Full Service - Proper 22 (27) - Year A

Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost – Proper 22(27) - Year A

Hymn: God is love, let heaven adore him or The silent language of the stars (based on Psalm 19)

Prayer: God of every shining constellation

Hymn: I come with joy, a child of God (I come with joy to meet my Lord) or We need not fear the

Reading: Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20

Sermon ideas: Part 1-Poem: Rules, rules, rules. (based on Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20)

Hymn: O breath of life, come sweeping through us or Why put our faith in transient things

Reading: Philippians 3:4b-14 and Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon ideas: Part 2 - Drama - Ticking the boxes (based on Philippians 3:4b-14)

Sermon ideas: Part 3 - Poem – Confrontation (based on Matthew 21:33-46)

Hymn: God of grace and God of glory or One after another we wait on the warnings

Prayer: Everything and nothing

Hymn: Jesus Christ is waiting or If all the world could live as one

Blessing: Gracious God, open our ears

Andrew Pratt (born 1948)
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