35A – Easter 5A

34A - Easter 4A — 36A - Easter 6A
 
See also my posts from 2014, 2017, 2020…
 
Psalm 31:1-5,15-16
In you, O LORD, I have sought protection
do not let me be humiliated, in your faithfulness, deliver me.
Turn your ear toward me, rescue me quickly, O LORD.
Be a mountain of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me.
You are my rock and my stronghold.
For the honour of your name you will lead me and guide me.
Deliver me from the net which they hide for me
for you are my refuge.
Into your hands I entrust my life;
pay the price for my safety, O LORD God.
My future is in your hands —
rescue me from the hands of my enemies and my pursuers.
Let your face shine upon your servant
save me in your lovingkindness.

OFFERING
Holy presence and mystery we name God,
whose steadfast love is for ever.
In the risen Word of life
you have acted to put things right
and shown that death does not have the last word.
In gratitude for your faithfulness and generosity
we bring our praise and our thanks;
our lives and symbols of our daily living.
By your Breath of life inspire us
to be responsible witnesses
to your grace. Amen

A CREATIVE MOMENT – Acts 7:55-60
Continue to use the swathe of white and/or gold/yellow cloth flowing over the front of the worship/communion table and onto the floor as a basis for creativity and symbols during the Easter season.
OR
Remember the martyrs of the church. On the floor, next to the flowing cloth (above), have a pile of garments and a small pile of stones. On a wall in the church/worship space hang a large sheet of newsprint which contains a list of some of the modern martyrs of the church.

Click here for some ideas for worship in Lent and Easter gleaned from the pages of “On the Move” (now out of print), originally published by the Joint Board of Christian Education, Melbourne, Australia.

Householder God,
healer and bringer of wholeness,
rejoice with those who rejoice and give thanks today
and strengthen the weak and the lonely.
Pour out your Spirit of mystery and grace
on all who are weighed down with grief,
and those whose troubles are known only to you;
that all may know your peace …
         (The Prayers of the People continue)

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