Lectionary 01/11/2020
- All Saints' Day - Year A
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Hymn: God is God and Lord of all
by Andrew Pratt
God is God and Lord of all, all the cosmos knows God's grace, every person held by God, everyone of every race. This is what the good news says, all are welcomed, all are blessed, there is no distinction now, all can come and all find rest. Verses 3 follows Tune:LAUDS(Wilson) Met
It's hard to feel that we are blessed
It's hard to feel that we are blessed
by Andrew Pratt
All Saints Day Daniel 7:1-3; .Luke 6:20-31 Hymn: It’s hard to feel that we are blessed It’s hard to feel that we are blessed when we have lost it all. It’s difficult to hear God’s voice, to listen to Christ’s call. Yet God will seek to meet each need to warm and calm each heart..
It's hard to feel that we are blessed
It's hard to feel that we are blessed
by Andrew Pratt
It’s hard to feel that we are blessed when we have lost it all. It’s difficult to hear God’s voice, to listen to Christ’s call. Yet God will seek to meet each need to warm and calm each heart. If now bereft and desolate, our God will share a part. For when our lives are broken
Hymn: Self-important, over-bearing?
Hymn: Self-important, over-bearing?
by Andrew Pratt
Self-important, over-bearing? God has chosen us alone? Chosen us to be his people? Chosen here to raise a throne? Verses 2-3 follow Tune: CROSS OF JESUS Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 28/6/2012 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk. Please include any reprod
Lent for Everyone Year A - Sunday: Week 1 in Lent Year A
Lent for Everyone Year A - Sunday: Week 1 in Lent Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
WEEK 1: SUNDAY Psalm 32 A long time ago, when I had just learnt to drive, I ran out of petrol on a lonely country road. I gratefully accepted some fuel from a nearby farmer. What he didn’t tell me was that it was a mixture designed not for a car, but for a lawn mower. I got back
Rhythms of remembering - Advent - Tuesday Morning Prayer
Rhythms of remembering - Advent - Tuesday Morning Prayer
by SPCK - Hannah Ward & Jennifer Wild
ADVENT - Tuesday Morning Prayer Blessed are you, O God: in you we put our trust. Those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint...
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