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Prayer For Others – August 09, 2020
Gracious and loving God,
We lift up to you all those who are affected by the corona virus.
For those who are ill, bring them healing.
For those struggling with job loss and isolation,
bring them peace and surround them with people to support them.
For those working on the front lines,
be with them and their families and give them strength.
We pray to you, who walked on water, giver of help and miracle maker,
for an effective vaccine.
Be with our church as we struggle through this time.
Be with those who are planning the recommencement of worship,
filling in the endless paperwork and making tough decisions to try to keep us safe.
Be with each member of our church community
in the waiting, the wondering and the worrying.
Help us to do our best to care for each other
and to put love at the centre of all we do.
Amen
Holly Wright, August 2020
Home Brewed Worship, August 09, 2020
Welcome to this week’s worship resources. This week we encourage you to dive into the scripture and hear again the story of Jesus walking on the water and reflect on how this story meets us this week.
For those of you who want to make a space to worship on Sunday we’ve put together an order of service that you can use to reflect in music, read the scripture and pray in worship,
For those of you who feel that you only have cracks and crevices in your week available to reflect on God’s word, to pray and meditate or to hear the stories of faith then we’ve created this material as a playlist for you to use through your week to dive in and out of when you can make space in your work, home, car or whenever you find yourself open to spend time with God.
Perhaps you might choose one prayer to pray daily, or commit to listening to two songs each day, or reading one of the bible verses every two days?
Order of Service
Worship material for August 09, 2020
Readings
Prayers
- Call to Worship – An invitation to pray and meditate for the day
- Prayer of Adoration and Confession – An invitation to pray at the beginning of every day
- A Prayer For Others – A prayer for our world, our community
- All Age Prayer – An invitation to pray at the table every day
- A Blessing – an invitation to pray at the end of each day
Song
This week’s singing the scripture playlist is quite long, perhaps you might find some time each day to listen to a couple songs and reflect on your day and your journey with God through the week.
Worshipping with Family
This week’s reading tells the story of Jesus walking on the water and the disciples on a boat. This week how about creating a boat in your house? Use cushions, pillows, sheets, and if you’d like paint, pencils, paper, cardboard to build a boat together.
Then, get in the boat and imagine yourself sailing in the storm and seeing Jesus on the water. Perhaps the Holy Moly video below can help you tell the story.
For conversation:
- When you hear this story what questions do you have?
- What do you think the disciples were thinking?
- Do you think you would have jumped out of the boat? Why? Why Not? Why do you think Peter did?
- What are you afraid of? (spend some time on this, it can be a very helpful conversation with your family)
- How can we face our fears together?
- Can we pray to God to help us with what frightens us? – Pray together
Send us photos of your boat when you’ve finished.
Story
These videos are to help you hear the story of Joseph and of Jesus Walking on Water in different ways. This week’s material require you to use a password to access the videos, we’ve included the password in the community email.
The Story of Jesus Walking on Water – Holy Moly
The Story of Joseph Part 01 – Holy Moly
The Story of Joseph – Re:Form
Reflection on the Gospel Reading
Go Deeper
If you would like to go deeper into the readings for this week here are some suggestions.
- Sermon: Rod Barnes on Walking on Water
- Podcast: By The Well – Episode 139
- Podcast and commentary – Working Preacher
- Podcast – Peter Walked on Water Too! – Richard Rohr
- Sermon – Nadia Bolz Weber, A Sermon Sarcastic & Serious
The following two videos reflect on fear and faith, you’ll need to use the same password shared in the community email.
Walking through fear in/with grace…
Brené Brown on grace and fear.
From The Work Of The People
From The Work Of The People
A Blessing, August 09, 2020
Source: Spill The Beans
Jesus, you are the Son of God.
Even the wind and the waves,
the stormy seas,
are calmed by your Spirit.We might never walk on the surface of water,
as if immune to life’s troubles,
yet, neither do we need to sink.For you, Lord, are with us.
Your hand is upon us.
Your love is for us.
Your commitment to us is endless.Thanks be to God, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit, today and always.
All Age Prayer – August 09, 2020
Source: Spill The Beans Issue 35
Jesus Christ,
you know what it is to be afraid
and when you saw your friends soaked and scared,
you came to them.While you were on your way,
you called to them
telling them it was okay to be afraid,
that you were with them on the water.When Peter shouted out,
so excited and courageous,
you invited him to step out
not to prove his faith
but to share your love.And when the fear started
to beat harder in his heart
and his feet got wet with the waves,
you reached out your hand,
loved him,
and together you walked back to the boat.Remind us that we are always safe with you.
Challenge us to make more safe places for each other
especially when we see other people scared.Amen.
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