Lectionary 23/06/2024
- Proper 7 (12) - Year B
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by BRF - Dick France
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by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
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Poem/Meditation: Fruits of the Spirit
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem/Meditation: Fruits of the Spirit If people looking for the evidence of our faith turn to the church today, what do they see? Is there a danger that they will find indifference, when they need love: moaning and complaining, when they need joy: bickering and back-biting, when …
Prayer: Facing contempt
Prayer: Facing contempt
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Facing contempt Dear God, it is so difficult to deal with the contemptuous attitude that some people have towards our faith and our work for you. It’s as if they have a mind-set that blinds itself to any good that we do and only focuses on imagined practices that we do no…
Intercessions - Love will come again
Intercessions - Love will come again
by Jane Bingham
Based on the Hymn – Love will come again like wheat that springs up green (204H&P) Lord we bring to you our prayers for others We pray for those people across the world who do not know love. Who have in their lives only experienced war and hatred, neglect and hunger, sadness and …
Moulin Rouge Bible Study part 5
Moulin Rouge Bible Study part 5
by Tim Marshall
A Bible Study which relies heavily on discussion rather than leading. Using the film 'Moulin Rouge' as a starting point and then looking at a variety of passages (which can be obtained from the web in a variety of different translations) There are questions to help start discussi…
Patience
Patience
by Rose humphrey
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Reflection/Drama: Psalm 72 for today
Reflection/Drama: Psalm 72 for today
by Marjorie Dobson
Reflection/drama: Psalm 72 for today (can be read by several voices, but will work best with at least two) ‘He will judge in righteousness. He will defend the afflicted. He will save the children of the needy. He will crush the oppressor. He will be like showers watering the eart…
Prayer: Sometimes the things we
Prayer: Sometimes the things we
by Andrew Pratt
Prayer: Sometimes the things we Sometimes the things we face undermine our resolve and destroy our confidence. Problems tower above us and we see no way to overcome them. When these things happen, as they have, and probably will again, give us, O God, humility and simplicity. Con…
Prayer: God of all grace and glory
Prayer: God of all grace and glory
by Andrew Pratt
Prayer: God of all grace and glory God of all grace and glory you have given us everything we need. Through hardship and affliction you have walked with us. When nights have been sleepless, or broken by the crash and thunder of rioting you have guarded and protected us. In conseq…
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 14 Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 14 Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Lectionary reflections - Year A Ordinary Time Proper 14 1 Kings 19.9–18 Romans 10.5–15 Matthew 14.22–33 There is something about us that is deeply resistant to the grace of God. It’s not that we don’t believe in him, or wish to follow him, or that we consciously reject him, but w…
Poem: That shouldn’t happen to you!
Poem: That shouldn’t happen to you!
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: That shouldn’t happen to you! When the person who is supposed to love you most is the one who seems to understand your faith in God the least, do you reject the God who has held you for so long, or ignore the one who says your God doesn’t seem to care? Continues... ©Marjori…
Hymn: Without the wisdom of a God
Hymn: Without the wisdom of a God
by Andrew Pratt
Without the wisdom of a God, the knowledge of creation, before the cosmic chemistry had settled its rotation, we could not know, we cannot tell, the height of love, the depth of hell. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: EISENACH also listed as [SCHEIN] MACH’S MIT MIR GOTT Metre: 8.7.8.7.8.8 …
Brothers in Arms - Bible Study
Brothers in Arms - Bible Study
by Tim Marshall
A Bible Study which relies heavily on discussion rather than leading. Using the song "Brothers In Arms" (by Dire Straits) as a starting point and then looking at a variety of passages (which can be obtained from the web in a variety of different translations) There are questions …
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...
