53C - Sunday 21C — 55C - Sunday 23C
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PRAYER OF ADORATION AND CONFESSION: Psalm 81:1,10-16
O God, our strength, we shout our joy;
we shout in triumph to the God of Jacob.
You are the LORD our God,
you brought us up out of a living death;
and filled our wide open mouths.
At times our history we have not heard your voice;
and at times we did not want to hear it.
We have been stubborn
and you have left us to our own devices.
But you long for us to listen to you;
and to walk in your ways.
You long for us to allow you to stand between us
and the things that weigh down our lives;
to turn your hand against them.
All that are against you would knuckle under;
and their time would be over for ever.
You would feed us with the best bread;
and with the purest honey you would satisfy us.
OFFERING
God of abundance and love,
who would feed us
and satisfy us
with the finest of wheat and honey;
we offer our lives
and the gifts of our living
that others might be guests,
fed and satisfied,
at your banquet
of justice and love. Amen
A CREATIVE MOMENT – Luke 14:1, 7-14
Here’s an opportunity to be radical. (“Isn’t every Sunday?” I hear some ask.) As worshippers arrive have them sit in a different seat from their usual one. Visitors could be ‘ushered’ to specific seats, ensuring that regulars are dislocated/dislodged..!
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.)
Loving God,
fountain of living water,
rejoice with those who rejoice and give thanks today
and strengthen the weak and the lonely.
Pour out your Spirit
on all who are weighed down with grief;
those whose troubles are known only to you;
those we name on our lips and in our silence;
that all may eat at your feast
of justice and love
and be satisfied …
(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 SUNDAY 22C |
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| Behold! the mountain of the Lord | TIS 441 |
| How lovely is your dwelling | TIS 44 |
| Take up your cross the Saviour said | TIS 583 |
| Where cross the crowded ways of life | TIS 608 |
| JEREMIAH 2:4-13 |
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| Glorious things of you are spoken | TIS 446 |
| God of Jeremiah, grieving | TIS 679 |
| Jesus, lover of my soul | TIS 211 |
| What does the Lord require of you | TIS 751 |
| What God ordains is always good | TIS 109 |
| PSALM 81:1, 10-16 |
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| Praise and thanksgiving, Father, we offer | TIS 627 |
| Sing to the Lord a new song | TIS 43 |
| You satisfy the hungry heart | TIS 539 |
| HEBREWS 13:1-8,15-16 |
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| All depends on our possessing | TIS 556 |
| Author of faith, eternal word | TIS 565 |
| Awake, my soul, and with the sun | TIS 557 |
| Christ is alive, with joy we sing | TIS 393 |
| Fill my whole life, O Lord my God | TIS 596 |
| For the beauty of the earth | TIS 137 |
| God of freedom, God of justice | TIS 657 |
| Holy God, we praise your name | TIS 127 |
| How firm a foundation, you people of God | TIS 578 |
| In all my ways, in every task | TIS 553 |
| Lord Christ, true peace of all above | TIS 623 |
| Lord Jesus, if the same you are | TIS 566 |
| Lord, hear my praying, listen to me | TIS 689 |
| Lord, you have been our dwelling place | TIS 144 |
| O Changeless Christ, forever new | TIS 254 |
| Safe in the shadow of the Lord | TIS 644 |
| When morning gilds the skies | TIS 227 |
| When trouble strikes and fear takes root | TIS 184 |
| LUKE 14:1, 7-14 |
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| Blest are the pure in heart | TIS 448 |
| Brother, sister, let me serve you | TIS 650 |
| In great thanksgiving | TIS 632 |
| O Jesus I have promised | TIS 595 |
| Praise the God who changes places | TIS 178 |
| When I needed a neighbour were you there | TIS 629 |