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Times and Seasons - Vulnerability and Hope: Prayer of Thanksgiving
Times and Seasons - Vulnerability and Hope: Prayer of Thanksgiving
by Jan Berry
VULNERABILITY AND HOPE: A PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING God, maker of the earth, we thank you for this broken bread; in its fragments we find you, sharing our vulnerability, waiting with us in patient helplessness and impatient rage. We thank you for our brokenness embodied in your comi…
Times and Seasons - Poem: Mary’s joy
Times and Seasons - Poem: Mary’s joy
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Mary’s joy For the first time I can walk with pride. At home too many people turn their backs, whisper behind their hands, gossip my shame in their doorways and pull their children to safety for fear of contamination. Continues... ©Marjorie Dobson Luke 1:46b-55
Times and Seasons - Prayers and readings for the Posada
Times and Seasons - Prayers and readings for the Posada
by Jan Berry
Prayers and readings for the posada Opening sentences/responses In our comings and goings, God, Saviour of the world, travel with us. In our busyness and activity God, Saviour of the world, work with us. In our giving and receiving, God, Saviour of the world, share with us. In ou…
Times and Seasons - Prayers for Eucharist
Times and Seasons - Prayers for Eucharist
by Jan Berry
PRAYERS FOR EUCHARIST INVITATION Come to this table where God invites you to wait for the pain and hope of new life embodied in human birth. Come to this table where God invites you to wait for the fragments to be gathered and brokenness to be held. Continues... concludes with a …
Prayers for an Autumn Morning
Prayers for an Autumn Morning
by Christine Dutton
Opening prayers of thanksgiving for an autumn service, giving thanks for the ways in which the change from summer into autumn can encourage us to see God at work in creation. Prayers for an Autumn Morning (suitable for all age worship) Loving God, who accompanies us through the c…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Christmas Day - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Christmas Day - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Full Service Christmas Day Order of Service contains: Opening Hymn Reading for two - Christmas Day Candle lighting Prayer Candle lighting Hymn Reading - Isaiah 9:2-7 Hymn Reading - Luke 2:1-14, 15-20 Sermon Idea Hymn Intercessions - Christmas is a family time Lord's Prayer Offeri…
Times and Seasons - Full service - Proper 19 (24) - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full service - Proper 19 (24) - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost – Proper 19(24) - Year A Hymn: Great [Lord] God your love has called us here or Bright morning maker, as your sun breaks through Prayer: Great God, your love Poem: How much more Reading: Psalm 114 - Exodus 14:19–31 Hymn: Guide me O thou great Jeh…
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 - Advent 4
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Advent 4
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Full Service Advent 4 Order of Service contains: Opening Hymn Reading for two - Advent 4 - The Word of God Candle lighting Prayer Candle lighting Hymn Reading - Isaiah 7:10-16 Hymn Reading - Matthew 1:18-25 Sermon Idea Hymn Intercessions - Christmas is a family time Lord's Prayer…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Proper 23 (28)
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Proper 23 (28)
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost – Proper 23(28) Hymn: Great is thy faithfulness or When the autumn days bring darkness Prayer: thoughts based on Psalm 106:1-6, 19-23 Hymn: For the healing of the nations or Look around: so many places Reading: Exodus 32:1-14 Sermon idea - 1: Dra…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Proper 24 (29) - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Proper 24 (29) - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost – Proper 24(29) Hymn: Now thank we all our God or Incendiary God, your fire of love Prayer: Let us thank God Hymn: Jesus where’re thy people meet or Some listen to the emptiness Reading: Psalm 99 / Exodus 33:12-23 Hymn: Christ be my leader by nig…
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 - Advent 2
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Advent 2
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Full Service Advent 2 Order of Service contains: Opening Hymn - Or Alternative hymn in the light of Nelson Mandela's death. Reading for two - Advent 2 - John the Baptist Candle lighting Prayer Candle lighting Hymn Advent Prayer Reading - Isaiah 11:1-10 Hymn Reading - Matthew 3:1-…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Ash Wednesday - Year A