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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…
Meditation - 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
Meditation - 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C Like Toddlers Luke 11: 1-13 Prayer, it should be so easy; so why is it so hard? Sometimes we ask and don’t receive, seek and don’t find; we knock and the door seems to remain firmly shut. No wonder the disciples asked you to teach th…
Easter 6 Opening Prayers
Easter 6 Opening Prayers
by Christine Dutton
Opening Prayers of Approach and Gathering based on John 5:1-9 Gracious, loving God, We come before you today in worship. We come in expectation, waiting to meet you. You know how long we have been waiting. You know the stories of our lives. You know all we share with you, and all…
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…
Prayer: God of truth
Prayer: God of truth
by Marjorie Dobson
God of truth, even today we live in a world where power corrupts and people are put to death unjustly. We remember those who are persecuted for their beliefs and those who live under an oppressive regime. We recognise that it was religious people who hounded Jesus, mocked his lif…
Prayer: God of the past and future
Prayer: God of the past and future
by Marjorie Dobson
God of the past and future, there are some memories that are almost too painful to bear. At the time of any death there is regret and sorrow and pain and heartache. Grieving openly can be a way of releasing those feelings and giving them voice. Continues... ©Marjorie Dobson
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…
Open with God Book - February - St Valentine's Day
Open with God Book - February - St Valentine's Day
by Christine Odell
February – St Valentine’s Day (14 February) Calendar of Prayers Reading Song of Solomon 2.8-13 Have a display of roses, cards etc and play suitable music. God, whose name is Love, we rejoice today as we celebrate your gift of romantic love: a love that causes hearts to leap songs…
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