Living Liturgies | Transition time resources for services, prayer and conversation with older people - From fire to radiators | Living Liturgies
Living Liturgies | Transition time resources for services, prayer and conversation with older people - From fire to radiators | Living Liturgies
by BRF - Caroline George
There is nothing like an open fire to gather around—although it’s perhaps not so good if you have to clear the ashes! Today we think about fires, heating and a meeting on a beach between Jesus and Peter. A creative and original book of liturgies and reflections for use in worship…
The Second Intercessions Handbook - A Word at the Beginning
The Second Intercessions Handbook - A Word at the Beginning
by SPCK - John Pritchard
A WORD AT THE BEGINNING I’m very glad you’ve found this book and I hope you find it helpful. It follows on from The Intercessions Handbook, which was an attempt to broaden the imaginative range of the intercessions we use in public worship, in small groups and in personal prayer…
Online Mission and Ministry - Appendix 1
Online Mission and Ministry - Appendix 1
by SPCK - Pam Smith
Appendix 1 Example of a worship and prayer service for a chat room Notes for leaders If you are able to copy and paste the words into the chat room, the service will flow much more smoothly. If you are cutting and pasting, leave time for people to read each line before posting ag…
50 Praise, Pray and Play Sessions - 50 Praise, Pray and Play Sessions - Introduction
50 Praise, Pray and Play Sessions - 50 Praise, Pray and Play Sessions - Introduction
by BRF - Rona Orme
A year's worth of material for running a midweek or weekend group with families from the local community 50 Praise, Play and Pray Sessions provides a practical way for churches to engage with families who might not normally attend Sunday church. Requiring little preparation or se…
Be strong and very courageous
Be strong and very courageous
by Sally Coleman
A poem reflecting on our need for God's strength. Be strong and very courageous Be strong and very courageous you say… …some mornings it takes all my strength Just to get out of bed! Be strong and very courageous …. …is it courageous just to place one Foot in front of the other, …
Online Mission and Ministry - Online discipleship and spirituality
Online Mission and Ministry - Online discipleship and spirituality
by SPCK - Pam Smith
Online discipleship and spirituality Jesus said that where two or three are gathered in his name, he will be present. Many of us have found that this promise holds good online. Perhaps the very lack of physical presence, and the time it takes to respond to each other in writing, …
50 Praise, Pray and Play Sessions - Water - from sea to sip
50 Praise, Pray and Play Sessions - Water - from sea to sip
by BRF - Rona Orme
Amazingly, 70 per cent of the earth's surface is covered by water and around 60 per cent of the human body consists of water. God has provided plenty of water but many of us use far more than our share. Washing machines use much water in action, but also require a lot of water fo…
Enabling Church: inclusion of disabled people - Experiencing God in togetherness
Enabling Church: inclusion of disabled people - Experiencing God in togetherness
by SPCK - Gordon Temple and Lin Ball
4 Experiencing God in togetherness Genesis 2.18 –22; Psalm 68.5, 6; John 17.20 –23 Purpose: to explore God-given models of community; to consider the challenge of isolation and loneliness as a particular issue for disabled people…
Recovering from Depression - Some final thoughts
Recovering from Depression - Some final thoughts
by SPCK - Katharine Smith
Some final thoughts I would much rather not have had to experience such frequent episodes of depression over so many years and I still have questions I want to, and do, ask God about. But I’ve learnt that I have a choice about how I view this. I can continue to regret that it too…
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - What Sabbath Worship Looks Like?
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - What Sabbath Worship Looks Like?
by SPCK - John Goldingay
What Sabbath Worship Looks Like? Psalm 92 If I am preaching on Sunday, instead of giving a ten- to fifteen-minute sermon after the Scripture readings (Episcopalians are not used to long sermons), I have gotten into the habit of talking for a few minutes after each of the three re…
Times and Seasons - Prayers for Valentine's Day