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Responsive prayer: based on Psalm 150
Responsive prayer: based on Psalm 150
by Marjorie Dobson
Responsive prayer: based on Psalm 150 Great God, you bring light and life into the world: we praise you and thank you. Creative God, you give us the gift of music to play, to sing, to bring joy: we praise you and thank you. Inspiring God, you help our sprits to lift and our feet …
Responsive prayer: God is our refuge
Responsive prayer: God is our refuge
by Marjorie Dobson
Responsive prayer: God is our refuge On those days when people seem to be aggressive and antagonistic: God is our refuge. On those days when bad news is the only news of the day: God is our refuge. On those days when tragedy and disaster bring fear and a sense of helplessness: Go…
Prayers for All Occasions Book - Thanksgiving Prayer
Prayers for All Occasions Book - Thanksgiving Prayer
by SPCK - Ian Black
Thanksgiving Prayer Voice 1 - When the strangers are welcomed and knowledge is shared Response - We give you thanks, O Lord. Voice 1 - When the homeless are sheltered and nakedness is clothed Response - We give you thanks, O Lord... Taken from Prayers for All Occasions by Ian Bl…
Grant us wisdom
Grant us wisdom
by Marjorie Dobson
Responsive prayer: Grant us wisdom Proper 12 year A 1 Kings 3: 5-12 When dislike teeters on the brink of hatred: God grant us wisdom. When prejudice threatens to overwhelm balanced judgement: God grant us wisdom. When disinterest in the welfare of others begins to turn into apath…
Responsive prayer: God of all grace
Responsive prayer: God of all grace
by Marjorie Dobson
Responsive prayer: God of all grace Ascension 1 Peter 4: 12-14, 5: 6-11 God of all grace, you call us to be known as Christians, but warn us that it will not be an easy way to live, so … when injustice is strong, but unstoppable - God, hear our prayer. When we experience, or hear…
Great and gracious God
Great and gracious God
by Marjorie Dobson
Responsive prayer: Great and gracious God Proper 11 year A Romans 8:12-25 Great and gracious God, you promise us that when your Spirit lives in us we become your children, even the heirs to your kingdom. That is a wonderful promise and a blessing of hope for our future. But hope …
Introverted Inheritance - Romans
Introverted Inheritance - Romans
by Kate Abbott
Based on the passage in Romans 11 where Paul talks about inheritance of the Jews and Gentiles. Lectionary Proper 15A. Service resource for reflection, summery, responsive, or other Includes 3 pages - 1st as seen (reflection) 2nd printer friendly version of first page 3rd notes fo…
Prayer: All sufficient God and shepherd – responsive prayer
Prayer: All sufficient God and shepherd – responsive prayer
by Andrew Pratt
Prayer: All sufficient God and shepherd–responsive prayer All sufficient God and shepherd, lover of creation, walking with us on life's journey, offering protection. When the darkness folds around us, clouds obscure our vision, you are there, you never leave us, guiding each deci…
Ash Wednesday Liturgy
Ash Wednesday Liturgy
by John Birch
A liturgy for use on Ash Wednesday or as part of Lent worship, with responsive prayer and scope for several voices to be involved. Into your presence we come, Lord a few moments of quietness in a busy world that demands our attention Breathe on us now that we might know your pres…
Advent Liturgy - hope peace joy love
Advent Liturgy - hope peace joy love
by Jane Bingham
Advent liturgy - Hope Peace Joy Love Sunday 1 – Hope Today we light a candle of Hope. Not just the kind of hope based in a dream-world but the real Christian hope based on the knowledge of God’s continuing love for us offered through Jesus. As we light the candle we pause for a m…
prayer: God, our Maker
prayer: God, our Maker
by Marjorie Dobson
Responsive prayer: God, our Maker God, our maker, when our lives are marred by the scars of disobedience and self-will; God, take us and remake us. When we are broken by circumstance or sorrow, ill-treatment or rejection: God, take us and remake us. Continues... ©Marjorie Dobson
Eggs and Ashes Book - Under Your Wings
Eggs and Ashes Book - Under Your Wings
by R Burgess/C Polhill (Wild Goose Publ)
Prayer of adoration and praise Under your wings How many times have I wanted to put my arms around all your people, just as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would not let me. (Luke 13:34) Under your wings You would hide us MOTHERING GOD Under your wings You woul…
Prayer: In a world where wealth and power
Prayer: In a world where wealth and power
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: In a world where wealth and power In a world where wealth and power seem to be all-important and those who cannot achieve those objectives are ignored: God, forgive us for our selfishness. In a world where two minutes of fame are never enough and the urge to be noticed me…
Prayer: God who calls us to pray
Prayer: God who calls us to pray
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: God who calls us to pray God who calls us to pray and work for others, we recognize that there are so many different ways in which we can fulfil that calling. We also know that there are so many people who need help and need prayer. The demands are constant. The needs are…
Prayer - We are 'fearfully and wonderfully made'
Prayer - We are 'fearfully and wonderfully made'
by Andrew Pratt
Prayer We are 'fearfully and wonderfully made', said the Psalmist. Each one of us human, yet bearing a spark of the divine, of our almighty, humble, vulnerable God; You are our God, And we are your people. Each of us is bound to the other by intangible strands, cords of love, at …
Responsive prayer: God of wisdom
Responsive prayer: God of wisdom
by Marjorie Dobson
Responsive prayer: God of wisdom God of wisdom, we come again to ask you to forgive us for the foolishness of some of our actions. When we act with the arrogant assurance that what we do and say is always right. God, forgive us When we make harsh judgements of the behaviour of ot…
Times and Seasons - Psalm 31 – a responsive prayer
Times and Seasons - Psalm 31 – a responsive prayer
by Marjorie Dobson
Psalm 31 – a responsive prayer Where there is distress and tears are the deepest expression of sorrow – God, bring your comforting presence. Where there is pain and anguish that cries out for healing – God, bring your comforting presence. Where weakness and infirmity drain life a…
Times and Seasons - Advent God:Prayer of Approach