All Desires Known - Eucharistic Prayer for Christmas Eve
All Desires Known - Eucharistic Prayer for Christmas Eve
by SPCK - Janet Morley
EUCHARISTIC PRAYER FOR CHRISTMAS EVE Eternal Wisdom, we praise you and give you thanks, because you emptied yourself of power and became foolishness for our sake: for on this night you were delivered as one of us, a baby needy and naked, wrapped in a woman’s blood... This prayer
Healing - A Liturgy
Healing - A Liturgy
by John Birch
"Father, forgive our unbelief. Forgive us those times when we cry to you for mercy, for healing, for release and yet in our hearts expect so much less. Forgive us those times when we pray for a deluge and expect only drizzle...." A prayerful liturgy based upon a theme of healing
Advent Candle Lighting Readings
Advent Candle Lighting Readings
by Andrew Pratt
Advent Candle Lighting Readings First Sunday in Advent - Hope Reader 1: Where is Jesus? Reader 2: Look! is that the Christ? He struggles upward with a heavy load. His hope was dashed so long ago. It was dark there, and so long ago. His hope was dashed. Reader 1: But he has seen a
Times and Seasons - A Liturgy for a Blue Christmas
Times and Seasons - A Liturgy for a Blue Christmas
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
A Liturgy for a Blue Christmas (This is not a Full Service, but a liturgy that could be inserted into worship at any suitable time during the Advent/Christmas period with, or without, the addition of further hymns and prayers. Christmas is not a happy time for everyone.) Leader:
The Holy Scriptures
The Holy Scriptures
by Norman J Goreham (1931-2021)
A prayer for enlightenment as we read the Scriptures, this could appropriately be sung as a Gradual hymn before the reading of the Gospel in the Liturgy. THE HOLY SCRIPTURES John 16:15, Luke 24:32 1 Come, Holy Spirit, open sightless eyes and in the truth of Jesus make us wise. 2
Advent Liturgy - The Prophets
Advent Liturgy - The Prophets
by John Birch
Advent liturgy of prayers on the theme of The Prophets. ... Your prophets, called to make known your Word Proclaiming justice, convicting sin, Displaying fruits of your love and grace. Comfort, comfort my people, says our God, And the glory of the Lord will be revealed ..........
Sacrifice - A Liturgy
Sacrifice - A Liturgy
by John Birch
"Thank you, loving Father that you are with us in our joys and our sorrows, the peaks and troughs of our lives, because you understand our human nature. You know our hearts, feel our pain, know our anguish and enfold us with your love that we might know daily your forgiveness and
Revelation - A liturgy
Revelation - A liturgy
by John Birch
"Into your presence we come Father Son and Holy Spirit , Glorious Trinity. We are here to listen to your word as it is revealed to us and then to act upon it in our daily lives......" A prayerful liturgy for church or small group use on the theme of 'Revelation' - on one side A4
Spirit - A Liturgy
Spirit - A Liturgy
by John Birch
"You breathed this world into being. Your creative Spirit is still visible within our everyday lives; through the changing seasons, the colours and sounds of nature, the rhythm of day and night, sunrise and sunset, tide and wind, rain and shine......." A prayerful liturgy for chu
Tesimony - A Liturgy