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Times and Seasons - Full Service - Second Sunday after Christmas – Covenant & Epiphany - Year C
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Second Sunday after Christmas – Covenant & Epiphany - Year C
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Second Sunday after Christmas – Covenant & Epiphany Year C Service contains: For those who are participating in a Covenant Service it is suggested that extracts from this act of worship are used concentrating only on the Gospel reading and Isaiah. For those wishing to acknowledge…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - First after Epiphany – Year C
Times and Seasons - Full Service - First after Epiphany – Year C
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
First after Epiphany – Baptism of Jesus Year C Service contains: Hymn: When Jesus came to Jordan or God is not partial Prayer: Great God, we come to worship you Reading: Psalm 29 Hymn: Father, we have sinned, in word and deed and thought or Some voice! it splinters beams of cedar…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - First Sunday of Lent - Year C
Times and Seasons - Full Service - First Sunday of Lent - Year C
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
First Sunday of Lent Year C Service contains: Hymn: Lord God, your love has called us here or God, we lose our moral compass, Reading: Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16 Prayer: God, our refuge (based on Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16) Hymn: Jesus, good above all other or Confession is communion with God Re…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Fourth in Ordinary Time - Year C
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Fourth in Ordinary Time - Year C
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Fourth in Ordinary Time Year C Service contains: Hymn: O love of God, how strong and true or Safe in God who always held us Reading: Psalm 71:1–6 Responsive prayer: God is our refuge Hymn: A charge to keep I have or There is no disability Reading: Jeremiah 1:4-10 Poem: Call to sp…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Second after Epiphany - Year C
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Second after Epiphany - Year C
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Second after Epiphany – Second in Ordinary Time Year C Service contains: Hymn: New every morning is the love or Sing for God’s glory that colours the dawn of creation or Prayer: Great God, your love Reading: Psalm 36:5–10 Hymn: Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy or All the …
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Sunday before Lent
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Sunday before Lent
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Sunday before Lent – Transfiguration - Year C Service Contains: Hymn: Immortal, invisible, God only wise or Strange holiness: the glory of the Godhead Prayer: Facing sunlight Reading: Psalm 99 Reflection: Royalty (based on Psalm 99) Hymn: The King of love my shepherd is or Who is…
Times and Seasons - Full service - Third in Ordinary Time - Year C
Times and Seasons - Full service - Third in Ordinary Time - Year C
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Third in Ordinary Time Year C Service Contains: Hymn: Awake, awake to love and work or We need not hear to understand Prayer: On a dark night Reading: Psalm 19 Poem: Look to the heavens (based on Psalm 19) Hymn: Lord of all being, throned afar or Heaven's gate reveals the pathway…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Second Sunday after Christmas - Year C
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Second Sunday after Christmas - Year C
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Second Sunday after Christmas Year C Service Contains: Poem: January Hymn: Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky or Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky(adapted) Responsive Prayer: We cannot comprehend based on Psalm 147 Reading: Psalm 147:12-20 Hymn: God is love; let heaven ado…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - First Sunday after Christmas - Year C
Times and Seasons - Full Service - First Sunday after Christmas - Year C
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
First Sunday after Christmas Year C Service contains: Call to worship: For the ‘in between’ Sunday Hymn: Sing praise to God who reigns above or All life's praising fills creation Reading: Psalm 148 Prayer: Great God, your love Hymn: Great is thy faithfulness or Great god your lov…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Christmas Day – Proper 3 - Year C
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Christmas Day – Proper 3 - Year C
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Christmas Day – Proper 3 - Year C Service contains: Hymn: Joy to the world or No words can sound the depth of love Prayer: This is a time of joy Hymn: See amid the winter’s snow or Coming when we least expect it Reading: Isaiah 52:7-10 or Psalm 98 Hymn: Once in royal David’s city…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Christmas Eve – Proper 1 - Year C
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Christmas Eve – Proper 1 - Year C
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Christmas Eve – Proper 1 - Year C Service contains: Hymn: Born in the night, Mary’s child or Within an earthly, earthbound scene Prayer: Here, on this night Reading: Isaiah 9:2-7 Hymn: The race that long in darkness pined or A cloak of darkness, like a shroud Reading: Luke 2:1-14…
glimpses of glory - Proper 1 - Year C
glimpses of glory - Proper 1 - Year C
by SPCK - David Adam
Proper 1 Grant, O gracious God, that we not only hear your word, but understand it and receive it into our hearts; that we not only receive it, but reveal it in our lives by living up to our calling and to your praise and glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns…
The Womens' Bible Commentary - God’s People Celebrate and Dedicate the House of God
The Womens' Bible Commentary - God’s People Celebrate and Dedicate the House of God
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
God’s People Celebrate and Dedicate the House of God Ezra–Nehemiah reaches its climax with the public reading of the book of the Torah, after the walls of Jerusalem are restored. As the celebration begins, all the people gather in the plaza before the Water Gate. Ezra reads from …
The Womens' Bible Commentary - Status and Spiritual Gifts
The Womens' Bible Commentary - Status and Spiritual Gifts
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Status and Spiritual gifts As in the previous section, the issue here is status divisions, but divisions based on possession of spiritual gifts, not (at least, not directly) on wealth. Paul’s response is to promote those gifts (e.g., prophecy) and actions (e.g., love) that enhanc…
glimpses of glory - The Fourth Sunday of Epiphany - Year C
glimpses of glory - The Fourth Sunday of Epiphany - Year C
by SPCK - David Adam
The Fourth Sunday of Epiphany O Lord our God, you created us out of love, you redeemed us by your love, you sustain us with your love. Let the glory of your love be seen in us, that we may reflect your presence and show forth your love in the world; through Jesus Christ your Son …
glimpses of glory - The Third Sunday of Epiphany - Year C