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Times and Seasons - Full Service - Proper 9 (14) - Year C
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Proper 9 (14) - Year C
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Proper 9 (14) - Year C Hymn: Jesus, where’re thy people meet or In the beginning God played with the planets or We mark the paths of all creation Prayer: God of history and parable Reading: Psalm 30 Poem: Psalm 30 Hymn: Hark my soul, it is the Lord or Like a mother calms a baby R…
Drama/monologue: Celebration Dance
Drama/monologue: Celebration Dance
by Marjorie Dobson
Drama/monologue: Celebration Dance Have you heard the latest? It’s a proper scandal. It is! Do you know what was going on outside – on the street – in full view of everybody – and claiming to be a celebration of the church? Go on. Have a guess! No, it wasn’t a boozing party – alt…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Seventh Sunday after Pentecost - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Seventh Sunday after Pentecost - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost - Year A Service Contents: Hymn: Praise to the Lord, the almighty, the King of creation or Constant God we offer praises Prayer: God of miracle and wonder Hymn: God in great [his] love for us lent us this planet or What are the gifts we would treasu…
In Christ we have an inheritance
In Christ we have an inheritance
by Marjorie Dobson
All-age, children’s section: In Christ we have an inheritance Beg, borrow, or use a Russian doll – those rounded wooden shaped ones that look like one doll, but have several decreasing sizes of similar dolls inside. The one I used had five, the smallest being about 1½/2 inches hi…
Poem: Dance of death
Poem: Dance of death
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Dance of death A swish of silken skirt and swaying body; bright unbound hair and darkened dazzling eyes; bejewelled dress revealing, then concealing; devices all designed to mesmerize. The music slowed, the dance grew yet more sensual, the guests were captivated by the sigh…
Hymn: Look: fantastic celebration
Hymn: Look: fantastic celebration
by Andrew Pratt
Look: fantastic celebration, thirty thousand gathered round, in the midst the ark is lifted, this would now be hallowed ground. Listen: tambourines are ringing, this would be the day of days. Songs and lyres and harps resounding form a framework for their praise. Verses 2-3 follo…
Hymn: Crooked wall and crooked people
Hymn: Crooked wall and crooked people
by Andrew Pratt
Crooked wall and crooked people, Amos pointed out the fact, called by God to hold a plumb-line, testing thought and word and act. Were they upright, understanding? Did they live by love and grace? Were they fair in all their dealings? Had God's loving left a trace? Verse 3 follow…
Hymn: Self-important, over-bearing?