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Worship Materials for Sunday 26th July 2020

Below are links to a range of resources that you can use for your worship this week along with your service booklets. The recordings of the liturgy are provided in separate videos, with another video for the message from Ps Andrew.

You can also watch these videos as a YouTube Playlist Here.

If you would prefer to watch the recorded service as a whole, it is also available here: Online Service for Sunday 26th July 2020

Opening Song – “You’ll Never Walk Alone” or “Cornerstone” or “Open My Eyes”

For lyrics select the “CC” button in the bottom right menu.
For lyrics select the “CC” button in the bottom right menu

Greeting, Prayer of Preparation and Confession

READINGS

Readings for 26th July 2020
(Eighth Sunday after Pentecost)

First Reading: Genesis 29:15-28

Psalm 128

Second Reading: Romans 8:26-39

Gospel Reading: Matthew 13:44-58

Creed, Intercessions and Communion (Reserved Sacrament)

Message and Song – “Walking in God’s Ways”

Blessing and Dismissal

Final Song – “The Lord Bless You and Keep You” or “Bright as the Sun”

For lyrics select the “CC” button in the bottom right menu.
For lyrics select the “CC” button in the bottom right menu.

Kids Activity Ideas

TREASURES Paper Plate holder:

Staple or tape two paper plates together, leaving a small opening at the top and using ribbon in holes punched at the top, to carry the plate. TREASURES CANDY can be given out to put into the decorated TREASURES “box” (and Bible verse on the plate as well)

BALLOON TREASURE POPPING

Put a “treasure” from the story onto a slip of paper and stick in each balloon. Children can pop the balloon and add their “treasure slip” to a TREASURES POSTER on the focal wall of the classroom. Discussion about how to build up our treasures in heaven.

Worship Materials for Sunday 19th July 2020

Below are links to a range of resources that you can use for your worship this week along with your service booklets. The recordings of the liturgy are provided in separate videos, with another video for the message from Ps Andrew.

You can also watch these videos as a YouTube Playlist Here.

If you would prefer to watch the recorded service as a whole, it is also available here: Online Service for Sunday 19th July 2020

Opening Song – “O Where are the Reapers” or “See the Light” or “Jesus You’re My Superhero”

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Greeting, Prayer of Preparation and Confession

READINGS

Readings for 19th July 2020
(Seventh Sunday after Pentecost)

First Reading: Genesis 28:10-19

Psalm 139: 1-11 and 23-24

Second Reading: Romans 8:12-25

Gospel Reading: Matthew 13:24-43

Creed, Intercessions and Communion (Reserved Sacrament)

Message and Song – “Heirs of the Kingdom of God”

Blessing and Dismissal

Final Song – “Brightly Beams Our Father’s Mercy” or “Behold (Then Sings My Soul)”

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For lyrics select the “CC” button at the bottom right.

Kids Activity Ideas

WEEDS Art:

Let the children go outside and pick some weeds to glue onto a piece of brown paper. Tell children that we are ALL born “weeds” but that God wants us to NOT be weeds any longer and wants us to produce good fruit! Children can make the weeds into an ART piece to show that GOD wants us to make something beautiful out of the weeds!

PRODUCE PERSON:

Make a drawing of a “produce person.” Draw a pear for its torso, an apple for its belly, bananas for the arms, cucumber for the legs, and the silhouette of small pineapple for its head (the leaves will be the hair). Add the eyes, nose and mouth.

Worship Materials for Sunday 12th July 2020

Below are links to a range of resources that you can use for your worship this week along with your service booklets. The recordings of the liturgy are provided in separate videos, with another video for the message from Ps Andrew.

You can also watch these videos as a YouTube Playlist Here.

If you would prefer to watch the recorded service as a whole, it is also available here: Online Service for Sunday 12th July 2020

Opening Song – “Through it All” or “Awake My Soul” or “Crazy Noise”

Greeting, Prayer of Preparation and Confession

READINGS

Readings for 12th July 2020
(Sixth Sunday after Pentecost)

First Reading: Genesis 25:19-34

Psalm 119:105-112

Second Reading: Romans 8:1-11

Gospel Reading: Matthew 13:1-23

Creed, Intercessions and Communion (Reserved Sacrament)

Message and Song – “Synergy – Working Together to See God’s Purposes Achieved”

Blessing and Dismissal

Final Song – “On Eagle’s Wings” or “You Are Life”

Kids Activity Ideas

SEED MARKER: 

Let children make a colourful Bible Bookmarker with “I WILL HIDE GOD’S WORD IN MY HEART” and tape a seed to the bookmarker. Write in colourful letters today’s Bible verse and try to memorize the verse before leaving class!

TISSUE PAPER FLOWERS: 

Make “accordian style” folds in a piece of tissue paper and then pull the tissue layers apart and add a chenille wire for the stem. Add a strip of paper to the stem with today’s Bible verse OR attach a seed packet to the “tissue flower arrangement” and tape a copy of the Bible verse on the packet.

