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Gazing on the Gospels Year B - The Third Sunday of Easter Year B
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - The Third Sunday of Easter Year B
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
The Third Sunday of Easter Luke 24.36b-48 Gaze on the reverence with which the scrolls of the Torah are handled in a Jewish synagogue. They are given pride of place, all eyes turned towards them as the doors of the Ark open and there they are, clothed in fine cloth with tinkling …
Poem - The day we climbed the mountain
Poem - The day we climbed the mountain
by Colin Smith
The Day we climbed the mountain. This poem was written as a bit of fun to support an All Age worship service. Although the mountain which is referred to is Kinder Scout, in the Peak District of Derbyshire, the name of any local mountain can be used instead. The theme was “Finding…
Gazing on the Gospels Year C - Proper 8 Year C
Gazing on the Gospels Year C - Proper 8 Year C
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Proper 8 Luke 9: 51- 62 Gaze on the sort of journeys we make today, on all the preparation and paraphernalia we acquire. We need tickets and passports, hotel reservations, luggage and currency. We surround ourselves with so much security, and so much comfort, and find it hard to …
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Sixth Sunday after Epiphany - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Sixth Sunday after Epiphany - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Sixth Sunday after Epiphany – Year A Order of Service contains: Opening Hymn: Praise to the living God or Ours is the gift of grace Prayer: God of mercy, forgive us... based on 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 Reading: 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 Hymn: Jesus, Lord we look to thee or Are we naked, sta…
Jeremiah for everyone - On Witnessing by Your Obedience to Your Special Vocation
Jeremiah for everyone - On Witnessing by Your Obedience to Your Special Vocation
by SPCK - John Goldingay
On Witnessing by Your Obedience to Your Special Vocation Fortuitously, I completed the translation of Jeremiah 35:1–19 just as the moment arrived when we often have a glass of wine before dinner…
Isaiah for Everyone - What to do With a Whore's Fee?
Isaiah for Everyone - What to do With a Whore's Fee?
by SPCK - John Goldingay
What to Do with a Whore’s Fee Education and health have been realms where Christians get involved both to benefit people in other cultures and to draw people to Christ. I recently heard about an Indian with the same vision for his soft ware company…
The Minister as Entrepreneur - 6 Definitions of the entrepreneur
The Minister as Entrepreneur - 6 Definitions of the entrepreneur
by SPCK - Michael Volland
Definitions of the entrepreneur In the Introduction to this book I proposed my own definition of the entrepreneur. I shall open this chapter by spending a little more time with that definition before moving on to consider an alternative definition suggested by Bill Bolton and Joh…
The Vine at Home - The Vine At Home - Good Friday
The Vine at Home - The Vine At Home - Good Friday
by Twelvebaskets Ltd
A Free Resource to use at home for for Good Friday. The Vine at Home series has been especially published to use during the Coronavirus. It is adapted from The Vine, which is a weekly resource create to be used in Local Arrangement services and service preparation. The Vine at Ho…
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - The Feeding of the Five Thousand
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - The Feeding of the Five Thousand
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Feeding of the Five Thousand Matthew 14.13-22 Come and be a character in this story. There’s plenty of room, and there’s a lot to learn. To begin with, cast your mind back to the last time you were really, really sad. After the death of a parent, perhaps, or a close friend. A…
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 33 The Pharisees
THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF GOD - 33 The Pharisees
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Pharisees It is of course impossible to offer here a full history of the Pharisees. Others have laboured, and I have entered into their labour. My purpose here is to plot the main agenda of the Pharisaic movement in the last hundred years or so before the destruction of the T…
Lectio Divina the Sacred Art - 3 AT THE HEART OF LECTIO DIVINA
Lectio Divina the Sacred Art - 3 AT THE HEART OF LECTIO DIVINA
by Christine Valters Painter
AT THE HEART OF LECTIO DIVINA All that we know about the life of Benedict of Nursia and his twin sister Scholastica comes from a collection called the Dialogues, written by Pope Gregory I, which attribute several miracles to him. The son of a Roman nobleman, Benedict began his mo…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Christmas Day
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Christmas Day
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Christmas Day - Proper I Service Contents: Hymn: O come, all ye faithful or Keep joy alive! The angels sing Prayer: Christmas is a family time. Hymn: Cradled in a manger meanly or Beneath a single, solitary star Reading: Isaiah 9:2-7 Hymn: See him lying in a bed of straw or So ma…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Fifth Sunday of Easter - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Fifth Sunday of Easter - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Fifth Sunday of Easter - Year A Service contains: Opening Hymn: Who would true valour see or Who would have the strength to follow Prayer: God, you set us on a journey Reading: Acts 7:55–60 Hymn: Father hear the prayer we offer or Stoned Stephen: martyr for the cross, Sermon idea…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Fifth Sunday after Pentecost - Year A