Morning and Evening Worship

This service provides for those occasions of public worship when there is a need for a Service of the Word. The service is modelled on Morning and Evening Prayer (Mattins and Evensong) from the Book of Common Prayer, and follows a pattern of

Praise of God
Confession and Absolution
Psalms
Readings from the Old and New Testaments
with appropriate response in Songs of Praise
and opportunity for preaching and prayers.

The service, except for the Absolution and Blessing, may be conducted by any authorised lay person.

Additional Directions are to be found on page 53.

Introductory Scripture Sentences

For Seasonal Use

ADVENT

The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all people shall see it together. Isaiah 40:5

Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Matthew 32

The Son of man is to come with the angels in the glory of the Father. Matthew 16:27a (adapted)

EASTER

It is true: the Lord has risen. Luke 24:34

Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. 1 Corinthians 15:20

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whose great mercy we have been born anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. 1 Peter 1:3

ASCENSION

Since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace when we are in need of help. Hebrews 4:14, 16

PENTECOST

You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be my witnesses. Acts 1:8

God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us. Romans 5:5

TRINITY

Round the throne of God, day and night they never cease to sing, ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!’ Revelation 4:8

ALL SAINTS

Since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. Hebrews 12:1, 2

A SAINT’S DAY

The righteous will be remembered for ever: the memory of the righteous is a blessing. Psalm 112:6; Proverbs 10:7

For General Use

God is spirit, and those who worship God must worship in spirit and in truth. John 4:24

Alleluia! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and exult and give God the glory. Revelation 19:6, 7

Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; let the whole earth stand in awe. Psalm 96:9

Through Jesus let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, the fruit of lips that acknowledge God’s name. Hebrews 13:15

Rejoice always, pray constantly, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16–18 (adapted)


You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honour and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created. Revelation 4:11

When anyone is united to Christ, there is a new world; the old order has gone, and a new order has already begun. 2 Corinthians 5:17

The minister may read the following

E te whānau a te Karaiti / Brothers and sisters in Christ,
let us praise and worship God who has called us together.
Let us celebrate God’s majesty,
and delight in the wonder of God’s love.
Together we shall confess our sins
and receive assurance that we are forgiven.

As the scriptures are read,
we can allow God’s word to speak to us,
and ponder its meaning for our lives.
In our prayers, we give thanks for God’s goodness,
we pray for others as well as for ourselves,
and we offer our lives anew in Christ’s service.

All this we do,
because we believe in the presence among us
of our Saviour Jesus Christ,
and in the mighty power of the Holy Spirit.

The minister says

Hear these words of scripture.

One of the following sentences is read.

As God who called you is holy,
be holy yourselves in all your conduct.
Spirit of God, search our hearts.

Or

If we claim to be sinless,
we are self-deceived and strangers to the truth.
If we confess our sins,
God is just and may be trusted to forgive our sins
and cleanse us from every kind of wrong.
Spirit of God, search our hearts.

Or

A priest says

Almighty God, who pardons all who truly repent,
forgive your sins, strengthen you by the Holy Spirit,
and keep you in life eternal;
through Jesus Christ our Redeemer.
Amen.

(A deacon or layperson says ‘us’ and ‘our’ instead of ‘you’ and ‘your’.)

The Ministry of the Word

O come, let us sing to the Lord,
Tēnā kia waiata tātou ki a Ihowā,
let us rejoice in the rock of our salvation.
kia hari tātou ki te toka o tō tātou whakaoranga.

We sing to you, O God, and bless your name;
Waiata atu ki a Ihowā, whakapaingia tōna ingoa;
and tell of your salvation from day to day.
kōrerotia tōna whakaoranga i ia rā, i ia rā.

We proclaim your glory to the nations,
Pānuitia tōna korōria ki ngā iwi.
your praise to the ends of the earth.
Tōna whakanui ki ngā tōpito o to ao.

Then follows the Psalm (or Psalms) appointed.

At the end of the psalm is said

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now,
and shall be for ever.     Amen.

Korōria ki te Matua, ki te Tama,
ki te Wairua Tapu;
mai i te tīmatanga, ki tēnei wā,
ā, haere ake nei.     Āmine.

or one of the other forms in Māori on page 56 or 197.

10	to shine on those who dwell in darkness‿ and the ′ shadow · of ′ death: and to guide our feet ′ into · the ′ way of ′ peace. Luke 1:68–79 (adapted)
	Glory to the Father and ′ to the ′ Son: and ′ to the ′ Holy ′ Spirit; as it was in the beginning · is ′ now: and shall be for ′ ever. ′ A′men.

