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Advent watching
by Paul Welch
A story about Mike the Merekat watching and keeping a look out based on Luke 21:25-36 Extract: Meer Cat talk Getting ready being prepared Advent 1 There was once a group of animals who lived together in a big hole in the ground. These animals were meer cats and they all looked af…
There is a season - Christmas Introduction
There is a season - Christmas Introduction
by SPCK - Margaret Pritchard Houston
CHRISTMAS The Word became flesh INTRODUCTION In an ideal world, Christmas Eve would be a time of peaceful, joyful anticipation. Your church staff would have the time and energy to set up and host a three-hour celebration for the church’s children, and your families would enthusia…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - The Second Sunday of Advent Year B
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - The Second Sunday of Advent Year B
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Second Sunday of Advent Isaiah 40.1–11 2 Peter 3.8–15a Mark 1.1–8 If John the Baptist was going to raise up the valleys and flatten out the mountains, he started in the right place. Jericho lies a long way below the road-sign that says ‘sea level’; Jerusalem, a long way abo…
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - The Fourth Sunday of Advent Year B
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - The Fourth Sunday of Advent Year B
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Gazing on the Gospel - Year B The Fourth Sunday of Advent Luke 1.26-38 Gaze on two Renaissance masterpieces: the Annunciation by Titian, and the Annunciation by Tintoretto. Even if you have never seen them let your imagination conjure them up... Both depict the same story, but th…
LWPT Meditations - Second Sunday of Advent - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Second Sunday of Advent - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Second Sunday of Advent Yr A Isaiah 11:1-10 Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19 Romans 15:4-13 Matthew 3:1-12 The Advent Bible readings contain a lot of promises. Isaiah 11:1 foretells a descendent (“a shoot”) from Jesse, the father of King David. As a king’s heir he too will reign…
LWPT Meditations - Fourth Sunday of Advent - Year B
LWPT Meditations - Fourth Sunday of Advent - Year B
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 4th Sunday of Advent Year B 2 Samuel 7: 1-11, 16 We are deep into Advent now, yet this is our first hint of Christmas with the announcement to Mary that she is to bear a son named Jesus (Luke 1 v 31). Thus far the lectionary readings have focused more on the second c…
A Celtic Advent Liturgy - Light and darkness
A Celtic Advent Liturgy - Light and darkness
by John Birch
An Advent service with a distinctive Celtic feel on the theme of light and darkness. ... Circle us, Lord Circle us with the light of your presence, bright within this dark word Enable us to be overcomers of fear and temptation, Enable us to be victors over sin and despair, Enable…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - Christ the King Year B
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - Christ the King Year B
by SPCK - N T Wright
Christ the King Daniel 7.9-10, 13-14 Revelation 1.4b-8 John 18.33b-37 The ‘Feast of Christ the King’ was invented by Pius XI in 1925. Only in 1970 was it moved from October to the last Sunday before Advent. It slid into Anglicanism very recently, introducing three muddles. First,…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Advent 1