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Times and Seasons - Full Service - Second after Trinity - Year B
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Second after Trinity - Year B
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Second after Trinity Proper 6 (11) - Year B Hymn: The King of love my shepherd is or We trust in one we name as God Prayer: Transforming God Psalm 20 Hymn: O loving Lord, who art forever seeking or A man set off for Bethlehem - Reading: 1 Samuel 15:34-16:13 Sermon idea 1: What ki…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Second Sunday after Epiphany - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Second Sunday after Epiphany - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Second Sunday after Epiphany - Year A Order of Service contains: Opening Hymn: Prayer: Welcoming God Hymn: Reading: Isaiah 49:1-7 Hymn: Reading John 1:29-42 Sermon idea: Failure – Reflection on John 1:29-42 Hymn: Prayer: God who has called us Hymn: Blessing Andrew Pratt (born 1…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany – Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany – Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany – Year A Service contains: Opening Hymn: For the fruits of his creation or Creation sings and joy is ours for sharing Prayer: The Lord’s Prayer Hymn: Can we by searching find out God or At the learning curve's beginning Reading: Leviticus 19:1–2;…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Sixth Sunday after Epiphany - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Sixth Sunday after Epiphany - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Sixth Sunday after Epiphany – Year A Order of Service contains: Opening Hymn: Praise to the living God or Ours is the gift of grace Prayer: God of mercy, forgive us... based on 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 Reading: 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 Hymn: Jesus, Lord we look to thee or Are we naked, sta…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Seventh Sunday of Easter - Year B
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Seventh Sunday of Easter - Year B
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Seventh Sunday of Easter - Year B Service Contains: Hymn: Morning has broken or Sunlight glinting on the water Prayer: Generous and caring God, we come Hymn: Have faith in God, my heart or Blown by the winds of chance and fault Psalm 1: Poem: Which way? Reading: Acts 1:15-17, 21-…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Third after Trinity Proper 7 (12) - Year B
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Third after Trinity Proper 7 (12) - Year B
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Third after Trinity Proper 7 (12) - Year B Service contains: Hymn: God is love: let heaven adore him or Within this place where your people have worshipped Reading: Psalm 133 Prayer: For families Hymn: Jesus, Lord, we look to thee or Broken people, many pieces Reading: 1 Samuel 1…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Tenth Sunday after Pentecost - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Tenth Sunday after Pentecost - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Tenth Sunday after Pentecost – Proper 15(20) - Year A Service contains: Hymn: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God almighty or What a morning! Sunlit, glorious Prayer: based on Psalm 133: For families Reading: Romans 1:1–2a, 29-32 Hymn: There’s a wideness in God’s mercy or God's love can n…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Third Sunday before Advent – Remembrance - Proper 27 - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Third Sunday before Advent – Remembrance - Proper 27 - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Third Sunday before Advent – Remembrance - Proper 27(32) - Year A Service contents: Hymn: Now thank we all our God or A century passes, memories will fade Prayer: Understanding God Hymn: Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy or When nations are healed and all warfare is banish…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Third Sunday after Epiphany - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Third Sunday after Epiphany - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Third Sunday after Epiphany - Year A Order of Service contains: Opening Hymn: Prayer: Prayer: Fracture Hymn: Reading Isaiah 9:1-4 Hymn: Reading Matthew 4:12-23 Sermon ideas 1 ) Call to speaking 2) Following the carpenter: Hymn: Prayer: Exciting God Hymn: Blessing Andrew Pratt (…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost – Proper 17(22) - Year A Service contents: Hymn: Jesus calls us here to meet him or Where people are friendly and walking as one Prayer: Welcoming God Reading: Exodus 3:1–15 Sermon idea – Part One (the three parts can be combined into one sermon) Hy…
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - Fifth Sunday of Easter Year A
Twelve Months of Sundays Year A - Fifth Sunday of Easter Year A
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Fifth Sunday of Easter - Year A Acts 7.55–60 1 Peter 2.2–10 John 14.1–14 I’m never quite sure what Jesus meant when he said ‘you will do greater works than these, because I am going to the Father’. But I’m quite sure he did not mean ‘you will do lesser works than these’. An o…
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The First Sunday of Advent Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The First Sunday of Advent Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The First Sunday of Advent - Year A Isaiah 2:1–5 Romans 13:11–14 Matthew 24:36–44 Reflection on the first Sunday in Advent year A In The Magician’s Nephew, one of his Narnia books, C. S. Lewis describes a wood, which the children reach by magic. It is a kind of no-place, which Po…
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Seventh Sunday of Easter Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Seventh Sunday of Easter Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Seventh Sunday of Easter - Year A Acts 1.6–14 1 Peter 4.12–14; 5.6–11 John 17.1–11 Poor disciples. What they have been through over the last few weeks! What wild swings of emotion they have had to deal with. First of all the horrors of Good Friday, with the anguish they felt …
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Second Sunday of Easter - Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Second Sunday of Easter - Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Second Sunday of Easter - Year A Acts 2.14a, 22–32 1 Peter 1.3–9 John 20.19–31 What makes people believe? Probably the reasons are as numerous as the people who give them. Today’s readings provide just a few examples. In the Gospel, we have two sets of responses. First of all…
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Second Sunday of Epiphany Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Second Sunday of Epiphany Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Second Sunday of Epiphany - Year A Isaiah 49.1–7 1 Corinthians 1.1–9 John 1.29–42 To be called by God is a thing of joy and terror, in about equal measures. The Corinthians are largely experiencing the excitement, at present, but their walk of discipleship will certainly lead…
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Fourth Sunday of Epiphany Year A
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The Fourth Sunday of Epiphany Year A
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Fourth Sunday of Epiphany - Year A 1 Kings 17.8–16 1 Corinthians 1.18–31 John 2.1–11 Most of us think we would like the kind of communication with God that Elijah has. The narrator of 1 Kings tells us, very matter-of-factly, that God tells Elijah to do something, and Elijah g…
Lectionary Reflections Year A - The First Sunday of Lent Year A