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Simply Good News - What's the News
Simply Good News - What's the News
by SPCK - N T Wright
1 What’s the Good News? You are sitting quietly in a café with a couple of friends when suddenly the door bursts open and in rushes a stranger with a wild, excited look on his face. ‘Good news!’ he shouts. ‘You’ll never guess! The greatest news you can imagine!’…
Assist us with your favour, Lord
Assist us with your favour, Lord
by Norman J Goreham (1931-2021)
This hymn is based on the description of the Lord's Servant in Isaiah 42:1-4 with his mission of bringing justice to every nation. We, Christians, now have the mandate to be ambassadors for world-wide justice. THE QUEST FOR JUSTICE - Isaiah 42:1-4 Assist us with your favour, Lord…
The way
The way
by Olivia Rose Bell
A very atmospheric foliage tunnel at the Alnwick gardens. 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 wa…
Poem/Reflection: Consolation
Poem/Reflection: Consolation
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem/Reflection: Consolation We, who never met Jesus as a man; never sat at his feet to listen to his teaching; never had the chance to ask him a question; never felt his personal touch of healing; never heard one of his stories from his own lips; never witnessed his attacks on t…
Reflection: Responsibility
Reflection: Responsibility
by Marjorie Dobson
Reflection: Responsibility We are not the original believers in Christ. Generations have passed since those first disciples took on the task of spreading the message. We are many years down that line. Yet, in each generation there have been those who have picked up the message, b…
Poem/reflection: Call to preach
Poem/reflection: Call to preach
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem/Reflection: Call to preach The call to preach is a demanding one for it is not just a calling to the art of putting words together; not just a gaining of confidence at speaking in public; not just the ability to choose suitable material for the leading of worship; not just a…
When innocence is fractured
When innocence is fractured
by Gareth Hill Publishing/Song Solutions CopyCare
Hymn – When innocence is fractured When innocence is fractured by nature’s shifting force, and paradise is ruptured as life is swept off course. We come to pray our questions, we come to share our grief; in this, our act of worship, to say that we believe. As headlines overwhelm …
We stand for brave and selfless friends
We stand for brave and selfless friends
by Gareth Hill Publishing/Song Solutions CopyCare
Hymn – We stand for brave and selfless friends We stand for brave and selfless friends, who sacrificed today. In our remembering, Lord give faith, and teach us how to pray. We stand for all who die for us - and have no more to give: those we have never met or known... (c) 2009 G…
Reflection on Psalm 124
Reflection on Psalm 124
by Marjorie Dobson
Reflection on Psalm 124 One small boy – nine years old, perhaps – stood proudly to say the psalm he’d learned by heart and proclaimed those words, ‘If it had not been the Lord who was on our side when our enemies attacked us, then we would have been swallowed alive …’ And all tho…
Prayers for All Occasions Book - Devotional Prayers (1)
Prayers for All Occasions Book - Devotional Prayers (1)
by SPCK - Ian Black
A collection of devotional prayers including Stir Us O God, Pilgrims of Earth, Like Children, and Five Senses. Stir us, O God, with your vibrant desire. Move us, O God, to work for your justice. Inspire us, O God, to active service... Give us the eyes of a child, O God, to deligh…
John for Everyone part 2 - My Kingdom Is Not From This World
John for Everyone part 2 - My Kingdom Is Not From This World
by SPCK - N T Wright
My Kingdom Is Not from This World John 18.33-40 The ancient world knew more about kings than we moderns do. Where kings and queens still exist today, they mostly live and work within a carefully constructed framework. They are not ‘absolute’ monarchs, but ‘constitutional’ ones. T…
Hymn: We are the ones! The mirror gives the proof
Hymn: We are the ones! The mirror gives the proof
by Andrew Pratt
We are the ones! The mirror gives the proof, each one of us has need to face the truth. To say we do not sin obscures the fact, and now in honest prayer we need to act. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: QUEDLINBURG; TRISAGION Metre: 10.10.10.10 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 11/7/2012 …
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - The Story Reaches Its Lowest Point (I)
Joshua, Judges and Ruth for Everyone - The Story Reaches Its Lowest Point (I)
by SPCK - John Goldingay
The Story Reaches Its Lowest Point (I) JUDGES 19:1-30 One of the Oscar contenders at the time I write is the movie Precious, the story of a teenager whose life is characterized by systematic abuse in the context of her family, including rape and incest on the part of her father a…
friends, FOES and families - Brother Head and Brother Heart: Andrew and Peter
friends, FOES and families - Brother Head and Brother Heart: Andrew and Peter
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Brother Head and Brother Heart: Andrew and Peter John 1.35-42; Acts 2 Jesus our brother, may each in our own way follow you, and each with our best selves serve you. Simon Peter speaks: ‘It’s the oldest meant to look after the youngest, isn’t it? Dad was always saying, “I’m relyi…
Gazing on the Gospels Year C - Trinity Sunday Year C
Gazing on the Gospels Year C - Trinity Sunday Year C
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Trinity Sunday John 16: 12-15 Gaze on one of the great triptychs of medieval painting. These three-panelled paintings can be seen in all the great museums and some of the old cathedrals in Europe, displayed behind the altar. The main panel is flanked on either side by another, ti…
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