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Transforming Preaching - Remembering
Transforming Preaching - Remembering
by SPCK - David Heywood
2 The sermon as a learning event Remembering Since both listening and memory are elements in the way our minds work to take in, store and use information, remembering shares many characteristics with listening. Like listening, it is an active process, deeply affected by our value…
The light of god shines through
The light of god shines through
by Olivia Rose Bell
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…
Psalms for Everyone - On Pleading with the King
Psalms for Everyone - On Pleading with the King
by SPCK - John Goldingay
On Pleading with the King Psalm 5 Tomorrow, South Sudan becomes a separate country, independent of northern Sudan. No one knows what the future will bring for it, but if you belong to South Sudan, you hope that it means an end to the conflict between the south and the north and t…
Psalms for Everyone - Will God Let You In? Will God Let You In?
Psalms for Everyone - Will God Let You In? Will God Let You In?
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Will God Let You In? Will God Let You In? Psalm 24 Five days before the Egyptian army crossed the Suez Canal in September 1973, aiming to recapture Sinai from Israel, I was in Sinai climbing what in Arabic is called “Mount Moses,” the mountain traditionally regarded as Mount Sina…
Psalms for Everyone - I Whistle a Happy Tune
Psalms for Everyone - I Whistle a Happy Tune
by SPCK - John Goldingay
I Whistle a Happy Tune Psalm 56 During the past few days people on the East Coast of the United States have been living through Hurricane Irene, which the media report to be among the top ten most costly disasters in U.S. history. As the Rock River rose on Sunday morning in Willi…
Psalms for Everyone - How to Be Codependent
Psalms for Everyone - How to Be Codependent
by SPCK - John Goldingay
How to Be Codependent Psalm 20 In our church we are in the midst of accepting that we can no longer afford a full-time rector. As a result I am becoming the only priest involved with the church on a regular basis, presiding at services and preaching except on occasions when I ask…
Meditation - 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
Meditation - 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
by David Middleton
Meditation – 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A What light? Matthew 5: 13-20 What a day! What a preacher! Late home again! ‘If only I’d left earlier’ I thought, as I set off home in the dark. But it was worth it, Jesus was truly compelling today! I recalled some of the first wo…
Advent Candle Liturgy - accomapnies the hymn The Holly and the Ivy
Advent Candle Liturgy - accomapnies the hymn The Holly and the Ivy
by Jane Bingham
Advent Candle Liturgy – to accompany the hymn the Holly & the Ivy Advent 1 We light today our 1st red candle remembering all Gods people. People who are experiencing life in all its complexities and still find their faith in you. Light candles Response – Remind us Lord that we ar…
Call to worship - a call for all
Call to worship - a call for all
by Jane Bingham
Call to Worship – a call for all The Lord calls you here He calls the babes in arms that they may know boundless love from all those in his family. He calls the young ones so that they can learn from the experience and wisdom of others. He calls all men and women that they may be…
See God at work
See God at work
by Mark King
Activity sheet. Instructions: 1) Print this sheet on to BOTH sides of a sheet of paper 2) Carefully cut out the centre hole 3) Position in a suitable window, or place the sheet in a pocket for later use (in the field) 4) Observe WARNING - You may sometimes see scenes that disturb…
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - No Compromise
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - No Compromise
by SPCK - John Goldingay
No Compromise JOSHUA 10: 12- 27 Six months ago, a doctor who performed late-term abortions was shot dead in church in Kansas, and at his funeral people from another Kansas church carried posters declaring, “God Sent the Killer.” Their declarations affirmed that the doctor’s own w…
Colossians 1:11-12
Colossians 1:11-12
by BigBible
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…
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 2 July 1930
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 2 July 1930
by SPCK - Frank C Laubach
The Letters 2 JULY 1930 The newest experiment, and at present the most thrilling, is letting God talk through my own tongue and through my own fingers on the typewriter. I have been letting my tongue talk on Signal Hill behind my house and then have come home and written on the t…
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 14 May 1930
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 14 May 1930
by SPCK - Frank C Laubach
The Letters 14 MAY 1930 Oh, this thing of keeping in constant touch with God, of making Him the object of my thought and the companion of my conversations, is the most amazing thing I ever ran across. It is working. I cannot do it even half of a day—not yet, but I believe I shall…
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 102:4
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 102:4
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 102:4 A pelican in the wilderness, an owl in the desert, a sole sparrow sitting on the rooftop, these are the pictures that tell of a soul out of sorts. There’s little doubt here that the plight of the smitten heart is the work of God. ‘For thou hast taken me up, and cast m…
Poem: God’s way