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Hymn: Sometimes we wonder who we are
Hymn: Sometimes we wonder who we are
by Andrew Pratt
Sometimes we wonder who we are or where we have to go and yet through all the trials of life we find God's grace will grow. The God who is our praise and joy in weakness is our strength, and every challenge to each life will prove Love's breadth and length. verse 3 follows Tune: …
Hymn: God we need to know your mercy
Hymn: God we need to know your mercy
by Andrew Pratt
God we need to know your mercy, feel your grace around our lives, sense the presence of your spirit, loving kindness that survives. Faults that haunt us from our history are eroded by your grace; through your mercy life is lifted to a brighter finer place. Verse 3 follows Tune: S…
Hymn: Only with God will the building, the loving
Hymn: Only with God will the building, the loving
by Andrew Pratt
Only with God will the building, the loving, praying and praising bear fruit, or make sense. When we align with divine revelation heaven draws near and love has no pretence. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: STEWARDSHIP Metre: 11.10.11.10 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 19/10/2012 Stain…
Making much of clever counsel
Making much of clever counsel
by Andrew Pratt
Making much of clever counsel lawyers sought to trip and flaw. Jesus answered with God’s wisdom, offered grace to cut through law. God of Jesus, God of Moses, God of Hannah and of Ruth; God of Dorcas, God of Peter, help us understand your truth. Verse 3-4 follow Tune: ALL FOR JES…
Nunc Dimittis
Nunc Dimittis
by Andrew Pratt
Nunc Dimittis - Simeon's song at the birth of Jesus Taken from the Book Nothing Too Religious - Click Here Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk. Please include any reproduction for local church and school use on your CCL Licen…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - The Second Sunday Before Advent Year A
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - The Second Sunday Before Advent Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Second Sunday Before Advent Zephaniah 1.7, 12–18 1 Thessalonians 5.1–11 Matthew 25.14–30 This parable gave ‘talent’ a new meaning, so common that we don’t realize how far we have domesticated a warning about more serious matters than developing one’s personal potential and sk…
Gazing on the Gospels Year A - The Second Sunday before Advent Year A
Gazing on the Gospels Year A - The Second Sunday before Advent Year A
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
The Second Sunday before Advent - Year A Meditation on Matthew 24: 14-30 Gaze on a man with a metal detector, slowly inching across a field or a beach, searching for buried treasure. Sometimes he’ll turn up an odd Roman coin, or a Tudor brooch, or a broken pot. But occasionally s…
Opening words based on Psalm 145
Opening words based on Psalm 145
by Michaela Youngson
Ordinary 32 Year C Opening Words or Prayer of Praise based on Psalm 145. 1- 5 17 – 21 We will extol you, our God, AND BLESS YOUR NAME FOREVER Every day we will bless you, AND PRAISE YOUR NAME FOREVER Great is God, and greatly to be praised; God’s greatness is beyond our understan…
A time is coming
A time is coming
by Michael Docker
A time is coming A time is coming - almost here When things long hid will be made clear And worship won't be here or there But by God's Spirit we'll declare The living Word is true, A time is coming and our aim Will be to glory in Christ's shame; And we will worship in his name; …
Gazing on the Gospels Year A - The Third Sunday before Advent Reflection Year A
Gazing on the Gospels Year A - The Third Sunday before Advent Reflection Year A
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
The Third Sunday before Advent - Year A Meditation on Matthew 25: 1-13 Gaze on an early Saturday morning in late summer, when the sun has come up and promises a glorious day. You open the curtains and delight at the weather – it is perfect for planting your bulbs for next spring;…
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Third Sunday of Advent Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Third Sunday of Advent Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Third Sunday of Advent - Year A Isaiah 35:1–10 James 5:7–10 Matthew 11:2–11 In last Sunday’s Gospel reading (Matthew 3. 1–12), John the Baptist arrives to herald the beginning of Jesus’s adult ministry. He is incredibly rude to the people who flock to hear him preach their ju…
Gazing on the Gospels year c - The Second Sunday of Advent Year C
Gazing on the Gospels year c - The Second Sunday of Advent Year C
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
The Second Sunday of Advent Luke 3.1-6 Gazing on the Gospels year C Gaze on a lone hiker, setting out on a long distance walk in the Lake District, or Scottish highlands, perhaps. Imagine it’s you, dressed in the latest Gore-Tex® to keep out the wind and rain, waterproof trousers…
Gazing on the Gospels Year A - The Fourth Sunday before Advent Year A
Gazing on the Gospels Year A - The Fourth Sunday before Advent Year A
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
The Fourth Sunday before Advent - Year A Meditation on Matthew 24: 1-14 Gaze on a bombsite, in Baghdad, perhaps, or maybe you’re old enough to remember the rubble in our cities after the Second World War, a newsreel of Dresden, or the wreck of Hiroshima. Homes have collapsed, spi…
Lectionary Reflection Year C - The Second Sunday Before Advent Year C
Lectionary Reflection Year C - The Second Sunday Before Advent Year C
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Second Sunday Before Advent Malachi 4.1–2a 2 Thessalonians 3.6–13 Luke 21.5–19 The material in today’s reading from Luke can be found in a very similar form in Mark 13 and Matthew 24, and all are agreed that the temple is the trigger for these terrible sayings. Jesus seems to…
Psalms for Everyone - Another Interim Closing Act of Praise