By Pauline Loughhead

Lord Jesus, we tank you that we can come to you with our prayers for others.

We pray for all who feel cut off from you, from family and friends, and from their community at this time of social distancing.

Be with us in our isolation and aloneness, and give us reassurances that we are loved and welcomed by you and our families and many friends.

Help us to reach out regularly with a phone call, a video call, a listening ear, an open heart, or a text message so we don’t feel that isolation pressing down upon us, and help us to seek help when we feel depression or loneliness overcoming us.

We pray for all who are living without hope. For the young and older people living on our streets, who feel deserted, for the unemployed who fear they may never work again or find meaningful employment, for those whose work has closed down due to the corona virus, leaving them without an income for the foreseeable future.

And for the elderly who feel forgotten and lonely.

We ask that each may have hope that life can again be meaningful and satisfying.

Loving God, we bring before you all who are in need of your healing touch today. We pray for the terminally ill, that they may experience the fullness of your grace. 

We pray for the chronically ill, that your healing touch may be upon them.

We pray for all who despair of ever regaining health- grant them your peace.

And we pray for those known personally to us, who are in need of your loving touch. And we name them in our hearts.  May your love and compassion surround them, giving them comfort and strength

Loving God, you call us to pray and work for peace. We ask that your will might be done in every land by all people. We pray for those who direct the course of nations, that they might act with justice and concern for all.

And in this time of the Corona virus pandemic, may we each nation, reach out with care and concern for their safety.

We pray for ourselves, that by the work of the Holy Spirit within us, we might see you more clearly, and that our understanding of you might be broadened and deepened.

Help us not to box you into our limited understanding, but always allow you to surprise us with new glimpses of your nature and character

May we grow in grace that our lives might reflect more adequately your life in us .    

Amen 

Welcome to Worship

This week’s Home Brewed Worship provides you all a number of ways to enter into prayer and to explore the Gospel story. If you’re at home with family, a partner, a friend or a spouse please consider working through some of this with them. If you’re alone, consider phoning someone else and inviting them to join you in worship. 

Carve out some space sacred space in your home, perhaps you have candle, some colourful material, a cross, a bible, some pictures of the world, artwork or images of Jesus….

You don’t need to use all of this material, nor do you need to do it all in one sitting, perhaps some of these prayers and music can travel with you throughout the week.

Shalom

Darren Wright

As we enter into worship we invite you to contemplate these 3 questions:

• What am I grateful for this week?
• Who will I check in with / make contact with this week?
• Where will I seek, or create beauty this week?

This Week’s Scripture Readings

• Psalm 118:1-2,19-29 (The Message)
• Matthew 21:1-11 (CEV)

Home Brewed Prayer

Prayers of the people from Pauline Loughhead

We Hope For A Leader, a reflection by Craig Mitchell

Home Brewed Family

It Was A Triumphal Entryy – Liturgical Piece with Darren & Holly

Video Story of Palm Sunday with Darren Wright

Palm Sunday – Holy Moly video

Creative Prayer & Bible Ideas

Home Brewed Playlist

A Palm Sunday Playlist

Home Brewed Worship

Video Reflection from Lay Pastor Darren Wright

Go Deeper:

Why not spend some time praying the scripture? Here are a couple ways for you to enter the text in prayerful ways.

Praying The Text – Lectio Divina

Praying The Text – Entering The Story