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Drama/dialogue: The unjust judge
Drama/dialogue: The unjust judge
by Marjorie Dobson
Drama/dialogue: The unjust judge (Three characters – woman, judge and narrator. A slight pause is needed after each of the judge’s comments.) Woman: I won’t stop knocking on your door. I won’t stop shouting at your window. I won’t give up until you listen. You can’t get rid of me…
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 9:1
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 9:1
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 9.1 I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, with my whole heart: I will speak of all thy marvellous works. A truly grateful heart is rarely seen or heard. It goes against the grain of entitlement whereby people expect their rights to be delivered. It runs counter to the tenor…
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 4:8
With My WholeHeart - Psalm 4:8
by SPCK - James Jones
Psalm 4: 8 Thou hast put gladness in my heart: since the time that their corn, and wine, and oil, increased. The bridge between communing with your own heart and the heart being gladdened is putting trust in God and basking in the light that shines out of him. But what is so deli…
Prayer after Psalm 121
Prayer after Psalm 121
by Phil Nevard
Reflective prayer based on Psalm 121:1 - A prayer of approach I lift my eyes to the quiet hills There’s something solid and permanent about the hills they have stood the test of time they live to a different rhythm So often my life is pressed around with busyness so often my lif…
Meditation - Sunday Before Lent Year C
Meditation - Sunday Before Lent Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – Sunday before Lent Year C The Journey to Prayer Luke 9:28-36 The path is steep and strewn with loose stones and rocks. Often we have to use our hands to pull ourselves up. When Jesus asked us to come and pray with him, We didn’t imagine it would be this difficult; No…
Drama/Monologue: Talking about Lydia
Drama/Monologue: Talking about Lydia
by Marjorie Dobson
Drama/Monologue: Talking about Lydia She’s a wealthy woman, that Lydia. She specialises in selling that really expensive purple cloth that all the rich people buy, so she must be rolling in money. What’s she doing hanging out with a crowd like that? And what are they doing here? …
Open with God Book - Weekend together
Open with God Book - Weekend together
by Christine Odell
WEEKEND TOGETHER Prayers for Various Occasions Reading John 15.1-10 Lay out any plans, programmes, brochures etc. God of community, we thank you for one another. We thank you for calling us not only as your individual disciples but to be your church, feeding on you and growing to…
And i looked as i led
And i looked as i led
by Marjorie Dobson
Meditation/poem: Vision - And I looked as I led worship Fifth Sunday in Lent Ezekiel 37: 1-14 And I looked as I led worship and saw the dried and brittle bones of the scattered few before me and there was no life. Too old, too desiccated, too worn out, or lived out ever to be abl…
Prayer: Great God, your love
Prayer: Great God, your love
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Great God, your love Great God, your love is so vast that it stretches beyond the boundaries of our imagination. We look to the skies and cannot see the extremities of space, yet your faithfulness exceeds those limits. We explore the depths of the oceans, but your justice…
Prayer: Saving God, how easy to forget
Prayer: Saving God, how easy to forget
by John Birch
Prayers of Adoration, Confession and Thanksgiving for Sunday after Christmas by John Birch ADORATION For the joy of your presence, changing and renewing us day by day we offer you our praise. For the blessing you bring us, the outpouring of your love day by day, we offer you our …
Prayer: From the very beginning was your word
Prayer: From the very beginning was your word
by John Birch
Prayers of Adoration, Confession and Thanksgiving for Christmas by John Birch ADORATION From the very beginning was Your Word Which spoke this world into being Your Word Which thunders from the skies Your Word Continues... CONFESSION You gave your all to the world in the bleaknes…
Prayer: God whose love reaches the highest heavens
Prayer: God whose love reaches the highest heavens
by John Birch
Prayers of Adoration, Confession and Thanksgiving for Epiphany by John Birch ADORATION God whose love reaches to the highest heavens how can we keep silent? God whose righteousness stands like the tallest mountain how can we keep silent? God whose justice is deeper than any ocean…
Prayer: Rejoice in the Lord always
Prayer: Rejoice in the Lord always
by John Birch
Prayers of Adoration, Confession and Thanksgiving for Advent by John Birch ADORATION Rejoice in the Lord always! Shout out his name, for God is with us, our God is with us, the God of our salvation, in whom alone we trust. Rejoice in the Lord always! Continues... CONFESSION Forgi…
Prayer: God of healing power