32C – Easter 2C

31C - Easter Day33C - Easter 3C
 
See also my posts from 2013, 2016, 2019, 2022
 
PRAYER OF PRAISE AND THANKS (from Psalm 118:19-29)
We thank you LORD God, for you alone are good,
and your lovingkindness is everlasting.
With the faithful of every time and place we declare,
everlasting lovingkindness is yours alone.
Open for me the gates of justice,
so that I may enter and give thanks to the LORD.
This is the gate of the LORD,
where those who live justly may enter.
I give thanks because you have answered me
and became my rescuer. 
The stone which the builders scorned
has become the first, the cornerstone.
The LORD has brought this about, and it is astounding.
This is the day the LORD has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.
LORD, save us;
let us enjoy success.
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the LORD.
We bless you from the house of the LORD.
The LORD is God, and has given us light;
join in celebratory procession up to the horns of the altar.
You are my God, and I give you thanks;
You are my God, and I praise you with great joy.
Give thanks to the LORD, who alone is good,
and whose lovingkindness is everlasting

OFFERING
Risen One,
you gather us in —
Bless our lives and our gifts
and by the Spirit you have given,
send us out trusting, confident, vulnerable,
to share the good news of life in your risen power.
We pray in your name,
the name above all names. Amen

For use in worship, with acknowledgement. © Jeff Shrowder 2000, 2013.


A CREATIVE MOMENT – John 20:19-31 
(a) Precede the reading of the Gospel lection with loud/dramatic closing of the doors to the worship space, or alternatively, use loud/dramatic sound effects of same.

(b) Click here for some ideas for worship in Lent and Easter gleaned from the pages of “On the Move” (now out of print), published by the Joint Board of Christian Education, Melbourne, Australia.


THE PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
(A prayer to gather the spoken and silent concerns/joys/thanks expressed by the congregation and lead into a more structured Intercession with connection to the lections for the day. Sometimes this prayer borrows lightly from other sources e.g. Uniting in Worship 2 or publications of the Iona Community.)
God, who raised up and exalted Jesus,
in your steadfast love
help us bring consolation to those know to us,
whom we name on our lips
and in the silence of our hearts;
return to our memory those whom we have forgotten
and be present to those who have no-one …
      (The Prayers of the People continue)


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 EASTER 2C
Acts 5: 27-32
Christ Jesus lay in death’s strong bands TIS 364
Hail! our once despised Jesus TIS 373
I know that my Redeemer lives TIS 202
I’m not ashamed to own my Lord TIS 562
Jesus Christ is risen today TIS 362
PSALM 118
Come let us with our Lord arise TIS 375
Give thanks for the Lord is good TIS 74
God is our song, and every singer blest TIS 646
Morning has broken TIS 156
The day of resurrection TIS 361
This day God gives me strength TIS 642
This is a day of new beginnings TIS 653
This is the day the Lord has made TIS 368
Revelation 1: 4-8
Glorious things of you are spoken TIS 446
Glory be to God the Father TIS 142
Jesus has come, and brings joy as our Saviour TIS 208
O what a gift, what a wonderful gift TIS 278
Of the Father’s love begotten TIS 290
This is the truth we hold TIS 469
John 20: 19-31
An upper room did our Lord prepare TIS 536
Breathe on me,breath of God TIS 407
Christ is alive, with joy we sing TIS 393
Christ the Lord is risen again TIS 365
Come, God’s people, sing for joy TIS 391
God! When human bonds are broken TIS 683
He is risen, he is risen TIS 379
Jesus Christ is risen today TIS 362
King of glory, king of peace TIS 201
My daughters and sons hear tell TIS 363
Now let us from this table rise TIS 530
O breath of God, breathe on us now TIS 408
Pour out your Spirit from on high TIS 451
That Eastertide with joy was bright TIS 360
The day of resurrection TIS 361
The love of God is greater far TIS 151
This joyful Eastertide, away with sin and sorrow TIS 381
These things did Thomas count as real TIS 649

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