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Bailing Time
Bailing Time
by Doug Burke
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 way. • If needed fill the slide area by placing the image in…
Psalms for Everyone - Death Cathches You When You Don't Expect It To
Psalms for Everyone - Death Cathches You When You Don't Expect It To
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Death Catches You When You Don’t Expect It To Psalm 49 We recently buried the second-oldest member of our congregation, who until she faded away quickly at the end had regularly attended church. We drove quite a way to the cemetery, and I wondered why, until I discovered that her…
Responsive Prayer: Prayer: When life is steeped in despair
Responsive Prayer: Prayer: When life is steeped in despair
by Marjorie Dobson
Psalm 30 Responsive Prayer: When life is steeped in despair When life is steeped in despair and there appears to be no hope: God, be our help When those around are hostile and aggressive and it seems that there is no defence against them: God, be our help When pain and sickness o…
A Bit Like Jesus - Hypocrisy and aids
A Bit Like Jesus - Hypocrisy and aids
by SPCK - Robin Gill
WEEK 2 Hypocrisy Hypocrisy and AIDS Within the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats both those who did and those who did not give priority to the vulnerable are mystified. ‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or thirsty and gave you something to drink? And w…
A Bit Like Jesus - The parable of the prodigal, his brother and their compassionate Father
A Bit Like Jesus - The parable of the prodigal, his brother and their compassionate Father
by SPCK - Robin Gill
WEEK 3 Compassion Healing and compassion Then Jesus said, ‘There was a man who had two sons. The younger of them said to his father, “Father, give me the share of the property that will belong to me.” So he divided his property between them. A few days later the younger son gathe…
Drama: What do we learn from the Psalms?
Drama: What do we learn from the Psalms?
by Marjorie Dobson
Drama: What do we learn from the Psalms? Two people are ready to read the Bible – one at a lectern or desk, one in the pulpit, if possible. The text is written for A being a woman and B being the preacher, but could easily be adapted. However, the last line does indicate that B w…
Bright morning maker
Bright morning maker
by Marjorie Dobson
Hymn: Bright morning maker Trinity Sunday Year A Genesis 1: 1-2, 4a; Psalm 8 Bright morning maker, as your sun breaks through, dawn’s early light reflects in morning dew. So thankful people sing their praise to you: Alleluia Daylight creator, through the busy day, sun, chasing sh…
Revelation for Everyone - The Great Rescue
Revelation for Everyone - The Great Rescue
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Great Rescue Revelation 7.9-17 I stopped sleepwalking some time in my mid-twenties, but I can still remember the mixture of fear and excitement I used to feel when, eventually, I would wake up. In my dream, I had been in a room, in a house, in a corridor, somewhere which was …
1 and 2 Kings for Everyone - A Few More
1 and 2 Kings for Everyone - A Few More
by SPCK - John Goldingay
A Few More 1 Kings 8:41-66 I can still picture myself sitting in Sunday School as a little boy of nine or ten, and I can still hear the voice of the stern Sunday School superintendent exhorting us to bow our heads, put our hands together, and close our eyes to pray. I suspect I c…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Transfiguration Sunday – Last before Lent - Year A