Give glory and honour and power and authority
to the name of the LORD,
all you children of God!
Worship the LORD in holy awe;
bow down in the overwhelming presence of our God.
Listen to the presence of the LORD over the waters;
hear the majesty of the name of the LORD;
its power and authority above the roar of the flood.
Cedar panels in the Temple splinter at the voice of the LORD,
lightning flashes rip open the sky;
animals give birth before their time, and the earth trembles.
A shout of "Glory!" rises to the LORD enthroned in splendour.
May the LORD give protection and blessing and life for ever
Materials:
(a) Shallow trays or dishes of water set out at or near the communion table;
(b) a supply of small candles, suitable for floating on the water, sufficient for the whole congregation;
(c) a large central candle from which the floating candles may be lit.
(d) as a precaution, it may be appropriate to have a fire-blanket on hand.
During of immediately following the reading of either lection, each member of the congregation is invited to come forward light a candle, and float it in the dish of water, and then return to their seat.
If the lighting in the church can be reduced for this reading, so much the better; the increasing "candle-power" symbolising either the separation of light and dark (Genesis), or the revelatory tearing open of the heavens (Mark) and the dramatic beginning to the relationship between God and the one who is "the light of the world" (to borrow an image from John's gospel). The water on which the candles float has connection with the waters of the Jordan and of baptism.
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HYMN SUGGESTIONS FOR BAPTISM OF JESUS - YEAR B |
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| Be thou my vision | TIS 547 |
AHB 455 |
| Breathe on me,breath of God | TIS 407 |
AHB 320 |
| Christ be my leader by night as by day | TIS 624 |
SA 17 |
| Christ whose glory fills the skies | TIS 212 |
AHB 140 |
| Far beyond the mind's grasp and our tongue's | TIS 542 |
SA 30 |
| God has spoken by his prophets | TIS 158 |
AHB 92 |
| God of mercy, God of grace | TIS 452 |
AHB 379 |
| Let him to whom we know belong | TIS 563 |
AHB 146 |
| This is the day the Lord has made | TIS 368 |
AHB 289 |
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Genesis 1:1-5 |
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| At the dawning of salvation | TIS 392 |
SA 9 |
| Colourful Creator, God of mystery | TIS 190 |
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| Come, Spirit blest, our hearts inspire | TIS 425 |
AHB 331 |
| Give to our God immortal praise | TIS 84 |
AHB 43 |
| God, who stretched the spangled heavens | TIS 163 |
AHB 112 |
| Hail, gladdening light, of his pure glory | TIS 191 |
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| Holy Spirit, ever dwelling | TIS 410 |
AHB 323 |
| Morning has broken | TIS 156 |
AHB 91 |
| O Laughing Light, O first born of creation | TIS 255 |
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| O breath of life, come sweeping through | TIS 409 |
AHB 322 |
| Praise our God, the great creator | TIS 165 |
AHB 110 |
| Praise the Spirit in creation | TIS 415 |
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| Pull back the veil on the dawn of creation | TIS 326 |
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| Sing a new song, sing a new song | TIS 166 |
AHB 102 |
| Thanks to God whose word was spoken | TIS 431 |
AHB 339 |
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Psalm 29 |
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| I greet you, my Redeemer sure, who lives | TIS 198 |
AHB 128 |
| O give the Lord, you children of God | TIS 17 |
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| Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness | TIS 454 |
AHB 382 |
| You are holy, you are whole | TIS 753 |
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Acts 19:1-7 |
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| Breathe on me, breath of God | TIS 407 |
AHB 320 |
| Come gracious Spirit, heavenly dove | TIS 402 |
AHB 311 |
| O breath of life, come sweeping through us | TIS 409 |
AHB 322 |
| Praise and thanksgiving let everyone bring | TIS 743 |
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Mark 1:4-11 |
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| Christ, when for us you were baptised | TIS 250 |
SA 20 |
| Christians, lift up your hearts | TIS 423 |
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| Forty days and forty nights | TIS 591 |
AHB 506 |
| Like the murmur of the dove's song | TIS 419 |
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| Lord, your almighty word | TIS 447 |
AHB 61 |
| O Lord Jesus Marrkapmirr | TIS 253 |
SA 70 |
| O bless the God of Israel | TIS 284 |
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| O let the Son of God enfold you | TIS 655 |
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| O love, how deep, how broad, how high | TIS 194 |
AHB 6 |
| On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry | TIS 270 |
AHB 199 |
| When he was baptized in Jordan | TIS 252 |
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