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The Bread and the Wine and the New Covenant
The Bread and the Wine and the New Covenant
by Dave Hopwood
It Started with a Kiss… Bible Ref: Matthew 26; Mark 14; Luke 22; John 13-18 Each of the following sketches (scenes) can be used to form the basis for a complete act of worship or used as individual scenes on separate occasions. Each scene will require a narrator to read the linki…
The Greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven
The Greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven
by Dave Hopwood
The Great and the Good Bible Ref: Matthew 19-20 & 26; Mark 10 & 14; Luke 17-19; John 11 & 12 Each of the following sketches (scenes) can be used to form the basis for a complete act of worship or used as individual scenes on separate occasions. Each scene will require a narrator …
Why Use Parables?
Why Use Parables?
by Dave Hopwood
A Matter of Life and Death Bible Ref: Matthew 8,9,& 11 -13; Mark 3&4; Luke 7&8 Each of the following sketches (scenes) can be used to form the basis for a complete act of worship or used as individual scenes on separate occasions. Each scene will require a narrator to read the li…
Imagining the Lectionary: The hiddenness of God's ceaseless Kingdom activity is a sight for sore eyes (Proper 6B)
Imagining the Lectionary: The hiddenness of God's ceaseless Kingdom activity is a sight for sore eyes (Proper 6B)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: The hiddenness of God's ceaseless Kingdom activity is a sight for sore eyes (Proper 6B) Reflection accompanying image “Kingdom of God field with rows of newly emerged seedlings” He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed …
Dear Lord, where are the signs of hope
Dear Lord, where are the signs of hope
by Gareth Hill Publishing/Song Solutions CopyCare
Hymn – Dear Lord, where are the signs of hope Dear Lord, where are the signs of hope, the echoes of new birth? Where will we find the shafts of light; God’s grace notes for the earth? Could we be what our neighbours need to bring the great Good News? Could we reveal the love of G…
Simply Good News - Can we Trust the Gospels?
Simply Good News - Can we Trust the Gospels?
by SPCK - N T Wright
Can we Trust the Gospels? Let’s start with the obvious problem. Can we trust the Gospels? Answering that properly would take another whole book, and indeed I’ve written one or two on that topic. Despite a continuing chorus of scepticism, I and many other scholars who have studied…
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Sheep and the Goats
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Sheep and the Goats
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Sheep and the Goats Matthew 25.31-46 One of the most remarkable things to happen in the whole twentieth century was the establishment of an International Court of Justice, located at The Hague in the Netherlands. Not everyone approves of such a thing, but whatever your opinio…
Poem/Prayer: God’s children
Poem/Prayer: God’s children
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem/Prayer: God’s children We are God’s children, led by the Spirit, knowing that we can come to a loving parent with total confidence that we are offered love and care. We are not slaves, held in chains by a cruel owner, but allowed to fly free, guided only by the principles an…
Prayers of intercession–Why we pray
Prayers of intercession–Why we pray
by Katherine Fox
Prayers of intercession suitable for use in worship which remind us why we pray for other people and the world to God who already knows. We believe, God, that you already know all the pain, suffering and injustice in the world and care deeply about it. Yet still we pray. Not to r…
friends, FOES and families - Woe to you, you hypocrites: Philemon's reply
friends, FOES and families - Woe to you, you hypocrites: Philemon's reply
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Woe to you, hypocrites: Philemon’s reply Philemon Jesus, it is our hypocrisy you most deplore. May I never be scornful of others, or shut the door of the Kingdom in another person’s face. (cf. Matthew 23.13)...
Imagining the Lectionary: an unappealing prospect (Lent 2A)
Imagining the Lectionary: an unappealing prospect (Lent 2A)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: an unappealing prospect (Lent 2A) Reflection accompanying image “an unappealing prospect” or "same image in colour" "Take it from me: Unless a person is born from above, it's not possible to see what I'm pointing to—to God's kingdom." (John 3:3) T…
Matthew for Everyone Part 2 - The Parable of the Wedding Feast