Welcome to the first in our series of Heath Street Home Companions!

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Order of Service
Introit: Fountain of Ever-Flowing Water (Heath Street band)
Words of welcome: John-Henry Baker
Hymn: Be Thou My Vision (Bill Carslake, vocal and piano)
Prayer (Dietrich Fischer-Dörl, pastor of Baptistengemeinde Mollardgasse Vienna)
Hymn: From East to West from Shore to Shore (Chris Little, vocal and banjo)
Welcome to Ottilie (Mysie Johnson)
Reading: Psalm 8 (Ewan King)
Great is thy faithfulnesss (Grace Song, vocal and piano)
Reading: Song of Solomon 2.8-18 (Wilf Merttens)
Lord’s prayer and Blessing
Postude: Fountain of Ever-Flowing Water (Heath Street band) 


Hymn lyrics: Be thou my vision
Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;
be all else but naught  to me, save that thou art -
Thou my best thought, in the day and the night;
Both waking and sleeping, thy presence my light.

Be thou my wisdom, be thou my true word;
Be thou ever with me and I ever with thee Lord.
Be thou my great Father; and I thy true son,
Be thou in me dwelling and I with thee one.

Be thou my breastplate, my sword for the fight;
Be thou my whole armour, be thou my true might;
Be thou my soul's shelter, be thou my strong tower,
O raise thou me heavenward, great power of my power.

High King of heaven, thou heaven's bright sun!
O grant me its joys, after victory is won.
Great heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
Still be thou my vision, O Ruler of all.

Hymn lyrics: From east to west, from shore to shore
From east to west, from shore to shore
Let every heart awake and sing
The holy child whom Mary bore,
The Christ, the everlasting king.

Hymn lyrics: Great is Thy faithfulness
Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father,
There is no shadow of turning with Thee;
Thou changest not, thy compassions, they fail not
As thou hast been thou forever wilt be.

Great is Thy faithfulness, great is thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
All I have needed thy hand hath provided—
Great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!


Hymn lyrics: Fountain of ever-flowing water
 [...]
Hallelujah, hallelujah!
your mercy makes the broken whole,
Hallelujah, hallelujah!
I offer you my heart and soul.
 
Now to the Lord of song and story
be blessing, honour, power and might,
and to the prince of peace be glory
for bringing us where it is light,
Hallelujah, hallelujah,
may our glad music never cease!
Hallelujah, hallelujah,
for your great love has brought us peace.

Heath Street Home Companion - Episode 1

Welcome to our second ever Heath Street Home Companion!

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Prelude: Take My Life and Let it Be (live worship recording)
Words of introduction (John Henry Baker)
Hymn: Bonhoeffer’s Prayer (Peter Yarde Martin)
Opening prayer (Jen Finamore)
Message from the pastor (Ewan King)
Hymn: How Great Thou Art (Frida King)
Segue (John Henry)
Hymn: Jesus, Saviour, Pilot Me (Peter)
Lord’s prayer and closing blessing (Ewan)
Postude: Take My Life and Let it Be (live recording)

Special thanks to Bifrost Arts (https://bifrostartsmusic.bandcamp.com) for use of their materials for Bonhoeffer’s Prayer and Jesus, Saviour, Pilot Me!

Take my life and let it be
Take my life and let it be
consecrated, Lord, to Thee.
Take my moments and my days;
let them flow in ceaseless praise.

Take my hands and let them move
at the impulse of thy love.
Take my feet and let them be
swift and beautiful for Thee.


Bonhoeffer’s Prayer
Lord, early in the morning, we cry unto You.
In You, there is light,
when I cannot see.
In you, there is love, patience, and peace.
Lord, I do not understand Your ways,
but You know the way for me.

(Morgengebet
Gott, zu Dir rufe ich in der Frühe des Tages.
Hilf mir beten und meine Gedanken sammeln zu Dir;
Ich kann es nicht allein.
In mir ist es finster, aber bei Dir ist das Licht;
Ich bin einsam, aber Du verlässt mich nicht;
Ich bin kleinmütig, aber bei Dir ist die Hilfe;
Ich bin unruhig, aber bei Dir ist der Friede;
In mir ist Bitterkeit, aber bei Dir ist Geduld;
Ich verstehe Deine Wege nicht, aber Du weißt den Weg für mich.)


