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What news is good? What words give hope?
What news is good? What words give hope?
by Andrew Pratt
What news is good? What words give hope? What sense of value do we feel when meeting with our God in Christ, what gives the sense, provides the seal? This seal of perfect love and faith, this hope of holiness and grace, the knowledge that our path is right, is given in our saviou…
Traces of Glory Year B - The Second Sunday of Advent - Year B
Traces of Glory Year B - The Second Sunday of Advent - Year B
by SPCK - David Adam
Traces of Glory The Second Sunday of Advent Year B Isaiah 40. 1-11: Ps. 85. [1-2] 8-13: 2 Peter 3. 8-15a: Mark 1. 1-8 Lord, grant us a glimpse of your glory: open our eyes to your coming to us, that we may know you are with us always, and that you are a very present help in troub…
Sarah: A Mother's Lament
Sarah: A Mother's Lament
by Roger Price
This is one of a number of monologues that I have written for use in worship or some other reflective purpose. This one deals with the events of Genesis 22: 1-10 from the point of view of Sarah. Sarah: A Mother’s Lament Genesis 22: 1-10 He’s taken my son and gone away. Two days a…
Following Jesus
Following Jesus
by Norman J Goreham (1931-2021)
This hymn on the call of Matthew - and our call to follow Jesus - is a conscious rewrite of the traditional St. Matthew's Day hymn by W. Bright, "He sat to watch o'er customs paid) (Hymns Ancient And Modern Revised # 563). I gratefully acknowledge my indebtedness to this hymn wri…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - Proper 5 Year A
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - Proper 5 Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
Twelve Months of Sundays – Year A Ordinary Time Proper 5 Genesis 12.1–9 Romans 4.13–25 Matthew 9.9–13, 18–26 Abraham’s call (Abram, actually, at this stage; but just as we say the Archbishop was born in 1935, even though he wasn’t Archbishop then, so we don’t need to fuss about g…
God of all consuming grace
God of all consuming grace
by Gareth Hill Publishing/Song Solutions CopyCare
Hymn – God of all-consuming grace God of all-consuming grace, reckless lover of my soul; call me to your holy place, speak the love that makes me whole. I would dare to hope in you, dare to seek your warm embrace, dare to offer all I am to you in this sacred space. When I’m weary…
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - On Keeping One’s Mouth Shut
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - On Keeping One’s Mouth Shut
by SPCK - John Goldingay
The Alternative to a Bulletproof Vest Psalm 140 Not surprisingly (I recently read in a magazine), the best place to buy a bulletproof vest is Bogotá, Colombia, where two students at the University of the Andes noticed that bodyguards didn’t wear their bulletproof vests because th…
Northern harbour
Northern harbour
by Joy Sykes
TIP- PowerPoint Slide Size- The ideal way to insert into PowerPoint is:- • Reduce the image size to 1024x768 pixels using your image editing software. (Will reduce image proportionally) • Insert as Picture in the normal way. • If needed fill the slide area by placing the image in…
Call to worship - a call for all
Call to worship - a call for all
by Jane Bingham
Call to Worship – a call for all The Lord calls you here He calls the babes in arms that they may know boundless love from all those in his family. He calls the young ones so that they can learn from the experience and wisdom of others. He calls all men and women that they may be…
Poem/reflection: Call to preach
Poem/reflection: Call to preach
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem/Reflection: Call to preach The call to preach is a demanding one for it is not just a calling to the art of putting words together; not just a gaining of confidence at speaking in public; not just the ability to choose suitable material for the leading of worship; not just a…
Eggs and Ashes Book - God Has Made Laughter for Us