50C - Sunday 18C — 52C - Sunday 20C
 
See also my post from 2013 here …
 
GATHERING OF THE PEOPLE      (Psalm 50:1-8, 22-23)
God, the LORD God, has spoken;
his summons covers all the earth,
like the sun from its rising to its setting.
God has shone forth from Zion;
perfect in its beauty
The LORD God comes and will not be silent;
consuming fire goes before the LORD
who is surrounded by raging storm.
The LORD God calls upon the heavens above
and the earth, so that he might judge his people.
Gather to me my faithful ones;
the ones that make covenant with me by sacrifice.
The heavens declare God’s righteousness
and proclaim, “God, the LORD God, is judge.”
Listen carefully, my people, and I will speak;
O Israel, I will serve as a witness against you.
I am God, your God.
It is not for your sacrifices that I want to set you right;
indeed, your burnt offerings are always before me. 

Consider this, then, you who forget God;
lest I tear you to pieces and there is no deliverer.
Those with a sacrifice of thanksgiving honour me;
to those who determine such a path 
I will let them see the salvation of God.

OFFERING
Holy mystery we name God,
we bring our gifts
with hopeful and faithful spirits.
May what we bring in these gifts and our living
serve you in serving others.
In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

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

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A CREATIVE MOMENT – Luke 12:32-40
Use again the the “material” symbols suggested for last week. Rather than a perfumed candle, use an unscented one this week. Also include any other symbols which, in your context, convey or symbolise “readiness”.

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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.)

Holy and mysterious,
yet the one in whom we find rest and shelter,
may your word bring healing
to the broken and bruised;
comfort to the grieving;
and assurance to the fearful.
By your spirit of grace
be present to those
whose troubles are known only to you
and those whom we name
on our lips and in our silence…
In Jesus’ name we pray….
         (The Prayers of the People continue)

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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 19C
Author of faith, eternal word	TIS 565	AHB 473
Glorious things of you are spoken	TIS 446	AHB 374
Hark! a herald voice is calling	TIS 264	AHB 192
Have faith in God my heart	TIS 619	AHB 552
I sing the almighty power of God	TIS 119	AHB 40
O breath of life, come sweeping through us	TIS 409	AHB 322
Put thou thy trust in God	TIS 555	AHB 464
Sing a new song, sing a new song	TIS 166	AHB 102
The God of Abraham praise	TIS 125	AHB 53
The Lord’s is the earth & all its fullness	TIS 13	AHB 95
Wake, awake! for night is flying	TIS 266	AHB 195
ISAIAH 1:1, 10-20
Create in us a clean heart, O God	TIS 712
Jesus, lover of my soul	TIS 211	AHB 139
O God of every nation	TIS 621
PSALM 50:1-8, 22-23
God who stretched the spangled heavens	TIS 163
Lift up your heads, you mighty gates	TIS 267
The Mighty One, God the Lord	TIS 30
HEBREWS 11:1-3, 8-16
All my hope on God is founded	TIS 560	AHB 465
Author of faith, eternal word	TIS 565	AHB 473
Blessed be the everlasting God,	TIS 114	AHB 34
Guide me, O thou great Redeemer,	TIS 569	AHB 478
Now to the Lord a noble song	TIS 113	AHB 33
O come! O come, Emmanuel	TIS 265	AHB 193
O Lord of every shining constellation	TIS 157	AHB 103
Of the Father’s love begotten	TIS 290	AHB 215
Praise our God, the great creator	TIS 165	AHB 110
Praise to the living God	TIS 102	AHB 7
Thanks to God, whose Word was spoken	TIS 431	AHB 339
The God of Abraham praise	TIS 125	AHB 53
LUKE 12:32-40
A charge to keep I have	TIS 573	AHB 487
A man there lived in Galilee	TIS 235	AHB 176
Come, my way, my truth, my life	TIS 552	AHB 457
Come,thou long expected Jesus	TIS 272	AHB 200
Hark, a herald voice is calling	TIS 264	AHB 192
March on my soul, with strength	TIS	AHB 533

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