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Clouds and Glory Year A - The Second Sunday Before Lent - Year A
Clouds and Glory Year A - The Second Sunday Before Lent - Year A
by SPCK - David Adam
The Second Sunday before Lent Genesis 1.1-2.3 : Ps. 136 or Ps. 136. 1-9,23-26 : Romans 8. 18-25 : Matthew 6. 25-34 Lord God, you have made us in your image; may we show forth your glory in our lives and lead others to an awareness of you, through Christ our Lord, who with you, O …
Clouds and Glory Year A - The Third Sunday of Easter - Year A
Clouds and Glory Year A - The Third Sunday of Easter - Year A
by SPCK - David Adam
The Third Sunday of Easter Acts 2. 14a, 36-41: Psalm. 116. 1-4, 12-19 (or 1-8) : 1 Peter 1. 17-23 : Luke 24. 13-35 Abide with us Lord, throughout this day. Abide with us in our journeying, and in our homes. Abide with us in our seeking and in our longings. Abide with us now and t…
Clouds and Glory Year A - The Sunday Next Before Lent - Year A
Clouds and Glory Year A - The Sunday Next Before Lent - Year A
by SPCK - David Adam
The Sunday Next before Lent Exodus 24.12-18: Ps. 2 or Ps. 99 : 2 Peter 1. 16-21 : Matthew 17.1-9 Lord, change us and we shall be changed, transform us by your love, redeem us by your grace, strengthen us by your presence, that we may move from glory to glory; through Christ our L…
God looks beyond our sad facade
God looks beyond our sad facade
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn - God looks beyond our sad facade The call of David Fourth Sunday in Lent 1 Samuel 16: 1 – 13 God looks beyond our sad facade, God sees within each heart; our human judgments pale before the brightness of God's art. The ones that we would wish to choose, to elevate and prais…
Clouds and Glory Year A - Proper 10 - Year A
Clouds and Glory Year A - Proper 10 - Year A
by SPCK - David Adam
Proper 10 Sunday between 10 & 16 July Track 1 Genesis 25. 19-34 Ps. 119. 105-112 Romans 8. 1-11 Matthew 13. 1-9, 18-23 Track 2 Isaiah 55. 10-13 Ps. 65. [1-8] 9-13 Romans 8. 1-11 Matthew 13. 1-9, 18-23 Lord of the harvest, make us fruitful in good works. Help us to share in your s…
The Open Gate - Adoration
The Open Gate - Adoration
by SPCK - David Adam
Adoration The great commandment is about love: ‘You shall love the Lord your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ We are invited to give ourselves to the God who gives himself to us. As He loves us, we are invited to love …
David and Goliath
David and Goliath
by Colin Smith
This short reflection/sermon(1550 words) analyses the story of David and Goliath to identify David's responses to the crisis which he faced. The wisdom of his responses are made evident namely i) getting the crisis into perspective, ii) ignoring ill founded criticism and iii) pr…
Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - God's Covenant with Abraham
Paul for Everyone Romans part 1 - God's Covenant with Abraham
by SPCK - N T Wright
God’s Covenant with Abraham ROMANS 4.1-8 Imagine a four-year-old boy who has lost his parents in a terrible war. He is old enough to understand, and to grieve, but nothing like old enough to fend for himself. Some distant relatives look after him for a while, but they haven’t got…
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - I Have Kept Yahweh's Ways
1 and 2 Samuel for Everyone - I Have Kept Yahweh's Ways
by SPCK - John Goldingay
I Have Kept Yahweh’s Ways? 2 Samuel 22: 21- 51 Last night I was talking to one of our students who served in the U.S. forces in Iraq as an antiterrorism operative. Like many soldiers, he came home with trauma that he has subsequently had to try to talk through over a period of ye…
Psalms for Everyone - Another Interim Closing Act of Praise
Psalms for Everyone - Another Interim Closing Act of Praise
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Another Interim Closing Act of Praise Psalm 72: 18-20 As the last verse of Psalm 41 is actually the close of Book One of the Psalter, the closing verses of Psalm 72 are not part of this psalm but are an act of worship at the end of Book Two of the Psalter, a little like the “Glor…
Challenges
Challenges
by Paul Welch
A Key stage 1 and 2 assembly based upon David and Goliath for the Theme of Challenges in the National Curriculum Based on 1 Samuel 17 Lectionary: Ordinary 12 B Hello my names David. I tell you what aren't some things in life really tough? You know like learning to ride your bike …
David’s line
David’s line
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: David’s line When David tried to make a house for God – a permanent fixture – a settled resting place – God turned the tables on him, promised him a home and land, safe from his enemies for future generations. For God had always wandered with the people; followed and led th…
Poem: Father of Jesse and father of David