Sunday 16th August 2026
Minister:
Very Rev Dr. W. Martin Fair, BA BD
Ordained Local Minister:
Rev Cindy Campbell
Organist:
Winton Brangman, BA
Welcome and Notices
APPROACH
Let’s Worship God Together:
Leader: This is the day the Lord has made.
All: We will rejoice and be glad in it.
Leader: Sing praises to the Lord, the Rock
of our salvation.
All: We will come before him with thanksgiving.
Leader: The Lord is our Maker; he is our God.
All: We are the people of his pasture.
PRAISE: 123 God is love: let heaven adore him
Tune: Blaenwern, as at no: 468
Prayers and Lord’s Prayer
With sung response, Kyrie eleison, no: 776
ENCOUNTER
Setting the Scene
PRAISE: 485 Dear Lord and Father of mankind
Bible Reading 2nd Samuel 11: 1-17 (Pages 284-285)
The Message From bad to worse
PRAISE: 484 Great God, your love has called us here
vv 1-3, 5
RESPONSE
Offering and Dedication
Do with it what you will – recording by The Porter’s Gate
Prayers for Others
Blessing
PRAISE: 516 We are marching in the light of God *
We are marching in the light of God,
we are marching in the light of God.
We are marching in the light of God,
we are marching in the light of God.
We are marching,
O-o,
we are marching in the light of God,
we are marching,
O-o,
we are marching in the light of God.
Xhosa (South African) traditional hymn
adapted Anders Nyberg (b. 1955)
* Sung while proceeding from the church
Notices
Children are welcome to stay in church during the service, and to choose an item from the activity box located on the pew next to the Baptismal font. CCY, the weekly Christ Church Youth programme, will resume next month, as will monthly Messy Church.
The Kirk Session will meet this Tuesday, 18th August, at 7:00pm in the West Hall.
Bruce and Stefanie Sinclair are seeking a 2-to-3-bedroom rental unit in any parish, as of the end of October. If you know of any available units, kindly contact Bruce at or 332-3473.
The church’s outreach programmes could still use some additional volunteers, especially while many of the regular volunteers are away. If you might be able to help with the Food Programme (operating on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings) or the Loads of Love programme (on Saturday mornings), please contact either David Thompson or the church office at the details below.
Note that Sunday church services are live-streamed on YouTube each week, and the video-recordings are posted online afterwards.
Contact Information
Church Office:
Tel: 236-1882
Email:
Website: www.christchurch.bm
Facebook: facebook.com/Christ.Church.Warwick
Instagram: instagram.com/christ_church_warwick/
YouTube: youtube.com/@ChristchurchBermuda