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Times and Seasons - Full Service - First Sunday of Advent – Year C
Times and Seasons - Full Service - First Sunday of Advent – Year C
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
First Sunday of Advent – Year C Service contents: Hymn: Come, thou long expected Jesus or So many years the people walked Prayer: Ever-present God Reading: Psalm 25:1-10 Hymn: The Lord's my shepherd or God we need to know your mercy Reading: Jeremiah 33:14-16 Poem: Promises, prom…
Mark The Peoples' Bible Commentary - Partners in Mission
Mark The Peoples' Bible Commentary - Partners in Mission
by BRF - Dick France
Partners in Mission Mark has barely begun his account of Jesus’ mission when he tells us that Jesus called others to share it with him. All through the Gospel from this point he will tell not merely the story of Jesus, but the story of Jesus and his disciples, as a team. Jesus, w…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Proper 29 (34) - Year B
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Proper 29 (34) - Year B
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
First before Advent - Proper 29 (34) Year B – Christ the King Service Contents: Hymn: Sing we the King who is coming to reign or Fashions, fads, have no attraction Prayer: Everything and nothing Reading: Psalm 132:1-12, (13-18) Hymn: Guide me, O thou great Jehovah or Life is toug…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Proper 28 (33) - Year B
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Proper 28 (33) - Year B
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Second before Advent Proper 28 (33)- Year B Service Contents: Hymn: Great is Thy faithfulness or Come to join the worship Prayer: Generous and caring God Reading: 1 Samuel 1:4-20 Monologue: Hannah reflects Hymn: The Lord’s my shepherd, I’ll not want or You are the God that brough…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Proper 27 (32) - Year B
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Proper 27 (32) - Year B
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Third Sunday before Advent Proper 27 (32) - Year B NOT REMEMBRANCE (for those needing this a separate service has been produced) Service Contents: Hymn: Let us build a house or Here we gather in thanksgiving Prayer: Doorkeepers Reading: Psalm 127 Hymn: God is here as we his peopl…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - A Service of Remembrance
Times and Seasons - Full Service - A Service of Remembrance
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
A Service of Remembrance Service Contents: The following words may be used as an introduction leading to the two minutes’ silence: Let us remember the loss and pain of war. We remember with grief and anger… Two Minutes’ Silence The Last Post We will remember them: Hymn: O God our…
The Women's Bible Commentary - Mary, Martha, and Jesus
The Women's Bible Commentary - Mary, Martha, and Jesus
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Mary, Martha, and Jesus The miracle of the raising of Lazarus is the climax of John 11:1–44, but it is not its center. Of the forty-four verses that constitute this story, only seven of them take place at Lazarus’s tomb (11:38–44). The story centers on the conversations in which …
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…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Proper 25 (30) - Year B
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Proper 25 (30) - Year B
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Twenty first after Trinity Proper 25 (30) - Year B October 25 Definitive Service Contents: Hymn: Thou whose almighty word or Beyond all knowledge and imagination Responsive prayer: Great God Reading: Psalm 34:1-8, (19-22) Poem: Taste and see. Hymn: Amazing grace or Through Your g…
The Women's Bible Commentary - Exhortation to Righteousness
The Women's Bible Commentary - Exhortation to Righteousness
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Exhortation to Righteousness The first part of the book addresses “you rulers of the earth,” urging them away from the death they have invited by their ungodly lives and toward the gift of immortality that comes with righteousness and wisdom…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Proper 24 (29) - Year B
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Proper 24 (29) - Year B
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Twentieth after Trinity Proper 24 (29) - Year B Service Contents: Hymn: Sing praise to God who reigns above or Beyond the grasp of human thought or mind Prayer: Great God, your love Reading: Psalm 104:1-9, 24, 35c Poem: Morning light Hymn: For the beauty of the earth or Star stre…
The Women's Bible Commentary - Naomi’s Homecoming
The Women's Bible Commentary - Naomi’s Homecoming
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Naomi’s Homecoming Prologue: Journey to Moab (Ruth 1:1–5) The opening verses briefly recount the migration of a Judean family to Moab. Moab holds the possibility of life when Bethlehem (literally, “house of bread”) has been depleted by famine. But leaving home is often fraught wi…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Proper 23 (28) - Year B