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The Greatest Commandment
The Greatest Commandment
by Dave Hopwood
Triumph, Tears and Talents Bible Ref: Matthew 21-26; Mark 11-14; Luke 19-22; John 11&12 Each of the following sketches (scenes) can be used to form the basis for a complete act of worship or used as individual scenes on separate occasions. Each scene will require a narrator to re…
The Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments
by Dave Hopwood
Feet of Clay and the Breath of God Bible Ref: Isaiah 42; Matthew 5-8 & 10; Mark 3; Luke 6 Each of the following sketches (scenes) can be used to form the basis for a complete act of worship or used as individual scenes on separate occasions. Each scene will require a narrator to …
Why Use Parables?
Why Use Parables?
by Dave Hopwood
A Matter of Life and Death Bible Ref: Matthew 8,9,& 11 -13; Mark 3&4; Luke 7&8 Each of the following sketches (scenes) can be used to form the basis for a complete act of worship or used as individual scenes on separate occasions. Each scene will require a narrator to read the li…
Bible Study Based on John 13:1-17
Bible Study Based on John 13:1-17
by Michaela Youngson
Bible study/dramatic reflection It would work well in Holy week or one of the Lent Sundays. Bible Study John 13.1-17 Beverly Gaventa describes this passage as a ‘commentary on Jesus’ death’. This makes a certain kind of sense. The passage, as Pete Phillips said, marks a radical s…
Blessed are they who hear the word of God
Blessed are they who hear the word of God
by Andy Lindley
A statue of St Benedict reading either the daily rule, or the bible at Ampleforth. Luke 11:28 Blessed are they who hear the word of God and obey it. Use of Biblical text:THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used b…
The Second Intercessions Handbook - Intercessions in Mainstream Worship
The Second Intercessions Handbook - Intercessions in Mainstream Worship
by SPCK - John Pritchard
1 INTERCESSIONS IN MAINSTREAM WORSHIP PRACTICALITIES This is a checklist of things to consider when preparing intercessions for mainstream worship: 1 Decide what’s special about this service. Is there a main theme from the Church’s year or from local church life? Will it be a sol…
Traces of Glory Year B - Proper 4 - Year B
Traces of Glory Year B - Proper 4 - Year B
by SPCK - David Adam
Proper 4 God of light and power and glory, we rejoice in your light, We live by your power, we look for your glory. Open our eyes to behold your presence, That we may give ourselves to you; Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, One god …
Traces of Glory Year B - Proper 12 - Year B
Traces of Glory Year B - Proper 12 - Year B
by SPCK - David Adam
Proper 12 Traces of Glory Year B Lord, throughout our lives we hunger and thirst for you, we long for you, we look for you; nothing in this world can fill us unless you come to us. Lord, we will perish, we will sink amid the storms unless you uphold us, come enfold us in your pea…
Traces of Glory Year B - Proper 14 - Year B
Traces of Glory Year B - Proper 14 - Year B
by SPCK - David Adam
Proper 14 Lord Jesus, true bread from heaven, giving life and refreshment to the world, fill our lives with your goodness, fill your church with your presence, that we may live and work to your praise and glory, who, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, are one God, now and forev…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - Proper 12 - Year B
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - Proper 12 - Year B
by SPCK - N T Wright
Proper 12 Year B Think of the Lord’s Prayer while reading Ephesians 3. Paul prays to the Father, from whom all fatherhood ‘in heaven and on earth’ is named, that he will give us . . . all things in Christ, because to him belong the power and the glory for ever, Amen. Perhaps this…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - proper 10 year B
Twelve Months of Sundays Year B - proper 10 year B
by SPCK - N T Wright
Proper 10 Year B Two kings, a thousand years apart, and both in trouble at home. David brings God’s ark into Jerusalem, and is so carried away with dancing and leaping before the Lord that his wife despises him, remembering no doubt the dignity of the former king, her father. Per…
Psalms for Everyone - How to Stand Tall-I
Psalms for Everyone - How to Stand Tall-I
by SPCK - John Goldingay
How to Stand Tall-I Psalm 52 The dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial was scheduled this weekend in Washington (but a threatened hurricane has caused a delay in this event). Inevitably, perhaps, there’s some difference of opinion about whether it is the right sort of…
Lectionary Reflections - Year B - The Fifth Sunday of Easter Year B