O Lord,
we beseech you mercifully to receive
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 our Lord.

Lord of all power and might,
the author and giver of all good things:
Graft in our hearts the love of your name,
increase in us true religion,
nourish us with all goodness,
and of your great mercy keep us in the same;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Lord God,
whose Son is the true vine and the source of life,
ever giving himself that the world may live:
May we so receive within ourselves
the power of his death and passion
that, in his saving cup,
we may share his glory and be made perfect in his love;
for he is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
now and for ever.

(c) 1st Reading 2 Samuel 6: 1–5, 12b–19
529* Thy hand, O God, has guided

(c) Psalm Psalm 24 [ASB]
48 God in his love for us lent us this planet
266* [Hail the day that sees him rise]
337 Lift up your heads, O ye gates
131 Lift up your heads, you mighty gates
134* Make way, make way for Christ the King
284* [The golden gates are lifted up]

(p) 1st Reading Amos 7: 7–15
381* God has spoken – by his prophets

(p) Psalm Psalm 85: 8–13 [Pr14A*]
695* God of mercy, God of grace
539 Rejoice, O land, in God thy might
140 [The Lord will come and not be slow]

2nd Reading Ephesians 1: 3–14 [C2ABC]
84* Alleluia! raise the anthem
189* [As with gladness men of old]
318* Father, Lord of all creation
352* Give thanks with a grateful heart
99* Jesus, the name high over all
652* Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us
524* May the grace of Christ our Saviour
363* O Lord of heaven and earth and sea
313* The Spirit came as promised
9 There’s a wideness in God’s mercy
373* To God be the glory! Great things he has done!
451 We come as guests invited

The Gospel Mark 6: 14–29
460 For all your saints in glory, for all your saints at rest (vv. 1, 2i, 3)