Here are the resources you need for this Sunday. Please feel free to choose what is suitable for your congregation’s needs. You will notice that the orders of service are available in different formats: choose the “pdf” format if you want something that is ready to print and photocopy, the “doc” or “rtf” format if you wish to change the formatting yourself or the “ppt” format if you use PowerPoint.
- Altar colour: Green
- Bible readings:
FIRST READING (a) Exodus 32:1-14 God’s people worship a golden calf
OR (b) Isaiah 25:1-9 God swallows up death in the feast of victory
PSALM (a) Psalm 106:1-6, 19-23
OR (b) Psalm 23 *For musical settings of these Psalms, please see the song suggestions below*
SECOND READING Philippians 4:1-9 Rejoice in the Lord always
GOSPEL Matthew 22:1-14 The parable of the wedding feast
- Sermons:
Lay-readers please note: the linked sermons have not been edited for general use. As part of your preparations, keep in mind that they have been written for specific people in a specific context, and for this reason the issues they address or the examples they use may not be entirely suitable for people in your congregation. If you feel this is the case, you may need to make minor adjustments or find another sermon
Based on gospel: edited for lay reading sermon – matt 22v1-14 – year a – pentecost 17
Based on Exodus reading: Pr Heath Pukallus;
Based on second reading: Pr Stephen Pietsch;
- Orders of service:
After Pentecost Sunday Word & Prayer ( pdf / doc / ppt )
Service of the Word (pdf / rtf / ppt)
Morning Praise (pdf / rtf / ppt)
Service without communion (pdf / doc / ppt) - Prayer of the Day (Collect): Choose one of the following
Traditional
Merciful Lord,
grant to your faithful people
pardon and peace,
that they may be cleansed from all their sins
and serve you with a quiet mind;
through your Son,
Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever.
Amen.OR, modernised traditional
Merciful Lord,
give pardon and peace to your faithful people.
Cleanse us from all our sins,
so that we may serve you with minds set at rest.
We ask this through your Son,
Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever.
Amen.OR, alternative
(Let us pray that we may depend on God. [silence])
Lord, you have called us to open our hands
so that you might fill them.
Open not only our hands,
but our hearts also,
so that we recognise your goodness,
count all things loss in comparison with you,
and desire to be made like you.
We ask this through your Son,
Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever.
Amen.OR, new
(Let us pray that we rejoice in the Lord. [silence])
God of joy, keep us
from being weighed down by worry.
Encourage us instead to lay our burdens on you.
Make us cheerful and glad
because your Son Jesus is always with us.
For he lives and reigns
with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever.
Amen. - Prayer of the Church/ General Prayer: Prayer of the Church- Pentecost 17A
- Visual images for the day: His Word in Pictures
- Song/Hymn suggestions: * = Modernised version available (please click here) ;G3, G4 . . . = Guitar chords available in the Music Package 3, 4 . . .; GS = Guitar chords in the Supplement to LH
