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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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 SUGGESTIONS FOR PASSION SUNDAY – YEAR B
As pants the hart for cooling streams	TIS 25	AHB 29
At the name of Jesus every knee shall bow	TIS 231	AHB 170
Hail to the Lord’s annointed	TIS 275	AHB 203
Hail! our once despised Jesus	TIS 373	AHB 295
Let all be one in mind and heart	TIS 247	AHB 186
My song is love unknown	TIS 341	AHB 257
Nature with open volume stands	TIS 343	AHB 259
O changless Christ, for ever new	TIS 254	SA 69
Ride on, ride on, in majesty	TIS 348	AHB 264
The glory of our King was seen	TIS 353	AHB 272
The King of Glory comes	TIS 279	AHB 212
There is a green hill far away	TIS 350	AHB 266
Trotting, trotting through Jerusalem	TIS 244	AHB 187
Ye gates lift up your heads	TIS 12	AHB 286
Isaiah 50:4-9a
God has spoken to his people, hallelujah	TIS 636	SA 39
Master, speak, thy servant heareth	TIS 597	AHB 516
O breath of God, breathe on us now	TIS 408	AHB 321
O sacred head, sore wounded	TIS 339	AHB 170
Sing praise and thanksgiving,	TIS 107	AHB 25
Thank you for giving me the morning	TIS 162	AHB 114
Thank you, thank you, Lord	TIS 170	SA 80
Psalm 31:9-16
By your saving power deliver me	TIS 19
Great God, we sing that mighty hand	TIS 124	AHB 52
Have faith in God, my heart	TIS 619	AHB 552
Philippians 2:5-11
All hail the power of Jesus’ name	TIS 224	AHB 159
And can it be that I should gain an interest	TIS 209	AHB 138
At the name of Jesus every knee shall bow	TIS 231	AHB 170
Filled with the Spirit’s power, with one accord	TIS 411	AHB 328
God of all power and truth and grace	TIS 567	AHB 477
Hark the herald angels sing	TIS 303	AHB 227
Holy Father, God of might	TIS 622	AHB 398
I will sing the wondrous story	TIS 233	AHB 173
Jesus Christ is risen today	TIS 362	AHB 280
Jesus the name high over all	TIS 218	AHB 150
Join all the glorious names of wisdom	TIS 205	AHB 135
Let all be one in mind and heart	TIS 247	AHB 186
Let earth & heaven combine	TIS 305	AHB 229
May the mind of Christ my Saviour	TIS 609	AHB 537
Morning Glory, starlit sky	TIS 174
My heart & voice I raise	TIS 225	AHB 160
My heart is full of Christ, and longs	TIS 214	AHB 143
Now is eternal life	TIS 385	AHB 305
O love how deep, how broad, how high!	TIS 194	AHB 6
O Spirit of the living God	TIS 405	AHB 318
Praise and thanksgiving Father we offer	TIS 627	AHB 569
Praise to the Holiest in the height	TIS 141	AHB 79
Soldiers of Christ arise	TIS 570	AHB 481
The advent of our God	TIS 271	AHB 198
We have a gospel to proclaim	TIS 245	AHB 189
Mark 14:1—15:47
Christ is the world’s light, he and none other	TIS 246	AHB 191
From heaven you came, helpless babe	TIS 256
Hail our once-despised Jesus	TIS 373	AHB 295
Lift high the cross	TIS 351	AHB 271
My heart and voice I raise	TIS 225	AHB 160
Sing, my tongue, the glorious battle	TIS 331	AHB 249
The head that once was crowned with thorns	TIS 378	AHB 301
When I survey the wondrous cross	TIS 342	AHB 258

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