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Arthur's Call - Through the wilderness years
Arthur's Call - Through the wilderness years
by SPCK - Frances Young
2 Through the wilderness years In the Bible the wilderness is a place of testing and doubt, but also a privileged place where God confronts and calls his people. In this chapter I retell my own version of this paradoxical experience…
Enabling Church: inclusion of disabled people - Experiencing God in togetherness
Enabling Church: inclusion of disabled people - Experiencing God in togetherness
by SPCK - Gordon Temple and Lin Ball
4 Experiencing God in togetherness Genesis 2.18 –22; Psalm 68.5, 6; John 17.20 –23 Purpose: to explore God-given models of community; to consider the challenge of isolation and loneliness as a particular issue for disabled people…
Echoing the Word - Eucharistic Prayer E
Echoing the Word - Eucharistic Prayer E
by SPCK - Paula Gooder & Michael Perham
13 Eucharistic Prayer E Eucharistic Prayer E is another new prayer created for Common Worship, initially the work of Canon Jeremy Haselock. The intention was to produce a classic ‘Western’ Eucharistic Prayer, in the sense of one that has the epiclesis before the narrative of the …
GOD's rich Pattern - My best friend
GOD's rich Pattern - My best friend
by SPCK - Dr Lin Berwick
My best friend It was Princess Diana who famously once said, ‘There were three of us in this marriage.’ In our case there certainly were – namely, Ralph, myself and Harvey, our chocolate English Cocker Spaniel. He came into our life when he was eleven weeks old. Ralph and I had a…
The Gospel According to twilight - I'm Only Half Of Me
The Gospel According to twilight - I'm Only Half Of Me
by SPCK - Elaine Heath
I’m Only Half of Me Chapter Two The Dread of Being Single in Twilight In Twilight, as we’ve seen, the basic unit of the Good Family is a man and woman paired for eternity. At the heart of the narrative universe of family life is the expectation that all “normal” people are with p…
friends, FOES and families - Because he loved him as himself: David and Jonathon
friends, FOES and families - Because he loved him as himself: David and Jonathon
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Because he loved him as himself: David and Jonathon 1 Samuel I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete . . . Love each other as I have loved you. (John 15.11, 12)...
Secondary Schools Assemblies Resource Book - St Andrews Day
Secondary Schools Assemblies Resource Book - St Andrews Day
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Secondary Schools Assemblies Resource Book THROUGH THE YEAR ST ANDREWS DAY By Stuart Kerner Suitable for Whole School Aim To reflect on the importance of trusting our lives to God. Preparation and materials • Four volunteers, two apples and two peelers. Assembly 1. Ask the studen…
In the wonder of creation (His love goes on)
In the wonder of creation (His love goes on)
by Andrew T Murphy
A hymn about the enduing love of God through all things, revealed in creation, providence, scripture, Christ and the Spirit. This hymn testifies that through every aspect of human experience we can trust in that love of God in Christ from which 'nothing can separate us'.
friends, FOES and families - Take her and go! Rebekah ans Isaac
friends, FOES and families - Take her and go! Rebekah ans Isaac
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Take her and go! Rebekah and Isaac Genesis 24-27 God, who is guest at every wedding, seal us together as one. It is evening and a beautiful young woman steps lightly down the steps to the well, then, a few minutes later, reappears, a pitcher of water on her shoulder, careful not …
Imagining the Lectionary: Hall of Mirrors (Proper 22B/Ordinary 27B)
Imagining the Lectionary: Hall of Mirrors (Proper 22B/Ordinary 27B)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Hall of Mirrors (Proper 22B/Ordinary 27B) (Reflection accompanying image “Hall of Mirrors”) "He is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact imprint of God’s very being" (Hebrews 1:3) Entering into the visionary world of the gospel as lived out by Jesu…
John for Everyone part 2 - Obeying and Loving
John for Everyone part 2 - Obeying and Loving
by SPCK - N T Wright
Obeying and Loving John 15.9-17 John for Everyone Part 2 Like an innocent child wandering by itself into a kitchen and pressing the switches that will set the house on fire, some biblical texts have been taken out of their original setting and used in ways that would have horrifi…
Hymn: The power of three surrounds us