Lectionary 01/11/2024
- All Saints' Day - Year B
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Before our hopes were up
Before our hopes were up
by Andrew Pratt
Meditation: Before our hopes were up, Before our hopes were up, Christ knew us. Down in the dumps, he’s with us. What a God of glory calls us, how extravagant his mercy, how wonderful his love, how comprehensive his power. All things are headed up in this God: our brother, sister…
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..…
Unexpected God
Unexpected God
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Unexpected God Unexpected God, when we follow you we never know what is round the next corner, but that is all a part of the package we accept when we take up your call. You constantly surprise us with new challenges and sometimes test our faith to the limits, but you wil…
Eternal fury fires the saints
Eternal fury fires the saints
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: Eternal fury fires the saints Proper 26 Year A All Saints Eternal fury fires the saints, who shake and rattle, push and shove, who challenge every bland excuse, who seek for justice, work for love They make the world turn upside down, they are a catalyst in pain, they reach…
Hymn: Lift our hearts, Lord
Hymn: Lift our hearts, Lord
by Michael Docker
Lift our hearts, Lord, with their story - Those who lived by faith before; How they trusted in your glory, How they heard and what they saw. God in Christ was their foundation; You were theirs as You are ours, Faith in every generation Sings its songs and prays its prayers. Once …
Poem: Saintliness
Poem: Saintliness
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Saintliness The loss will hurt, but memories linger on and when the pain begins to ease and tears are drying – even if only for a time – the legacy that love has left begins to demonstrate its value, as words and looks and shared experiences drift through the troubled mind …
There is a season - ALL SAINTS' DAY LITURGY
There is a season - ALL SAINTS' DAY LITURGY
by SPCK - Margaret Pritchard Houston
ALL SAINTS/ALL SOULS Come, rejoice with us! As we gather, we write or draw, on the heart paper, the names of people we love who have died, and place the paper in the basket. We will include these names in our worship...
Inspired by Saints Prayer Stations
Inspired by Saints Prayer Stations
by Clare Truman
Inspired by Saints - Prayer Stations Leaders you need: kitchen roll, animal cookie cutters, cress seeds, tealights, pebbles, lego, flipchart paper, pens, water. Place these instructions next to the stations. Inspired by St Francis We give thanks for creation Take some kitchen tow…
The Saint Factor (Sketch)
The Saint Factor (Sketch)
by Clare Truman
A short sketch suitable for all age worship, youth group, children's groups or assemblies. It is a spoof of the X factor and illustrates the point that Saints are inspirational but not perfect. For three actors. The Saint Factor Louis: So, tell me again Cheryl, what exactly is th…
Rhythms of remembering - Lent - Wednesday Morning Prayer
Rhythms of remembering - Lent - Wednesday Morning Prayer
by SPCK - Hannah Ward & Jennifer Wild
LENT - Wednesday Morning Prayer Blessed are you, O God: you made us to care for the earth. The earth is God’s and all that is in it, the world and all who dwell therein. For it is God who founded it upon the sea and made it firm upon the rivers of the deep...
Rhythms of remembering - Monday Midday Prayer
Rhythms of remembering - Monday Midday Prayer
by SPCK - Hannah Ward & Jennifer Wild
Midday and Night Prayer for all seasons Monday Midday Prayer Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will enter and give thanks to the Lord. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Grant us single-heartedness...
Four Gospels, One Jesus - How did the gospels come to be written?
Four Gospels, One Jesus - How did the gospels come to be written?
by SPCK - Richard A Burridge
How did the gospels come to be written? Source As a schoolteacher, I used to spend long evenings marking children’s exercise books. Occasionally, I would suddenly realize that I had seen this answer before, or something very like it, and a frantic search would ensue back through …
Four Gospels, One Jesus - What about the authors?
Four Gospels, One Jesus - What about the authors?
by SPCK - Richard A Burridge
What about the authors? Redaction and composition I cannot always read my favourite newspaper at coffee-time in our staff common room, because someone else has bagged it already! Never mind, there are others around, and reading various papers reveals their different styles and vi…
Four Gospels, One Jesus - In at the kill
Four Gospels, One Jesus - In at the kill
by SPCK - Richard A Burridge
In at the kill The Passion, Mark 14—15 At last we come to the ending – the Markan Passion, a dark scene to which the whole gospel has been leading. Jesus has made his way to Jerusalem, and this geographical concentration has brought the conflict into focus: a lion’s story should …
Four Gospels, One Jesus - Righteousness, morality and judgement
Four Gospels, One Jesus - Righteousness, morality and judgement
by SPCK - Richard A Burridge
Righteousness, morality and judgement Matthew’s Teacher is concerned about moral teaching; one of his key words (occurring seven times in Matthew, once in Luke, and never in Mark) is dikaiosune, justice or righteousness, with its adjective dikaios (fifteen times in Matthew; once …
Four Gospels, One Jesus - The ox plods a long, slow journey
Four Gospels, One Jesus - The ox plods a long, slow journey
by SPCK - Richard A Burridge
The ox plods a long, slow journey Luke’s style and structure Unlike Mark’s disorderly rushing about, Luke writes an ‘orderly account’ (1.4). His preface has a calm, literary self-confidence, and this continues into the main narrative. While Mark introduces everything ‘and immedia…
Four Gospels, One Jesus - The way of an eagle in the sky
Four Gospels, One Jesus - The way of an eagle in the sky
by SPCK - Richard A Burridge
‘The way of an eagle in the sky’ Following John’s story, style and structure The ‘way of an eagle in the sky’ may be hard to understand (Prov. 30.19) but many readers have felt similarly as they have sought to follow the twists and turns, heights and depths of this most subtle ev…
Four Gospels, One Jesus - Living under the shadow of his wings
Four Gospels, One Jesus - Living under the shadow of his wings
by SPCK - Richard A Burridge
Living under the shadow of his wings Like most animals, the eagle rushes into conflict when protecting its young, yet the same instinct causes it to exhibit tender care. Moses’ final song compares God’s concern for Israel to an eagle ‘hovering over its young . . . bearing them al…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - All Saints - Year B
Times and Seasons - Full Service - All Saints - Year B
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
All Saints - Year B 1st November Service Contents: Hymn: For all the saints or The dawn of a mystery Prayer: Thank you, loving God Hymn: In heavenly love abiding or A little memento can move us to tears Reading: Psalm 24 Hymn: Lift up your heads, ye mighty gates or All the pagean…
The Act of Prayer Year C - Fourth Sunday of Easter Year C
The Act of Prayer Year C - Fourth Sunday of Easter Year C
by BRF - John Birch
Fourth Sunday of Easter Year C Opening prayer The Bible gives us a wonderful image of God as shepherd, and in some parts of the world the enduring bond between the shepherd and his sheep has changed little since biblical times. It’s the dependence of the sheep on their shepherd f…
embodying mark - 2 Following the Teacher