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. Use the material as part of daily exercises, music to carry you through the week, reflections to ponder as you walk or stay at home.

For some your focus may be to hear the gospel preached, others the gospel sung, while others may want to find a practice that they can enter into over the course of the week to make space for the Holy Spirit to work on us. My focus this week will be exercising the practice of Lectio Vicinitas (Neighbourhood Reading), allowing the practice of walking, a large part of this week’s scripture readings to teach me.

*We know there have been others using this resource in their own homes or communities, if you’d like to have updates and information of new resources please jump on our email list.

Order of Service

Some people have requested a formal order of service as a guide to use this material at home. Access a formal order here. If you’re happy making your own way through these resources please make yourself at home.

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 Readings:

Acts 2:14a, 36-41 (CEV)
Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19 (MSG)
1 Peter 1:17-23 (CEV)
Luke 24:13-35 (CEV)

Home Brewed Prayer

• Emmaus – A Reflective Liturgy
• The Emmaus Road – A Reflective Liturgy
• Prayer For Others

This Weeks Video Reflection

This week’s reflection on the story from Luke 24:13-35

The Rev Simon Hansford has released a reflection for Anzac Day: Lest We Forget

Singing The Story

We’ve made a playlist of songs that link with this weeks scripture readings here.

Worshipping at home with a young family? At home we’re developing a particular worship style I’ve come to fondly call “Chaos Church.” We first create a sacred space, we sing some songs together, we read the bible together (again, if you need a bible for your children at home let me know), we talk about the story and then we pray together.

Here are some resources specifically put together for you to use in worshipping with your family at home.

Each week we will offer you a couple ways to go deeper with the scripture, many of these invitations are becoming a part of a collection of spiritual practices on our website for people to use in their daily life.

These practices are designed for you to use during the week,

Invitation 01 – Make some bread, break it and share it with someone.

Invitation 02 – Remix the Psalm

Invitation 03 – Lectio Vicinitas (Neighbourhood Reading)

See our invitations to go deeper this week on our website here.

Prepare For Worship:

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 Psalm Is Psalm 116: 

Call To Worship: Emmaus

Song: In Christ Alone – Lauren Diagle

Reflective Liturgy: The Emmaus Road

Story: Darren reads the story of the Road to Emmaus from the Growing in God’ Love Story Bible

Song: Thine Be The Glory

Readings:

Acts 2:14a, 36-41 (CEV)
Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19 (MSG)
1 Peter 1:17-23 (CEV)
Luke 24:13-35 (CEV)

Song: Hear Our Praises – Hillsong

Reflection on the scripture: Darren reflects on Luke 24:13-35

Reflection on Anzac Day: from the Rev Simon Hansford

Prayer Practice: Here is an invitation to remix Psalm 116 for use in future worship and as a personal spiritual practice.

Song: Sing, Sing, Sing – Chris Tomlin

Prayers For Others: Prayer of Intercession

Song: God Make Me A channel Of Your Peace – Richard Bruxvoort-Colligan

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…

Maybe you’d like to send us a photo of how or where you’re worshipping this Sunday?

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.

*Some people have requested a formal order of service as a guide to use this material at home. Access a formal order here.

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 Readings:

Acts 2:14a, 22-32
Psalm 16
1 Peter 1:3-9
John 20:19-31

Home Brewed Prayer

A Call to Worship – Thomas’ Faith

Prayers of the People / Prayers of intercession

All Age Prayer

A New Kind of Life

Home Brewed Family Resources

Hear the story of Jesus appearing to the disciples from The Growing in God’s Love Story Bible. Also comes with questions for conversation.

Sing “I’ve Got Peace like A River” together as a family

This Weeks Video Reflection

This week’s reflection on the story from John 20:19-31

Singing The Story

Ngaire has recorded herself playing the song Breathe, a song that we sing at GUC, the music can be found here.

We’ve made a playlist of songs that link with this weeks scripture readings here.

Home Brewed Spirituality

This week we’ve created two videos to guide you in breathing exercises, both inviting you to spend time noticing your breath and reflecting on the story of Jesus appearing to the disciples from the book of John.

Practice 01 – Breath Lines

Practice 02 – Breath Prayer

Go Deeper

Why not spend some time praying the scripture?

Here are two ways for you to enter the text in prayerful ways.

Praying The Text – Entering The Story

Praying The Text – Lectio Divina