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52 Reflections on Faith - Christ the King: Overcoming Suffering
52 Reflections on Faith - Christ the King: Overcoming Suffering
by BRF - Stephen W. Need
25 Christ the King: Overcoming Suffering On the feast of Christ the King, at the very end of the church’s year, it’s useful to note just how many different sorts of crucifix there are. Go into a few different churches in your area and you’ll soon see quite a variety. Look also at…
Mark The People's Bible Commentary - Food for the Gentiles too
Mark The People's Bible Commentary - Food for the Gentiles too
by BRF - Dick France
FOOD for the GENTILES TOO Why another impromptu feast? Only a page or two ago Mark has told a story of the miraculous feeding of a large crowd of men. Now he tells another story, similar in general outline, but different in detail, particularly in the numbers (4,000 people instea…
All-age story/monologue: Esther
All-age story/monologue: Esther
by Marjorie Dobson
All-age story/monologue: Esther Esther had just had the scariest day of her life. Esther lived a long time ago and she was a queen and she was the king’s favourite. But Esther had a secret that the king didn’t know and that secret could have got her into a lot of trouble. Althoug…
Brompton Bible Stories Bundle
Brompton Bible Stories Bundle
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Massive Sale - up to 50% off Primary School Resource PowerPoint Presentations illustrating Bible Stories using Toys including Playmobil and other media. Appealing to all ages, these have proven to inspire children to create their own bible stories in play. Complete Set of 11 Br…
There is a season - Christmas Liturgy
There is a season - Christmas Liturgy
by SPCK - Margaret Pritchard Houston
CHRISTMAS LITURGY The Word became flesh PART1: HUMANITY’S NEED FOR A SAVIOUR The church is in semi-darkness. The crib scene is set up in front of the altar, but there are no humans or angels in it. We gather in the nave. In the pews are stuffed animals – some predators, some pre…
Hymn - God makes no distinctions, all people are welcome
Hymn - God makes no distinctions, all people are welcome
by Andrew Pratt
God makes no distinctions, all people are welcome, the rich or the poor, yes, the free and the slave. The depth of God's loving is boundless, impartial, a love that is stronger than death or the grave. The message had spread from the very beginning, the love that they nailed to t…
Hymn: On these days of feast and freedom
Hymn: On these days of feast and freedom
by Andrew Pratt
On these days of feast and freedom when we recollect God's grace, let us dance and sing together, greet each other face to face. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: RUSSION AIR (arranged Peacok, Jubilate, in Carol Praise 48 and elsewhere), ST ANDREW (Thorne) Metre: 8.7.8.7 Andrew Pratt …
52 Reflections on Faith - Passion Sunday: responding to God
52 Reflections on Faith - Passion Sunday: responding to God
by BRF - Stephen W. Need
5 Passion Sunday: Responding to God In the summer of 2010, the famous Passion Play at Oberammergau in Bavaria, Germany, was performed for yet another very successful season. The residents of the village have presented their play of Christ’s suffering, death and resurrection every…
Numbers in the Bible Assembly Collection - 5 loaves, 2 fish, 12 baskets Assembly
Numbers in the Bible Assembly Collection - 5 loaves, 2 fish, 12 baskets Assembly
by Christian Assembly Team
Five Loaves, Two Fish and Twelve Baskets (2, 5 and 12) Bible ref: Luke 9:12-17 Introduction What do these stories have in common – The Three Little Pigs, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Three Billy Goats Gruff? Three is the special number. The Bible includes many stories which in…
The Women's Bible Commentary - Proverbs
The Women's Bible Commentary - Proverbs
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Proverbs Many of the themes addressed in 10:1– 15:33 continue, but antithetical proverbs are now mixed with a greater diversity of wisdom genres, including synonymous and synthetic proverbs, “better than” proverbs (e.g., 16:8, 32; 17:1), rhetorical questions (e.g., 17:16; 18:14),…
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - Proper 12 Year B
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - Proper 12 Year B
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Proper 12 John 6: 1-21 Gaze on the crowd expecting to see more miraculous cures and wondering who will be healed next. They are in for a shock, for instead they all become part of a miracle, for today Jesus is not concerned for their aches and pains but for their hunger. Taste th…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - Christ the King Year B