11C - Epiphany 3C — 13C - Epiphany 5C
See also my posts from 2013, 2016, 2019, 2022
WE GATHER TO WORSHIP (From Psalm 71:1-6)
Come into this sacred space to worship God.
God of mystery, in you I trust;
never let be be shamed.
In your way of putting things right,
encourage and strengthen me;
turn your ear towards me, and hear my plea.
Come into this sacred space to worship God.
Be to me a rock for dwelling in,
a secure place for retreating to, time and time again;
a rock for my restoration;
for you are my rock and my stronghold.
Come into this sacred space to worship God.
Sustain me against the hand of the wicked,
the hands of the unjust and the ruthless.
Come into this sacred space to worship God.
For you are my hope,
my trust since my early years.
I have relied on you from the womb;
from my birth you have sustained me.
In you is my wonder again, and again, and again.
OFFERING
Compassionate God,
we offer these gifts and our lives
in response to your many blessings.
May your Spirit of grace enable us
to hear and help those who cry out for mercy.
Amen
A CREATIVE MOMENT – Luke 4:21-30
Prepare a sign, “Doctor, heal yourself!”, in the style perhaps of a protest banner. The text might also prompt ideas for other such banners.
At the centre of the worship space have a jar of flour or meal, a small jug or container of oil and a jug or bowl of water – symbols of the events in the Hebrew Bible to which Jesus refers.
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 borrows lightly from other sources e.g. Uniting in Worship 2 or publications of the Iona Community.)
Gentle Spirit of grace,
strength to those whom we name
in word and silence…
rejoice with the hopeful…
be company to the lonely…
a comfort to all 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
| HYMN SUGGESTIONS FOR EPIPHANY 4C |
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| Community of Christ | TIS 473 |
| Give to our God immortal praise, | TIS 84 |
| God is our song, and every singer blest | TIS 646 |
| In Christ there is no east or west | TIS 459 |
| Praise with joy the world’s creator | TIS 179 |
| The law of Christ alone can make us free | TIS 630 |
| Where wide sky rolls down and touches red sand | TIS 188 |
| Jeremiah 1:4-10 | |
| God of Jeremiah grieving | TIS 697 |
| God of grace and God of glory | TIS 61I |
| I the Lord of sea and sky | TIS 658 |
| Lord, your almighty Word | TIS 447 |
| Loving Spirit, loving Spirit | TIS 417 |
| Morning glory, starlit sky | TIS 174 |
| Thuma mina (Send me, Lord) | TIS 749 |
| Psalm 71:1-6 | |
| A mighty fortress is our God | TIS 103 |
| Fill my whole life, O Lord my God | TIS 596 |
| In you, O Lord, have I taken refuge | TIS 40 |
| This, this is the God we adore | TIS 220 |
| We praise, we worship thee, O God, | TIS 98 |
| 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 | |
| A new commandment I give unto you | TIS 699 |
| Come as you are | TIS 693 |
| Eternal light, shine in my heart | TIS 548 |
| God beyond glory | TIS 678 |
| God! When human bonds are broken | TIS 683 |
| In faith and hope and love | TIS 628 |
| Jesus, my Redeemer, lives | TIS 366 |
| Love is his word, love is his way | TIS 534 |
| When love is found and hope comes home | TIS 654 |
| Where there is charity and love | TIS 434 |
| Luke 4:21-30 |
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| Fairest Lord Jesus | TIS 203 |
| Hail to the Lord’s anointed | TIS 275 |
| Hark the glad sound! the Saviour comes | TIS 269 |
| How firm a foundation, you people of God | TIS 578 |
| Lord, bid your servant go in peace | TIS 324 |
| Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord | TIS 161 |