31B - Easter Day — 33B - Easter 3B
See also my post from 2012, 2018, 2021, 2024
WE GATHER IN THE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY (Psalm 133: a translation for today)
How good, indeed, how pleasant it is,
for a community to live as one.
It is like precious oil on the head,
running down upon the beard,
the beard of Aaron,
which flows down over his robes;
like dew on Mount Hermon,
which comes upon the mountains of Zion
for there the LORD has ordained the blessing –
life for ever.
A CREATIVE MOMENT – John 20:19-31
(a) Why not try a “return offering” of small easter eggs (e.g. the solid ones the size of pigeon eggs)?
(b) Create a banner bearing a Jerusalem cross. (The crosses represent the five wounds of Jesus: the four small crosses, the four smaller wounds of the hands and feet; the larger cross, the wound in his side). Perhaps the banner could also bear the words, “My Lord, and my God!”.
In addition, bookmarks, carrying a pen and ink outline of the banner, photocopied onto light card could distributed by way of a “return offering” to the congregation. Recipients could be encouraged to take them home, decorate them as they choose, and use them.
Also you can 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.
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, who raised up and exalted Jesus,
in your steadfast love
help us bring consolation to those know to us,
whom we name on our lips
and in the silence of our hearts;
return to our memory those whom we have forgotten;
be present to those who have no-one
and to each of us in our doubting…
(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
| HYMN SUGGESTIONS FOR EASTER 2 – YEAR B |
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| Come let us with our Lord arise | TIS 375 |
| Filled with the Spirit’s power, with one accord | TIS 411 |
| Jesus Christ is risen today | TIS 362 |
| Yours be the glory | TIS 380 |
| Now the green blade rises | TIS 382 |
| Alleluia, Christ is risen! | TIS 395 |
| ACTS 4:32-35 |
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| Now we come, our heavenly Father | TIS 462 |
| PSALM 133 |
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| All praise to our redeeming Lord | TIS 442 |
| Come Holy Spirit, Lord of grace | TIS 403 |
| Dear Father, Lord of humankind | TIS 598 |
| 1 JOHN 1:1-2:2 |
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| Christ is the heavenly food that gives | TIS 522 |
| Christ is the world’s true light | TIS 238 |
| Come, O God of all the earth | TIS 181 |
| Easter glory fills the sky | TIS 388 |
| Eternal light, shine in my heart | TIS 548 |
| Fill my whole life, O Lord my God | TIS 596 |
| Here, gracious Lord, we see you face to | TIS 516 |
| I know that my Redeemer lives | TIS 376 |
| I know that my Redeemer | TIS 202 |
| I want to walk as a child of the light | TIS 643 |
| Joyful, joyful we adore you | TIS 152 |
| Let earth and heaven combine | TIS 305 |
| Lord, the light of your love is shining | TIS 675 |
| My daughters and sons hear tell | TIS 363 |
| O Laughing Light, O first born of creation | TIS 255 |
| O breath of God, breathe on us now | TIS 408 |
| Salvation now to us has come | TIS 195 |
| So God loved the people of the world | TIS 241 |
| This, this is the God we adore | TIS 220 |
| JOHN 20:19-31 |
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| Breathe on me, breath of God | TIS 407 |
| Christ is alive, with joy we sing | TIS 393 |
| Christ is risen! Shout hosanna! | TIS 394 |
| Christ the Lord is risen again | TIS 365 |
| Come, God’s people, sing for joy | TIS 391 |
| Crown him with many crowns | TIS 228 |
| Faith will not grow from words alone | TIS 691 |
| God! When human bonds are broken | TIS 683 |
| He is risen, he is risen | TIS 379 |
| I am alone, yet not alone | TIS 605 |
| I know that my redeemer lives | TIS 376 |
| I, the Lord of sea and sky | TIS 658 |
| In suffering love the thread of life | TIS 177 |
| Light’s reddening dawn gleams | TIS 360 |
| Love divine all loves excelling | TIS 217 |
| Man more than man | TIS 355 |
| My daughters and my sons hear tell | TIS 363 |
| O for a thousand tongues to sing | TIS 210 |
| That Eastertide with joy was bright | TIS 360 |
| The day of resurrection | TIS 361 |
| These things did Thomas count as real | TIS 649 |
| Thuma mina Somandla [Send me, Jesus] | TIS 749 |
| To Christ, the Prince of Peace | TIS 335 |