IDEAS for Sunday before Lent (Year A)

These are the resources on offer for Sunday before Lent (Year A)

The PowerPoint slides on this page are standard size - You can find the widescreen slides here

The related readings for this Sunday are:

Exodus 24:12-18
Psalm 2
2 Peter 1:16-21
Matthew 17:1-9

We have chosen the theme: Going up the mountain

The second service readings for this Sunday are:

2 Kings 2:1-12
Psalm 84
Matthew 17:(1-8), 9-23

We have chosen the theme: Coming down the mountain

You can buy access to all these resources for as little as £3

Worship

Introduction

	We offer a video for reflection of "White" by Mike Rayson - Download - Sample The backing track is distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170 . Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme.
	We also offer a video for reflection of "These are the days of Elijah" by Robin Mark - Download - Sample The backing track is distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170 . Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme. There is a also a version of this video with words to lead singing
	We also offer a video for reflection of "Can I ascend the hill of the Lord" by Matt Redman - Download - Sample The backing track is distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170 . Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme. There is a also a version of this video with words to lead singing

Prayers:

A call to worship	A prayer of approach	The prayers in this section are also in a PDF file - Download
A prayer of praise	A prayer of confession

Songs: The following songs could be used in this part of the service

	These are the days of Elijah, SOF 1047, MP 1012, TS 503, KS 734 Available as a full video with words and music - Download - Sample The backing track is distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170 . The words are copyright: Robin Mark, © 1996 Song Solutions Daybreak and used with permission. Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme and declare its use on your CCLI report.
	O come, let us worship, MP 492 The words are copyright: Iain Anderson © 1981 Authentic Music Publishing, Adm. Kingsway Songs and used with permission. Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme and declare its use on your CCLI report.
	Lord, we long to see Your glory, SOF 907, TS 338 Available as a full video with words and music - Download - Sample The backing track is distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170 . The words are copyright: Richard Lewis © 1997 Thankyou Music and used with permission. Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme and declare its use on your CCLI report.
	O for a heart to praise my God, HP 536, STF 507, RAS 514, CP 533, TS 904, SOF 411, MP 495 Available as a video with words and music - Download - Sample The backing track is distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170 . The words by Charles Wesley. Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme.
	How small a spark has lit a living fire, STF 408 Available as a video with words and music - Download - Sample The backing track is distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170 . The words are copyright: Shirley Erena Murray, © 1992 Hope Publishing Company and used with permission. Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme and declare its use on your CCLI report

Material suitable for children

Talk

	There is a story of Sally climbing a mountain - Download There are also a PowerPoint slide to accompany the talk - Download
	There is an all age talk that explores mountain top experiences as part of the religious life - Download There are also PowerPoint slides to accompany the talk - Download

Songs:

	Show respect for the Son Available as a full video - Download - Sample The backing track is distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170 . The video is copyright:John Hardwick and used with permission. Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme and declare its use on your CCLI report.
	I love it when I'm close to you - PowerPoint Words - Sheet Music Available as a video with words and music - Download - Sample The backing track is distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170 . The words are copyright: Dave Godfrey , © 2007 Song Solutions Daybreak and used with permission. Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme and declare its use on your CCLI report.
	My Lord is higher than a mountain, JP 170 Available as a video with words and music - Download - Sample The backing track is distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170 . The words are copyright: Ian Smale © 1991 Thankyou Music and used with permission. Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme and declare its use on your CCLI report.
	We're going to move that mountain, Words Also as an animated video with words and music - Download - Sample The backing track is distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170 . The words are copyright: Paul Field © Song Solutions Daybreak and used with permission. Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme and declare its use on your CCLI report.

