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Pentecost 7B LECTIONARY GENERATED LITURGY Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Year B 2 Samuel 7:1-14a; Ps 89:20-37; Ephesians 2:11-22; Mark 6:30-34,53-56. Rec. text- NRSV Hymns are from the Australian Hymn Book (AHB) or Together in Song (TIS) or unless otherwise indicated. Worship Leader - normal type. Congregational responses - bold type Permission is granted to churches to use this material in services of worship. This liturgy remains the property of Moira B Laidlaw Additional resources for Pentecost 7B: Scripture in Song , CMC Australasia, Unit 9/147 Marshalltown Road, Grovedale, Victoria 3216; AS ONE VOICE .ALL TOGETHER OK Willow Connection, Pty Ltd, Dee Why, NSW, 1992; , Openbook Publishers, Adelaide, South Australia, 1996; A Singing Faith. Jane Parker Huber, Westminster Press, Philadelphia PA, 1987; AUSTRALIAN PRAYERS , Bruce Prewer, Lutheran Publishing House, Adelaide, South Australia, 1983. CALL TO WORSHIP: Based on Ephesians 2 verses 16, 19-21. NRSV In Christ we are a new humanity - no longer strangers - but members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and the prophets, with Jesus Christ himself as the chief cornerstone. We rejoice that Jesus holds us together - reconciling us to God and to one another. TIS 432/AHB 343: “Christ is made the sure foundation -tune Westminster Abbey TIS 433/AHB 344: “Christ is our cornerstone” Alt. AHB tune 293 Darwall OPENING PRAYER - Eternal God, it doesn’t seem right to think of Jesus as a cornerstone because that suggests something hard and lifeless. Instead, he links us with you and with one another with the opposite - with his risen life and power. We are here praising you today for these gifts of sacrificial love - gifts which inspire us to reach out to others with similar love. As people so lovingly brought together who were formerly alienated from each other and from you, O God, so fill us with the desire to break down barriers which exist between people and you. As you welcome us, who once were strangers, as friends, may we (continue to) make this church a hospitable place where strangers can become friends. May we always give thanks for the great gift of faith in you, O God. As you reached out to us in Christ, and transformed our lives, so may that transformation be visible through the way we share our faith and welcome strangers into this, your dwelling place. Amen SHARING A SIGN OF PEACE The peace of the Lord be with you And also with you. Invite people to share a sign of peace with those around them. EPISTLE: Ephesians 2:11-22 SUGGESTION FOR CHILDREN’S TALK - I heard a story years ago and unfortunately do not know its source. It goes something like this: A little girl in first class came home from school and shared the news with her mother that a girl from another country had joined their class. She didn’t speak English so, despite the efforts of some of the children at recess, the new girl had not joined in any games but had just watched the others play and talk. Then the little girl excitedly told her mother how they had had such fun at lunchtime - and the new girl had been included in their games and, it seemed, their talking together. The mother was very puzzled - “But how can that be” she asked her daughter, “when the new girl doesn’t speak the same language as you?” The little girl looked at her mother and laughed “It was easy” she said, “because she laughed in the same language as us!” It wouldn’t be too difficult to relate this story to the message in Ephesians that Jesus has broken down barriers between people through his being human and speaking and teaching us to speak a common language of love and peace. TIS 607/SA 66: “Make me a channel of your peace” AS ONE VOICE 130 “They’ll know we are Christians by our love” ALL TOGETHER OK 373: “Bound by love to love each other” PRAYER OF CONFESSION - “Save your children” -Page 144f - Australian Prayers or as follows... Choir or soloist could sing the verse based on Ephesians in TIS 713: “Christ is our peace” Merciful God, we celebrate the way that you chose to bring unity and peace to people - through the gift of your Son, our Lord, Jesus Christ. He broke down longstanding walls of prejudice and hostility between Jew and Gentile, male and female, slave and free. He abolished rules that restricted life and replaced them with the new commandment to love as he did. Where have we gone astray? Walls of prejudice still exist and barriers of racism still hold people back from reaching their true potential. We hear the great message of Jesus reconciling people to you, O God, and to one another, and yet we still hesitate to reach out to people when they are different in some way from us. Forgive us when we create barriers rather than tear them down. “Christ is our peace” Jesus has made us members of the household of God and he holds us together through the power of his Spirit. Maybe it is because we like to do things the way that we’ve always done them that creates barriers and excludes strangers, preventing them from ever having the opportunity to experience the reconciling power of Jesus in their lives. Forgive us when we fail to take risks for the gospel’s sake. “Christ is our peace” We remember with gratitude how people shared their faith with us so that we are no longer strangers and aliens. So we pray that the Holy Spirit will continue to bind us together in love and peace, building us up as a witnessing, welcoming and forgiving community of grace. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS: “In Jesus you who were once far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ”. In him we have been reconciled to God through the cross, made citizens with the saints and members of the household of God. (Ephesians 2:13,19 NRSV) Hear then, the good news that in Jesus Christ we are forgiven. Thanks be to God! TIS 209/AHB 138: “And can it be that I should gain...” OLD TESTAMENT; 2 Samuel 7:1-14a GOSPEL: Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 SERMON TIS 351/AHB 271: “Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim” A SINGING FAITH 68: “Called as partners in Christ’s service” can be sung to Ode to Joy TIS158/AHB 92 TIS 665: “ Jesus Christ is waiting, waiting in the streets” SUGGESTIONS FOR PRAYERS FOR OTHERS “Special People”, page 112; “For Deliverance”, page 148 - Australian Prayers Pray for people experiencing division and conflict in this Pacific region - that the violence between people might be overcome by a desire for reconciliation and peace. THE LORD’S PRAYER OFFERING OFFERTORY PRAYER Living Lord Jesus, we give thanks for all that you have done for us and continue to do for us through the gift of your Spirit. You welcome us as part of your family, members of God’s household. Help us always to show our gratitude, not only through these gifts but also through our acceptance of others and as a welcoming and loving community of faith. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen TIS 459/391: “In Christ there is no east or west” In AHB 391 invite people to replace “all mankind in v.2 with “humankind” and “son” in v.3 with “child” TIS 411/AHB 328: “Filled with the Spirit’s power” In AHB 328, Invite people to replace “the men” with “people” in v. 3 TIS 457/AHB 385: “The church’s one foundation is Jesus Christ her Lord” BENEDICTION: The peace of God which is beyond all our human understanding, be upon you, The peace of Christ which breaks down barriers, be within you, and The peace of the Holy Spirit which creates true fellowship, be among you. THREEFOLD AMEN |