How Great Thou Art
O Lord my God! When I in awesome wonder 
Consider all the works thy hand hath made, 
I see the stars, I hear the mighty thunder, 
Thy power throughout the universe displayed;  

Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee, 
How great Thou art, how great Thou art! 
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee, 
How great Thou art, how great Thou art!  

When through the woods and forest glades I wander 
and hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees; 
when I look down from lofty mountain grandeur, 
and hear the brook, and feel the gentle breeze;  

Refrain

And when I think that God his son not sparing, 
Sent him to die - I scarce can take it in, 
That on the cross my burden gladly bearing, 
He bled and died to take away my sin:  

Refrain   


Jesus, Saviour, pilot me
Jesus, Saviour, pilot me
Over life's tempestuous sea;
Unknown waves before me roll,
Hiding rock and treach'rous shoal.
Chart and compass come from Thee.
Saviour, pilot me.
 
Though the sea be smooth and bright,
Sparkling with the stars of night,
And my ship’s path be ablaze
With the light of halcyon days,
Still I know my need of Thee;
Saviour, pilot me.

As a mother stills her child,
Thou canst hush the ocean wild;
Boist'rous waves obey Thy will
When Thou sayest to them, “Be still!”
Wondrous Sovereign of the sea,
Saviour, pilot me.
 
When at last I near the shore,
And the fearful breakers roar
‘Twixt me and the peaceful rest,
Then, while leaning on Thy breast,
May I hear Thee say to me,
“I will pilot thee.”

Episode 2

Prelude: 'Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting' (Bluesandroots.com)
Words of introduction (John-Henry Baker)
Reading: Psalm 139 (Ewan King)
Glain Dafydd playing 'Tydi a Roddaist' ('O Lord, who gave the dawn its glow’)
Opening prayer (Gabby Falardeau)
Reading: Psalm 139 (Ewan King)
Hymn: 'Amazing Grace' (Emily Gray)
Prayer (Bill Carlslake)
Hymn 'Let all mortal flesh' (Bill Carslake)
Segue (JHB & Ewan King)
News and prayer request (Ewan King)
Postlude: 'Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting' (Bluesandroots.com)

'Amazing Grace'
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now am found
'Twas blind but now I see 

'Let all mortal flesh keep silence'
Let all mortal flesh keep silence,
And with fear and trembling stand;
Ponder nothing earthly minded,
For with blessing in His hand,
Christ our God to earth descending
Comes our homage to demand.

King of kings, yet born of Mary,
As of old on earth He stood,
Lord of lords, in human vesture,
In the body and the blood;
He will give to all the faithful
His own self for heavenly food.

Episode 3 - Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting

A belated birthday garland for William Shakespeare, whose birthday Wilf is pretty sure falls somewhere round St. George's Day...

Heath Street Sonnet Celebration

Introit 			'Twelve gates to the city’ (Alison)
Words of welcome	 
Scripture reading 	Luke 19.28-48 (Winnie, Luke 19.41; Aimee, Luke 24.36-49)
The Lord’s Prayer 			(Ewan)
Psalm 48			(Penelope, Jane, Peter, Jamie, Bill)
Poem			'In no strange land' (Edward)
Psalm 48			(cont.)
Poem 			'The Waste Land'  	(Peter)
Psalm 48			(cont.)
Carol 			'Psalm of Sion' (Katharine and Mike)
Closing prayer 	(FR)

'Psalm of Sion'
O mother dear, Jerusalem,
Jehovah’s throne on high,
O sacred city, queen, and wife
Of Christ eternally!

O comely queen, in glory clad,
In honour and degree;
All fair thou art, exceeding bright,
No spot there is in thee.

Thy part, thy shape, thy stately grace,
Thy favour fair in deed,
Thy pleasant hue and countenance,
All others doth exceed.

O mother dear, Jerusalem,
The comfort of us all,
How sweet thou art and delicate;
No thing shall thee befall!

