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Jesus is coming
Jesus is coming
by Avis Palmer
Children's song for Palm Sunday Jesus is coming, Joy and excitement, Telling our friends that He's on his way. Will you come with us? Leave what you're doing? Wait at the roadside, Wonderful day! Here he comes smiling, Happy to see us. We wave our branches His praises sing. He to…
The Open Gate - The Offering
The Open Gate - The Offering
by SPCK - David Adam
The Offering Remember, it is we who are guests at His table. We are not inviting the Lord to come among us; He has invited us to come and share with Him in the great feast of His kingdom. Whatever we bring in the way of gifts and talents it is because He has given them to us: ‘Al…
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 3 March 1931
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 3 March 1931
by SPCK - Frank C Laubach
The Letters 25 February 1931 As I lay on the warm earth on Signal Hill last night, I asked God the question, “Why is it that Thou dost allow us on this earth to do nearly all the talking? Why do we not always hear Thy voice, since Thou art so much wiser than we are?”...
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 90:10, 12
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 90:10, 12
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 90:10, 12 This prayer also swims against the tide of our culture where youthfulness is coveted and ageing dreaded. Yet in spite of the worship of agelessness, where the vitamin pills are the sacraments of the day and the workout a religious ritual, we can never escape the i…
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 15 October 1930
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 15 October 1930
by SPCK - Frank C Laubach
The Letters 15 OCTOBER 1930 Has God ever struck you as the Great Stirrer-Up? One thing He seems to have determined is that we shall not fall asleep. We make or discover paradises for ourselves, and these paradises begin to lull us into sleepy satisfaction. Then God comes with His…
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 112:7-8
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 112:7-8
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 112:7-8 A sign of the heart established in God is that it does not shrink. Nor is it ‘afraid of any evil tidings’. The reason for this is that ‘unto the godly there ariseth up light in the darkness’ (v. 4). That light is none other than the mercy of God which rescues us fro…
GOD's rich Pattern - A change to my world
GOD's rich Pattern - A change to my world
by SPCK - Dr Lin Berwick
A change to my world I had learnt to walk at the age of thirteen, and I started to enjoy the freedom of movement. I had been partially sighted all my life due to oxygen damage of the eyes at birth. I had gone to an ophthalmic hospital for my usual check-up. The doctor seemed to t…
GOD's rich Pattern - One small step along the way
GOD's rich Pattern - One small step along the way
by SPCK - Dr Lin Berwick
One small step along the way Ralph regularly attended our local Methodist church. He had come a long way spiritually because now his visits were not just when I was preaching. When taking Holy Communion our minister always brought the bread and the wine to our pew and offered it …
Secondary Schools Assemblies Resource Book - St Andrews Day
Secondary Schools Assemblies Resource Book - St Andrews Day
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Secondary Schools Assemblies Resource Book THROUGH THE YEAR ST ANDREWS DAY By Stuart Kerner Suitable for Whole School Aim To reflect on the importance of trusting our lives to God. Preparation and materials • Four volunteers, two apples and two peelers. Assembly 1. Ask the studen…
O when you hear our prayers, Lord
O when you hear our prayers, Lord
by Michael Docker
O when you hear our prayers, Lord, Forgive our foolish hearts; Our words and wishes falter When worldly music starts - Sad symphonies surround us Of life's discordant pain - They easily confound us, Help us to pray again. O when you see our ways, Lord, Forgive our worldly hearts;…
New Testament Prayer for Everyone - God's Love, God's Power - In Us
New Testament Prayer for Everyone - God's Love, God's Power - In Us
by SPCK - N T Wright
PART 2 PRAYERS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT PRAYERS OF PAUL GOD’S LOVE, GOD’S POWER – IN US Ephesians 3: 14-21 Love and power, power and love: these are the themes of perhaps two-thirds of the novels, plays and poems ever written. The love of power has laid waste continents and empires. …
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - Proper 11 Year A
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - Proper 11 Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
Twelve Months of Sundays – Year A Ordinary Time Proper 11 Genesis 28.10–19a Romans 8.12–25 Matthew 13.24–30, 36–43 To get the full flavour of the Pauline passage, hold in your mind the story of the children of Israel on their way through the wilderness, having left Egypt but not …
New Testament Prayer for Everyone - The Searcher of Hearts
New Testament Prayer for Everyone - The Searcher of Hearts
by SPCK - N T Wright
PART 1 NEW TESTAMENT TEACHING ON PRAYER THE TEACHING OF PAUL THE SEARCHER OF HEARTS Romans 8: 22-23, 26-27 How many names can you think of for God? It may sound an odd question. God’s proper name in the Old Testament is of course YHWH; but he is referred to in a great many other …
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - Apocalyptic Expectations