Proper 5 / Ordinary Time 10
Worship
Lectionary Worship Workbook
Series III, Cycle A
Confession And Absolution
P: Gracious God, you call us to follow you into places that we would rather not go. You call us to follow you where healing is needed. You call us to follow you so that we might be made well.
C: We confess our sins to you, trusting that your mercy was intended for us.
Silence for self-examination
P: In the name of God: Father, Son, + and Holy Spirit,
your faith has made you well.
Rise up and live.
C: Amen.
Prayer Of The Day
P: God in heaven, we seek your touch so that our pain might end. As you call us to follow you may we rejoice at the sound of your voice, trusting that where your promise is spoken, so also your will is done, through Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
C: Amen.
Intercessory Prayer/Liturgical Dance
As the prayers begin, have the dancers strike various poses of distress. As each intercession is prayed have their bodies move closer to postures of healing. The hymn "Healer Of Our Every Ill" can be sounded quietly on wind or string instruments during the intercessions. At the close of the prayer the congregation can join in the hymn and the dancers can sing with their bodies.
After each petition:
L: Healer of our every ill,
C: grant us your peace.
Offertory Prayer
A: Not sacrifice, but mercy. Not dead, but sleeping:
C: Words and actions are not always what they appear. Teach
us to see with the eyes of love, trusting that your healing hand
is leading us all to life. As we offer these gifts, O God, make
us to live anew for the sake of him who gave himself for us,
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Benediction
P: May God the Father send light upon you.
C: Amen.
P: May God the Son speak mercy to you.
C: Amen.
P: And May God the Holy Spirit + fill you with peace.
C: Amen.
Hymns And Songs
Come, Let Us Eat -- LBW 214; UMH 625; MBW 423
Open Now Thy Gates Of Beauty -- LBW 250; PH 489
Rise, Shine, You People -- LBW 393; UMH 187
God, Whose Almighty Word -- LBW 400
Word Of God, Come Down On Earth -- WOV 716
Come, All You People -- WOV 717
There Is A Balm In Gilead -- WOV 737; UMH 375; PH 394; MBW 500; GATHER 460; G&P 634
Jesus Loves Me -- TFF 249
Come, You Sinners -- MBW 765
We Cannot Measure How You Heal -- GATHER 401
Healer Of Our Every Ill -- GATHER 642
Jesus, Heal Us -- GATHER 638
Psalm Settings
Psalm 50: To The Upright -- GATHER 52
Choral Music
"His Peace Will Come" -- Craig Curry (Beckenhorst Press)
"The Life I Live" -- Thomas Geischen (Augsburg)
"The Lone Wild Bird" -- arr. David N. Johnson (Augsburg)
"The Lord Bless You And Keep You" -- Peter C. Lutkin (Summy Birchard)
Service Notes
If your congregation does not yet have regular services of healing, this may be a good day to introduce the practice. There are many options. Healing stations can be established during the distribution of communion in another part of the sanctuary; there can be a time set apart during the service, following the sermon; or there can be a time established before or after the Sunday service. Let your congregation know that such a resource is also available on an individual basis, especially during hospital stays. It is often those people who have experienced grace from such a ministry that are the most willing to assist ministers in these services.
P: Gracious God, you call us to follow you into places that we would rather not go. You call us to follow you where healing is needed. You call us to follow you so that we might be made well.
C: We confess our sins to you, trusting that your mercy was intended for us.
Silence for self-examination
P: In the name of God: Father, Son, + and Holy Spirit,
your faith has made you well.
Rise up and live.
C: Amen.
Prayer Of The Day
P: God in heaven, we seek your touch so that our pain might end. As you call us to follow you may we rejoice at the sound of your voice, trusting that where your promise is spoken, so also your will is done, through Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
C: Amen.
Intercessory Prayer/Liturgical Dance
As the prayers begin, have the dancers strike various poses of distress. As each intercession is prayed have their bodies move closer to postures of healing. The hymn "Healer Of Our Every Ill" can be sounded quietly on wind or string instruments during the intercessions. At the close of the prayer the congregation can join in the hymn and the dancers can sing with their bodies.
After each petition:
L: Healer of our every ill,
C: grant us your peace.
Offertory Prayer
A: Not sacrifice, but mercy. Not dead, but sleeping:
C: Words and actions are not always what they appear. Teach
us to see with the eyes of love, trusting that your healing hand
is leading us all to life. As we offer these gifts, O God, make
us to live anew for the sake of him who gave himself for us,
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Benediction
P: May God the Father send light upon you.
C: Amen.
P: May God the Son speak mercy to you.
C: Amen.
P: And May God the Holy Spirit + fill you with peace.
C: Amen.
Hymns And Songs
Come, Let Us Eat -- LBW 214; UMH 625; MBW 423
Open Now Thy Gates Of Beauty -- LBW 250; PH 489
Rise, Shine, You People -- LBW 393; UMH 187
God, Whose Almighty Word -- LBW 400
Word Of God, Come Down On Earth -- WOV 716
Come, All You People -- WOV 717
There Is A Balm In Gilead -- WOV 737; UMH 375; PH 394; MBW 500; GATHER 460; G&P 634
Jesus Loves Me -- TFF 249
Come, You Sinners -- MBW 765
We Cannot Measure How You Heal -- GATHER 401
Healer Of Our Every Ill -- GATHER 642
Jesus, Heal Us -- GATHER 638
Psalm Settings
Psalm 50: To The Upright -- GATHER 52
Choral Music
"His Peace Will Come" -- Craig Curry (Beckenhorst Press)
"The Life I Live" -- Thomas Geischen (Augsburg)
"The Lone Wild Bird" -- arr. David N. Johnson (Augsburg)
"The Lord Bless You And Keep You" -- Peter C. Lutkin (Summy Birchard)
Service Notes
If your congregation does not yet have regular services of healing, this may be a good day to introduce the practice. There are many options. Healing stations can be established during the distribution of communion in another part of the sanctuary; there can be a time set apart during the service, following the sermon; or there can be a time established before or after the Sunday service. Let your congregation know that such a resource is also available on an individual basis, especially during hospital stays. It is often those people who have experienced grace from such a ministry that are the most willing to assist ministers in these services.
