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White pumpkin gourds
White pumpkin gourds
by Heather Stanley
White pumpkin gourds. Potential background. TIP- PowerPoint Slide Size- The ideal way to insert into PowerPoint is:- • Reduce the image size to 1024x768 pixels using your image editing software. (Will reduce image proportionally) • Insert as Picture in the normal way. • If needed…
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - How to Persuade Your Heart
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - How to Persuade Your Heart
by SPCK - John Goldingay
How to Persuade Your Heart Psalm 103 Some years ago I went through one of those periods when God didn’t seem to be real. I don’t mean I was going through some intellectual questioning, though I have done that at other times, but rather that I didn’t feel that God was there. I wou…
There is a season - Epiphany Introduction
There is a season - Epiphany Introduction
by SPCK - Margaret Pritchard Houston
EPIPHANY And we have seen his glory INTRODUCTION Epiphany is a festival that often gets lost, coming so close after Christmas and often being seen as little more than the postscript to the Christmas story itself – ‘and then, twelve days later, three Kings arrived and gave Jesus p…
See God at work
See God at work
by Mark King
Activity sheet. Instructions: 1) Print this sheet on to BOTH sides of a sheet of paper 2) Carefully cut out the centre hole 3) Position in a suitable window, or place the sheet in a pocket for later use (in the field) 4) Observe WARNING - You may sometimes see scenes that disturb…
A Bit Like Jesus - The Policeman's Dilemma
A Bit Like Jesus - The Policeman's Dilemma
by SPCK - Robin Gill
WEEK 3 Compassion The Policeman’s Dilemma Five years ago I served on a panel of religious representatives giving evidence to a Select Committee on Assisted Dying. One of the committee members asked us all to respond to the following story: An armed policeman chanced upon a bad ro…
Blessed Ones
Blessed Ones
by Tim Coleman
The view from the cross of Christ of the people looking on. Image suitable for use in a PowerPoint slide (see below) PowerPoint Slide Size- This image is full size which is 2817 x 3880 pixels and 2.3MB The ideal way to insert into PowerPoint is:- Reduce the image size to 1024x768…
friends, FOES and families - Holy Saturday: the empty room
friends, FOES and families - Holy Saturday: the empty room
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Holy Saturday: the empty room God Almighty and All Merciful, rescue us from despair. The room had been empty since Thursday night, when Jesus, desperate for air, had left to be with God on the open hillside. The door slammed shut behind them, with the thud of a hammer’s blow. T…
Drama-You're Fired
Drama-You're Fired
by Clare Truman
A light-hearted sketch exploring the Parable of the Shrewd Manager. Suitable for all age worship. You’re Fired! Luke 16: 1-13 Year C – Proper 20 The Master is sitting on an office chair looking over his accounts and talking to himself. Master: What’s this? A rolex, a Ferrari, ten…
Imagining the Lectionary: an unappealing prospect (Lent 2A)
Imagining the Lectionary: an unappealing prospect (Lent 2A)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: an unappealing prospect (Lent 2A) Reflection accompanying image “an unappealing prospect” or "same image in colour" "Take it from me: Unless a person is born from above, it's not possible to see what I'm pointing to—to God's kingdom." (John 3:3) T…
Imagining the Lectionary: backlit by Easter and luminous with hope (Easter 2A)
Imagining the Lectionary: backlit by Easter and luminous with hope (Easter 2A)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: backlit by Easter and luminous with hope Reflection accompanying image “fresh spring tulips backlit” Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of…
Imagining the Lectionary: Hope does not disappoint us (Lent 3A)
Imagining the Lectionary: Hope does not disappoint us (Lent 3A)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Hope does not disappoint us (Lent 3A) Reflection accompanying image “Hope does not disappoint us” The catkins on this willow open out before ever a new leaf begins to unfurl from its bud. Like so many other plants at this time of year, for this tree the …
Imagining the Lectionary: Open Hands (Epiphany)
Imagining the Lectionary: Open Hands (Epiphany)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Open Hands (Epiphany) Reflection accompanying images “Hands that offer hands that receive ” and “Hands that offer hands that receive bw ” The vision of God's glory which we celebrate at Epiphany is a story of extravagant open-handedness which brings the …
Drama: What do we learn from the Psalms?