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Worship Together - June - Choices for everyone
Worship Together - June - Choices for everyone
by SPCK - Sandra Millar
June – Choices for everyone Worship Together As we move into Ordinary Time, the lectionary encourages us to think about what it means to be a disciple. The readings face us with the consequences of our decisions, whether in the Old Testament through the keeping of commandments an…
Worship Together - Hope for Everyone
Worship Together - Hope for Everyone
by SPCK - Sandra Millar
July – Hope for everyone Worship Together This outline continues the theme of discipleship that the lectionary explores during Ordinary Time. The key focus for this month is that those who follow Jesus discover hope, which is sometimes experienced as physical healing, sometimes a…
Worship Together - Introduction
Worship Together - Introduction
by SPCK - Sandra Millar
Introduction As the people approach, the streets become more and more crowded. Men are walking along with their sons close by, grandfathers chat with each other and boys run and jump. The women are coming too, some with babies strapped to their backs, toddlers clutching at their …
Prayers for All Occasions Book - Christmas Shopping Prayer
Prayers for All Occasions Book - Christmas Shopping Prayer
by SPCK - Ian Black
Christmas Shopping Prayer Prayers for All Occasions God of generous love, you give freely of yourself in your Son Jesus Christ. Bless us as we choose gifts as tokens of love and affection. Free us from losing the purpose in the bags and wrappings... Taken from Prayers for All Occ…
Prayers for All Occasions Book - Advent Prayer - Come, Lord Christ
Prayers for All Occasions Book - Advent Prayer - Come, Lord Christ
by SPCK - Ian Black
Advent Taken from: Prayers for All Occasions Come, Lord Christ, to restore all that has been lost through struggle and fear, in sorrow and in pain.... Taken from Prayers for All Occasions by Ian Black Published by SPCK
Prayers for All Occasions Book - Christmas Prayer - Child in the manger...
Prayers for All Occasions Book - Christmas Prayer - Child in the manger...
by SPCK - Ian Black
Christmas Taken from: Prayers for All Occasions Child in the manger vulnerable and holy born of a woman adored by the lowly sharing our frailty... Taken from Prayers for All Occasions by Ian Black Published by SPCK
Prayers for All Occasions Book - Prayers for the Armed Forces
Prayers for All Occasions Book - Prayers for the Armed Forces
by SPCK - Ian Black
Two prayers - "Armed Forces" and "Facing the battle/deployment". Michael, Archangel, your sword blazes with terror scattering the forces of evil and bringing them to tremble beneath you. Inspire the armed forces with this passion for what is right... Taken from Prayers for All Oc…
Paul for Everyone Romans part 2 - Abraham's Two Families
Paul for Everyone Romans part 2 - Abraham's Two Families
by SPCK - N T Wright
Abraham’s Two Families ROMANS 9.6-13 When you walk or drive through unfamiliar territory, you have to rely on the map. It is the bottom line. If you find yourself somewhere you didn’t expect, you scratch your head, get out the map again, and figure out where you went wrong. You m…
Acts for Everyone Part 2 - Paul Among the Philosophers (II)
Acts for Everyone Part 2 - Paul Among the Philosophers (II)
by SPCK - N T Wright
Paul Among the Philosophers (II) Acts 17.22-34 So we continue with our chess game, with Paul playing the role of grand master and taking on all the players of Athens at once. We have seen how he agrees with the Academy that it is indeed impossible, granted what was available to t…
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - Proper 17 Year C
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - Proper 17 Year C
by SPCK - N T Wright
Proper 17 Jeremiah 2.4–13 Hebrews 13.1–8, 15–16 Luke 14.1, 7–14 Don’t sit at the top table, declares Jesus; start at the bottom and see what happens. If this is a parable, as Luke says, it isn’t advice about behaviour at dinner parties. In Luke’s wider context, its meaning is cog…
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - Proper 18 Year C
Twelve Months of Sunday year c - Proper 18 Year C
by SPCK - N T Wright
Proper 18 Jeremiah 18.1–11 Philemon 1–21 Luke 14.25–33 Luke 14 has more than its fair share of ‘hard sayings’. Hate your family; give up your possessions. A nice clear message for the end of the summer holidays. And, to back it up, a solemn warning: such carrying the cross requ…
Psalms for Everyone - God Laughs on His People's Behalf
Psalms for Everyone - God Laughs on His People's Behalf
by SPCK - John Goldingay
God Laughs on His People’s Behalf Psalm 2 We watched Independence Day fireworks last night, and I recalled how people sometimes ask me, “Do you celebrate Independence Day in Britain?” I say, “Yes, of course: parents are glad when their kids grow up and take control of their own l…
Rhythms of remembering - Monday Midday Prayer
Rhythms of remembering - Monday Midday Prayer
by SPCK - Hannah Ward & Jennifer Wild
Midday and Night Prayer for all seasons Monday Midday Prayer Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will enter and give thanks to the Lord. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Grant us single-heartedness...
Rhythms of remembering - Ordinary Time - Thursday Morning Prayer
Rhythms of remembering - Ordinary Time - Thursday Morning Prayer
by SPCK - Hannah Ward & Jennifer Wild
ORDINARY TIME - Thursday Morning Prayer Blessed are you, O God: you give in abundance. You spread a table before me in the presence of those who trouble me; you have anointed my head with oil, and my cup is running over...
Traces of Glory Year B - The Fourth Sunday of Advent - Year B
Traces of Glory Year B - The Fourth Sunday of Advent - Year B
by SPCK - David Adam
Traces of Glory The Fourth Sunday of Advent Year B 2 Samuel 7. 1-11,16: Magnificat or Ps. 89. 1-4, 19-26 (or 1-8): Romans 16. 25-27: Luke 1. 26-38 Lord, you are with us wherever we go: you are our God and the Rock of our salvation.You come to us each day and always. Lord, open ou…
Traces of Glory Year B - The Second Sunday of Advent - Year B