Liturgy of the Palms

Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29      

Matthew 21:1-11  

Liturgy of the Passion

Isaiah 50:4-9a    
Psalm 31:9-16   
Philippians 2:5-11            
Matthew 26:14-27:66
Or  Matthew 27:11-54
Worship resources:

Christening in Alabaster — Jim Burklo

Holy Week Challenge & Prayer — Loren McGrail, Israel/Palestine

Holy Week Litany for White People Working against Racism — Amanda Udis-Kessler, USA

Palm Sunday Donkey Pinata, children’s message

Palm Sunday Prayer — Loren McGrail, Israel/Palestine

Palm Sunday prayer — Tod & Ana Gobledale, UK (and St Francis)

Passion Sunday Communion liturgy: Face the Music — Ana Gobledale

Passion Sunday Prayer, Matthew 21 — Ana Gobledale, UK

Prayer of Confession, Face the music — Ana Gobledale, UK

Psalm 118 renewed — Duncan Wilson, UK

She has done a beautiful thing! Mark 14.3-9 — Lisa M. Caldwell-Reiss, USA

When we meet you, a prayer — Loren McGrail, Israel/Palestine

Exodus 12:1-4, (5-10), 11-14       
Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19      
1 Corinthians 11:23-26   
John 13:1-17, 31b-35

Worship resources:

Footwashing God: A Prayer of Intercession — Christian Aid, UK

Good Friday words — Tod Gobledale, UK

He kneeled before them, Maundy Thursday reflection — Tod Gobledale, UK

His were the hands — Duncan Wilson, UK

His were the hands — Duncan Wilson, UK

Holy Darkness, Hold Us — Amanda Udis-Kessler, USA

Holy Week Challenge & Prayer — Loren McGrail, Israel/Palestine

Maundy Thursday at-home service, complete — Thandiwe Dale-Ferguson

Maundy Thursday Images

Out of the chaos: a prayer for Maundy Thursday — Disciples Peace Fellowship, USA

Peter’s remorse: a dramatic monologue — Ana & Tod Gobledale, South Africa

She has done a beautiful thing! Mark 14.3-9 — Lisa M. Caldwell-Reiss, USA

Table For Two, Communion in isolation — Bob Hill, USA

Isaiah 52:13-53:12           
Psalm 22             
Hebrews 10:16-25
or  Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9
John 18:1-19:42

Worship resources:

Cross Friday, not Good — Maren Tirabassi, USA

Do you bring peace?, hymn — Sam Goodman, UK

Fear not — Ana Gobledale, UK

From Hades to New Jerusalem – James Moulder, Australia

Good Friday Confession — Lawrence Moore, UK

Good Friday Images

Good Friday Ritual of the Nails — UK

Good Friday, a Response — Lawrence, Moore, UK

Help me stay awake, prayer — Cara Heafey, UK

His were the hands — Duncan Wilson, UK

Hopeful brokenness, in response to a bombing — Ana Gobledale, UK

In the silence, a reflection for Holy Saturday

Insights — Richard Kidd, Australia

Invocation: Drum-beat Prayer for Divine Rhythm

John 1:5, Come, shine in the darkness — Cara Heafey, UK

Litany of Hope for Earth Day — Eco-Justice Ministries, USA

Litany of Love — Zach Ford, UK

Luke 23:33-43 drama, the crucifixion — Ana Gobledale, UK

Mary’s lament, monologue — Ana Gobledale, UK

On the road that leads to love, hymn — Heather Whyte, UK

Patient dawn — Sam Goodman

Peter’s Lament: a Good Friday dialogue — Ana & Tod Gobledale, South Africa

Pieta, a Good Friday poem — Ana Blandiana, Romania

Prayer for peace in a world starved for love, James Evans McReynolds, USA

Prayer of Praise and thanksgiving for Good Friday — Lawrence Moore, UK

Psalm 22, a lament — Jim Burklo, US

Rachel weeps — Steve Garnaas-Holmes, USA

Stigma(ta), healing words — Sam Goodman, UK

Then they came for me — Martin Niemöller, Germany

There you are — Sam Goodman, UK

Job 14:1-14  or  
Lamentations 3:1-9, 19-24           
Psalm 31:1-4, 15-16        
1 Peter 4:1-8     
Matthew 27:57-66 
or   John 19:38-42

Worship resources:

Burial Bandages, a confession — Earl Roberts, USA

Patient dawn — Sam Goodman

The Restlessness of Grief — Cara Heafey