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I don't believe it
I don't believe it
by Marjorie Dobson
Dramatic monologue: ‘I don’t believe it!” Fifth Sunday in Lent John 11: 1 - 45 They said he was dead, but it seems a bit suspicious to me. How can they prove it? I know we’d had all the weeping and wailing and the body put in the tomb and the door sealed to keep him in and t…
For the first time I feel free
For the first time I feel free
by Marjorie Dobson
3rd Sunday in Lent John 4.5-42 Dramatic monologue: For the first time I feel free! (Can be used as a Bible Study with the questions at the end, or in worship as a narrative piece with the introduction) ‘For the first time in my life I feel free – all thanks to the only man who’s …
52 Reflections on Faith - Passion Sunday: responding to God
52 Reflections on Faith - Passion Sunday: responding to God
by BRF - Stephen W. Need
5 Passion Sunday: Responding to God In the summer of 2010, the famous Passion Play at Oberammergau in Bavaria, Germany, was performed for yet another very successful season. The residents of the village have presented their play of Christ’s suffering, death and resurrection every…
Clean Up on the Inside
Clean Up on the Inside
by Dave Hopwood
Seeing and Believing Bible Ref: Luke 10-13; John 9 & 10 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 linking text as well as t…
Jesus Curses the Fig Tree
Jesus Curses the Fig Tree
by Dave Hopwood
Triumph, Tears and Talents Bible Ref: Matthew 21-26; Mark 11-14; Luke 19-22; 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 to re…
The Fig Tree Withered
The Fig Tree Withered
by Dave Hopwood
Triumph, Tears and Talents Bible Ref: Matthew 21-26; Mark 11-14; Luke 19-22; 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 to re…
The Rich Fool
The Rich Fool
by Dave Hopwood
Seeing and Believing Bible Ref: Luke 10-13; John 9 & 10 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 linking text as well as t…
Fresh Thoughts For Sunday - Fresh Thoughts For Sunday Issue 163
Fresh Thoughts For Sunday - Fresh Thoughts For Sunday Issue 163
by Twelvebaskets Ltd
A selection of commentary, reflection and prayer ideas from various Christian authors and the full bible texts from the NRSV for this week's lectionary. NOW INCLUDING SERIALISED BOOKS FROM SPCK AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM BRF. Check below for details. Subscribe to Fresh Thoughts For S…
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - Book V
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - Book V
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Book V (Psalms 107-150) Book V of the Psalter opens with Psalm 107, a community hymn celebrating God’s graciousness in delivering the community of faith from exile in Babylon. The psalmist says: “Let the redeemed of YHWH say so, those he redeemed from trouble and gathered in from…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Sixth Sunday of Lent - Passion - Year B
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Sixth Sunday of Lent - Passion - Year B
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Sixth Sunday in Lent - Passion - Year B Service contents: Hymn: My song is love unknown or We wait the dawning of that fateful day Prayer: God, who breathed life Hymn: There is a green hill far away or Now who would have thought that a small crying baby Reading: Psalm 31:9-16 Poe…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Sixth Sunday of Lent - Palms - Year B
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Sixth Sunday of Lent - Palms - Year B
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Sixth Sunday in Lent - Palms - Year B Service Contents: Hymn: Make way, make way, for Christ the King or The King of kings? It seems absurd! Poem: Palm Sunday Prayer: Surprising God Hymn: I cannot tell why he, whom angels worship or How can we grasp the magnitude Reading: Psalm 1…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Third Sunday in Lent - Year B
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Third Sunday in Lent - Year B
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Third Sunday in Lent - Year B Hymn: All things praise Thee, Lord most high or Precious God you know no measure (based on Psalm 19) Prayer: Law-giving God Hymn: Give to me, Lord, a thankful heart or God’s commandments link together Psalm 19 Meditation/prayer: Meditation isn’t alwa…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Fourth Sunday in Lent - Year B
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Fourth Sunday in Lent - Year B
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Fourth Sunday in Lent - Year B Hymn: Awake, awake to love and work or At another new day's dawning Prayer: Ever-present God Hymn: Come, Lord, to our souls come down or Sometimes when standing on the brink Reading: Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22 Reading: Numbers 21:4-9 Hymn: Lead us, heaven…
A Lame Man is Lowered Through the Roof
A Lame Man is Lowered Through the Roof
by Dave Hopwood
A New Kind of Fishing Bible Ref: Matthew 4,8,9 &12; Mark 1-3; Luke 4-6; John 4 & 5 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…
Jesus Heals a Leper
Jesus Heals a Leper
by Dave Hopwood
A New Kind of Fishing Bible Ref: Matthew 4,8,9 &12; Mark 1-3; Luke 4-6; John 4 & 5 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 …
John the Baptist Begins His Ministry