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Echoing the Word - The shape of the Eucharistic Prayer
Echoing the Word - The shape of the Eucharistic Prayer
by SPCK - Paula Gooder & Michael Perham
5 The shape of the Eucharistic Prayer Clearly the most significant texts within the Eucharist are the Eucharistic Prayers themselves. Until 1980 each eucharistic rite had only one Eucharistic Prayer; there was no element of choice. But from 1980 there was choice. In Rite A of ASB…
Holy Communion elements
Holy Communion elements
by Rosa West
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Online Mission and Ministry - Building an online community
Online Mission and Ministry - Building an online community
by SPCK - Pam Smith
Building an online community Even if your vision is for a project run solely by yourself, it is worth thinking about community. The online world is full of abandoned Christian sites, sadly forsaken and clogged up with adverts and spam posts which say nothing about the Christian m…
The Post Evangelical - 1 A symbol of hope
The Post Evangelical - 1 A symbol of hope
by SPCK - Dave Tomlinson
1 A symbol of hope It may seem strange to be talking about ‘post-evangelical’ just as others are talking about an evangelical renaissance, yet the subject is of vital concern to an increasing number of people who, for various reasons, feel the urge to explore new possibilities wi…
Rocky Road through Holy Week
Rocky Road through Holy Week
by catherine beane
Rocky Road Recipe exploring the events of Holy Week / Easter This 'Rocky Road through Holy Week' recipe is a great way to explore the events of Holy Week with children of all ages. Ingredients: 1 Drop of orange oil / flavouring 2 Handfuls of raisins 12 Glace cherries 1 Bag of Min…
The Living God - The Trinity and the enrichment of the Christian life
The Living God - The Trinity and the enrichment of the Christian life
by SPCK - Alister McGrath
Mystery or muddle? The Trinity 5 The Trinity and the enrichment of the Christian life I was invited to give a lecture at Aberystwyth University in north Wales a few years back. How best to get there from Oxford, I wondered? Travelling by train turned out to be a bad idea as I wou…
At midnight in a garden
At midnight in a garden
by Avis Palmer
At midnight in a garden A man knelt down to pray; The darkness gathered round him The silence on him lay And joy had turned to sorrow And doubt must have its way, When in a midnight garden The Lord knelt down to pray. At midnight in a garden, Some friends were waiting near To kee…
The Post Evangelical - 2 We've never had it so good
The Post Evangelical - 2 We've never had it so good
by SPCK - Dave Tomlinson
2 We’ve never had it so good! By any standards, the period from the early 1980s to the mid- 1990s has been a remarkable period of transformation for British evangelicalism. In the years prior to this, the expectation of growth in most churches was minimal, media attention was vir…
Transforming Preaching - Learning through reflection
Transforming Preaching - Learning through reflection
by SPCK - David Heywood
2 The sermon as a learning event Preaching for learning If our ministry of preaching is to be effective we need to do at least two things: to understand the role of sermons in the context of the learning that is already taking place in our congregations through reflection; and to…
Holy Communion 1
Holy Communion 1
by Rosa West
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Many different gifts
Many different gifts
by Roy Jackson
A song about the gifts of the Holy Spirit - easy to sing and play. Music Score included. Many different gifts Many different gifts but one Spirit, Many types of service but one Lord, Many ways of working but one God, As we share in the Body of Christ. Through the Spirit one speak…
Nativity Tumbledown
Nativity Tumbledown
by Rose humphrey
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Meditation - 4th Sunday of Easter Year C (2)
Meditation - 4th Sunday of Easter Year C (2)
by David Middleton
Meditation – 4th Sunday of Easter Year C Not so Naïve, now John 13: 31-35 I told Jesus I loved him. I said I would follow him wherever he went. I even said I was prepared to die for him. ‘Die for me?’ he said, ‘Before the cock crows you’ll have denied even knowing me!’... Created…
Meditation - 7th Sunday in Easter Year C
Meditation - 7th Sunday in Easter Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 7th Sunday in Easter Yr C One! John 17: 20-26 I stop and wonder; What it would be like to have been one of the twelve? How privileged they were to know Jesus so intimately, to be known to him personally, to be called to follow him by name, to be chosen as part of tha…
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 31:27
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 31:27
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 31:27 Jesus, of all people, knew the human heart. He knew how fickle the heart could be. He could see what flowed from it and knew what it was capable of, both good and bad. I don’t think any human being would dissent from that assessment. The heart is like a rudderless bo…
Bible Study
Bible Study
by Andy Lindley
A group holding a bible - 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 …
Imagining the Lectionary: faith-sharing - its as natural as breathing (Easter 2A)