Full Service - Fifth Sunday of Easter - Year A
Taken from Times and Seasons
Description
Fifth Sunday of Easter - Year A
Service contains:
Opening Hymn: Who would true valour see or Who would have the strength to follow
Prayer: God, you set us on a journey
Reading: Acts 7:55–60
Hymn: Father hear the prayer we offer or Stoned Stephen: martyr for the cross,
Sermon idea - Part 1: Dramatic monologue/poem: Coats at your feet
Reading: 1 Peter 2:2–10
Sermon idea – Part 2: Poem Living stones
Hymn: Blessed city, heavenly Salem or Cast aside that awkward fragment
Reading: Psalm 31
Sermon idea – Part 3: High on a mountain path
Reading: John 14:1-14
Hymn: Christ be my leader, by night as by day or 'The room is ready, all prepared,
Prayer: Anxiety
Hymn: Lord for the years or Fear not for Christ will guide our ways
Blessing: The hand of God holds us
Andrew Pratt (born 1948)
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