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.

*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 an 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.

Home Brewed Families

We’ve curated some resources specifically for families to use in their homes this week, you can access them 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:

Psalm 23 (MSG)
Audio (Darren Wright)

Acts 2:42-47 (CEV)
Audio & Video (Bruce Warren)

1 Peter 2:19-25 (CEV)

John 10:1-10 (CEV)
Audio & Video (Bruce Warren)

Story:

Living together:

Darren reads the story “Living Together” from the Growing in God’s Love Story Bible

Questions for Conversation:

• What does it sound like when people are praising God? How do you praise God? Ask someone you love what it sounds like when they are praising god.
• Who is in your church? Can you imagine them and draw a picture of your church community?
• How do pope show love, how do people help others? What are some ways you can share love with others?

What is God’s Name?

Darren reads the story “What is God’s Name?” from the Growing in God’s Love Story Bible

Questions for Conversation:

• What are the names for God you’ve heard? What names for God are sung or prayed?
• What name do you like using for God? How do you imagine God looks or sounds like?
• What are some ways you could help God by being a peacemaker?

Prayer

Prayer of Confession

Prayers of the people (with Ian & Jack)

Singing The Story

This is a selection of songs that speak to this week’s bible readings and themes, use it to fill your house with music throughout Sunday, perhaps you might continue to listen to the music through the week.

A Psalm 23 Playlist

• All Of My Days – Richard Bruxvoort-Colligan-Colligan
• Psalm 23 (Sung in Hebrew) – MIQEDEM
• Psalm 23 – Sons of Korah
• Meet Me In The Middle Of The Air – Paul Kelly, sung by Gondwana Voices
• Psalm 23 (I Am Not Alone) – Virtual Choir
• The Lord’s My Shepherd – The Georgia Boy Choir
• Psalm 23 (Live from the Sing! Conference) – Stuart Townend
• Psalm 23 – Surely Goodness, Surely Mercy – Shane & Shane

Other Tracks

• I am The Good Shepherd by Leigh Newton
• Take this moment – Iona
• In your hands (I’m so secure) – Morgan
• Jesus put this song into our hearts – Kendrick
• Touching Heaven, Changing Earth – Morgan
• Christ be our light – Farrell
• You never let go – Redman
• Will You Come And Follow Me?

Reflection on the reading from the book of Acts

https://vimeo.com/413601799

Worship @ Home Ideas

If you are creating a little reflective corner at home here are a couple of ideas:

a) add to the space some wool, or a toy sheep and take time during the week to consider how your faith nurtures you and what you can do to nurture others.

b) build/draw/paint/create a model church and add it to the space, and take time during the week to consider what kind of church community you want to help build in Gungahlin.

Go Deeper

Article: Psalm 23 | A Reflection on Coronavirus, the Bible, and Our Response

Praying The Scriptures – Spend some time with the reading from Acts or John this week

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 – Psalm 23

Call To Worship:

Our joyous call to worship is by Sam

Song:

Take this moment – Iona

Prayer of Confession:

Prayer of Confession

Story – Living together:

Darren reads the story “Living Together” from the Growing in God’s Love Story Bible

Questions for Conversation:

• What does it sound like when people are praising God? How do you praise God? Ask someone you love what it sounds like when they are praising god.
• Who is in your church? Can you imagine them and draw a picture of your church community?
• How do pope show love, how do people help others? What are some ways you can share love with others?

Song:

All Of My Days – Richard Bruxvoort-Colligan-Colligan

Readings:

Psalm 23 (MSG)
Audio & Video (Darren Wright)

Acts 2:42-47 (CEV)
Audio & Video (Bruce Warren)

1 Peter 2:19-25 (CEV)

John 10:1-10 (CEV)
Audio & Video (Bruce Warren)
Leigh Newton has written a new song based on this reading, listen to it here and reflect on the reading in song.

Song: 

Will You Come And Follow Me?

Reflection on the scripture: 

Darren reflects on the story of the early church from Acts 2

Song:

Touching Heaven, Changing Earth

Prayers For Others:

Prayers of the people (with Ian & Jack)

Song:

Christ Be Our Light

Go Deeper:

Article: Psalm 23 | A Reflection on Coronavirus, the Bible, and Our Response

Praying The Scriptures – Spend some time with the reading from Acts or John this week

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