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Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 15 March 1930
Letters by a MODERN MYSTIC - The letters 15 March 1930
by SPCK - Frank C Laubach
The Letters 15 MARCH 1930 If these letters are to be given a name, I think it must be “The Story of a Reconversion,” for something of this sort is still in progress. This week a new and to me marvelous experience has come out of my loneliness. I have been so desperately lonesome …
Lostboy
Lostboy
by Andy Wilcock
Modern Prodigal Son story Once upon a time, there was a son who was bored, bored, bored! He was a such a concern to his dad, because nothing could be found to motivate him. Then one day, out of the blue, his son came bounding in. Full of plans, ideas and excitement. Pleased …
Loaves and fishes: A story to share
Loaves and fishes: A story to share
by Meryl White
An interactive story based on John 6:1-13 - Jesus feeds the five thousand. Loaves and Fishes: A story to share. This is an interactive story suitable for all age worship or children’s address. The storyteller may accompany the story with simple actions as described below. When a …
RE Active - Foreword
RE Active - Foreword
by SPCK - Jenny Gray
Foreword I am now the proud grandparent of four superb little children. I love them to bits and long for them to have the best things life has to give. So an underlying question that’s always hanging around in my mind is, ‘How will these little ones find faith?’ Fortunately, they…
Reflection: Special Occasion
Reflection: Special Occasion
by Marjorie Dobson
Reflection: Special occasion We were visiting Edinburgh and couldn’t understand why one particular street was so crowded with people. Everyone seemed to be moving towards the pavement edge where they were kept back by barriers and all were excited. We had no wish to get caught in…
Monologue/ drama: The Sceptic
Monologue/ drama: The Sceptic
by Marjorie Dobson
Monologue/ drama: The Sceptic They’re a funny lot, these Jesus-followers! Have you heard the latest tale they’re telling? It seems that their leader has disappeared again – this time he’s gone off up to heaven! Well, I know some of the old stories say that other leaders have been…
Answered prayer
Answered prayer
by Marjorie Dobson
Reflection - Answered prayer Proper 18 Year A Matthew 18: 15 – 20 The room was quiet. We had gathered to talk about the future of our church – its building and its fellowship. Only a handful of people had bothered to turn up. Perhaps most of the others were beginning to think of …
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - Jesus Calls the Disciples
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - Jesus Calls the Disciples
by SPCK - N T Wright
Jesus Calls the Disciples Matthew 4.18-25 If you go to Galilee today they will show you a boat that might have belonged to Andrew and Peter, or perhaps the Zebedee family. In one of the most remarkable archaeological finds anywhere in the Holy Land (which is full of them), a boat…
The Chief Priests Concoct a Cover Story
The Chief Priests Concoct a Cover Story
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…
Numbers and Deuteronomy for Everyone - A Spy Story
Numbers and Deuteronomy for Everyone - A Spy Story
by SPCK - John Goldingay
A Spy Story NUMBERS 13: 1-14: 38 I like to raise student eyebrows by pointing out occasions when God has abandoned segments of the church. In the first Christian centuries, the eastern Mediterranean (Turkey, the Levant, Egypt, North Africa) was full of lively Christian churches, …
1 and 2 Kings for Everyone - Life's Just Not Fair
1 and 2 Kings for Everyone - Life's Just Not Fair
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Life’s Just Not Fair 2 Kings 12:1-21 The man who would have been my boss in my present job, David Hubbard, first interviewed me over lunch in a hotel in London in 1981. He was one of the most creative, innovative leaders in theological education in the United States and took the …
Paul for Everyone Romans part 2 - Commending Phoebe, Greeting Friends