PLANNING A NON-EUCHARISTIC LITURGY Date: 13/02/2013 Place: School Hall Preparation Feast: Lent Time: 9:00am Focus: Ash

Wednesday Group: Year 5

Required Props (Cross, candles, symbol etc): No colours and minimal props Ashes Large candle How will symbols be displayed/used? (What specific action?): Ashes are marked on each worshipers forehead in the sign of a cross to symbolise repentance before God. No colours or symbols displayed will represent the beginning of Lent Large candle will be at the front of the ceremony for all to see Welcome:

Gather (Introductory Rites)

Let us pray... Pause Holy God, you are good and loving. As we gather to celebrate this Ash Wednesday Eucharist, we pray that during this time of Lent we will try to turn our hearts in love and kindness to you, by doing good to those around us, so that we may become more like Jesus, your Son. We make our prayer in the name of Jesus. Amen (Liturgy Ritual Prayer, 2013, p.2).
Gathering Hymn:

ASHES (Tom Conry As One Voice/Vol 2 Gather Australia)

Opening Prayer:

Prayer for Ash Wednesday

By: Education for Justice Jesus invites us to walk with him during Lent, meeting and being present with the humble and poor. Let us walk his way with joy. Jesus beckons us to a way of risk, letting go of our security.

Let us walk his way with joy. Jesus challenges us to listen to the voices of those who have nothing to lose. Let us walk his way with joy. Jesus points us to a way of self-giving, where power and status are overturned. Let us walk his way with joy. Jesus calls us to follow the way of the cross, where despair is transformed by the promise of new life. Let us walk his way with joy. (EFJ, 2013, p.1)
Reading/s:

the Word)(Liturgy ofListen Respond Reflect,Share,

First Reading - Joel 2:12-18 Let your hearts be broken, and not your garments torn. Second Reading - 2 Corinthians 5:20 6:2 Be reconciled to God. Now is the acceptable time. Gospel - Matthew 6:1-6,16-18 Your God, who sees all that is done in secret, will reward you. (Liturgy Ritual Prayer, 2013, p.1)
Prayer/Reflection/Action:

Blessing and Giving of Ashes We pray that our Holy God will bless these ashes + Which will be used to remind us to open our hearts to the Spirit of Jesus. The ashes are sprinkled with holy water. Ministers come forward to receive their ashes as Presider says to each: Turn your heart to God. All come forward to receive their ashes (Liturgy Ritual Prayer, 2013, p.2).

Dismissal:

Joel 2:12-14 (Beliefnet, n.d.) Yet even now, says the Lord, Return to me with all your heart, With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; Rend your hearts and not your clothing. Return to the Lord, your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and relents from punishing. Who knows whether he will not turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, a grain-offering and a drink-offering for the Lord, your God? Mark 1:12-15 (Beliefnet, n.d.) And the Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him. Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the Good News of God, and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the Good News."
Concluding Hymn:

Go & Tell (Concluding Rites)

CHRIST BE OUR LIGHT (Bernadette Farrell As One Voice/Vol /Gather Australia)

References:

Beliefnet. (n.d.). Bible Verses and Devotionals for Lent. Retrieved October 3, 2013, from http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Christianity/Lent/Lent-BibleVerses.aspx?p=2 EFJ. (2013). Prayers for Lent and Easter. Retrieved October 3, 2013, from https://educationforjustice.org/node/3101/view/68/or/Prayers%20for %20Lent%20and%20Easter Liturgy Ritual Prayer. (2013). Adult Liturgy Preparation Resource Kit. Retrieved 20, October 2013, from http://www.liturgyplanning.com.au/documents/main.php? g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=1799\