William Prid (fl.1585) after Augustine of Hippo (354-430)


Psalm 48
 Great is the Lord and /highly to be/ praised 
* in the city of our God, even up/on his/ holy /hill. 
2 The hill of Sion is a fair place, and the joy of the/ whole/ earth; 
* upon the north side lieth the city of the great King: God is well known in her palaces /as a /sure /refuge. 
3 For lo, the /kings of the /earth 
* were gathered, and /gone /by to/gether. 
4 They marvelled to /see such /things; 
* they were astonished, and /suddenly/cast/ down. 
5 Fear came there upon/ them; and/ sorrow, 
* as upon a/ woman/ in her/ travail. 
           6 Thou dost break the/ ships of the/ sea 
           * through the/ east-/ wind. 
7 Like as we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city/ of our/ God; 
* God upholdeth the/ same/ for-/ever. 
 8 We wait for thy loving-/kindness, O/ God, 
* in the/ midst/ of thy/ temple. 
9 O God, according to thy Name, so is thy praise unto the/ world’s/ end; 
* thy right hand is/ full/ of/ righteousness. 
10 Let the mount Sion rejoice, and the daughters of/ Judah be/ glad, 
* be/cause of/ thy/ judgments. 
11 Walk about Sion, and go/ round a/bout her; 
* and/ tell the/ towers there/of. 
12 Mark well her bulwarks, con/sider her/ palaces, 
* that ye may tell/ them that/ come/ after. 
2nd 13 For this God is our God for/ ever and/ ever: 
* he shall be our/ guide/ unto/ death. 
14 Glory be to the Father, and/ tó the/ Són, 
* and/ to the/ Hó-/ly/ Ghóst; 
15 As it was in the beginning, † is now, and éver/ sháll be, 
* world without/ énd./ A-/men. 

'Twelve Gates'
Three gates in the east, three gates in the west
Three gates in the north, three gates in the south
That makes twelve gates to the city, hallelujah

Oh, what a beautiful city
Oh, what a beautiful city
Oh, what a beautiful city
There're twelve gates to the city, hallelujah

Walk right in, you're welcome to the city
Step right up, welcome to the city
Walk right through those gates to the city
There're twelve gates to the city, hallelujah

Oh, what a beautiful city
Oh, what a beautiful city
Oh, what a beautiful city
There're twelve gates to the city, hallelujah

Who are those children all dressed in red
Twelve gates to the city
Must be the children that Moses sent
There're twelve gates to the city, hallelujah

Rich and the poor, welcome to the city
Young and the old, welcome to the city
Weak and the strong, welcome to the city
There're twelve gates to the city, hallelujah

Oh, what a beautiful city
Oh, what a beautiful city
Oh, what a beautiful city
There're twelve gates to the city, hallelujah

Oh, what a beautiful city
Oh, what a beautiful city
Oh, what a beautiful city
There're twelve gates to the city, hallelujah

Episode 14

We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, begotten of the Father the only-begotten; that is, of the essence of the Father, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father;
By whom all things were made both in heaven and on earth;
Who for us men, and for our salvation, came down and was incarnate and was made man;
He suffered, and the third day he rose again, ascended into heaven;
From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
And in the Holy Ghost.

Πιστεύομεν εἰς ἕνα Θεὸν Πατέρα παντοκράτορα, πάντων ὁρατῶν τε καὶ ἀοράτων ποιητήν· .
καὶ εἰς ἕνα Κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ, γεννηθέντα ἐκ τοῦ Πατρὸς μονογενῆ, τοὐτέστιν ἐκ τῆς οὐσίας τοῦ Πατρός, Θεὸν ἐκ Θεοῦ, Φῶς ἐκ Φωτός, Θεὸν ἀληθινὸν ἐκ Θεοῦ ἀληθινοῦ, γεννηθέντα, οὐ ποιηθέντα, ὁμοούσιον τῷ Πατρί,
δι' οὗ τὰ πάντα ἐγένετο, [τά τε ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ καὶ τὰ ἐν τῇ γῇ,]
τὸν δι' ἡμᾶς τοὺς ἀνθρώπους καὶ διὰ τὴν ἡμετέραν σωτηρίαν κατελθόντα καὶ σαρκωθέντα καὶ ἐνανθρωπήσαντα,
παθόντα, καὶ ἀναστάντα τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ, ἀνελθόντα εἰς τοὺς οὐρανούς,
ἐρχόμενον κρῖναι ζῶντας καὶ νεκρούς.
Καὶ εἰς τὸ Ἅγιον Πνεῦμα.

