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Psalms for Everyone - The Outrageous Confession
Psalms for Everyone - The Outrageous Confession
by SPCK - John Goldingay
The Outrageous Confession Psalm 47 In church yesterday we made our usual outrageous confessions, such as the declaration that Jesus is Lord. They are outrageous because the day’s news seems to belie them. Dozens of people have died in an attack on a mosque in Pakistan. Car bombs …
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
LWPT Meditations - Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C Jeremiah 8:18-9:1 Psalm 79:1-9. 1st Timothy 2:1-7 Luke 16:1-13 God wants all people to be saved and to know the truth (1st Timothy 2:4). God alone has provided salvation “for all men”. He is the one God, and Jesus is “the one mediato…
LWPT Meditations - Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
LWPT Meditations - Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
by Susan Thorne
Meditation – 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A Romans 10: 5-15 “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” (Romans 10 v 13) Who is this Lord on whom we must call? The words, quoted by Paul in his letter to the Romans, are from the prophecy of Joel (2 v 32) and are…
Hymn: In the days of righteous justice
Hymn: In the days of righteous justice
by Andrew Pratt
In the days of righteous justice peace will reign and love will dwell, God will cover all with comfort, heal our hurt and banish hell. Promise of the prophet's vision: God's shalom will cover earth, every continent and nation blessed as if with second birth. Verse 3 follows Tun…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - The First Sunday of Christmas Year A
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - The First Sunday of Christmas Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
The First Sunday of Christmas - Year A Isaiah 63: 7-9 Hebrews 2: 10-18 Matthew 12: 13-23 More Isaianic translation problems. Fortunately here the meaning is not in doubt. ‘In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them’? – or is it ‘He became t…
Harvest
Harvest
by Rose humphrey
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…
As slow as the seed in the ground
As slow as the seed in the ground
by Michael Docker
As slow as the seed in the ground, As sure as the earth turns to spring As steady as rock and as sound As the rhythms that lead us to sing Is the work of God’s Spirit in me; Is the way of the Saviour in you; Is the word of a Kingdom that’s free; Sing it loud, pure and clear, sing…
50 Praise, Pray and Play Sessions - Heaven
50 Praise, Pray and Play Sessions - Heaven
by BRF - Rona Orme
The words of the third verse of 'Away in a manger' are a prayer asking Jesus to bless us and to 'fit us for heaven to live with thee there'. This session provides everyone with a chance to think about heaven. This links with using Lent as a time of training in discipleship. As we…
50 Praise, Pray and Play Sessions - Jesus the miracle worker
50 Praise, Pray and Play Sessions - Jesus the miracle worker
by BRF - Rona Orme
It is not known why Jesus chose to do miraculous things, but they filled his friends with amazement, awe and fear. Jesus was not just the best human being ever to live. He was also the Son of God. Session aim: To know that Jesus did miraculous things. From 50 Praise, Pray and Pla…
50 Praise, Pray and Play Sessions - Taste
50 Praise, Pray and Play Sessions - Taste
by BRF - Rona Orme
Many children and adults hesitate to taste and try new foods. This session uses the idea of tasting different foods to encourage everyone to try faith in God for themselves, and as a reminder to pray. This might be an occasion to provide noticeably different refreshments from usu…
50 Praise, Pray and Play Sessions - Pentecost