Lenten

Liturgy A celebration of faith

Preparation

Date: 27th of February,

Season: Lent
Focus: Spiritual Renewal
2015
(Faith)
Place: Classroom
Time: 9AM
Group: 6
Required Props:
Prayer Table with a Purple Table cloth covering the table
Purple candle (on prayer table)
Matches (to light prayer candle)
Wooden Cross (standing upright on the table)
Project Compassion Box (giving to others during the time of Lent)
Sand in a clear container (to replicate Jesus time spent in the desert, which will be
given to Reader 1 before the liturgy)

Gather (Introductory Rites)

Welcome:
We are gathered here today, in the liturgical season of Lent to
reflect on Jesus sacrifice, life, crucifixion, death and
resurrection. We remember Jesus sacrifice of forty days in
the desert [scoop a handful of sand and release sand through
fingers].

Today, we observe the forty days of Lent by resisting
temptation and growing closer to God. Lent is a time for
prayer, fasting and almsgiving.
Gathering Hymn:
40 Days and 40 Nights White Light

Sign of the Cross:
In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy
Spirit.
Opening Prayer:
We are bound by the lack of time. We are bound by fear of
the future. We are bound by the limitation of poor health. We
are bound by poverty. We are bound by our grief. We are
bound by our addictions. God of Freedom, you remove all that
holds us bound into patterns of death and breathe new life
into every worn-out soul. We cry to you for release from all
that binds us. Roll away the stones that block; loosen the
tightness of our lives; call us forth from the tombs of our
despair into the newness of life. We ask this prayer in the
name of your Son, Jesus, who is the life of the world.
Amen.

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Reader 1

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Reader 2

Teacher

Listen (Liturgy of the Word)

Matthew 17:1-8
A reading from the Gospel according to Matthew.
Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his
brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves.
And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like
the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly there
appeared to them Moses and Eljah, talking with him.

Then Peter said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here; if
you wish, I will make three dwellings here, one for you, one for
Moses, and one for Eljah. While he was still speaking,
suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them, and from the
cloud a voice said This is my Son, the Beloved; with him I am
well pleased; listen to him!

When the disciples heard this, they fell to the ground and were
overcome by fear. But Jesus came and touched them, saying
Get up and do not be afraid. And when they looked up, they
saw no one except Jesus himself alone.

Reader 3






Reader 4






Reader 5

Prayer:
Gracious God, ever true to your covenant, as your Spirit sent
Jesus into the wilderness, so you call us, your people, into the
desert of Lent. Bring us through these forty days in the power
of Christs victory.

May we be touched again by your call to change, and have the
strength to put aside what is not essential in our lives and
entrust ourselves completely to you.
We ask this through Christ, who lives and reigns with you and
the Holy Spirit, God forever and ever.
Amen.

Reflection:
We hear of Jesus being in the wilderness of the desert.
Sometimes in life, we can be selfish. We may have a lack time
to do things in our day. We may have addictions. We may
have uncertainty about our future. From Jesus stories, we are
reminded that we can be so much more than whom we
already are. During the season of Lent, we are reminded to
repent and turn away from selfishness to improve ourselves
and our relationship with God. What do you want to turn
away from during Lent?

Action:
We will now think of our dreams for Lent. (bows head, 20
second silence). Today, we will give our dreams wings by
making a Lenten promise. On the butterfly card, write a
Lenten promise that you will make and keep during the
season of Lent. Your teacher will hang these up in your
classroom to remind you to keep your promise during Lent.

Reader 6












Teacher









Reader 7

Share, Reflect, Respond

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Go & Tell (Concluding Rites)

[Pick up Project Compassion Box] You can also participate in

Caritas Australia Project Compassion during the season of
Lent. You can also help others in your community through
other acts by giving time to those in need.

Dismissal:
May the God who loves us so generously keep us from all
harm and bless us with every good gift.
Amen.

Reader 8

May Gods Word be in our hearts and fill us with lasting joy.
Amen.
May we walk in Gods ways, always knowing what is right and
good. May almighty God bless us and the Father, and the Son,
and the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Nourished by Gods Word, go in peace to love and serve.
Thanks be to God.
Concluding Hymn:
Set the World on Fire Britt Nicole

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