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Numbers and Deuteronomy for Everyone - Provision and Purification
Numbers and Deuteronomy for Everyone - Provision and Purification
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Provision and Purification NUMBERS 18: 1-19: 22 The other day I was visiting a big church in another city. It made for an extraordinary contrast with my little church, where the pastor is the only paid person and the building feels very full if there are seventy people present. T…
Luke for Everyone - Jesus' Authoritative Healings
Luke for Everyone - Jesus' Authoritative Healings
by SPCK - N T Wright
Jesus’ Authoritative Healings Luke 4.31-44 Last time I went to Capernaum you could hardly move because of the people. There were coaches full of pilgrims coming and going, parties of tourists with guides talking in several different languages, people taking photographs, people tr…
Paul for Everyone Romans part 2 - To God Be the Glory
Paul for Everyone Romans part 2 - To God Be the Glory
by SPCK - N T Wright
To God Be the Glory ROMANS 11.33-36 I was taken yesterday to see the site of a new bridge across a river. We parked the car in a grassy wood and set off to walk. The trees were quite thick to begin with, and I couldn’t see the river, though I could hear it. I assumed the bridge w…
New Testament Prayer for Everyone - To God Be The Glory
New Testament Prayer for Everyone - To God Be The Glory
by SPCK - N T Wright
PART 2 PRAYERS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT PRAYERS OF PAUL TO GOD BE THE GLORY Romans 11: 33-36 I was taken yesterday to see the site of a new bridge across a river. We parked the car in a grassy wood and set off to walk. The trees were quite thick to begin with, and I couldn’t see the …
Paul for Everyone The Prison Letters - The Choice and the Plan
Paul for Everyone The Prison Letters - The Choice and the Plan
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Choice and the Plan Ephesians 1.4-10 Have you noticed how sometimes you have a story in the back of your mind which keeps peeping out even when you’re talking about something else? Imagine you’ve come back from work and the train has been late again. You stood for half an hou…
There is a season - Pentecost Liturgy
There is a season - Pentecost Liturgy
by SPCK - Margaret Pritchard Houston
PENTECOST LITURGY Come down, O love divine! COMING TOGETHER IN THE LORD’S NAME We come into the church and sit in silence. When the service begins, we sing together, peacefully, over and over: Music: J. Berthier © Ateliers et Presses de Taizé, F-71250 Taizé-Communauté Leader…..
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Good Friday
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Good Friday
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Full Service - Good Friday Service Contents: Opening Hymn: My song is love unknown Prayers: Introduction: Reading: Mark 15.1-20 Hymn: In the cross of Christ I glory Reading: Mark 15.29-32 A Chief Priest: Reading: Luke 23.44-49 The Unseen Joseph: Prayer: God of the past and fut…
Times and Seasons - Full Service-Fifth Sunday of Easter-Year B
Times and Seasons - Full Service-Fifth Sunday of Easter-Year B
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Fifth Sunday of Easter - Year B Service contains: Hymn: God is love: let heaven adore him or Each hour marks a mighty resurrection Prayer: Meditation/poem/prayer: If love is the centre of God’s being Song/Hymn: When I needed a neighbor, were you there or See your brother in each …
Times and Seasons - Full Servive - ALL SAINTS - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Servive - ALL SAINTS - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
ALL SAINTS - Year A Service contents: Hymn: For all the saints or Eternal fury fires the saints Prayer: Thank you, loving God Hymn: O God our help in ages past or Great God your love has held our lives Reading: Revelation 7:9-17 Sermon idea: Drama/Monologue: Why am I here? – base…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Eighth Sunday after Pentecost - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Eighth Sunday after Pentecost - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Eighth Sunday after Pentecost - Year A Service contents: Opening Hymn: God is here as we his people or God, surprise us by your presence Reflection/poem: God weeps–(based on Romans 9:1-5) Responsive prayer: God of wisdom Hymn: There’s a wideness in God’s mercy or You cannot put a…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - First Sunday after Epiphany - Year B
Times and Seasons - Full Service - First Sunday after Epiphany - Year B
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
First Sunday after the Epiphany the Baptism of the Lord - Year B Service Contents: Hymn: Thou whose almighty word or In the beginning God Prayer: God of enlightenment Reading: Psalm 29 Hymn: How shall I sing that majesty or Cedars of Lebanon, oaks of old England Reading: Genesis …
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Fourth Sunday of Easter - Year B
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Fourth Sunday of Easter - Year B
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Fourth Sunday of Easter - Year B Service Contains: Hymn: God is here as we his people or Like the palette of a painter Psalm 23 (as a reading, or said together, this Psalm can be used to introduce the prayer which follows) Prayer: Psalm 23 – Responsive prayer Hymn: Jesus call us …
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Second Sunday after the Epiphany - Year B
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Second Sunday after the Epiphany - Year B
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Second Sunday after the Epiphany - Year B Service Contains: Hymn: God is love: his the care or A mirage, nothing more Reading: 1 Samuel 3:1-10, (11-20) Meditation/ prayer: Samuel Hymn: Dear Lord and Father of mankind or We strain to hear the voice of God Reading: Psalm 139:1-6, 1…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Sixth Sunday after Pentecost - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Sixth Sunday after Pentecost - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost - Year A Service Contains: Hymn: Great (Lord) God, your love has called us here or Our God has enfolded our lives in a purpose Prayer: Great God, in your love you have called us The Lord’s Prayer Hymn: I come with joy to meet my Lord (a child of God) …
Acts for Everyone Part 2 - Apollos in Ephesus and Corinth
Acts for Everyone Part 2 - Apollos in Ephesus and Corinth
by SPCK - N T Wright
Apollos in Ephesus and Corinth Acts 18.18-28 These days people will do anything for sponsorship. Recently a Christian leader made well over a million pounds (roughly US$2 million) by running in the London Marathon. I once had a colleague who made a lot of money for his church by …
John for Everyone part 2 - Love One Another
John for Everyone part 2 - Love One Another
by SPCK - N T Wright
Love One Another John 13.31-38 The question from the Greeks at the feast told Jesus that his time had come (12.23). In the same way, the disappearance of Judas, going out into the night, tells Jesus that his time, his great moment, is rushing upon him like a tidal wave. As the do…
The Pastoral Letters - God's Revealed Plan