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Drama/Dialogue: What a waste!
Drama/Dialogue: What a waste!
by Marjorie Dobson
Drama/Dialogue: What a waste! (A piece for two voices.) What a waste - spending all that money on taking children to the seaside. You may call them deprived, but if their parents – presuming that they have any – got out and did some paid work, then they wouldn’t have to rely on c…
Poem: New things
Poem: New things
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: New things When there are far more days behind us than there can possibly be in front of us, there is a tendency to want to look back to the safety of the known and to leave the unknown future as a mystery. God’s pilgrim people have often faltered as they faced the challeng…
Poem: Nothing else matters
Poem: Nothing else matters
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Nothing else matters Nothing else matters now. Who cares if you’re poor, or wealthy? Who cares if you’re a banker, or unemployed? Who cares if you own a stately mansion, or you’re homeless,? Who cares what colour you are, or what your background is? Who cares how many degre…
Prayers of Intercession for the Third Sunday in Lent
Prayers of Intercession for the Third Sunday in Lent
by Christine Dutton
Prayers of Intercession for the Third Sunday in Lent These prayers were written to go alongside the gospel passage in Luke 13: 1-9 for the third Sunday in Lent. These are prayers for the barren places of our world – for situations which like the fig tree might seem hopeless and …
Open with God Book - Outings
Open with God Book - Outings
by Christine Odell
OUTINGS Open with God Prayers for Various Occasions Reading Psalm 8 We thank you, loving God, that we find you in our church, with us in the special holy moments, reminding us to focus ourselves on you, to open ourselves up to your word and spirit and to make worship the centre o…
Open with God Book - World Church
Open with God Book - World Church
by Christine Odell
WORLD CHURCH Prayers for Various Occasions Reading Galatians 3.26-29 Creator God, we adore and praise you for the beauty and diversity of your creation which makes our eyes open wide in wonder at the scale of your majesty and love. We thank you that we can see that your faithful …
Open with God Book - Worship Preparation
Open with God Book - Worship Preparation
by Christine Odell
WORSHIP PREPARATION Prayers for Various Occasions Reading 1 Corinthians 14.26 You, Creator God, love us and provide for us, as a father cares for his children. You give us all that we need, and cherish us, even when we disobey you. Creator God: we worship you...
friends, FOES and families - Mary at the foot of the cross
friends, FOES and families - Mary at the foot of the cross
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Mary at the foot of the cross John 19.25-27 Mary came to the foot of the cross, drawn as by a magnet. This was the only place on earth to be; the whole universe spinning around this wasteland. There was no choice in her being there, only the necessity of a mother’s love. Sufferin…
Drama/Dialogue: Make-over