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Prayers for All Occasions Book - Stewardship Thanksgiving Prayer
Prayers for All Occasions Book - Stewardship Thanksgiving Prayer
by SPCK - Ian Black
Stewardship Thanksgiving Generous God, your loving grace fills the whole world with your goodness. Help us to see the gift in all things, that with thankful hearts we may be generous in turn... Taken from Prayers for All Occasions by Ian Black
Gazing on the Gospels Year A - Proper 20 Year A
Gazing on the Gospels Year A - Proper 20 Year A
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Proper 20 - Year A Meditation on Matthew 20: 1-16 Gaze on that very British pastime, a queue. We queue for buses, we queue at the checkout, and we wait patiently in line to buy our ticket at the cinema. Remember the old-fashioned system in banks and post offices? The first to arr…
Open with God Book - Fund -Raising
Open with God Book - Fund -Raising
by Christine Odell
FUND-RAISING Prayers for Various Occasions Reading 2 Corinthians 8.1-9 Ask those present to hold a coin in their hands. Loving God, you know what a big thing money is in our lives: if we have too little we are eaten up with worry; if we have plenty our consciences feel uneasy...
Prayers for All Occasions Book - Christmas Shopping Prayer
Prayers for All Occasions Book - Christmas Shopping Prayer
by SPCK - Ian Black
Christmas Shopping Prayer Prayers for All Occasions God of generous love, you give freely of yourself in your Son Jesus Christ. Bless us as we choose gifts as tokens of love and affection. Free us from losing the purpose in the bags and wrappings... Taken from Prayers for All Occ…
Exodus and Leviticus - Being Grateful, Keeping a Promise
Exodus and Leviticus - Being Grateful, Keeping a Promise
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Being Grateful, Keeping a Promise, Being Generous LEVITICUS 6: 8- 7: 38 When my wife died, I was touched by the way people wanted to give something in thanksgiving for her life. One obvious object for that was the MS Society, because MS was the illness by means of which she had s…
Prayers for All Occasions Book - Food and Drink Prayers
Prayers for All Occasions Book - Food and Drink Prayers
by SPCK - Ian Black
Three devotional prayers covering Chocolate, Wine and Beer. Lord God, you delight us with taste and smell and set us on the earth with a rich bounty of plants and fruits. We give you thanks for chocolate... Lord, you gave wine as a symbol of rejoicing in your Kingdom, of overflow…
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - The Subtle Link between God’s Grace and People’s Response
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - The Subtle Link between God’s Grace and People’s Response
by SPCK - John Goldingay
The Subtle Link between God’s Grace and People’s Response Psalm 78: 1-37 Yesterday in church the Old Testament reading was the giving of the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20, and we followed that reading with some congregational discussion of which of these commands seem most import…
Gazing on the Gospels year c - The Second Sunday of Epiphany Year C
Gazing on the Gospels year c - The Second Sunday of Epiphany Year C
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
The Second Sunday of Epiphany John 2.1-11 Gaze on all the colours of this occasion . . . See the vibrant wedding robes; the table piled high with rich food, the pink of pomegranates, the shock of oranges, the purples of the grapes, the sheen of the olives. The excitement mounts. …
The Act of Prayer Year C - Third Sunday of Epiphany Year C