24B – Passion Sunday

PSALM 31:9-16
Be gracious, O LORD,
for I am in distress;
my eye is wasting with anger,
my inner being as well as my stomach
For my life is consumed by grief
and my years in groaning.
My strength fails because of my distress
and my bones become weak.
Because of my oppressors I am a disgrace;
to my neighbours, I’m a disaster,
to my acquaintances, a cause for trembling .
Seeing me in the street they flee from me
I am forgotten like one who is dead,
and have become like a broken pot.
For I have heard the whispering of the crowd, terror all around –
scheming together, plotting to take my life.
But I – I trust in you, O LORD;
I say, “You are my God.”
My days are in your hands;
snatch me from the hand of my enemies and pursuers.
Let your face shine on your servant;
save me in your steadfast love.

OFFERING
Source of life,
Word of life,
Breath of life
console us and keep us
as we live each day following the way of Jesus.
May the gifts which we offer
and those which the Spirit gives to each of us,
be joined to serve this broken world.
And so may we await with hope
the new day of the Lord. Amen

For use in worship, with acknowledgement. © Jeff Shrowder 2000.

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A CREATIVE MOMENT 
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.

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THE PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
(A prayer to gather the spoken and silent concerns/joys/thanks expressed by the congregation and lead into a more structured Intercession with connection to the lections for the day. Sometimes this prayer will borrow lightly from other sources e.g. Uniting in Worship 2 or publications of the Iona Community.)

God of all grace,
in you is hope: hope which has endured throughout every age.
In that hope we remember before you now
those we have named on our lips and in the silence of our hearts…
By your Word and your Spirit
help us bring consolation to those know to us,
return to our memory those whom we have forgotten
and be present to those who have no-one …
(The Prayers of the People continue)

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HYMN SUGGESTIONS FOR PASSION SUNDAY – YEAR B
As pants the hart for cooling streams	TIS 25
At the name of Jesus every knee shall bow	TIS 231
Hail to the Lord’s annointed	TIS 275
Hail! our once despised Jesus	TIS 373
Let all be one in mind and heart	TIS 247
My song is love unknown	TIS 341
Nature with open volume stands	TIS 343
O changless Christ, for ever new	TIS 254
Ride on, ride on, in majesty	TIS 348
The glory of our King was seen	TIS 353
The King of Glory comes	TIS 279
There is a green hill far away	TIS 350
Trotting, trotting through Jerusalem	TIS 244
Ye gates lift up your heads	TIS 12
Isaiah 50:4-9a
God has spoken to his people, hallelujah	TIS 636
Master, speak, thy servant heareth	TIS 597
O breath of God, breathe on us now	TIS 408
O sacred head, sore wounded	TIS 339
Sing praise and thanksgiving,	TIS 107
Thank you for giving me the morning	TIS 162
Thank you, thank you, Lord	TIS 170
Psalm 31:9-16
By your saving power deliver me	TIS 19
Great God, we sing that mighty hand	TIS 124
Have faith in God, my heart	TIS 619
Philippians 2:5-11
All hail the power of Jesus’ name	TIS 224
And can it be that I should gain an interest	TIS 209
At the name of Jesus every knee shall bow	TIS 231
Filled with the Spirit’s power, with one accord	TIS 411
God of all power and truth and grace	TIS 567
Hark the herald angels sing	TIS 303
Holy Father, God of might	TIS 622
I will sing the wondrous story	TIS 233
Jesus Christ is risen today	TIS 362
Jesus the name high over all	TIS 218
Join all the glorious names of wisdom	TIS 205
Let all be one in mind and heart	TIS 247
Let earth & heaven combine	TIS 305
May the mind of Christ my Saviour	TIS 609
Morning Glory, starlit sky	TIS 174
My heart & voice I raise	TIS 225
My heart is full of Christ, and longs	TIS 214
Now is eternal life	TIS 385
O love how deep, how broad, how high!	TIS 194
O Spirit of the living God	TIS 405
Praise and thanksgiving Father we offer	TIS 627
Praise to the Holiest in the height	TIS 141
Soldiers of Christ arise	TIS 570
The advent of our God	TIS 271
We have a gospel to proclaim	TIS 245
Mark 14:1—15:47
Christ is the world’s light, he and none other	TIS 246
From heaven you came, helpless babe	TIS 256
Hail our once-despised Jesus	TIS 373
Lift high the cross	TIS 351
My heart and voice I raise	TIS 225
Sing, my tongue, the glorious battle	TIS 331
The head that once was crowned with thorns	TIS 378
When I survey the wondrous cross	TIS 342

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