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Careful Thomas
Careful Thomas
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 upper room appearances from the point of view of Thomas. Should you like this and like to have more of my material, please contact…
Safe, locked inside that upper room
Safe, locked inside that upper room
by Marjorie Dobson
Hymn: Safe, locked inside that upper room Second Sunday of Easter - John 20: 19 – 31 Safe, locked inside that upper room, too scared to let the truth be known, disciples had to see their Lord before that truth could be their own. And Thomas, still so full of doubt, would not beli…
What peace is there for tarnished lives
What peace is there for tarnished lives
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: What peace is there for tarnished lives Second Sunday of Easter - John 20: 19 – 31 What peace is there for tarnished lives, when love is challenged, hate survives? Remember in that Upper Room, Christ came and offered peace. What peace for Peter who denied his friend who hun…
Monologue/Reflection: Peter reflects after Easter
Monologue/Reflection: Peter reflects after Easter
by Andrew Pratt
Monologue/Reflection: Peter reflects after Easter I suppose no one knew quite what to say. Days had passed. At the height of the festival Jesus had been tried and executed. For the crowds that was becoming a memory. Many folk were returning home. Clouds of dust swirled around the…
The day of resurection dawns
The day of resurection dawns
by Gareth Hill Publishing/Song Solutions CopyCare
Hymn – The day of resurrection dawns The day of resurrection dawns as angels wait beside the grave; not to awake a sleeping world but waiting to declare: “He saves” For women in the early light and men hid in an upper room... (c) Gareth Hill Publishing/Song Solutions CopyCares
Lectionary Reflection Year C - The Fifth Sunday of Easter Year C
Lectionary Reflection Year C - The Fifth Sunday of Easter Year C
by SPCK - Jane Williams
The Fifth Sunday of Easter Genesis 22.1–18 Acts 11.1–18 John 13.31–5 The verses from St John’s Gospel come at the turning point of the Last Supper. Judas has just left the room, and there is now no going back. A sense of urgency seems to overtake Jesus after this. The supper is…
Back to Jerusalem
Back to Jerusalem
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…
The Disciples Refuse to Believe
The Disciples Refuse to Believe
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…
Thomas States His Case
Thomas States His Case
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…
Surprising God you come in peace
Surprising God you come in peace
by Andrew Pratt
Surprising God you come in peace, in answer to our prayer, when all is lost, when friends are gone, we find that you are there. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: WILTSHIRE Metre: CM Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 21/3/2013 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk. Please…
Hymn: The crumbs that spoke of broken bread
Hymn: The crumbs that spoke of broken bread
by Andrew Pratt
The crumbs that spoke of broken bread, remembered words that had been said, the scattered fragments of a meal had left them thinking, 'was this real'. His flesh was torn, yes crucified, it left them wond'ring, had he lied, yet in another upper room, he'd share again beyond that t…
They met within an upper room
They met within an upper room
by Andrew Pratt
They met within an upper room, they wondered at their friend, disciples who had followed, now anticipate the end. The tension here was palpable for he would be betrayed. and yet he spoke of peace to them, they need not be afraid. Verses 3-4 follow Tune: CLAUDIUS (Fink) AKA: BETHE…
Hymn: Doubt, composed in whispered voices
Hymn: Doubt, composed in whispered voices
by Andrew Pratt
Doubt, composed in whispered voices, nailed their thoughts through waiting days: days of shattered expectation, days devoid of love or praise. Boulders blocked imagination like the stone that sealed the tomb, startled, frightened, apprehensive, shut inside an upper room. Verses 2…
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - Proper 13 Year B
Gazing on the Gospels Year B - Proper 13 Year B
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Proper 13 John 6: 24-35 Gaze on Jesus by the campfire burning on the beach; or in the upper room; or on the shore with the five thousand. What is that in his hands? Almost always, it is bread. Bread broken and the crumbs at his feet which the birds will swoop for as he moves away…
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