Full Service - Church Action on Poverty Sunday 2017

Full Service Church Action on Poverty Sunday 2017 – 26th February

Service contents:

Remember that while the service below has been prepared together with one of the contributors to
resources for Church Action on Poverty Sunday, 26 February 2017, more resources are available
at the official site at: http://www.church-poverty.org.uk/sunday and on the Methodist Tax Justice
network web-site at http://methodisttaxjusticenetwork.nationbuilder.com/
A story is told of John Wesley meeting a person who was begging. You might picture the scene but
dressed in today’s clothing. What do we do? Give a little of what we have and pass on by?
Perhaps talk for a moment? Go and get a drink for her? Some food for him?
John Wesley sat down and joined in the begging, didn’t move on, didn’t go away. He begged with
the man until together they had enough for the man’s needs and those of his family.

Hymn: What shall I do my God to love or O what can we give them, the poor who come calling

Reading: Acts 4:32-35

Prayer: Everything in common

Hymn: For the healing of the nations or Anyone here in this one congregation

Reading: Acts 5:1–11

The cost of living: Meditation

Hymn: We come to you with no pretence or When unholy, selfish actions

Reading: Matthew 8:18–22

Hymn: God tell it on the mountain or Feed us now, O son of God or The Christ was a vagabond,

Reading: Mark 10:17-22

Prayer: Can we care enough?

Hymn: Forth in thy name O Lord I go or God, give to us discerning minds

Blessing: Let us go into our daily lives…

Andrew Pratt (born 1948)
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