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Communion 1
Communion 1
by Andrew Pratt
Communion 1 of 4 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) © Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk. Please include any reproduction for local church and school use on your CCL Licence returns. All wider and any commercial use requires prior application to Stainer & Bell Ltd.
Doubt and worship, mixed emotions
Doubt and worship, mixed emotions
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: Doubt and worship, mixed emotions Trinity Sunday Year A Matthew 28: 16 – 20 Doubt and worship, mixed emotions shimmered through their troubled minds; gathered near the mountain's summit, each remembered words and signs. Jesus spoke with calm assurance, brought to mind all …
Drama: Namaan was a King
Drama: Namaan was a King
by Andrew Pratt
Drama: Namaan was a King Cast: Narrator Elisha - E Namaan – N Servant – S Bystander Narrator: Namaan was a king. Proud. Royal. No fool this Namaan. But he did have one problem. He was very poorly. Seriously poorly. Leprosy. And it wasn't getting better. It wouldn't get better. Th…
Dialogue/Drama: Goody two shoes!
Dialogue/Drama: Goody two shoes!
by Andrew Pratt
Dialogue/Drama: Goody two shoes! Directions: Each line of this piece should be read alternately by two people. As they talk they are looking over the way to someone who is making no eye contact with them but who looks supremely confident and self-assured. At the end of the piece …
Dialogue/Drama: Trinity
Dialogue/Drama: Trinity
by Andrew Pratt
Dialogue/Drama: Trinity (a piece for two voices) Male voice: They say things always come in threes, but so does my confusion. Or is this all illusion? They say that God is one, but that Jesus Christ his son is yet another one. A God that is. But twisting things still further, say…
Empty tomb, the body stolen
Empty tomb, the body stolen
by Andrew Pratt
Empty tomb, the body stolen, or, at least, that's how it seemed; but the reason for this vacuum was more strange than they had dreamed. Stones don't roll, nor caverns open, but the dawning of this morn, brought unreasoned understanding to the coming light of dawn. Verses 3-4 foll…
Faith is the tight-rope of travelling people
Faith is the tight-rope of travelling people
by Andrew Pratt
Faith is the tight-rope of travelling people, taut between mountains of mercy and grace. Pilgrims remember the fears of their parents, trials and deliverance they had to face. Hope kept the balance when human experience met with the fire and the dangers of life, torture and stoni…
Eternal fury fires the saints
Eternal fury fires the saints
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: Eternal fury fires the saints Proper 26 Year A All Saints Eternal fury fires the saints, who shake and rattle, push and shove, who challenge every bland excuse, who seek for justice, work for love They make the world turn upside down, they are a catalyst in pain, they reach…
Faith is full of contradictions
Faith is full of contradictions
by Andrew Pratt
Faith is full of contradictions, when we thought we were secure, winds of change can spin and turn us, make our claims less safe and sure. What we thought was worthy worship veiled hypocrisy and fear, now we face a common judgment, words from those we don't revere. Verses 3-4 fol…
Feathers fly, the snare is breaking
Feathers fly, the snare is breaking
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: Feathers fly, the snare is breaking Proper 16 year A Psalm 124 Feathers fly, the snare is breaking, God is here, foundations shaking. Prayer, it seemed, was empty, hollow, now in answer blessings follow! If our God had not been with us, think, if God had gone and left us...…
Foretaste of Friday
Foretaste of Friday
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: Foretaste of Friday Proper 17 Year A Matthew 16: 21 – 28 Foretaste of Friday, shadow of judgement, Peter resisting God's fateful end. Jesus deciding where he is riding, cross casting shadows, life's journey's end. This was God's purpose, never resisting, meeting our hatred …
Foul and foolish were the people
Foul and foolish were the people
by Andrew Pratt
Foul and foolish were the people, skilled in evil more than good. Now a prophet came among them using words they understood. Feigning ignorance like children, justifying what they did, yet we own we're little different, words distorted, actions hid. Verses 3-4 follow Tune: COME R…
Forgetting the faith that has brought us salvation
Forgetting the faith that has brought us salvation
by Andrew Pratt
Forgetting the faith that has brought us salvation, we lose track of honesty, twist what is true; we grasp at each fortune that fate will present us, calling corruption constructive and new. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: ST CATHERINE’S COURT Metre: 12.11.12.11 Andrew Pratt (born 1948…
Frightened Herod, wandering strangers
Frightened Herod, wandering strangers
by Andrew Pratt
Frightened Herod, wandering strangers, children make the tableau real. As we watch with eyes of wonder, come, God, make your presence real. In the midst of celebration, heralding a royal birth, help us grow in understanding, Christ among us, come on earth. Verse 3 follows Tune:…
From many different continents
From many different continents
by Andrew Pratt
From many different continents, at one in heart and mind, an infinite variety, drawn from all humankind. We worship in each native tongue. The rhythms of our song, reflect the context where we live, and yet we all belong. Verses 3-4 follow Tune: CONTEMPLATION (Ouseley) Metre: CM …
Clouds and Glory Year A - Proper 4 - Year A
Clouds and Glory Year A - Proper 4 - Year A
by SPCK - David Adam
Proper 4 Sunday between 29 May & 4 June (after Trinity) Genesis 6. 9-22; 7. 24; 8. 14-19 Deuteronomy 11. 18-21,26-28 Psalm.46 Ps. 31. 1-5, 19-24 Romans 1. 16-17,3. 22b-28 [29-31] Romans 1. 16-17; 3. 22b-28 [29-31] Matthew 7. 21-29 Matthew 7. 21-29 Lord God, you are our rock, a v…
Clouds and Glory Year A - Proper 3 - Year A