40B - Trinity Sunday — 42B - Sunday 10B
See also my post from 2018, 2024
A BIG APOLOGY!!
The hymn suggestions below are rather ‘light on’. Sunday 9B rarely occurs*, so this page has always been ‘under construction’. In restarting the ‘construction’ I discovered, alas, that some of my database resources are not readily available (if at all) and I’ve had to ‘go back to basics’ on this one. —Jeff
* In fact, I don’t think it’s happened in the twenty years I’ve been building this web site.
WE GATHER BEFORE GOD (Psalm 139:1-6)
Lord God, you know me through and through;
you know my sitting down, and my getting up.
You sense what I am thinking from far away;
you understand my journeying and my resting.
In fact, you are familiar with the way I do everything;
even before I speak, you know what’s on my mind.
You are in my past, and in my future,
you surround me with your love
and your reassuring hand is upon me.
This wonderful knowledge is beyond my understanding;
it surpasses everything, and is beyond my grasp.
PRAYER OF ADORATION AND THANKSGIVING (Ps.139:1-6)
Lord God, you know me through and through;
you know my sitting down, and my getting up.
You sense what I am thinking from far away;
you understand my journeying and my resting.
In fact, you are familiar with the way I do everything;
even before I speak, you know what’s on my mind.
You are in my past, and in my future,
you surround me with your love
and your reassuring hand is upon me.
This wonderful knowledge is beyond my understanding;
it surpasses everything, and is beyond my grasp.
PRAYER OF APPROACH (including Ps.139:13-18)
Ever present God of grace,
by your Spirit you gather us to worship you;
you who formed my very consciousness,
and wove me together in my mother’s womb
you who are so awesomely wonderful
you whose creativity is so marvellous.
Lord God, you know me through and through;
even my bones, being formed in secret,
in the depths of the earth, were not hidden from you.
Your eyes saw my embryo
and in your book are all written down
days that were planned before any of them occurred.
Your thoughts of me, Lord God, are difficult to comprehend
and far beyond counting
If I tried to count them, they would be more than grains of sand
and if I came to the end, I would not have summed you up.
Engage us by your word and change us:
open our ears to hear you
open our eyes to see what we might become
open our hearts to follow in the way
you have shown to the world in Jesus. Amen.
OFFERING
Generous God,
we offer our lives
and these symbols of our daily living.
By your Holy Spirit give us the courage
to follow the way of Jesus;
to maintain our saltiness, our passion,
for the justice and peace
which Jesus’ proclaimed. Amen.
A CREATIVE MOMENT – READING REF’CE
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 SUNDAY 9B | |
| 1Samuel 3:1-10 | |
| Master, speak, thy servant heareth | TIS 597 |
| Praise the Spirit in creation | TIS 415 |
| Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18 | |
| Forth in your name, O Lord, I go | TIS 571 |
| I am alone, yet not alone | TIS 605 |
| Lord of creation, to you be all praise | TIS 626 |
| O love that wilt not let me go | TIS 602 |
| One God, one living God | TIS 742 |
| You are before me, Lord, you are behind | TIS 87 |
| 2 Corinthians 4:5-12 | |
| Come, Spirit blest, our hearts inspire | TIS 425 |
| Dear Shepherd of your people, hear | TIS 444 |
| Father, we give you thanks, who planted | TIS 495 |
| God himself is present | TIS 121 |
| God of mercy, God of grace | TIS 452 |
| God, your glory we have seen in your Son | TIS 461 |
| Immortal, invisible, God only wise | TIS 143 |
| I want to walk as a child of the light | TIS 643 |
| Lord, the light of your love is shining | TIS 675 |
| Lord, your almighty word | TIS 447 |
| Now in the name of him who sent | TIS 488 |
| Now to the Lord a noble song | TIS 113 |
| Now we come, our heavenly Father | TIS 462 |
| O breath of life, come sweeping through | TIS 409 |
| Our God, we know your providence | TIS 169 |
| Praise our God, the great creator | TIS 165 |
| Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, | TIS 111 |
| Spirit divine, attend our prayers | TIS 406 |
| The Son of God proclaim | TIS 528 |
| Your words to me are life and health | TIS 430 |
| Mark 2:23-3:6 | |
| Praise with joy the world’s Creator | TIS 179 |