The liturgy as we actually used it on Sunday 16th August 2026 — 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Posted as a record of the service, and so the words are there for anyone who wants them. Sources are credited throughout.
Scripture Reading: Genesis 39:1-20 — Joseph and Potiphar’s wife
Worship Leader: Roger
Bible Reader: Lynette
Preacher: Richard
Musicians: Richard C, Val, Claire
1. Welcome to the service
Richard
2. Call to Worship
Roger
In such a space as this,
open to all,
we open ourselves
to the God who has journeyed with us.
And in such a space as this we
wait,
long,
pray,
worship.
— Spill the Beans, Issue 47 (Women’s Lectionary, “Potiphar’s Wife Has a Plan”, Pentecost 11), p.89. Used with attribution.
3. Candle lit
Roger
4. Acknowledgement of Country
Roger
For thousands of years Indigenous people have walked in this land, on their own country.
Their relationship with the land is at the centre of their lives.
We acknowledge the Kaurna People and their stewardship of this land throughout the ages.
Opening Prayer
Roger
Loving and Creative One,
We come together this morning to worship, to reflect, to be.
We come to open ourselves up to the mystery of Your love.
We come to bask in Your presence.
As we enter this time of worship, help us to have compassion for others.
Help us to have compassion for ourselves.
May this compassion lead us toward liberation.
Amen.
— Richard Telfer.
5. Song
Come, Come, Come — Walk As One #6
6. Centring Meditation
Richard — music: “Avinu Malkeinu (Hymn of Compassion)”, Lior. Followed by silence.
Let us open ourselves to the process of becoming more whole:
of living more fully;
of giving and forgiving more freely;
of understanding more completely
the meaning of our lives here on this earth.
— Adapted from T. Haley.
(Silence)
Amen.
7. Song
I Come to You — Hannah Brown
8. Reading
Lynette — Genesis 39:1-20
9. Reflection
Richard. A summary of what was preached is on that week’s Monday Prep post.
10. Song
Come Walk With Me — Walk As One #66
11. Community Sharing
12. News and Notices
13. Prayers for Others and Ourselves
Roger
God of love,
as we take time to pray for others
as well as ourselves,
we ask you to hold those
who have been deprived of love in our world.
May you be with those who feel unloved
or who have found love to be painful.
We pray for those who have been traumatised
by the breakdown of a marriage,
a relationship,
a friendship.
May you be with them all,
assuring them of your presence
and your endless love.
We pray for all who struggle to love.
We take time to remember those
who have been betrayed,
as well as those who bear
the physical and mental scars
of difficult relationships.
May you be with them all,
assuring them of your presence
and your endless love.
God of young and old,
we thank you that you love us all as your children.
Our world is full of complex relationships—
rollercoasters of joy and sorrow,
pleasure and pain,
laughter and tears…
Blessed with the gift of your love,
may you help us to never forget
the love we have enjoyed
with those who are no longer with us.
(Pause)
Help the flame of love to continue
to burn brightly in our hearts
and assure us that your love
will never let us down nor let us go…
In Jesus’ name, we pray.
Amen.
— Spill the Beans, Issue 47 (Women’s Lectionary, “Potiphar’s Wife Has a Plan”, Pentecost 11), p.89. Used with attribution.
14. Offering / Responding
All
God of all creation;
through your goodness
we can offer these gifts of money to you—
fruit of our labour and of the skills
you have given us.
Take these and use them,
take us and use us
to do your work in this church
and throughout your world.
Amen.
— Spill the Beans, Issue 47 (Women’s Lectionary, “Potiphar’s Wife Has a Plan”, Pentecost 11), p.91. Used with attribution.
15. Song
In a Church That’s Moving Forward — Walk As One #96
16. Commissioning and Benediction
Sources and credits
- Spill the Beans, Issue 47 — Women’s Lectionary, “Potiphar’s Wife Has a Plan” (Pentecost 11). The Call to Worship and Prayers for Others and Ourselves (p.89), and the Offering prayer, their Prayer of Dedication (p.91). spillthebeans.org.uk
- Opening Prayer — Richard Telfer.
- Centring meditation — adapted from T. Haley.
- Music — “Avinu Malkeinu (Hymn of Compassion)”, Lior. Songs from Walk As One (CMLA) — #6, #66, #96; I Come to You, Hannah Brown.
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