Sunday 14 - Year A
We Gather to Worship God (from Psalm 45:10,-11, 17)
Hear, O princess, and look and listen;
and forget your people and your father's house
For the king desires your beauty;
indeed he is your lord, so pay homage to him.
I will make your name to be celebrated through every generation;
and the peoples will praise you from age to age.
Psalm 45:10-17
Hear, O princess, and look and listen;
and forget your people and your father's house
For the king desires your beauty;
indeed he is your lord, so pay homage to him.
A princess of Tyre will bring you a gift;
the wealthiest people will court your favour.
The princess is made ready in her chamber
her garment is made from finely worked gold
In many-coloured robes she is brought to the king
the young women, her companions , are with her.
They are led with joy and gladness,
and enter the palace of the king.
Your sons shall replace your fathers;
you will make them princes over the whole land
I will make your name to be celebrated through every generation;
and the peoples will praise you from age to age.
A wife is sought for Isaac. Symbols for the worship space might include a cup of water; a bucket and rope; two lengths of rope joined in a knot.
The first part of the Gospel lection could be summed up in the words, "Damned if you do, and damned if you don't". Is this the burden of The Way, the cost of discipleship? Illustrate the theme with posters or projected images on a wall of the worship space, of people carrying large loads. (The congregation could be encouraged, by advance notice, to contribute any appropriate illustrations they may have.)
The illustrations might provide a "road-map" for the Prayers of the People as well as a focus point for the worship theme.
A length of grey cloth could be draped from the worship table onto the floor, symbolising the way in which so much of life is not clear-cut ("black and white").
A bundle wrapped up in a large square of cloth and knotted, with a stick through the knot, could be placed on the floor with the cloth could also symbolise the burdens we carry through life.
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HYMN SUGGESTIONS FOR SUNDAY 14 - YEAR A |
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Genesis 24:34-38,42-49,58-69 |
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| As man and woman we were made | TIS 645 |
SA 7 |
| Begin, my tongue, some heavenly theme | TIS 116 |
AHB 32 |
| When the light of first creation | TIS 698 |
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Song of Songs 2:8-13 OR Psalm 45:10-17 |
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| Fairest Lord Jesus | TIS 203 |
AHB 131 |
| Jesus lover of my soul | TIS 21 |
AHB 139 |
| Lord Jesus our bright Morning Star | TIS 199 |
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Romans 7:15-25a |
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| Father of heaven, whose love profound | TIS 131 |
AHB 60 |
| The strfe is past, the battle done | TIS 367 |
AHB 287 |
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Matthew 11: 16-19,25-30 |
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| Come, thou long-expected Jesus | TIS 272 |
AHB 200 |
| Comfort, comfort all my people | TIS 647 |
SA 25 |
| Dear Lord, for all in pain we pray | TIS 612 |
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| Father in heaven, grant to your children | TIS 465 |
AHB 399 |
| Father of mercy, God of consolation | TIS 472 |
SA 33 |
| Forth in your name, O Lord, I go | TIS 571 |
AHB 480 |
| God has spoken to his people, hallelujah | TIS 636 |
SA 39 |
| Have faith in God, my heart | TIS 619 |
AHB 552 |
| I danced in the morning | TIS 242 |
AHB 183 |
| I heard the voice of Jesus say | TIS 585 |
AHB 500 |
| Jesus Christ is waiting | TIS 665 |
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| Let him to whom we now belong | TIS 563 |
AHB 146 |
| O God of love, whose heart is ever yearning | TIS 614 |
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| O let the Son of God enfold you | TIS 655 |
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| O my Saviour, lifted | TIS 600 |
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| Praise the God who changes places | TIS 178 |
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| Sing of the Lord's goodness, | TIS 183 |
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