Poem: Stumbling blocks
Poem: Stumbling blocks
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Stumbling blocks Who would ever dream of tripping up a child deliberately? Unless it was another child, for mischief’s sake. Or bullying. But grown-ups know better than to do that, recognising danger and fearing injury, or harm. Unless, of course, the child becomes an inc…
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - How to Recycle Your Killer Instinct
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - How to Recycle Your Killer Instinct
by SPCK - John Goldingay
How to Recycle Your Killer Instinct 1 Samuel 17: 1- 54 It was the Oscars last weekend (I went to a great jazz concert two blocks away, though I was nearly late because of the road closures in Hollywood), and against the odds, The Hurt Locker beat Avatar (which grossed fifty times…
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - The First Sunday of Lent Year B
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - The First Sunday of Lent Year B
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
The First Sunday of Lent Mark 1.9-15 Contemplate how passive Jesus is in this description: he acquiesces to baptism; he hears the voice and accepts anointing; he goes where the Spirit sends him, and endures. He is obedient. Contemplate being with Jesus in this wilderness. Excha…
Responsive Prayer: We cannot comprehend
Responsive Prayer: We cannot comprehend
by Andrew Pratt
Responsive Prayer: We cannot comprehend based on Psalm 147 We cannot comprehend the height and depth, the brightness and beauty of the stars above our heads, so in awe we praise you O God. You rebuild broken cities and gather together the outcasts, bringing peace we dare not imag…
Christ is the Word, with God from the beginning
Christ is the Word, with God from the beginning
by Avis Palmer
Christ is the Word, with God from the beginning, Creative force through whom all things are made, In him is life abundantly proceeding, At darkest times the light of God displayed. O Word made flesh, your dwelling is among us, Children of God, redeemed and blessed have been. Gift…
Prayers for After the Storm
Prayers for After the Storm
by Christine Dutton
Prayers of Intercession and petition for after storms. Prayers for After the Storm Loving God, God of the wind and the waves, God of the stillness and calm, be with us and guide our prayers. Lord, we come to you in the aftermath of the storm. The storm which has uprooted trees, w…
Galatians 5:22
Galatians 5:22
by BigBible
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Prayer: God, our refuge
Prayer: God, our refuge
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: God, our refuge God, our refuge, you have promised shelter and safety for those who love and trust in you. Yet in the world around us we see faithful people suffering, innocent people injured and dying, children starving and women attacked and molested. Daily we hear of w…
The Second Intercessions Handbook - FESTIVALS AND SPECIAL OCCASIONS
The Second Intercessions Handbook - FESTIVALS AND SPECIAL OCCASIONS
by SPCK - John Pritchard
FESTIVALS AND SPECIAL OCCASIONS By the disciplines of Lent and the encouragement of others; by the Body of Christ and the sharing of lives; by the desire of our hearts and the need of our souls, Good Lord deliver us…
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 10. Heroes
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 10. Heroes
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
ONE DAY AT A TIME Meditations for Carers 10. Heroes Joshua 1.9 Remember Superman? And the actor who played Superman, the late Christopher Reeve? After he was paralysed, he is reported as saying: ‘When the first Superman movie came out, I was frequently asked, “What is a hero?” My…
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - The Return
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - The Return
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
The Return THE WOMEN’S BIBLE COMMENTARY (Jeremiah 31: 7-14) The new beginning is both certain and imminent. To welcome it, another poem begins with a command to “sing aloud with gladness” (31:7–14). For the first time in the book, north no longer refers to the direction from whic…
Brompton Bible Stories: David and Goliath
Brompton Bible Stories: David and Goliath
by Rachel Parkinson
Powerpoint presentation illustrating the story of David and Goliath, made from Playmobil and other media. Consists of 18 picture slides with biblical cross-reference in the notes. Also Available in the Brompton Bible Stores series: Holy Week and Easter Birth of Jesus Daniel in …
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - Proper 12 Year B
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - Proper 12 Year B
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Proper 12 2 Kings 4. 42-44 Ephesians 3: 14-21 John 6: 1-21 The story of the feeding of the five thousand is found in all four Gospels, making it one of the best attested of Jesus’s miracles. John’s Gospel sometimes uses memories and stories that clearly come from different source…
Poem: Why pray?
Poem: Why pray?
