Okay so church this morning… Garry was leading which was nice. Order was:

We come in Your name
- “We have been saved by faith into your glorious name, and this is a gift of God, freely given us.”
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This song really made me think about how important it is to have faith, and that God really did such an important thing for us.

Jesus, name above all names
- “Morning star, rising sun, lily of the valleys Rose of Sharon, Son of God Lifted up, glorified, praised through all the ages The first and last, beginning and end”
Our God really is the first and the last, and we are such a small part of it all when you think about it, but he did such a great thing even thought we are just this little part of His big world.

Spirit of the living God - “Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me;”

I think I could do with being filled anew that’s good that God continues to fill us anew, when we need it.

Offering: In Christ alone
- “In Christ alone my hope is found, He is my light my strength my song.”

Jesus is where my hope is found, and I really think He has shown me light in the darker times and feelings I have been feeling lately.

Sermon
The Sermon was on friendship, and how Jesus is the closest friend you could have. Garry told us about the qualities a friend should have and that Jesus had them, and the mutual connection that friends have. Jesus was friends with his disciples even though they denied him and fell asleep when they should have been praying. That’s good friendship it would have been so easy for Him to think you’ze suck as friends il get new ones but he didn’t.

What love is this
- “What love is this that took my place instead of wrath; you poured your grace on me. What can I do but simply come and worship you? I surrender, I surrender, I surrender all to you”

I have recently been trying to really surrender my whole life to God and I think this song really helped me to realise what can I do in light of what he’s done – I simply have to worship this amazing God for all he has done.

I thank You for the cross - “I thank you for the cross where all my shame was laid, broken by your power banished to the grave”

Self explanatory there I think.

Communion
Was a nice time to remember what Jesus did for us on the cross; dying for us and all the wrong things we do. I like communion, it’s quite symbolic to the fact that Jesus body was broken on the cross and that his blood was poured for our sins.

What a friend we have in Jesus
- “What a friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bear! What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer! O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear, all because we do not carry everything to God in prayer.”

Reminded me that Jesus is this amazing friend that I can go to with my problems and that he’ll help me.

It was a really nice service and actually was just what I needed I think, in terms of church anyway.