Sunday 12 - Year B
GATHERING OF THE PEOPLE (From Psalm 9:9-11)
The LORD is a
refuge for the oppressed,
a refuge for times of
trouble.
And those who know your name shall
trust you,
for you, O LORD, have not abandoned
those who turn to you.
Sing praises to the LORD,
Enthroned of Zion;
and declare his deeds among the
peoples!
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE (From Psalm 9:13-14,18-19)
Be
gracious, O LORD,
and look upon your church throughout the
world,
guiding its search for the unity
for which Jesus
prayed.
Guide the Uniting Church in Australia
through the
storms which seem to engulf it.
Rise up, O Lord,
and
hear our prayer.
Be gracious, O LORD,
and look upon the distress of those
who are persecuted for their faith;
those whose path ahead
seems dim;
those who are victims of oppressive relationships.
Look upon the needy,
that they may know the warmth of your
faithfulness,
that their hope may not be snuffed out
like
a fitful candle flame
Rise up, O Lord,
and hear our
prayer.
Be gracious, O LORD,
and look upon those whom we
name today
and those named in our hearts,
that in their
darkness of their circumstance,
they may feel the gentle light
of your presence.
Rise up, O Lord,
and hear our
prayer.
Lord God,
let your glory appear among us
and make
us sharers of your eternity,
with all your saints,
through
Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
For use in worship, with acknowledgement. © Jeff Shrowder 2000.
A
CREATIVE MOMENT - Mark 4:35-41
(a) Have the lection
read with sound effects (e.g. wind, crashing waves, creaking
timbers, shouting voices). Have a “dead calm” of 10-15
seconds after v.39 and again after v.41.
(b) Hang a small sail from a dinghy on one wall of the church, and/or perhaps a fishing net. Some less ambitious boating equipment, and a cushion or two could be arranged in an appropriate and visible place in the church. Remind the congregation of the relationship between the church and a boat. Mention that the body of the church is the nave, from the Latin word for ship. Many baptism fonts depict this scene, carved in the stone or timber of the font surrounds.
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 SEARCH FOR SUNDAY 12 - YEAR B
All people that on earth do dwell,
TIS 59
AHB 10
All the ends of the earth
TIS 57
SA 3
Blessed Jesus, at your word
TIS 437
AHB 352
Christ, from whom all blessings flow
TIS 44
AHB 364
Come, let us to the Lord our God
TIS 577
AHB 490
Father, whose everlasting love
TIS 213
AHB 142
Filled with the Spirit's power, with one acco
TIS 411
AHB 328
Forgive our sins as we forgive
TIS 635
AHB 564
God moves in a mysterious way
TIS 126
AHB 54
Have faith in God my heart
TIS 619
AHB 552
I sing the almighty power of God
TIS 119
AHB 40
1 Samuel 17:32-49
Be thou my vision
TIS 547
AHB 455
Through all the changing scenes of life
TIS 112
AHB 30
Who would true valour see
TIS 561
AHB 467
Psalm 9:9-20
By gracious powers so wonderfully sheltered
TIS 617
SA 15
Father all loving,thou rulest in majesty
TIS 160
AHB 104
God of grace and God of glory
TIS 611
AHB 543
Jesus lives ! your terrors now
TIS 372
AHB 294
Now thank we all our God
TIS 106
AHB 14
Sing Praise to God who reigns above,
TIS 110
AHB 27
2 Corinthians 6:1-13
Holy Spirit, come, confirm us
TIS 413
AHB 327
I bind unto myself this day
TIS 478
AHB 454
Lod God, the Spirit blest
TIS 404
AHB 317
Make me a channel of your peace
TIS 607
SA 66
This day God gives me strength of high heaven
TIS 642
AHB 570
Mark 4:35-41
Be still, my soul: the Lord is on your side;
TIS 123
AHB 48
Come, let us to the Lord our God
TIS 577
AHB 490
Eternal Father, strong to save
TIS 138
AHB 74
Forty days and forty nights
TIS 591
AHB 506
Inspired by love and anger,
TIS 674
Jesus Christ, Son of God
TIS 729
Jesus calls us! O'er the tumult
TIS 589
AHB 505
Jesus, lover of my soul
TIS 211
AHB 139
O Jesus, I have promised
TIS 595
AHB 514
O changeless Christ, for ever new
TIS 254
SA 69
Put all your trust in God
TIS 555
AHB 464
Son of God, eternal Saviour
TIS 606
AHB 529