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Prayer: Great and wonderful God
Prayer: Great and wonderful God
by Marjorie Dobson
Great and wonderful God, we sing about your glory, but we can only imagine what it would be like to be right in the middle of it. Now we are here in this more ordinary place to worship you and to give you thanks. Yet even if we are not dazzled by glorious lights and seeing strang…
Prayer: Generous and caring God
Prayer: Generous and caring God
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Generous and caring God Generous and caring God, we come to you in answer to your invitation to satisfy our thirst for knowledge and our hunger for your love and guidance. We come because you have promised to be faithful to us and we promise to try to live in a way that r…
Prayer: Thank you, loving God
Prayer: Thank you, loving God
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Thank you, loving God Thank you, loving God, for all those who have walked with us on the way of faith and who have encouraged and strengthened us in the work we do together. Some of those people have made a real and lasting impact on our lives. Others have only been with…
Hymn: By a monument of marble
Hymn: By a monument of marble
by Marjorie Dobson
By a monument of marble, or a simple wooden cross, here we gather to remember sacrifice and tragic loss. Blood-red poppy petals flutter, each a symbol for a life, drifting in a crimson curtain, shadow of our constant strife. Verses 2-3 follow ©Marjorie Dobson Tune: SCARLET RIBBON…
The Lord and His Prayer - Our Father in Heaven
The Lord and His Prayer - Our Father in Heaven
by SPCK - N T Wright
Our Father in Heaven CHAPTER ONE (If we are serious at all about our Christian commitment, we will want to learn and grow in prayer. When we kneel down, or settle in the quiet chair that serves as our personal place of prayer; when we’re walking along, or riding in the train to w…
Prayer: Respite
Prayer: Respite
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Respite Wherever Jesus went the crowds followed him. Even when he tried to escape for peace and rest, they were there waiting for him, needing him, looking for comfort and healing. So we pray today for all those who are caught in that same trap. We pray for those who are …
Prayer: Facing contempt
Prayer: Facing contempt
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Facing contempt Dear God, it is so difficult to deal with the contemptuous attitude that some people have towards our faith and our work for you. It’s as if they have a mind-set that blinds itself to any good that we do and only focuses on imagined practices that we do no…
Meditation/poem/prayer: Please, God
Meditation/poem/prayer: Please, God
by Marjorie Dobson
Meditation/poem/prayer: Please, God … When I’ve messed things up again, when I’ve made one too many mistakes, when I’ve felt thoroughly ashamed of my behaviour, when my life feels dirty and my heart is heavy with regrets and I can’t see the way out of the troubles I’ve caused – w…
Prayer: The changing world
Prayer: The changing world
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: The changing world Dear God, sometimes when we look at the world we live in, we are filled with despair at the selfishness and greed that we see around us. It seems as if so many people are concerned solely with their own business and no one cares about morality, or selfl…
Always there
Always there
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem/meditation: Always there Lord, you have always been there for your people. From the beginning of creation, right through to this present day, you have given strength and support to anyone who has asked you for it. But, as we grow older, we recognize how brief life really is …
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