First reading (a): Exodus 32:1-14
LHS
131 Holy Ghost, with light divine* G5
310 Out of the depths I cry to Thee* G9 (alt tune 404, G9)
311 O faithful God, we worship Thee
314 Turn, Lord, Thine anger, and in mercy spare us G4
358 Renew me, O eternal Light* G3
422 Great Shepherd of Thy people, hear* G6
AT
225 Why do you love me?
233 He will listen to you
332 We are sorry
357 Give us hearts to know you, Lord
372 Teach me your way
385 If there was ever a time
446 Mercy
TIS
160 Father all-loving and ruling in majesty
444 Dear Shepherd of your people, hearFirst reading (b): Isaiah 25:1-9
LHS
158 Jesus, lover of my soul G4
201 Rise, ye children of salvation
281 Jesus Christ, our blessed Saviour G8
387 The Lord’s my shepherd*
388 All depends on our possessing* G3
392 How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord G6
543 Abide with me, fast falls the eventide G8
556 O God, our help in ages past (G, STJ 23)
834 At the Lamb’s high feast we sing
878 Your love surrounds me GS
887 We praise you, O God, our redeemer, creator
AT
10 In the house of God
252 He is exalted
256 I will exalt you
285 A sign for the people
326 Shout for joy
368 Shelter (You give me shelter)
479 For living, for dying
TIS
10 The Lord’s my shepherd
47 O God, our help in ages past
211 Jesus, lover of my soul
471 In praise of God meet duty and delight
474 Here in this place new light is streaming
516 Here, gracious Lord, we see you face to face
544 Since the world was young
545 Shout for joy! The Lord has let us feast
552 Come, my way, my truth, my life
556 All depends on our possessing
578 How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord
586 Abide with me, fast falls the eventideSecond reading: Philippians 4:1-9
LHS
115 Rejoice, the Lord is King
378 Fill Thou my life, O Lord my God G7
386 In Thee is gladness* G7
402 Rejoice, my heart, be glad and sing* G6
422 Great Shepherd of Thy people, hear* G6
437 Now thank we all our God G6
859 Seek, O seek the Lord
870 Lord of all hopefulness G6
AT
8 Praise and thanksgiving
34 Seek ye first
168 Hear our prayer
274 In Jesus’ name (When I call you)
282 O Lord, hear my prayer
300 Practise love (Everyone should be quick to listen)
364 In you is gladness
405 Lord of all hopefulness
471 You can tell the Lord
TIS
106 Now thank we all our God
128 Sometimes a light surprises
198 Glory to our boundless God
200 In you is gladness
201 King of glory, king of peace
216 Rejoice, the Lord is king
444 Dear Shepherd of your people, hear
464 Seek, O seek the Lord
471 In praise of God meet duty and delight
596 Fill my whole life, O Lord my God
609 May the mind of Christ my Saviour
613 Lord of all hopefulness
713 Dona nobis pacem
743 Praise and thanksgiving
745 Seek ye first the kingdom of GodGospel: Matthew 22:1-14
LHS
193 Jesus, with Thy Church abide* G9
287 Deck thyself, my soul, in gladness* G5
320 I come to Thee, O blessed Lord* G3
487 Wake, awake, for night is flying* G6
841 O welcome, all you noble saints of old (God and man at table are sat down) G5
AT
77 O welcome, all you noble saints of old (God and man at table are sat down)
130 I am covered over
138 The wedding banquet
277 Like a wedding feast
296 I, the Lord of sea and sky
351 You are invited
475 Come to the banquet
TIS
259 Among us and before us
266 Wake, awake, for night is flying
474 Here in this place
503 Robe yourself, my soul, in gladness
510 My God, your table now is spread
544 Since the world was young
545 Shout for joy! The Lord has let us feast
658 I, the Lord of sea and skyPSALM 106
Music Resources Vol. 3- Psalm settings – download printable antiphons for the congregation to use here: p 178
PSALM 23
The following metrical versions of the psalm may be used:
The Lord’s my shepherd (LHS 387*, TIS 10)
OR
The King of love my shepherd is (LHS 391*, TIS 145) * Modernised version available
OR
My shepherd is the Lord (TIS 11)
OR
Geoff Strelan’s song Psalm 23 in Praise for All Seasons no 62
OR
The Iona collection Psalms of Patience, Protest and Praise contains a metrical version of Psalm 23 that could be used on this day (page 12). Note that the Iona Community is willing to allow a church or worship assembly to reproduce the words only of a song from these publications on a service sheet or overhead transparency that is to be used once only on a non-commercial basis, provided that the title of the song and the name of the copyright holder is clearly shown.
OR
David Schütz’s version sung to the tune ‘Shalom, my friends’ ATA 195.The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want,
Shalom, shalom.
He makes me lie down in green pasture land,
Shalom, shalom.He leads me beside the slow-running streams,
Shalom, shalom.
My soul he restores; he leads me aright,
Shalom, shalom.And though I should walk through death’s valley dark,
Shalom, shalom,
there’s nothing I fear, for you, Lord, are near,
Shalom, shalom.Your rod and your staff, they comfort me,
Shalom, shalom.
You set me a place before all my foes,
Shalom, shalom.My head you anoint, my cup overflows,
Shalom, shalom.
To me you always are loving and good,
Shalom, shalom,My dwelling shall be the house of the Lord,
Shalom, shalom,
for all of my life, for all of my days,
Shalom, shalom.Music Resources Vol. 3- Psalm settings – download printable antiphons for the congregation to use here: p 35, p 36, p 38
