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Times and Seasons - Full service - Transfiguration Sunday - Year B
Times and Seasons - Full service - Transfiguration Sunday - Year B
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Transfiguration Sunday - Year B Service Contains: Hymn: Jesus, the name high over all or Much brighter than a thousand suns Prayer: God of enlightenment Hymn: Christ upon the mountain peak or We hold the image of a God Reading: Psalm 50:1-6 Poem: Fireworks (based on Psalm 50:1-6 …
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Proper 26 (31) - Year C
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Proper 26 (31) - Year C
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Proper 26 (31) - Year C Service contains: Hymn: Come, now is the time to worship or God is here, as we his people or Come to join the worship, Prayer: Welcoming God Reading: Psalm: 119:137-144 Poem/reflection: Laws for living Hymn: We come to you with no pretence or Come, Lord, t…
Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - Looking Back on Life under the Law
Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - Looking Back on Life under the Law
by SPCK - N T Wright
Looking Back on Life under the Law ROMANS 7.13-20 Try reading this passage out loud, quickly. Unless you have a very smooth tongue I can guarantee you’ll trip up at some point. I remember this being given to a choirboy to read out in church, in an Advent carol service in fact. Po…
Job for Everyone - In the Midst of Life We Are in Death
Job for Everyone - In the Midst of Life We Are in Death
by SPCK - John Goldingay
In the Midst of Life We Are in Death Job 14: 1-22 As a pastor, I have been used to reading words from the beginning of Job 14 at funerals, and specifically as the burial party arrives at the grave with the coffin. The traditional prayer-book version reads,..
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Second Sunday of Easter - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Second Sunday of Easter - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Second Sunday of Easter - Year A Service contains: Opening Hymn: This joyful Eastertide, or Amid the flowers of Easter Prayer: Prayer based on 1 Peter 1:3-9 Reading: Psalm 16 Hymn: Jesu, lover of my soul, or O God you give us all we need Reading: John 20:19–31 Hymn: Be Thou my vi…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Third Sunday before Advent – Remembrance - Proper 27 - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Third Sunday before Advent – Remembrance - Proper 27 - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Third Sunday before Advent – Remembrance - Proper 27(32) - Year A Service contents: Hymn: Now thank we all our God or A century passes, memories will fade Prayer: Understanding God Hymn: Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy or When nations are healed and all warfare is banish…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Advent 3
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Advent 3
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Full Service Advent 3 Order of Service contains: Opening Hymn Reading for two - Advent 3 - Mary Candle lighting Prayer Candle lighting Hymn Reading - Isaiah 35:1-10 Hymn Reading - Luke 1:46b-65 (Magnificat) Sermon Idea Hymn Prayer Based on James 5:7-10 Lord's Prayer Offering Hymn…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Sixth Sunday of Lent - Palms - Year B
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Sixth Sunday of Lent - Palms - Year B
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Sixth Sunday in Lent - Palms - Year B Service Contents: Hymn: Make way, make way, for Christ the King or The King of kings? It seems absurd! Poem: Palm Sunday Prayer: Surprising God Hymn: I cannot tell why he, whom angels worship or How can we grasp the magnitude Reading: Psalm 1…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Easter Sunday - Year B
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Easter Sunday - Year B
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Easter Sunday - Year B Service contains: Poem: A strange new day Hymn: Thine be the glory or Come in the morning Prayer: Easter Day Prayer Reading: Acts 10:34-43 or Isaiah 25:6-9. Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 Hymn: Now the green blade rises or A feast for the nations, the Christ is exalt…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Fourth Sunday of Easter - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Fourth Sunday of Easter - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Fourth Sunday of Easter - Year A Service contains: Opening Hymn: God is here, as we his people or Come and gather, come to worship Prayer: Responsive prayer based on Psalm 23 1 Peter 2:19–25 Hymn: When I survey the wondrous cross or God hung and died upon the cross Reading: Acts …
Times and Seasons - Full service - Third Sunday after the Epiphany - Year B
Times and Seasons - Full service - Third Sunday after the Epiphany - Year B
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Third Sunday after the Epiphany - Year B Service Contains: Hymn: God is love, let heaven adore him or Come to join the worship Prayer: God of our future Reading: Psalm 62:5-12 Poem: The Castle on the Rock Hymn: When our confidence is shaken or Fierce waves have shaken fractured s…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Proper 9 (14) - Year C
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Proper 9 (14) - Year C
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Proper 9 (14) - Year C Hymn: Jesus, where’re thy people meet or In the beginning God played with the planets or We mark the paths of all creation Prayer: God of history and parable Reading: Psalm 30 Poem: Psalm 30 Hymn: Hark my soul, it is the Lord or Like a mother calms a baby R…
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 …
New Testament Prayer for Everyone - Introduction
New Testament Prayer for Everyone - Introduction
by SPCK - N T Wright
INTRODUCTION We went into the cathedral for Evensong, and there was the verger looking all round for matches to light the candles. The old matchbox was empty, and someone, it seemed, had taken the spare one that was always kept at the back of the cupboard. Now of course you can s…
Early Christian Letters for Everyone - No Favourites
Early Christian Letters for Everyone - No Favourites
by SPCK - N T Wright
No Favourites James 2.1-13 I have often been embarrassed in church, but one of the worst moments was on Easter morning many years ago. I had arrived at the service in what I thought was good time, but there was already a large queue outside and it wasn’t moving. Clearly the place…
journeying with John - 1 Advent and Christmas
journeying with John - 1 Advent and Christmas
by SPCK - Woodward, Gooder and Pryce
1 Advent and Christmas The Prologue of John is one of the most beautiful pieces of writing in the whole of the New Testament, and no carol service would be complete without the rolling lyricism. So iconic is it that many people can quote its opening verses from memory…
Festivals Together - Looking back, moving on