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The long awaited son
The long awaited son
by Rev. Margaret Roe
The long awaited son Have you ever made a fool of yourself and been embarrassed? I’m sure you have. Well I did once. Except I was embarrassed first and then made an ever bigger fool of myself. One day some visitors came. They were strangers but seemed to have come with a purpose.…
Isaac's story
Isaac's story
by Marjorie Dobson
Monologue/drama/story : Isaac’s story Second Sunday after Pentecost Genesis 22: 1 – 14 My father was an old man when I was born. Very old. My mother was old too. I didn’t have many friends of my own age and, when I did, it was their grandparents who knew my mother and father beca…
Nothing Too Religious - God said ...
Nothing Too Religious - God said ...
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem/monologue: God said… Look at it this way, said God, whether I created the universe in six days, or six billion years, there was no one else around to see, so there are none of those historical records that people seem to need to give clear evidence of how it all happened. Ge…
God breathed on the waters, brought order to bear
God breathed on the waters, brought order to bear
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: God breathed on the waters, brought order to bear Trinity Sunday Year A Genesis 1: 1 – 2: 4a; Psalm 8 God breathed on the waters, brought order to bear, before all creation the Spirit was there; then spanning all history God moved through the earth gave life for the living,…
Reflect on what young Isaac felt
Reflect on what young Isaac felt
by Andrew Pratt
Poem, song, hymn: Reflect on what young Isaac felt Second Sunday after Pentecost Genesis 22: 1 – 14 Reflect on what young Isaac felt, incomprehension, frozen fear; Moriah's mount, the steady climb, the place of death was drawing near. Reflect on what his father felt, this preciou…
God's light
God's light
by Joy Sykes
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 fill the slide area by placing the image in…
3 Cheated Hearts
3 Cheated Hearts
by Kate Abbott
Imaginative account based on Genesis 29 - Lectionary Proper 12 year A 2 voice dialogue of Jacob and Leah telling their experience of becoming husband and wife. included are 3 pages : Page 1 - as in preview, account in full colour Page 2 - low ink version of page 1 Page …
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - The Third Sunday of Epiphany Year B
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - The Third Sunday of Epiphany Year B
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Third Sunday of Epiphany Genesis 14.17–20 Revelation 19.6–10 John 2.1–11 We are created to praise God. We cannot trulynd our existence in any other way, and neither can the created world, which longs to re-echo to the sound of human voices raised in songs of praise to their c…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - The First Sunday of Epiphany Year B
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - The First Sunday of Epiphany Year B
by SPCK - N T Wright
The First Sunday of Epiphany Genesis 1.1–5 Acts 19.1–7 Mark 1.4–11 Wind and water. Light and dark. Heaven and earth. The beginning. There is a quiet joy about the opening of Genesis. Quiet, not because it’s only slightly exciting, but because we know at once that these are the …
Revelation bible study guide - God and The Lamb Are There
Revelation bible study guide - God and The Lamb Are There
by SPCK - N T Wright
God And The Lamb Are There Revelation 21:22-22:21 As we reach the end of this most remarkable of books, we realize we have only skimmed it in the interests of time and space. Yet we are aware of the depths we have glimpsed as we have sped by. The sequence of events—the letters, t…
Acts for Everyone part 1 - New Words for New News
Acts for Everyone part 1 - New Words for New News
by SPCK - N T Wright
New Words for New News Acts 2. 5-13 ‘These men are all Galileans, aren’t they?’ they said. 8‘So how is it that each of us can hear them in our own mother tongues? 9There are Parthians here, and Medians, Elamites, people from Mesopotamia, Judaea, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia, 10Phrygi…
Acts for Everyone part 1 - Stephen Tells the Story
Acts for Everyone part 1 - Stephen Tells the Story
by SPCK - N T Wright
Stephen Tells the Story Acts 7.1-16 One of the most obvious differences between cricket and baseball is the way the ball is projected towards the person who is trying to hit it. As most people will know, the person who ‘pitches’ in baseball stands on a single spot, where he (or s…
The Women's Bible Commentary - A Pure Bride or Deceived Eve?
The Women's Bible Commentary - A Pure Bride or Deceived Eve?
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
A Pure Bride or Deceived Eve? Paul’s obvious concern throughout this letter is that false apostles have undermined the Corinthians’ loyalty to him and have drawn them away from the gospel that he preached and thus (in Paul’s view) from Christ…
Secondary Schools Assemblies Resource Book - The Bible
Secondary Schools Assemblies Resource Book - The Bible
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Secondary Schools Assemblies Resource Book CHRISTIAN IDEAS THE BIBLE By Gill Hartley Suitable for Key Stage Three Aim To explore and appreciate the variety in and inspiration of the Bible. Preparation and materials • A Bible, preferably a good modern translation, carried in a poc…
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - The First Sunday of Epiphany Year B
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - The First Sunday of Epiphany Year B
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Baptism of Christ - The First Sunday of Epiphany Genesis 1.1–5 Acts 19.1–7 Mark 1.4–11 What is nothingness? We have no concept of it. Our image of it consists of the absence of things that we can picture and describe, which is very different from the nothingness before creati…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - Easter Day Year B