation and the chief priests
have handed you over to me.
What have you done?’
Jesus answered,
‘My kingdom is not from this world.
If my kingdom were from this world,
my followers would be fighting t
o keep me from being handed over to the Jews.
But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.’
Pilate asked him,
‘So you are a king?’
Jesus answered,
‘You say that I am a king.
For this I was born,
and for this I came into the world,
to testify to the truth.
Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.’
