41B – Sunday 9B

40B - Trinity Sunday42B - Sunday 10B
 
See also my post from 2018
 A BIG APOLOGY!!
The hymn suggestions below are rather ‘light on’. Sunday 9B rarely occurs*, so this page has always been ‘under construction’. In restarting the ‘construction’ I discovered, alas, that some of my database resources are not readily available (if at all) and I’ve had to ‘go back to basics’ on this one. —Jeff
   * In fact, I don’t think it’s happened in the twenty years I’ve been building this web site.
 
WE GATHER BEFORE GOD (Psalm 139:1-6)
Lord God, you know me through and through;
you know my sitting down, and my getting up.
You sense what I am thinking from far away;
you understand my journeying and my resting.
In fact, you are familiar with the way I do everything;
even before I speak, you know what’s on my mind.
You are in my past, and in my future,
you surround me with your love
and your reassuring hand is upon me.
This wonderful knowledge is beyond my understanding;
it surpasses everything, and is beyond my grasp.
 
PRAYER OF ADORATION AND THANKSGIVING (Ps.139:1-6)
Lord God, you know me through and through;
you know my sitting down, and my getting up.
You sense what I am thinking from far away;
you understand my journeying and my resting.
In fact, you are familiar with the way I do everything;
even before I speak, you know what’s on my mind.
You are in my past, and in my future,
you surround me with your love
and your reassuring hand is upon me.
This wonderful knowledge is beyond my understanding;
it surpasses everything, and is beyond my grasp.
 
PRAYER OF APPROACH (including Ps.139:13-18)
Ever present God of grace,
by your Spirit you gather us to worship you;
you who formed my very consciousness,
and wove me together in my mother’s womb
you who are so awesomely wonderful
you whose creativity is so marvellous.
Lord God, you know me through and through;
even my bones, being formed in secret,
in the depths of the earth, were not hidden from you.
Your eyes saw my embryo
and in your book are all written down
days that were planned before any of them occurred.
Your thoughts of me, Lord God, are difficult to comprehend
and far beyond counting
If I tried to count them, they would be more than grains of sand
and if I came to the end, I would not have summed you up.
Engage us by your word and change us:
open our ears to hear you
open our eyes to see what we might become
open our hearts to follow in the way
you have shown to the world in Jesus. Amen.
 
OFFERING
Generous God,
we offer our lives
and these symbols of our daily living.
By your Holy Spirit give us the courage
to follow the way of Jesus;
to maintain our saltiness, our passion,
for the justice and peace
which Jesus’ proclaimed. Amen.

For use in worship, with acknowledgement. © Jeff Shrowder 2018.


A CREATIVE MOMENT – READING REF’CE


Looking for contemporary music and song resources?
Try David MacGregor’s Together to Celebrate
Or metrical psalms? Try Dale A. Schoening’s Sing the Psalms


HYMN SUGGESTIONS FOR SUNDAY 9B
1Samuel 3:1-10  
Master, speak, thy servant heareth TIS 597
Praise the Spirit in creation TIS 415
 
Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18  
Forth in your name, O Lord, I go TIS 571
I am alone, yet not alone TIS 605
Lord of creation, to you be all praise TIS 626
O love that wilt not let me go TIS 602
One God, one living God TIS 742
You are before me, Lord, you are behind TIS 87
 
2 Corinthians 4:5-12  
Come, Spirit blest, our hearts inspire TIS 425
Dear Shepherd of your people, hear TIS 444
Father, we give you thanks, who planted TIS 495
God himself is present TIS 121
God of mercy, God of grace TIS 452
God, your glory we have seen in your Son TIS 461
Immortal, invisible, God only wise TIS 143
I want to walk as a child of the light TIS 643
Lord, the light of your love is shining TIS 675
Lord, your almighty word TIS 447
Now in the name of him who sent TIS 488
Now to the Lord a noble song TIS 113
Now we come, our heavenly Father TIS 462
O breath of life, come sweeping through TIS 409
Our God, we know your providence TIS 169
Praise our God, the great creator TIS 165
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, TIS 111
Spirit divine, attend our prayers TIS 406
The Son of God proclaim TIS 528
Your words to me are life and health TIS 430
 
Mark 2:23-3:6  
Praise with joy the world’s Creator TIS 179

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