“GOD’S WORD” Book: 

Give children paper and markers to draw and cut out a BIBLE and write GOD’S WORD on the front cover. They can then add pages with pictures or words from today’s lesson. Each page could have a SEED drawn or glued onto each and then draw the TYPE of soil that the “seed” fell on (ex: rocky, weeds, good soil, etc).

SOIL AND SEED WALK: 

Give each child some seeds and take a WALK outside to place those seeds on the ‘types’ of soil that were discussed in the lesson. 

Worship Materials for Sunday 5th July 2020

Below are links to a range of resources that you can use for your worship this week along with your service booklets. The recordings of the liturgy are provided in separate videos, with another video for the message from Ps Andrew.

You can also watch these videos as a YouTube Playlist Here.

If you would prefer to watch the recorded service as a whole, it is also available here: Online Service for Sunday 5th July 2020

Opening Song – “In Christ Alone” or “There’s Nothing Our God Can’t Do” or “Deep, Deep, Deep”

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Greeting, Prayer of Preparation and Confession

READINGS

Readings for 5th July 2020
(Fifth Sunday after Pentecost)

First Reading: Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-57

Psalm 45:10-17

Second Reading: Romans 7:14-25

Gospel Reading: Matthew 11:15-30 (the clip is for the whole chapter)

Creed, Intercessions and Communion (Reserved Sacrament)

Message and Song – “The Martha Syndrome, Serving and Pastoral Care”

Blessing and Dismissal

Final Song – “He is Exalted” or “See the Light”

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Kids Activity Ideas

WEIGHTS PICTURE POSTER COLLAGE:

Let the children work together on drawing and cutting out weights and pictures from magazines, etc of weights, burdens on the back of a person, obstacles, etc and make a collage poster. Write the Bible verses at the top of this poster!

BIBLE VERSE CARD:

Give children a few pieces of construction paper and fold and staple into a small card to encourage them on the days they are having troubles and struggles. Each page can have Bible verses or phrases from our lesson today. Ideas –  
DON’T BE AFRAID, I AM WITH YOU (GEN. 26:24); 
I’LL GIVE YOU STRENGTH (Psalms 28:7); 
GOD ENCOURAGES US; 
GOD LIGHTENS OUR LOAD; 
MATTHEW 11:28-30; 
GOD GIVES US CONFIDENCE TO OVERCOME OUR OBSTACLES; 
JESUS BEARS OUR BURDENS

WEIGHT HELPER GAME:

Let children try to crawl quickly to the other side of the room and carry something on their back. If it falls off, another child will run to help them keep going by helping them hold it on their back. The teacher can make sure that it is something that would EASILY fall off their back or something that is heavy and would need help in lifting as the child crawls!

Worship Materials for Sunday 28th June 2020

Below are links to a range of resources that you can use for your worship this week along with your service booklets. The recordings of the liturgy are provided in separate videos, with another video for the message from Ps Andrew.

You can also watch these videos as a YouTube Playlist Here.

If you would prefer to watch the recorded service as a whole, it is also available here: Online Service for Sunday 28th June 2020

Introduction and Update (plus a Raffle!)

If you’re not a regular member of St Jude’s but would like to enter our raffle, please email your name, address and phone number to: stjudes@tpg.com.au

Opening Song – “Thine be the Glory” or “This I Believe” or “One Way”

Greeting, Prayer of Preparation and Confession

READINGS

Readings for 28th June 2020
(Fourth Sunday after Pentecost)

First Reading: Genesis 22:1-14

Psalm 13

Second Reading: Romans 6:12-23

Gospel Reading: Matthew 10:40-42

Creed, Intercessions and Communion (Reserved Sacrament)

Message and Song – “Who are You?”

Blessing and Dismissal

Final Song – “Be Thou My Vision” or “Good Grace”

Kids Activity Ideas

TRUST WALL HANGING:

Lay a long roll of paper in the middle of the table for children to draw on. Have children write today’s Bible verse along all the edges of the paper and then draw pictures of things or people that they trust! After all the drawings are completed, the teacher can take a BRIGHT colored marker and write JESUS across the roll of pictures!

TRUST WALK:

The teacher can lead the children in a TRUST WALK. Along the way, the teacher will say such things as, “Everyone sit on one of these chairs… do you TRUST it to hold you up”, or “Do you trust this door to open and let you through”, or “Do you trust this refrigerator to keep your drinks cold” (and hand each child a cold juice box and a cookie might be nice at this time), or “stand here in one spot and do you trust your legs to hold you up”, or “While we’re outside and looking side to side, do you trust your eyeballs to move with the fluid around them so you can see everything?”, etc! Ideas for this can be MANY and then have children sit down on the ground and talk about things that we can TRUST GOD to do every day in our lives!

CHALK MURAL:

Give children various colors of chalk and let children take turns at adding to the picture as they see fit. First child could draw the mountain in our story; second child could draw part of an altar, third child could finish the altar, fourth child could draw Abraham, and continue the picture while telling the story again!