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Worship Together - March - A journey for everyone
Worship Together - March - A journey for everyone
by SPCK - Sandra Millar
March- A journey for everyone This outline uses as its key texts the story of Jesus’ temptations and the classic Ash Wednesday readings as a starting point. The journey is that made by Jesus out into the wilderness but also the journey we make through the weeks of Lent. During th…
Worship Together - January -a gift for everyone
Worship Together - January -a gift for everyone
by SPCK - Sandra Millar
January-A Gift for everyone This outline uses the Epiphany readings as a starting point, but could be used on any Sunday in January. Throughout the season of Epiphany the readings are always widening the vision of who Jesus is and widening the scope of his mission and ministry...…
Worship Together - February - Love for everyone
Worship Together - February - Love for everyone
by SPCK - Sandra Millar
February- Love for everyone This outline uses the Ordinary Time after Epiphany as a starting point, but could be used on any Sunday in February. At this time of year, the readings focus on Jesus’ relationship with the disciples and their growing understanding of his full identity…
Worship Together - How to use the service outlines
Worship Together - How to use the service outlines
by SPCK - Sandra Millar
How to use the service outlines The service outlines Part 2: Worship Together The outlines that follow are ready to be used. They are designed to fit into a traditional Sunday morning worship slot and build on the principles outlined. They are not dependent on the presence of chi…
Festivals Together - The heart of everything
Festivals Together - The heart of everything
by SPCK - Sandra Millar
The heart of everything Patronal/dedication festival or special event During the course of a year there may be other opportunities for a festival celebration. It may link in with a community tradition such as a feast day or the arrival of the travelling fair, or it may be that th…
Festivals Together - Biblical and other resources
Festivals Together - Biblical and other resources
by SPCK - Sandra Millar
Biblical and other resources Astley, Neil (ed.), Being Alive, Tarset: Bloodaxe, 2004. Barfield, Maggie, The Big Bible Story Book: 188 Bible Stories to Enjoy Together, Bletchley: Scripture Union, 2007. Book of Common Prayer... Taken from Festivals Together by Sandra Millar
Worship Together - Time for everyone?
Worship Together - Time for everyone?
by SPCK - Sandra Millar
October – Time for everyone? Worship Together October marks a real change in the seasons. Autumn has a special beauty and the changing colours and landscape can make us particularly aware of time. It is often a challenge in the life of Christian discipleship to stay with the mome…
Worship Together - Jesus for everyone
Worship Together - Jesus for everyone
by SPCK - Sandra Millar
August – Jesus for everyone Worship Together This outline focuses on Jesus, and the question of identity which runs through the summer readings. This question is explored through miracles, including the feeding of the five thousand, and through teaching. It is reinforced in Old T…
Worship Together - Joy for everyone
Worship Together - Joy for everyone
by SPCK - Sandra Millar
September – Joy for everyone Worship Together September is a season of new beginnings, perhaps even more so than January. People get ready to start new things, children go back to school, and as daylight shortens so the mood changes. The lectionary brings us stories to challenge …
Worship Together - June - Choices for everyone
Worship Together - June - Choices for everyone
by SPCK - Sandra Millar
June – Choices for everyone Worship Together As we move into Ordinary Time, the lectionary encourages us to think about what it means to be a disciple. The readings face us with the consequences of our decisions, whether in the Old Testament through the keeping of commandments an…
Worship Together - Hope for Everyone
Worship Together - Hope for Everyone
by SPCK - Sandra Millar
July – Hope for everyone Worship Together This outline continues the theme of discipleship that the lectionary explores during Ordinary Time. The key focus for this month is that those who follow Jesus discover hope, which is sometimes experienced as physical healing, sometimes a…
Worship Together - Introduction
Worship Together - Introduction
by SPCK - Sandra Millar
Introduction As the people approach, the streets become more and more crowded. Men are walking along with their sons close by, grandfathers chat with each other and boys run and jump. The women are coming too, some with babies strapped to their backs, toddlers clutching at their …
For families
For families
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: For families Proper 15 year A Psalm 133 ‘How pleasant it is when kindred live in unity’. Dear God, how often we have thought that way too, but then we have returned to everyday living and realized how many families fall short of that ideal. So we pray for those families t…
Numbers and Deuteronomy for Everyone - Finding Yourself in Your Family Story
Numbers and Deuteronomy for Everyone - Finding Yourself in Your Family Story
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Finding Yourself in Your Family Story NUMBERS 1: 1-2: 34 My son Mark just came across a photo from exactly twelve years ago. My wife, Ann, and my mother are sitting at a picnic table; I am lying on the grass (“typically,” Mark said; I am not sure what to make of that). Somewhere …
Numbers and Deuteronomy for Everyone - Negotiations and Love Songs
Numbers and Deuteronomy for Everyone - Negotiations and Love Songs
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Negotiations and Love Songs NUMBERS 30:1- 16 About a year after he got married, one of my students set off from Los Angeles for Chicago, driving the opposite way to the one recommended in the song “Route 66,” in order to begin graduate school. Only subsequently in an e-mail did h…
Worship Together - A place for everyone