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Why pray? When life lets you down and people prove unreliable and everyday anxieties dominate and tensions are high – don’t worry yourself into depression. Pray. When money becomes a problem, the lack of it or the love of it, and work is arduous or unavailable, and the bill…
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - The Sixth Sunday of Easter Year B
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - The Sixth Sunday of Easter Year B
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
The Sixth Sunday of Easter John 15:9-17 Gaze on a page of the Book of Kells, an illuminated manuscript from around ad 800; study the Celtic knots and intricate spirals that adorn it. See the way the threads twist and loop together without end or beginning, how hard it is to unrav…
Hymn: See all creation leap with praise
Hymn: See all creation leap with praise
by Andrew Pratt
See all creation leap with praise, the floods will clap their hands, the seas will roar, the hills will sing, and joy will fill all lands. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: LYDIA Metre: CM Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 23/4/2012 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk. …
We come to you, Lord Jesus
We come to you, Lord Jesus
by Avis Palmer
We come to you, Lord Jesus With much we need to say. In hope and love and longing, We seek a way to pray. We yearn for understanding For peace in place of fear, Assure of your presence, Show us that you are near. Verses 2-4 follow © Avis Palmer Tune: Aurelia (H&P 515)
Isaiah for everyone - If only...
Isaiah for everyone - If only...
by SPCK - John Goldingay
If Only… I was talking this week to a student who told me that his wife had left him. They had been married for five years and she had discovered he was addicted to porn; I don’t know how he had kept it secret for so long. I don’t know, and he doesn’t know, if this is the end of …
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - Proper 12 - Year B
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - Proper 12 - Year B
by SPCK - N T Wright
Proper 12 Year B Think of the Lord’s Prayer while reading Ephesians 3. Paul prays to the Father, from whom all fatherhood ‘in heaven and on earth’ is named, that he will give us . . . all things in Christ, because to him belong the power and the glory for ever, Amen. Perhaps this…
Drama/Monologue/Reflection: Advance warning
Drama/Monologue/Reflection: Advance warning
by Marjorie Dobson
Drama/Monologue/Reflection: Advance warning He told them he was going. He warned them in advance. He said, ‘I will be leaving you.’ He said, ‘I’m telling you these things because you will understand. Others won’t. You love and understand me. They don’t.’ And they didn’t either. D…
Northern harbour
Northern harbour
by Joy Sykes
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Poem: Durham cathedral
Poem: Durham cathedral
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Durham cathedral Twin towers stand high and proud over trees and river. Captured in paint and picture, the image unmistakeable. Draw closer. Climb steep streets, turn a corner to the Green. feel the weight and power of this building daring all-comers to challenge its author…
Meeting God in Paul - 3 The new creation: Paul’s Christian universe
Meeting God in Paul - 3 The new creation: Paul’s Christian universe
by SPCK - Rowan Williams
The new creation: Paul’s Christian universe Let’s begin with that deceptively simple phrase ‘the image of God’ – because in trying to understand how, for Paul, the whole universe is reorganized around the figure of Jesus, this idea is central…
What a noise, it shakes the heavens
What a noise, it shakes the heavens
by Andrew Pratt
What a noise, it shakes the heavens, rattles earth, disturbs each place, planets moving, constellations driven by God given grace. Songs of angels join the chorus, people add your words and power, with the music feel God closer, in this place and in this hour. We are objects of t…
A Pentecost Prayer
A Pentecost Prayer
by John Birch
A prayer for Pentecost. Extract: When was the last time that we heard the wind of your Spirit roar through this place? When was the last time your fire lit up this room? When was the last time we took you at your word and met together in expectation of your Spirit filling this pl…
Hymn: Robed in righteousness and beauty
Hymn: Robed in righteousness and beauty
by Andrew Pratt
Robed in righteousness and beauty, all affliction laid aside, lift the diadem of mercy, love will never be denied. Know that God has loved you dearly, know that God is loving still; Know God's love is everlasting. God has loved and ever will. Verse 3 follows Tune: ANIMAE HOMINUM;…
Imagining the Lectionary: Stay Alert (Proper 27A; Ordinary 32A)
Imagining the Lectionary: Stay Alert (Proper 27A; Ordinary 32A)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Stay Alert (Proper 27A; Ordinary 32A) Reflection accompanying image “stay alert street living statue mime artist” So stay alert. You have no idea when he might arrive (Matthew 25:13) This living statue mime artist was making a valiant effort on the che…
Imagining the Lectionary: There was a rich man (Proper 21C / Pentecost 19C)
Imagining the Lectionary: There was a rich man (Proper 21C / Pentecost 19C)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: There was a rich man (Proper 21Yr C / Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost Yr C) Reflection accompanying images “There was a rich man - Clock sculpture Manchester peoples history museum 2 - Clock sculpture Manchester peoples history museum 3 - Enough food f…
Gazing on the Gospels Year A - Proper 17 Year A