Or

Te Waiata a Hakaraia

Kia whakapaingia te Ariki, te Atua o Īharaira: kua titiro mai
hoki ia, kua hoko i tāna iwi,
Ā kua whakaarahia ake e ia he haona whakaora mō tātou:
i roto i te whare o Rāwiri, o tāna pononga;
Ko tāna hoki ia, i kōrerotia e te māngai o āna poropiti tapu:
nō te tīmatanga iho anō o te ao:
Hei whakaora i a tātou i ō tātou hoa-whawhai: i te ringaringa
anō hoki o te hunga katoa e kino ana ki a tātou;
Hei whakaputa mō te mahi tohu ki ō tātou tūpuna:
hei whakamahara ki tāna kawenata tapu;
Ki te oati i oati ai ia ki a Āperahama: ki tō tātou tūpuna.
Kia tukua mai e ia ki a tātou he oranga i te ringaringa ō tātou
hoa-whawhai: ā, kia mahi wehi kore atu ki a ia,
I runga i te tapu, i te tika, ki tōna aroaro: i ngā rā katoa e ora ai
tātou.
Ā ko koe, e tama, ka kīia ko te poropiti a te Runga rawa:
e haere hoki koe i te aroaro o te Ariki, hei whakapai i ōna ara:
Hei whakamātau i tāna iwi ki te whakaoranga: i ō rātou hara e
murua ana;
He mea hoki nā te aroha, nā te mahi tohu a tō tātou Atua:
nā reira hoki i puta mai ai te pūaotanga o runga ki a tātou,
Hei whakamārama i te hunga e noho ana i te põuri, i te ātārangi
hoki o te mate: hei whakatika i ō tātou waewae ki te huarahi o
te rangimārie. Ruka 1:68–79

Kia whakakorōriatia te Matua, te Tama: me te Wairua Tapu;
Ko te ritenga ia i te tīmatanga, ā, tēnei anō ināianei: ā, ka mau
tonu iho, ā, ake ake ake.     Āmine.

6	You have cast down the mighty ′ from their ′ thrones: and have ′ lifted ′ up the ′ lowly.
7	You have filled the hungry with ′ good ′ things: and the rich you have ′ sent a′way ′ empty.
8	You have come to the help ′ of your ′ people: for you have re′membered · your ′ promise · of ′ mercy,
9	the promise you ′ made · to our ′ forbears: to Abraham ′ and his ′ children · for ′ ever. Luke 1:46–55 (adapted)
	Glory to the Father and ′ to the ′ Son: and ′ to the ′ Holy ′ Spirit; as it was in the beginning · is ′ now: and shall be for ′ ever. ′ A′men.

Or

Te Waiata a te Puhi Tapu, a Meri

Ka whakanui tōku wairua i te Ariki: ā, e hari ana tōku wairua ki
te Atua, ki tōku Kai-whakaora;
Mōna i titiro ki te iti o tāna pononga: tā te mea hoki katahi ahau
ka kīa e ngā whakatupuranga katoa e haere ake nei,
he wahine hari.
He nui hoki ngā mahi a te Mea Kaha ki ahau
he tapu hoki tōna ingoa.
He mahi tohu tāna ki te hunga e wehi ana ki a ia: ki tēnei
whakatupuranga, ki tēnei whakatupuranga.
Kua whakaputaina he kaha e ia, arā, a tōna ringa: nāna te
hunga whakakake i marara ai i te whakaaro o ō rātou ngākau.
Kua whakatakā e ia ngā piriniha i ō rātou torōna: ā,
whakateiteitia ake ana te hunga iti.
Kua whakakīa e ia te hunga mate hiakai ki ngā mea pai: kua tonoa
kautia atu te hunga taonga.
Kua tautokona e ia a Īharaira tāna pononga:
he whakamahara hoki ki tāna mahi tohu.
Ki a Āperahama, rātou ko tāna whānau ake tonu atu: pērā hoki
me tāna i kōrero ai ki ō tātou mātua. Ruka 1:46–55

Kia whakakorōriatia te Matua, te Tama: me te Wairua Tapu;
Ko te ritenga ia i te tīmatanga, ā, tēnei anō ināianei: ā, ka mau
tonu iho, ā, ake ake ake.     Āmine.

MORNING WORSHIP

The Song of the ChurchTe Deum Laudamus

1	We praise ′ you O ′ God: we ac′claim you ′ as the ′ Lord.
2	All creation ′ worships ′ you: the ′ Father ′ ever′lasting.
3	To you all angels, all the′ powers · of ′ heaven: cherubim and seraphim, ′ sing in ′ endless ′ praise,
4	‘Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of ′ power · and ′ might: heaven and ′ earth are ′ full of · your ′ glory.’
5	The glorious company of a′postles ′ praise you: the noble fellowship of prophets praise you, the white-robed ′ army · of ′ martyrs ′ praise you.
6	Throughout the world the holy ′ Church ac′claims you: Father, of ′ majes′ty un′bounded,
7†	your true and only Son, worthy of ′ all ′ worship: and the Holy Spirit, our ′ advo′cate and ′ guide.
8	You Christ are the ′ king of ′ glory: the e′ternal ′ Son · of the ′ Father.
9	When you became incarnate to ′ set us ′ free: you humbly ac′cepted · the ′ Virgin′s ′ womb.
10	You overcame the ′ sting of ′ death: and opened the kingdom of ′ heaven · to ′ all be′lievers.
11	You are seated at God’s right ′ hand in ′ glory: we believe that you will ′ come to ′ be our ′ judge.
12	Come then Lord and ′ help your ′ people: bought with the ′ price of ′ your own ′ blood,
13	and bring us ′ with your ′ saints: to ′ glory ′ ever′lasting.