Ewan King's Album

Nicea 11 - ὁμοούσιον τῷ Πατρί

ACT ONE
Monk’s Gate (Michael)
Welcome and introduction (Wilf)
Beating the Camino (Kristine, Nathalia)

ACT TWO
Pilgrimages, Arrival  (Kristine)

ACT THREE
Nativity sonata (Julia) 
Keeping Lady Day (Julia)
Luke 1.46-55 (Beauty)
One more step (Aimee, Anton)

Concertina: Michael Hebbert
Speaking: Wilf Merttens, Kristine Vu, Julia Black
Poems: Pilgrimages, Arrival, R. S. Thomas
Music: Nativity Sonata for the Birth of Christ for Violin and Continuo (Courante), H. I. F. Biber
One more step along the world I go (Sydney Carter)

'Pilgrimages'
There is an island there is no going
to but in a small boat the way
the saints went, travelling the gallery
of the frightened faces of
the long-drowned, munching the gravel
of its beaches. So I have gone
up the salt lane to the building
with the stone altar and the candles
gone out, and kneeled and lifted
my eyes to the furious gargoyle
of the owl that is like a god
gone small and resentful. There
is no body in the stained window
of the sky now. Am I too late?
Were they too late also, those
first pilgrims? He is such a fast
God, always before us and
leaving as we arrive.
				There are those here
not given to prayer, whose office
is the blank sea that they say daily.
What they listen to is not
hymns but the slow chemistry of the soil
that turns saints' bones to dust,
dust to an irritant of the nostril.

There is no time on this island.
The swinging pendulum of the tide
has no clock: the events
are dateless. These people are not
late or soon: they are just
here with only the one question
to ask, which life answers
by being in them. It is I
who ask. Was the pilgrimage
I made to come to my own
self, to learn that in times
like these and for one like me
God will never be plain and
out there, but dark rather and
inexplicable, as though he were in here?


‘Arrival'
Not conscious
  that you have been seeking
       suddenly 
  you come upon it

the village in the Welsh hills
        dust free
  with no road out
but the one you came in by.

       A bird chimes
  from a green tree
the hour that is no hour
   you know. The river dawdles
to hold a mirror for you
where you may see yourself
   as you are, a traveler
        with the moon's halo
   above him, who has arrived
   after long journeying where he
        began, catching this
   one truth by surprise 
that there is everything to look forward to.


Luke 1.46-55 (‘The Magnificat’)
‘My soul magnifies the Lord,
 and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour,
 for he has looked with favour on the lowliness of his servant.
Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed;
 for the Mighty One has done great things for me,
 and holy is his name.
His mercy is for those who fear him
 from generation to generation.
He has shown strength with his arm;
 he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
He has brought down the powerful from their thrones,
 and lifted up the lowly;
 he has filled the hungry with good things,
 and sent the rich away empty.
He has helped his servant Israel,
 in remembrance of his mercy,
 according to the promise he made to our ancestors,
 to Abraham and to his descendants for ever.’


'One more step along the world I go'
One more step along the world I go;
From the old things to the new,
Keep me travelling along with you:
And it's from the old I travel to the new;
Keep me travelling along with you.

Episode 19: Pilgrimage

Prelude: Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting (Bluesandroots.com)
Welcome: (John Henry)
Prayers: Field recording, Western Wall, Jerusalem
Reading: Acts 3.1-21 (Ewan)
Carol: 'The Carnal and the Crane' (Katharine and Mike)
Sermon - Ewan
Carol: ‘Now blessed be Thou, Christ Jesu’ (Coverdale’s carol) (Michael)
Farewell: (John Henry)
Postlude: Better Get It In Your Soul (Bluesandroots.com)

Episode 26 - Tyme of Refreshing pt. 2

Lord's Prayer (Julie)
'O Lamb of God, I Come' (Chris)
Prayer (Nathalia)
Poem (Laura)
'Love Divine, All Loves Excelling' (Chris)
Prayer (Wilf)
Hymn: 'O Love Divine, How Sweet Thou Art' (Chris)


'Just as I am'
Just as I am, without one plea,
But that Thy blood was shed for me,
And that Thou bid’st me come to Thee,
O Lamb of God, I come! I come!

