19A - Lent 1A — 21A - Lent 3A
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PSALM 121
I raise my eyes up to the hills.
Where will my help come from?
My help will come from the LORD,
the one who made heaven and earth
the one who will not let your foot be moved;
the one watching over you while you sleep.
Indeed, the one keeping watch over Israel
neither slumbers or sleeps.
The LORD is the one keeping watch over you;
The LORD is your shade at your right hand.
The sun will not strike you by day,
nor the moon by night.
The LORD is the one watching over you against all evil;
watching over your life.
The LORD is the one watching over your coming and going
from now and for ever
OFFERING
We bring our gifts and our lives, O God,
in gratitude and hope.
May all our giving
bring joy to the sorrowing,
peace to the despondent,
hope to the despairing;
in the loving spirit of Jesus,
in whose name we pray. Amen.
A CREATIVE MOMENT – John 3:1-17
Continue using the purple cloth from last week. Add a symbol for the “wind of the Spirit”.
Additional visual cues might include representations of the bronze serpent on the pole, the cross and images/icons of Ascension.
Click here for some ideas for worship in Lent and Easter gleaned from the pages of “On the Move” (now out of print) which was published by the Joint Board of Christian Education, Melbourne, Australia.
THE PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
(A prayer, usually with connection to one or more of the lections for the day, to gather the spoken and silent concerns/joys/thanks expressed by the congregation and lead into a more structured Intercession. Sometimes this prayer also borrows lightly from other sources e.g. Uniting in Worship 2 or publications of the Iona Community.)
Gracious and holy God,
who gives, sustains, and redeems all life;
we ask for your comforting presence
with those in our congregation; our community; our families
whom we name on our lips
and in the silence of our hearts;
and with those whose trouble is known only to you …
(The Prayers of the People continue)
Looking for contemporary music and song resources?
Try David MacGregor’s Together to Celebrate
| HYMN SUGGESTIONS FOR LENT 2A |
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| Blessed Jesus, at your word | TIS 437 |
| Come,thou everlasting Spirit | TIS 509 |
| God be in my head | TIS 549 |
| The God of Abraham praise | TIS 125 |
| Genesis 12:1-4a | |
| Fill my whole life, O Lord my God | TIS 596 |
| If we will trust in God to guide us | TIS 554 |
| Lord, you have been our dwelling place | TIS 144 |
| We are your people, Spirit of grace | TIS 468 |
| Psalm 121 | |
| I know that my redeemer lives | TIS 376 |
| I to the hills will lift my eyes | TIS 76 |
| Lifting my eyes to the hills | TIS 77 |
| Lord of creation, to you be all praise | TIS 626 |
| Lord, you have been our dwelling place | TIS 144 |
| Put all your trust in God | TIS 555 |
| Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 | |
| Begin, my tongue, some heavenly theme | TIS 116 |
| Jesus, lover of my soul | TIS 211 |
| O love how deep, how broad, how high! | TIS 194 |
| Salvation unto us has come | TIS 195 |
| John 3:1-17 | |
| A spendthrift lover is the Lord | TIS 676 |
| Breathe on me,breath of God | TIS 407 |
| Dear Christians, one and all, rejoice | TIS 196 |
| God is love, let heaven adore him | TIS 153 |
| In water we grow | TIS 494 |
| Let all together praise our God | TIS 298 |
| Love Divine all loves excelling | TIS 217 |
| May the mind of Christ my Saviour | TIS 609 |
| Morning glory, starlit sky | TIS 174 |
| My song is love unknown | TIS 341 |
| She sits like a bird, brooding on the waters | TIS 418 |
| So God loved the people of the world | TIS 241 |
| The great love of God is revealed in the Son | TIS 164 |
| The sounds in God’s world all agree | TIS 176 |
| To Christ, the Prince of peace | TIS 335 |
| Wash, O God, our sons and daughters | TIS 493 |
| We give immortal praise | TIS 118 |