17C – Transfiguration

16C - Epiphany 8C — 18C - Ash Wednesday
 
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WE GATHER TO WORSHIP GOD (From Psalm 99:1-3)
The LORD reigns:
let all peoples, and all the earth tremble in holy awe.
The LORD is great, exalted over all the nations.
Let all peoples praise the great name of the LORD,
the one name to be held in holy awe.

Holy God, on the mountain your glory was seen,
clothed in mystery.
Followers of Jesus, we gather for worship,
open to the sacred,
open to a vision beyond the turmoil of our world,
open to the stirring of the Spirit of grace

PSALM 99
The LORD reigns:
let all peoples, and all the earth tremble in holy awe.
The LORD is great, exalted over all the nations.
Let all peoples praise the great name of the LORD,
the name to be held in holy awe.
The LORD, our God is holy
and, loving justice, has established order;
in Jacob, bringing about justice and actions which put things right.
Exalt the LORD, and bow down at the footstool of our God.
Holy is God.
Moses and Aaron were among God’s priests,
and Samuel was among those who called on the name of the LORD.
They cried to the LORD and the LORD God answered them.
The LORD God spoke to them out of the pillar of cloud;
they kept the testimonies of the LORD
and the decree that the LORD gave them.
O God, you answered them,
you were a forgiving God to them,
but their wrongdoing did not go unnoticed.
Praise the LORD, and bow down
at the holy mountain of our God,
for the LORD, our God, is holy.

OFFERING
Mountain-top Spirit of mystery,
we offer our gifts and our lives
that they may open ways to a renewed world,
a world of healing and reconciliation,
a world of love, of justice
and hope. Amen.

For use in worship, with acknowledgement. © Jeff Shrowder 2001, 2013.

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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 borrows lightly from other sources e.g. Uniting in Worship 2 or publications of the Iona Community.)
Compassionate spirit of love and justice,
you act to right what is wrong in the world:
gather the oppressed and grieving under your wing;
strengthen those who fear
the terror of the night or daily life;
rescue the distressed;
be present to those who call on your name,
to those we have named today in word and silence
and those whose troubles are known only to you…
      (The Prayers of the People continue)

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A CREATIVE MOMENT – Luke 9:28-36
Using a felt-tipped pen and a length of newsprint (e.g. 1.5 metres) create an banner bearing the words, “This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!”
At the bottom left add small a sketches of two tablets of stone (Moses – Torah). At the bottom right sketch some locusts and honeycomb (Elijah – prophets)

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HYMN SUGGESTIONS FOR TRANSFIGURATION SUNDAY
Exodus 34:29-35
God, you are clothed with light	TIS 193
Holy Father, God of might	TIS 622
Immortal, invisible, God only wise	TIS 143
Take, take off your shoes	TIS 651
Author of life divine	TIS 506
When morning gilds the skies	TIS 227
Psalm 99
Lord, your almighty Word	TIS 447
The Lord reigns; let the peoples tremble	TIS 58
2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2
Author of life divine	TIS 506
Christ is our cornerstone	TIS 433
Christ, whose glory fills the skies	TIS 212
Glory to the King of kings	TIS 718
God sends us his Spirit to befriend and	TIS 412
God, your glory is revealed in your Son	TIS 461
Here we adore you, hidden Saviour, Lord	TIS 500
If we have died to ourselves in Jesus	TIS 475
Let earth and heaven combine	TIS 305
Lord God, the Spirit blest	TIS 404
Lord, I come to you	TIS 685
Love Divine all loves excelling	TIS 217
O Holy Spirit, enter in	TIS 400
O Jesus I have promised	TIS 595
O Jesus, Saviour, grow in me	TIS 575
Pull back the veil on the dawn of creation	TIS 326
We limit not the truth of God	TIS 453
Where the Spirit is, there is freedom	TIS 421
Luke 9:28-35
At the name of Jesus	TIS 231
Be thou my vision	TIS 547
Christ is the world’s true light	TIS 238
Christ upon the mountain peak	TIS 243
Fairest Lord Jesus	TIS 203
How good, Lord, to be here	TIS 234
Now to the Lord a noble song	TIS 113
O Christ the healer, we have come	TIS 638
Take up your cross, the Saviour said	TIS 583
The Son of God proclaim	TIS 528

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