Just as I am, and waiting not
To rid my soul of one dark blot;
To Thee whose blood can cleanse each spot,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come!

Just as I am, though tossed about
With many a conflict, many a doubt;
Fightings within, and fears without,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come!

Just as I am, poor, wretched, blind;
Sight, riches, healing of the mind;
Yes, all I need, in Thee to find,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come!

Just as I am, Thou wilt receive,
Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve;
Because Thy promise I believe,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come!

Just as I am, Thy love unknown
Has broken every barrier down;
Now, to be Thine, yea, Thine alone,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come!

Just as I am of that free love
The breadth, length, depth and height to prove,
Here for a season, then above, 
O Lamb of God, I come


'Love divine, all loves excelling'
Love divine, all loves excelling,
Joy of heaven to earth come down;
Fix in us thy humble dwelling;
All thy faithful mercies crown!
Jesus, Thou art all compassion,
Pure unbounded love Thou art;
Visit us with Thy salvation;
 Enter every trembling heart.

Come, Almighty to deliver,
Let us all Thy life receive;
Suddenly return and never,
Never more Thy temples leave.
Thee we would be always blessing,
Serve Thee as Thy hosts above,
Pray and praise Thee without ceasing,
Glory in Thy perfect love.

Finish, then, Thy new creation;
Pure and spotless let us be.
Let us see Thy great salvation
Perfectly restored in Thee;
Changed from glory into glory,
Till in heaven we take our place,
Till we cast our crowns before Thee,
Lost in wonder, love, and praise.

'O love divine, how sweet thou art!'
O love divine, how sweet thou art!
When shall I find my longing heart
all taken up by thee?
I thirst, I faint, I die to prove
the greatness of redeeming love,
the love of Christ to me. 

Stronger his love than death or hell;
its riches are unsearchable:
the first-born sons of light
desire in vain its depth to see;
they cannot reach the mystery,
the length and breadth and height. 

God only knows the love of God;
O that it now were shed abroad
in this poor stony heart!
For love I sigh, for love I pine;
this only portion, Lord, be mine,
be mine this better part.

For ever would I take my seat
with Mary at the Master's feet:
be this my happy choice;
my only care, delight, and bliss,
my joy, my heaven on earth, be this,
to hear the Bridegroom's voice!

Episode 31 - Taken up by Thee

Episode 32

Psalm 63.1-2 (Kaisla, Heini)
Gloria (Alison, Erica, Helen, Chris)
Prayer for Faith, hope and charity (Selena)
Psalm 63.1-5 (Kaisla, Heini)
Sanctus  (Alison, Erica, Helen, Chris)
Prayer (Gaynor)

Gloria and Sanctus from 'Mass (for Rachel)', Chris Little, 2015
Prayer for Faith, hope and charity, Bede (673-735)


O God, you are my God, I seek you,
my soul thirsts for you;
my flesh faints for you,
as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. 
So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary,
beholding your power and glory. 
Because your steadfast love is better than life,
my lips will praise you. 
So I will bless you as long as I live;
 I will lift up my hands and call on your name. 


(For Faith, Hope, and Charity)
O come to me, my only hope, O Lord my God. Come to me, true light, Father, almighty God. Come, light from light, both Word and Son of God, God almighty. Come Holy Spirit, concord of Father and Son,1 God almighty. Come one almighty God, Father and Son and Holy Spirit.

Teach faith, stir up hope, pour out love. The will is present with me (yet not from me, but from thee) to quit the world and the earth, and to seek the heavens. But this will is a feeble feather without thy help. Give wings of faith, that I might fly on high to thee.

Episode 14

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