God, who breathed life
God, who breathed life
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: God, who breathed life God, who breathed life into creation, we come to thank you for its beauty. God, who breathed life into Jesus, we come to thank you for his life and ministry. God, who breathed new life into grieving followers, we come to thank you that you did not l…
Many gifts
Many gifts
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Many gifts (1 Corinthians 12: 3b-13) If any one person could embody all the graces; all the compassion and understanding; all the wisdom and gifts of ministry that Jesus had, then there would be no need for so many gifts to be given by the Spirit to build up the church. B…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - The First Sunday of Christmas Year B
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - The First Sunday of Christmas Year B
by SPCK - N T Wright
The First Sunday of Christmas Isaiah 61.10—62.3 Galatians 4.4–7 Luke 2.15–21 God sent the Son...and God sent the Spirit of the Son. St Paul brings together Christmas and Pentecost – as unlikely a pair, to our culture-conditioned minds, as plum pudding and a May Bank Holiday. So…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - Day of Pentecost Year B
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - Day of Pentecost Year B
by SPCK - N T Wright
Day of Pentecost Acts 2.1-21 Romans 8.22-27 John 15.26-27; 16.4b-15 It is one of the striking features of the New Testament that Luke, Paul and John, so very different as writers and theologians, sing in rich harmony when it comes to the Spirit. At the heart of the music is the…
Acts for Everyone Part 2 - Iconium
Acts for Everyone Part 2 - Iconium
by SPCK - N T Wright
Iconium Acts 14. 1-7 I once knew a young man who suffered seriously from depression. He was grappling with all kinds of issues, memories, buried fears, imagined guilt (and some real guilt, too).He had, on my recommendation, been to see one or two doctors, because his condition wa…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - Pentecost Year A
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - Pentecost Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
Day of Pentecost - Year A Numbers 11.24–30 Acts 2.1–21 John 7.37–39 Jesus, quoting Scripture, says that rivers of living water will flow out of the believer’s heart. But no Old Testament text says exactly that. Which Scripture is he referring to, then? Isaiah 55, of course, i…
LWPT Meditations - Day of Pentecost - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Day of Pentecost - Year C
by Susan Thorne
19 May 2013 LWPT Meditation Pentecost Acts 2:1-21 Psalm 104:24-34,35b Romans 8:14-17 John 14:8-17 I grew up in a church that referred to the Holy Spirit as “it”, and eventually I became a member of a cult that reinforced that understanding. What they called “holy spirit” was just…
LWPT Meditations - Pentecost - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Pentecost - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Pentecost Year A Acts 2:1-21 Psalm 104:24-34, 35b 1st Corinthians 12:3b-13 John 20:19-23 or 7:37-39 If we read only the lectionary passage in 1st Corinthians, at first glance we might well think that the Holy Spirit is just a commodity, holy stuff that God uses to wo…
LWPT Meditations - Pentecost - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Pentecost - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation- PENTECOST Year B Acts 2: 1-21 Psalm 104: 24-34, 35b Romans 8: 22-27 John 15: 26-27 What happened on that day of Pentecost, two thousand years ago? The word Pentecost just means 50 days after Passover, but – interestingly – what was celebrated by Jews on the day of Pe…
LWPT Meditations - Seventh Sunday of Easter - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Seventh Sunday of Easter - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Seventh Sunday of Easter Year A Acts 1:6-14 Psalm 68:1-10, 32-35 1st Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11 John 17:1-11 The Israelites knew God by a multiplicity of names and titles, including “the One who rides on the clouds” (Psalm 68:4). In this guise, God presented himself as po…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Fifth Sunday after Pentecost - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Fifth Sunday after Pentecost - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Full Service -Fifth Sunday after Pentecost - Year A – Proper 10 (15) Opening Hymn: God is here as we his people or Come, now is the time to worship (Doerkson) or The purpose of our being here Prayer: Loving God Psalm 119:105-112 Hymn: In heavenly love abiding or Sometimes our gra…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Pentecost Sunday - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Pentecost Sunday - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Pentecost Sunday - Year A Service contains: Opening Hymn: Let every Christian pray or Stirring, dancing, flaming Spirit, Prayer: God, who breathed life Hymn: O breath of God, come sweeping through us or Linguistic gymnastics Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 Poem: Many gifts Hymn: …
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Second Sunday after Pentecost - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Second Sunday after Pentecost - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Second Sunday after Pentecost - Year A Service contents: Openning Hymn: Thou whose almighty word or What will the future hold Prayer: Ever-present God Hymn: Father hear the prayer we offer or Hear our prayer O loving parent Reading: Genesis 21:8-21 Hymn: Come divine interpreter o…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Sixth Sunday after Pentecost - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Sixth Sunday after Pentecost - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost - Year A Service Contains: Hymn: Great (Lord) God, your love has called us here or Our God has enfolded our lives in a purpose Prayer: Great God, in your love you have called us The Lord’s Prayer Hymn: I come with joy to meet my Lord (a child of God) …
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Third Sunday after Pentecost - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Third Sunday after Pentecost - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Third Sunday after Pentecost - Year A Service contains: Openingt Hymn: Where cross the crowded ways of life or At the centre of each city Prayer: Loving God, Hymn: Timeless love! We sing the story or How strong is God’s love? Reading: Genesis 22:1-14 Hymn: God moves in a mysterio…
Monologue: Tower of Babel
Monologue: Tower of Babel
by Andrew Pratt
Monologue: Tower of Babel It was only when I met the barrel of bricks coming down and that hod carrier shouted at me and I didn't understand him that it all began to fall out of place... But wait a minute. None of that will make sense to you. Anyway, it took place some fifty year…
Acts for Everyone part 1 - David Speaks of Jesus' Resurrection
Acts for Everyone part 1 - David Speaks of Jesus' Resurrection
by SPCK - N T Wright
David Speaks of Jesus’ Resurrection Acts 2. 22-36 I watched the Press Gallery during the speech. For most of the time, the journalists looked bored. One was sharpening his pencil; another was varnishing her nails. Then, quite suddenly, all that changed. Notebooks were seized, sho…
Acts for Everyone part 1 - Here Comes the Power