The Song of the Church may end with the following verses

14	Save your people Lord, and ′ bless · your in′heritance: govern and up′hold them ′ now and ′ always.

Kei te ringa matau o te Atua koe e noho ana:
kei te Korōria o te Matua.
E whakapono ana mātou, tērā koe e haere mai: hei
Kai-whakarite whakawā mō mātou.
Koia mātou ka īnoi nei ki a koe kia whakakahangia āu pononga:
i hokoa e koe ki ōu toto utu nui.
Whakaurua rātou ki roto ki āu Tangata tapu: ki te korōria
mutunga kore.
E Ihowā, whakaorangia tāu hunga: whakapaingia tāu Hāhi.
Kawanatia rātou: whakaarahia, ā, ake ake ake.
I tēnei rā, i tēnei rā: e whakanui ana mātou i a koe;
E karakia ana mātou ki tōu Ingoa: āianei, ake ake ake.
Whakaae mai, e Ihowā: kia tiakina mātou āianei kei hara.
E Ihowā, tohungia mātou: tohungia mātou.
E Ihowā, kia tau tōu atawhai ki runga ki a mātou: ā, whaka-
whirinaki atu nei hoki mātou ki a koe.
E Ihowā, e whakawhirinaki atu ana ahau ki a koe: aua ahau e
tukua kia whakamā.

Or

You are Worthy

1	You are worthy, our ′ Lord and ′ God: to receive ′ glory · and ′ honour · and ′ power,
2	for you have cre′ated ′ all things: and by your will‿ they were cre′ated · and ′ have their ′ being.
3	You are worthy O Christ, for ′ you were ′ slain: and by your blood have ′ ransomed ′ us for ′ God,
4	ransomed us from every tribe and ′ people · and ′ nation: and made us a royal ′ house of ′ priests · to our ′ God.
5†	To the One who is seated on the throne and ′ to the ′ Lamb: be blessing and honour, glory and might, for ever and ′ ever. ′ A′men. based on Revelation 4:11; 5:9, 10, 13

The Exalted Lord

1	Christ Jesus was in the ′ form of ′ God: yet he did not think to ′ grasp · at e′quality · with ′ God,
2	but emptied himself, taking the ′ form · of a ′ servant: and was ′ born · in our ′ human ′ likeness.
3	Being found in our human state he ′ humbled · him′self: and became obedient unto death, even ′ death ′ on a ′ cross.
4	Therefore God has ′ highly · ex′alted him: and bestowed on him the ′ Name a·bove ′ every ′ name;
5	that at the name of Jesus every ′ knee should ′ bow: in heaven and on ′ earth and ′ under · the ′ earth,
6	and every tongue confess that Jesus ′ Christ is ′ Lord: to the glory of God the′ Father.′ A′men. Philippians 2:6–11

The Sermon may be preached here, or after the Collects.

The Apostles′ Creed or Te Whakapono a ngā Āpōtoro (page 496) may be said, all standing.

I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
he descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again;
he ascended into heaven,
is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and will come again to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting.     Amen.

Make your ways known upon earth, O God,
E Ihowā, meinga ō tikanga kia mōhiotia ki te ao,
your saving power among all peoples.
tōu mana whakaora ki ngā tauiwi katoa.

Renew your Church in holiness,
whakahoungia tō Hāhi i runga i te tapu.
and help us to serve you with joy.
Ā, āwhinatia mātou ki te mahi ki a koe i runga i te hari.

Guide the leaders of this and every nation,
E Ihowā, arahina ngā iwi o tēnei whenua.
that justice may prevail throughout the world.
Kia riro mai ai i ngā tāngata katoa ngā mea e tika ana ki a
rātou.

Let not the needy, O God, be forgotten,
E Ihowā, kaua e warewaretia te rawakore.
nor the hope of the poor be taken away.
Kaua anō te tūmanako o te rawakore e whakakorea.

Make us instruments of your peace,
E Ihowā, meinga mātou hei karere mō tōu rangimārie.
and let your glory be over all the earth.
Ā, tukua tōu korōria kia horapa ki te ao katoa.

Thanksgivings and Intercessions may follow here, or at the point indicated later in the service.

A Collect of the Day shall be said here, followed by the Collect for Morning or Evening.

MORNING

Holy and everliving God,
by your power we are created
and by your love we are redeemed;
guide and strengthen us by your Spirit,
that we may give ourselves to your service,
and live each day in love to one another and to you,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and the love of God,
and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit
be with us all.     Amen.

Kia tau ki a tātou katoa
te atawhai o tō tātou Ariki, o Īhu Karaiti,
me te aroha o te Atua,
me te whiwhinga tahitanga ki te Wairua Tapu,
āke ake ake.     Āmine.

Or a priest may give a blessing.

The congregation is sent out with these words.

Go now to love and serve the Lord. Go in peace.
Haere i runga i te rangimārie i runga i te aroha me te ngākau
hihiko ki te mahi ki te Ariki.

Amen. We go in the name of Christ.
Āmine. Ka haere mātou i runga i te ingoa o te Karaiti.