Word

Readings:

	Matthew 17:1-9 is offered on the Lectionary Video - Sample
	Matthew 17:1-9 is on the Visual Bible - Matthew - Sample
	A reading of Matthew 17:1-8 being read on Mount Tabor, one of the possible sites of the Transfiguration - Download - Sample
	Why are the nations in tumult (Psalm 2), Words The words are copyright: from Common Worship, © The Archbishops Council, 2000, 2005. Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme

Exodus 24:12-18	Psalm 2	This week's readings are from the NIV There is a reflection by Jessica Dalton-Cheetham BA MPhil - Download Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 Biblica. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.
2 Peter 1:16-21	Matthew 17:1-9

Talk:

There is a sermon that explores God through a mountain top experience - Download.

There are also PowerPoint slides to accompany the talk - Download

Drama:

Sketches:

From Sketching out the Gospel by Dave Hopwood - The Transfiguration - Peter and James on the mountain top with Jesus - Download

By Ann Bossingham - At the foot of the mountain - Thomas and Andrew left at the bottom of the mountain - Download

Second Service

	Psalm 84:1-7 is available as a Lectionary Video - Sample
	Psalm 84:1-6 is available as a Sons of Korah video with words and music - Download - Sample
	Matthew 17:(1-8), 9-23 is on the Visual Bible - Matthew - Sample
	How lovely is Your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts (Psalm 84), STF 814 The words are copyright: NRSV, © 1989, 1995 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme

2 Kings 2:1-12	Psalm 84	This week's readings are from the NIV There is a reflection by John Staton - Download Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 Biblica. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.
Matthew 17:(1-8), 9-23

Talk:

There is a sermon that explores what happened when Jesus came down from the mountain - Download.

There are also PowerPoint slides to accompany the talk - Download

Songs:

	Christ upon the mountain peak, HP 155 Available as a video with words and music - Download - Sample The backing track is distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170 . The words are copyright: Brian Wren © 1977, 1995 Stainer and Bell Ltd. and used with permission. Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme and declare its use on your CCLI report.
	Once on a mountain top, HP 157 The words are copyright: Michael Edward Hewlett © Stainer and Bell Ltd. and used with permission. Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme and declare its use on your CCLI report.
	How good, Lord, to be here, HP 156, RAS 203 Available as a video with words and music - Download - Sample The backing track is distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170 . Joseph Armitage Robinson (1858-1933). Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme
	By faith we see the hand of God, SOF 2240 Available as a video with words and music - Download - Sample The backing track is distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170 . The words are copyright: Keith & Krustyn Getty & Stuart Townend, © 2009 Thankyou Music and used with permission. Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme and declare its use on your CCLI report.

Response

Prayers:

A prayer for others		The prayers in this section are also in a PDF file - Download
An offering prayer	A blessing

Other Resources:

	The prayer of confesssion from At the Breaking of the bread for Lent and Passiontide At the Breaking of the Bread is a set of PowerPoint communion liturgies to match the Methodist Worship Book created for Methodist Publishing by the Family Friendly Churches Trust. Now available as a download
	The prayer of confession from All Included for Lent All Included is a set of 16 all age communion liturgies. One for each month of the year and then Christmas, Easter, Pentecost and Covenant. There is also a Baptism/Dedication service. Each service is available as PowerPoint files and also PDF booklets for printing. Also includes a Baptism/Dedication service. Now available as a download

Songs: The following songs could be used in this part of the service

	Can I ascend the hill of the Lord, SOF 683, TS 63 Available as a full video with words and music - Download - Sample The backing track is distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170 . The words are copyright: Matt Redman, © 1995 Thankyou Music and used with permission. Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme and declare its use on your CCLI report.
	Give me the faith which can remove, HP 767, STF 661, MP 168, Available as a video with words and music - Download - Sample The backing track is distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170 . The words are by Charles Wesley (1707-88). Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme
	Stay, master, stay upon this heavenly hill, HP 158 , Available as a video with words and music - Download - Sample The backing track is distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170 . The words are by Samuel Greg, Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme.
	Giving it all to You, STF 551, SOF 1242, TS 1803 Available as a video with words and music - Download - Sample The backing track is distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170 . The words are copyright: Geraldine Latty, © 2000 Thankyou Music and used with permission. Please do not pass it on outside the IDEAS scheme and declare its use on your CCLI report.

Notes

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