COP26 is fast-approaching.
Glasgow will host the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference from 31 October to 12 November 2021.
On Sunday 24 October we will focus our attention in worship on climate change and seek to understand how we should respond to it as Christians.
03 October 2021 is the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost and the main Lectionary reading this week is Psalm 8. This provides a chance to take an initial look at the important issue of the relationship between God and humanity with respect to stewardship of creation.
Below, you will find the text of Psalm 8, the Order of Service, and the Video of the Service led by Rev. Geoff McKee.
For a previous, alternative take on Psalm 8 see this sermon (PDF available at link).
Main Scripture Reading this week
Psalm 8 (NIV)
1 Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory
in the heavens.
2 Through the praise of children and infants
you have established a stronghold against your enemies,
to silence the foe and the avenger.
3 When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,
4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
human beings that you care for them?
5 You have made them a little lower than the angels
and crowned them with glory and honour.
6 You made them rulers over the works of your hands;
you put everything under their feet:
7 all flocks and herds,
and the animals of the wild,
8 the birds in the sky,
and the fish in the sea,
all that swim the paths of the seas.
9 Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
Order of Service
Welcome and Intimations
Call to Worship
Praise: MP1259 Bless the Lord, O my soul (10,000 Reasons)
Prayers of Adoration and Confession
Children’s Address
Praise: JP624 Your name is Jesus
and JP 288 Who put the colours in the rainbow?
Readings: Genesis 2:18-24 & Psalm 8
Praise: MP200 Great is Thy faithfulness
Readings: Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12 & Mark 10:2-16
Sermon
Praise: CH4 240 God in such love
Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession
Praise: MP379 Jesus shall reign
Benediction & Threefold Amen
Video Service
The United States Climate Envoy John Kerry said that to reach the targets, countries urgently needed to change their economies. “This is the critical decade for action, and COP26 in Glasgow must be a turning point in this crisis,” Mr Kerry said.
rev. geoff mckee
