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Passing Bible rhs
Passing Bible rhs
by Twelvebaskets Ltd
An image depicting that the Good News of Christ's love is for everyone regardless of age. Also highlights the need to share it and not just keep it or sit on it. Can be used as background image in PowerPoint - Idea for Bible Sunday. See same image with text, "Sharing The Good New…
The Gospel According to twilight - Engaging the Powers
The Gospel According to twilight - Engaging the Powers
by SPCK - Elaine Heath
Engaging the Powers Chapter 8 The Reconciliation of All Things When I was in junior high, my brother and I spent many Saturday afternoons mesmerized by old vampire movies. White-knuckled, we watched as the handsome vampire hunter descended the staircase into the crypt, wooden sta…
We bring a sacrifice of praise
We bring a sacrifice of praise
by Gareth Hill Publishing/Song Solutions CopyCare
Hymn – We bring a sacrifice of praise We bring a sacrifice of praise, Through Jesus Christ your Son. Fruit of our lips we bring to you Father, who makes us one. We long to give you pleasure, Lord, Help us to worship you... (c) Gareth Hill Publishing/Song Solutions CopyCare
In Christ we have an inheritance
In Christ we have an inheritance
by Marjorie Dobson
All-age, children’s section: In Christ we have an inheritance Beg, borrow, or use a Russian doll – those rounded wooden shaped ones that look like one doll, but have several decreasing sizes of similar dolls inside. The one I used had five, the smallest being about 1½/2 inches hi…
LWPT Meditations - Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18 Psalm 119:33-40 1st Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23 Matthew 5:38-48 It is a great pity when the Church is perceived as divided, especially in the face of common enemies such as secularism, persecution, poverty an…
Lectionary Reflection Year C - Proper 21 Year C
Lectionary Reflection Year C - Proper 21 Year C
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Proper 21 Amos 6.1a, 4–7 1 Timothy 6.6–19 Luke 16.19–31 The people who know about these things generally seem to agree that the Pastoral Letters (1 and 2 Timothy and Titus) were not written by the apostle Paul, at least as they now stand. They have all kinds of good reasons for s…
Poem: O what a place for living, divine accommodation
Poem: O what a place for living, divine accommodation
by Andrew Pratt
Poem: O what a place for living, divine accommodation O what a place for living, divine accommodation; the dwelling place of God through every generation. Here swallows sweeping, rest from endless navigation; find a safer place, a nest for pro-creation. The cosmos is exultant, wh…
Rhythms of remembering - Lent - Sunday Morning Prayer
Rhythms of remembering - Lent - Sunday Morning Prayer
by SPCK - Hannah Ward & Jennifer Wild
LENT - Sunday Morning Prayer Blessed are you, O God: you sustain us in desert places. I will make with them a covenant of peace and banish wild animals from the land, so that they may live in the wild and sleep in the woods securely. Ezekiel 34.25...
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Last Sunday after Trinity Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Last Sunday after Trinity Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Lectionary reflections - Year A Ordinary Time The Last Sunday After Trinity Leviticus 19.1–2, 15–18 1 Thessalonians 2.1–8 Matthew 22.34–46 1 Thessalonians is almost certainly the oldest document in the New Testament. As in so many other things, Paul is a pioneer. It is hard for u…
The Monastery Of The Heart - 25 Peace
The Monastery Of The Heart - 25 Peace
by SPCK - Joan Chittister
Peace Turn away from evil and do good; let peace be your quest and aim.” Over the archway of medieval monasteries were commonly carved the words Pax Intrantibus, “Peace to those who enter here.” Taken from The Monastery Of The Heart by Joan Chittister
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - The Fourth Sunday of Easter Year B
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - The Fourth Sunday of Easter Year B
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
The Fourth Sunday of Easter John 10.11-18 Gaze on the desolate mountains, the stony ground where sheep must scavenge for food, and the scant grass that only blazed in brief spring. Other dangers abounded, snakes lurked and wolves prowled and threatened the flocks and who was ther…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - Proper 22 Year A
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - Proper 22 Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
Ordinary Time - Proper 22 Exodus 20.1–4, 7–9, 12–20 Philippians 3.4b–14 Matthew 21.33–46 The parable of the wicked tenants tells the story of Israel in such a way as to highlight Jesus’ own work and fate as the plot’s denouement. But, as with many parables, and many great non-bib…
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 17 Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - Proper 17 Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
Lectionary reflections - Year A Ordinary Time Proper 17 Jeremiah 15.15–21 Romans 12.9–21 Matthew 16.21–8 Oh dear. Now it’s crunch time. Justification by grace through faith is fine. A theology of grace alone, which emphasizes our inability to achieve our own salvation, is central…
Poem/Meditation: Fruits of the Spirit
Poem/Meditation: Fruits of the Spirit
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem/Meditation: Fruits of the Spirit If people looking for the evidence of our faith turn to the church today, what do they see? Is there a danger that they will find indifference, when they need love: moaning and complaining, when they need joy: bickering and back-biting, when …
There is a season - Pentecost Introduction
There is a season - Pentecost Introduction
by SPCK - Margaret Pritchard Houston
PENTECOST Come down, O love divine! INTRODUCTION Pentecost is an under-appreciated holiday. It is crucial in the story of the People of God – we’ve had the joy of Easter, the promise of new life, and Pentecost tells us, ‘Now go out into the world and do something about it.’ Pent…
Eternal fury fires the saints