Open with God Book - March - World Environment Week
Open with God Book - March - World Environment Week
by Christine Odell
March – World Environment Week (week 10) Calendar of Prayers Reading Psalm 8.3-9 Ask people to think about how they have experienced the beauty of creation recently, and to share those sights and sounds. Then ask them what they have seen or heard that spoilt creation’s beauty. Du…
Open with God Book - November - Children in Need
Open with God Book - November - Children in Need
by Christine Odell
November – “Children in Need” Calendar of Prayers Reading Nehemiah 5.1-6 God, our father and our mother, we thank you for the gift of children; bringing love, with all its joys and demands, to their families, hope and challenge to their communities, and new life and insights to t…
Open with God Book - May - Amnesty International Day (28 May)
Open with God Book - May - Amnesty International Day (28 May)
by Christine Odell
May – Amnesty International Day (28 May) Calendar of Prayers Reading Isaiah 61.1-3 God of justice, giver of courage, we praise you for the strength you give us in the face of evil. We praise you that, just like a candle flame that continues to shine through the bars of a prison,.…
Open with God Book - November - All Saints' Day (1 November)
Open with God Book - November - All Saints' Day (1 November)
by Christine Odell
November – All Saints Day (1 November) Calendar of Prayers Reading Revelation 7.9-17 God of the living and the dead, we praise and thank you that we belong to that great multitude which no-one can count, who worship, love and serve you...
Prayer/Reflection: Of whom shall I be afraid?
Prayer/Reflection: Of whom shall I be afraid?
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer/Reflection: Of whom shall I be afraid? ‘The Lord is the stronghold of my life – of whom shall I be afraid? Tell that to the sufferers of domestic violence; to the children neglected or abused; to the women raped by men with guns; to the families left homeless by floods; to…
Open with God Book - Drama
Open with God Book - Drama
by Christine Odell
DRAMA Prayers for Various Occasions Reading Job 38.1-11 or another dramatic reading Creator God, we worship and praise you for speaking into being such a dramatic world: full of noise – thunder crashing and waves roaring; full of light – the flash of lightning and reflections of …
Open with God Book - Elections
Open with God Book - Elections
by Christine Odell
ELECTIONS Prayers for Various Occasions Reading Isaiah 11.1-5 Display a variety of election pamphlets and posters, newspaper articles etc. Sovereign and all-knowing God, we pray that we may be given wisdom, vision and compassion as we consider our votes in this election...
Open with God Book - Divorce or the ending of a relationship
Open with God Book - Divorce or the ending of a relationship
by Christine Odell
DIVORCE or the ending of a relationship Prayers for Various Occasions Reading Psalm 89.1, 2 Faithful God, we love and adore you because your love for us is never ending; because in Christ you gave everything to bring us back to you; because your Holy Spirit fills our lives with f…
Responsive prayer: God is our refuge
Responsive prayer: God is our refuge
by Marjorie Dobson
Responsive prayer: God is our refuge On those days when people seem to be aggressive and antagonistic: God is our refuge. On those days when bad news is the only news of the day: God is our refuge. On those days when tragedy and disaster bring fear and a sense of helplessness: Go…
Christmas all age service -Opening Prayer
Christmas all age service -Opening Prayer
by Richard Steel
A short gathering prayer for use at a Christmas morning service. Dear Jesus We thank you for coming to earth as a tiny baby. We thank you for coming to earth as the light of the world. We come now - Continues... Also available in PowerPoint - Click Here
Vessels
Vessels
by Julie M Fairweather
Vessels And then when we are finally silent before You when we are stripped of our selves of our expectations - of others expectations Only then can Your grace flow into our empty vessels and we become what You intended for Your purpose - Your plan Continues... © Julie M. Fairwea…
Prayer: Great and wonderful God
Prayer: Great and wonderful God
by Marjorie Dobson
Great and wonderful God, we sing about your glory, but we can only imagine what it would be like to be right in the middle of it. Now we are here in this more ordinary place to worship you and to give you thanks. Yet even if we are not dazzled by glorious lights and seeing strang…
Prayer: Everything in common
Prayer: Everything in common
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Everything in common What a great start to a new movement. No one held back. People with money and property put it all into the common purse and those who had nothing knew that they would receive a fair share and would be able to live in peace and harmony, with the same s…
Simple Ways - Towards The Sacred - Introduction