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Times and Seasons - Full Service - Fourth Sunday after Pentecost - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Fourth Sunday after Pentecost - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost - Year A Proper 9 / Ordinary 14 Service Contents: Opening Hymn: Great is thy faithfulness or God of consistency, love without limits Prayer: Great God, your love Poem: Does it matter? Prayer: Patient God – based on Romans 7:15-25a Hymn: Lead us, heav…
Prayer: Sometimes the things we
Prayer: Sometimes the things we
by Andrew Pratt
Prayer: Sometimes the things we Sometimes the things we face undermine our resolve and destroy our confidence. Problems tower above us and we see no way to overcome them. When these things happen, as they have, and probably will again, give us, O God, humility and simplicity. Con…
Reflection/Poem: Job
Reflection/Poem: Job
by Marjorie Dobson
Reflection/Poem: Job It’s bad enough when so-called friends pose difficult-to-answer questions, but when God begins to ask them of us, what possible answer can we give? So Job, having faced the onslaught of his not-so-comforting comforters, now faces God, who has a whole string o…
Prayer: Everything and nothing
Prayer: Everything and nothing
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Everything and nothing Most people would not understand the truth of having nothing, yet possessing everything. Yet, time and again, that truth is demonstrated by people who seem to have lost everything, other than hope and faith and love. Loving God, please help us to ke…
Prayer: Storms of life
Prayer: Storms of life
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Storms of life When the winds of change drive us in directions that are alien to us: God, keep us on a steady course towards the goal you have set for us. When our lives are rocked by circumstances beyond out control: God, keep us from sinking beyond our depth. When storm…
Hymn: Sometimes the music in his head
Hymn: Sometimes the music in his head
by Andrew Pratt
Sometimes the music in his head produced discordant harmony with notes that clashed with common sense, Saul's action strained credulity. Then David's music sent him mad, no longer soothed his savage mind he ranted, roared his words of hate, he paced about, his rage was blind Saul…
Prayer: God of all grace and glory
Prayer: God of all grace and glory
by Andrew Pratt
Prayer: God of all grace and glory God of all grace and glory you have given us everything we need. Through hardship and affliction you have walked with us. When nights have been sleepless, or broken by the crash and thunder of rioting you have guarded and protected us. In conseq…
Hymn: A perfect storm, as Galilee
Hymn: A perfect storm, as Galilee
by Andrew Pratt
A perfect storm, as Galilee became a foaming maelstrom, the boats were spun and tossed like corks, no more a sluggish doldrum. And through it all their friend had dozed, the chaos found him sleeping while panic reigned, fear took control, as crashing waves were sweeping. A desp…
Hymn: Without the wisdom of a God
Hymn: Without the wisdom of a God
by Andrew Pratt
Without the wisdom of a God, the knowledge of creation, before the cosmic chemistry had settled its rotation, we could not know, we cannot tell, the height of love, the depth of hell. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: EISENACH also listed as [SCHEIN] MACH’S MIT MIR GOTT Metre: 8.7.8.7.8.8 …
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