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Psalm 121 v1
Psalm 121 v1
by Doug Burke
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Pickled People
Pickled People
by Glen Scott Robson
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 Part 2 - Shadow of the Almighty
Psalms for Everyone Part 2 - Shadow of the Almighty
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Shadow of the Almighty Psalm 91 I have a vivid memory from when I was a teenager of watching a filmstrip (a prehistoric antecedent of DVDs) that told the story of five young men from the United States who went to a rainforest in Ecuador to seek to bring the gospel of Christ to th…
When The Temple Veil Was Rent (For Christchurch at Easter)
When The Temple Veil Was Rent (For Christchurch at Easter)
by Norman J Goreham (1931-2021)
This hymn reflects the trauma caused by the devastating earthquake at Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2010 and points to the Easter promise of new life and new opportunities. When the Temple veil was rent and the earth shook violently, people questioned what it meant: Where was the…
Psalms for Everyone - I Can't Wait
Psalms for Everyone - I Can't Wait
by SPCK - John Goldingay
I Can’t Wait Psalm 25 “We can’t wait till you come to see us next year,” a friend in the Philippines said. “I can’t wait till the concert on Saturday,” a singer-songwriter said. “We can’t wait to meet your new wife,” a friend said. “I can’t wait for Christmas,” another friend sai…
A Bit Like Jesus - Hypocrisy and paedophile priests
A Bit Like Jesus - Hypocrisy and paedophile priests
by SPCK - Robin Gill
WEEK 2 Hypocrisy Hypocrisy and paedophile priests Forget about my petty scruples concerning Ash Wednesday. It is time to take a much stronger example of religious hypocrisy. For instance, the shameful way that for generations senior clergy in a number of churches covered up for t…
A Bit Like Jesus - Practise what you preach
A Bit Like Jesus - Practise what you preach
by SPCK - Robin Gill
WEEK 2 Hypocrisy Practise what you preach Those who regularly deliver sermons in church should live in fear of this proverb. It might have been designed for us. Do we really live up to what we preach? A common factor in many of the uses of the word ‘hypocrite’ in the first thre…
A Bit Like Jesus - Religious hypocrisy
A Bit Like Jesus - Religious hypocrisy
by SPCK - Robin Gill
WEEK 2 Hypocrisy Religious hypocrisy This accusation against religious people is especially strong in the first three Gospels. Within the New Testament the term ‘hypocrite’ is found only in these Gospels. It is always found on the lips of Jesus himself. And it is typically direct…
Responsive prayer based on Psalm 23
Responsive prayer based on Psalm 23
by Marjorie Dobson
Responsive prayer based on Psalm 23 Psalm 23 The Lord is our shepherd: we shall not be in want. When life is rushed and hectic and there’s never enough time for all we have to do: Lord speak to us of green fields and still waters and calm our souls. When we are tempted into the e…
Poem: Older and wiser
Poem: Older and wiser
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Older and wiser A small child set to say a psalm, standing before proud parents, Sunday-best-dressed scholars, kind, caring teachers and a curious crowd of anniversary onlookers, rolls round the words, ‘Lift up your heads, O ye gates and be ye lifted up, you everlasting doo…
In the days when questions are insistent - Blessing
In the days when questions are insistent - Blessing
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer/Blessing: In the days when questions are insistent - Blessing Second Sunday after Pentecost Psalm 13 In the days when questions are insistent, but there are no answers, God will listen patiently. In the days when guilt is strong, but nothing can be changed, God will unde…
God breathed on the waters, brought order to bear
God breathed on the waters, brought order to bear
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: God breathed on the waters, brought order to bear Trinity Sunday Year A Genesis 1: 1 – 2: 4a; Psalm 8 God breathed on the waters, brought order to bear, before all creation the Spirit was there; then spanning all history God moved through the earth gave life for the living,…
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