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Imagining the Lectionary: they did not want him (Christmas 2A)
Imagining the Lectionary: they did not want him (Christmas 2A)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: They did not want him (Christmas 2A) Reflection accompanying images: "old lock without handle on iron gate" and "old locked gate in side of building" The Life-Light was the real thing: Every person entering Life he brings into Light. He was in the wor…
Celtic candle
Celtic candle
by Joy Sykes
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The Second Intercessions Handbook - (3) LET US PRAY 3
The Second Intercessions Handbook - (3) LET US PRAY 3
by SPCK - John Pritchard
(3) LET US PRAY 3 Prayer in public worship has to strike a balance between being sufficiently down-to-earth and sufficiently inclusive. If the subject matter is too particular it will exclude those who don’t identify with the experience; if it’s too generalized it will fail to en…
Poem:Emmanuel
Poem:Emmanuel
by Antonia Saunders
A poem about Jesus and his magnificence Emmanuel God the Son, humbled in flesh, dwelt with us, Walked our paths, knew our grief and so thus, He is an example of how we might be, Without the prison of sin and iniquity. He leads us to God the Father, to freedom and life, To save us…
Psalms for Everyone - Death Cathches You When You Don't Expect It To
Psalms for Everyone - Death Cathches You When You Don't Expect It To
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Death Catches You When You Don’t Expect It To Psalm 49 We recently buried the second-oldest member of our congregation, who until she faded away quickly at the end had regularly attended church. We drove quite a way to the cemetery, and I wondered why, until I discovered that her…
The way
The way
by Olivia Rose Bell
A very atmospheric foliage tunnel at the Alnwick gardens. TIP- PowerPoint Slide Size- The ideal way to insert into PowerPoint is:- • Reduce the image size to 1024x768 pixels using your image editing software. (Will reduce image proportionally) • Insert as Picture in the normal wa…
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - The Reality of Empire
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - The Reality of Empire
by SPCK - N T Wright
Chapter Five THE EAGLE HAS LANDED: ROME AND THE CHALLENGE OF EMPIRE 2. The Reality of Empire (I) Introduction By the time Paul was born, the empire of Augustus Caesar stretched from one sea to another – the Black Sea to the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean to the English Channel…
Chandelier
Chandelier
by Olivia Rose Bell
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Memorial
Memorial
by Joy Sykes
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Globe
Globe
by Heather Stanley
A globe with the Middle East facing camera. A light dot and the globe sits in darkness TIP- PowerPoint Slide Size- The ideal way to insert into PowerPoint is:- Reduce the image size to 1024x768 pixels using your image editing software. (Will reduce image proportionally) Insert as…
Simply Jesus - Under new management
Simply Jesus - Under new management
by SPCK - N T Wright
Under new management: Easter and Beyond If I say that there is a whole book to be written on the subject of this chapter, writer and readers may be permitted to share a wry smile. I have already published extensively on Easter and its meaning, and for much of this chapter I shall…
Meditation - 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
Meditation - 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
by David Middleton
Meditation – 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C Saving the Best till last John 2: 1-11 Life was good, really good; work was going well; It looked like we’d be getting a good bonus this year, The kids were all doing well at school, And we were looking forward to a great holiday...…
Meditation - 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
Meditation - 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
by David Middleton
Meditation – 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A What light? Matthew 5: 13-20 What a day! What a preacher! Late home again! ‘If only I’d left earlier’ I thought, as I set off home in the dark. But it was worth it, Jesus was truly compelling today! I recalled some of the first wo…
See God at work
See God at work
by Mark King
Activity sheet. Instructions: 1) Print this sheet on to BOTH sides of a sheet of paper 2) Carefully cut out the centre hole 3) Position in a suitable window, or place the sheet in a pocket for later use (in the field) 4) Observe WARNING - You may sometimes see scenes that disturb…
Signs of the times: Prayers
Signs of the times: Prayers
by Katherine Fox
Do we see the signs of the times? Prayers of praise, confession and intercession for times of order, times of chaos and times of fresh start that follow the same pattern so that they can be used in the same service or at intervals recognising our need to respond to the signs of …
Prayers of intercession–Why we pray