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Facilitation Skills for Ministry - Facilitation Skills for Ministry - Epub
Facilitation Skills for Ministry - Facilitation Skills for Ministry - Epub
by SPCK - Nash,Whitehead and Sutcliffe
This book is designed for those who wish to encourage and empower through their leadership skills. Facilitation is about managing process – drawing people in, enabling them to contribute and holding the boundaries and values of a context to create a safe and productive place. Man…
Monday of Holy Week Service
Monday of Holy Week Service
by Marjorie Dobson
Monday of Holy Week - Complete Act of Worship (SLIGHTLY AMENDED VERSION OF THE TEXT ALREADY ON TWELVEBASKETS) John 12: 1-11, Mark 14: 1-9 Drama: The Woman and the Perfume The woman and the perfume (A complete order of service including hymns, meditation and some prayers written f…
Jesus Reinstates Peter
Jesus Reinstates Peter
by Dave Hopwood
Back for Good Bible Ref: Matthew 28; Mark 16; Luke 24; John 20-21; Acts 1 Each of the following sketches (scenes) can be used to form the basis for a complete act of worship or used as individual scenes on separate occasions. Each scene will require a narrator to read the linking…
Sketch:Doing the right thing.
Sketch:Doing the right thing.
by Bob Cooper
SKETCH: DOING THE RIGHT THING: Simon meets his old friend Jacob in the Synagogue. Simon is looking rather downhearted (Based upon Luke 7:36-50). Jacob: Hello Simon, good to see you. But why are you looking so glum. Simon: O, hello Jacob; you’re right I’m feeling a bit off colour.…
Prayer: This earth, full of your glory
Prayer: This earth, full of your glory
by John Birch
Prayers of Adoration, Confession and Thanksgiving by John Birch ADORATION This earth, full of your glory, praises your name through unspoken words of beauty and peace, reveals your love through hand of stranger and gift of grace. Continues... CONFESSION When we have failed to rec…
The crisis had come, now they had to decide
The crisis had come, now they had to decide
by Andrew Pratt
The crisis had come, now they had to decide, to grasp what was safe, or to go with the tide. For Jesus was calling, and what would they say, would their actions say 'yes' or their words ring out 'nay'? He said, 'follow, follow, come on follow me, leave your nets and your lifestyl…
The Crown of Thorns and the Flogging
The Crown of Thorns and the Flogging
by Dave Hopwood
Slaughter of the Innocent Bible Ref: Matthew 26 -27; Mark 14 -15; Luke 22-23; John 18-19 Each of the following sketches (scenes) can be used to form the basis for a complete act of worship or used as individual scenes on separate occasions. Each scene will require a narrator to r…
My Brother - He's a Fisherman!
My Brother - He's a Fisherman!
by Roger Price
This is one of a number of monologues that I have written for use in worship or some other reflective purpose. This one deals with the events of the calling of Peter by Jesus to be his disciple from the point of view of Andrew. My Brother – He’s a Fisherman! Matthew 4: 18-22; Mar…
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - The Passion of Jesus
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - The Passion of Jesus
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
The Passion of Jesus Jesus’ conflict with the Jerusalem authorities escalates. Our labels for these authorities are problematic at best: “Jewish” is anachronistic; “religious” as opposed to “political” is modern and Western. In first-century Jerusalem, the temple authorities, who…
Dealing with Failure
Dealing with Failure
by Roger Johnson
Evangelism Bulletin 267 – Dealing with Failure It was one of those days when my heart leapt with joy. I looked at the lectionary to see what reading was set for my Sunday service and it was one of my favourite passages. It was the encounter which Simon Peter and some of the other…
Imagining the Lectionary: Held firm and strong (Epiphany 3B)
Imagining the Lectionary: Held firm and strong (Epiphany 3B)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Held firm and strong (Epiphany 3B) Reflection accompanying images “Held firm and strong 1”, “Held firm and strong 2” and “Held firm and strong 3” The cross-shaped mooring bollards in the photographs convey such a real sense of hefty, unbreakable streng…
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - Proper 16 Year B