Full Service - Fourth Sunday after Pentecost - Year A
Taken from Times and Seasons
Description
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, heavenly Father, lead us or On life’s bewildering pathway
Reading: Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67
Poem based on Zechariah 9:9-12: A strange kind of king When that king comes
Hymn: How sweet the name of Jesus sounds or Man of laughter and the maiden
Reading: Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30
Sermon ideas:
(1) Monologue/drama: Rebekah
(2) Matthew 11:16-19,25-30 - Faith is fine, but religion is rubbish!
Hymn: I heard the voice of Jesus say or Flawed and fickle priests and people
Prayer: Discerning God
Hymn: When our confidence is shaken or At times of doubt and chaos
Blessing: The wisdom of God will guide us
Andrew Pratt (born 1948)
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