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Times and Seasons - Full service - Third Sunday after the Epiphany - Year B
Times and Seasons - Full service - Third Sunday after the Epiphany - Year B
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Third Sunday after the Epiphany - Year B Service Contains: Hymn: God is love, let heaven adore him or Come to join the worship Prayer: God of our future Reading: Psalm 62:5-12 Poem: The Castle on the Rock Hymn: When our confidence is shaken or Fierce waves have shaken fractured s…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Third after Trinity Proper 7 (12) - Year B
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Third after Trinity Proper 7 (12) - Year B
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Third after Trinity Proper 7 (12) - Year B Service contains: Hymn: God is love: let heaven adore him or Within this place where your people have worshipped Reading: Psalm 133 Prayer: For families Hymn: Jesus, Lord, we look to thee or Broken people, many pieces Reading: 1 Samuel 1…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Third Sunday after Pentecost - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Third Sunday after Pentecost - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Third Sunday after Pentecost - Year A Service contains: Openingt Hymn: Where cross the crowded ways of life or At the centre of each city Prayer: Loving God, Hymn: Timeless love! We sing the story or How strong is God’s love? Reading: Genesis 22:1-14 Hymn: God moves in a mysterio…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Tenth Sunday after Pentecost - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Tenth Sunday after Pentecost - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Tenth Sunday after Pentecost – Proper 15(20) - Year A Service contains: Hymn: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God almighty or What a morning! Sunlit, glorious Prayer: based on Psalm 133: For families Reading: Romans 1:1–2a, 29-32 Hymn: There’s a wideness in God’s mercy or God's love can n…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Third Sunday before Advent – Remembrance - Proper 27 - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Third Sunday before Advent – Remembrance - Proper 27 - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Third Sunday before Advent – Remembrance - Proper 27(32) - Year A Service contents: Hymn: Now thank we all our God or A century passes, memories will fade Prayer: Understanding God Hymn: Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy or When nations are healed and all warfare is banish…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Third Sunday after Epiphany - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Third Sunday after Epiphany - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Third Sunday after Epiphany - Year A Order of Service contains: Opening Hymn: Prayer: Prayer: Fracture Hymn: Reading Isaiah 9:1-4 Hymn: Reading Matthew 4:12-23 Sermon ideas 1 ) Call to speaking 2) Following the carpenter: Hymn: Prayer: Exciting God Hymn: Blessing Andrew Pratt (…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Transfiguration Sunday – Last before Lent - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Transfiguration Sunday – Last before Lent - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Transfiguration Sunday – Last before Lent - Year A Service contains: Opening Hymn: Christ, whose glory fills the skies or Bright morning maker Responsive Prayer: Great God, you bring light Hymn: Have faith in God, my heart or God laughs at foolish schemes and plans Reading: Exodu…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Trinity Sunday - Year B
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Trinity Sunday - Year B
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Trinity Sunday - Year B Hymn: God who set creation spinning Prayer: Great and wonderful God Hymn: The whirring of wings amid smoke in the temple Readings: Psalm 29 Isaiah 6:1-8 Reflection/poem: Psalm 29 Hymn: Deepest thunder rattles mountains Readings: Romans 8:12-17 John 3:1-17 …
Times and Seasons - Full Service - WW1 Commemoration
Times and Seasons - Full Service - WW1 Commemoration
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
WW1 Commemoration - Year A Please note 1) that traditional components of a Remembrance Service are not included here, are readily available elsewhere, and can be incorporated if wished; 2) that a time of silence can be observed at any appropriate point in the service but perhaps …
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Trinity Sunday - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Trinity Sunday - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Trinity Sunday - Year A Service contains: Opening Hymn: Holy, holy, holy Lord God almighty or Bright morning maker Prayer: God, who breathed life Reading: Genesis 1:1-2, 4a Reflection (sermon idea) Part 1 - Poem/monologue based on Genesis 1:1-2, 4a - God said… Hymn: Thou whose al…
Times and Seasons - Full service - Transfiguration Sunday - Year B
Times and Seasons - Full service - Transfiguration Sunday - Year B
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Transfiguration Sunday - Year B Service Contains: Hymn: Jesus, the name high over all or Much brighter than a thousand suns Prayer: God of enlightenment Hymn: Christ upon the mountain peak or We hold the image of a God Reading: Psalm 50:1-6 Poem: Fireworks (based on Psalm 50:1-6 …
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost – Proper 17(22) - Year A Service contents: Hymn: Jesus calls us here to meet him or Where people are friendly and walking as one Prayer: Welcoming God Reading: Exodus 3:1–15 Sermon idea – Part One (the three parts can be combined into one sermon) Hy…
God is not partial
God is not partial
by Andrew Pratt
Epiphany 1 year A Isaiah 42: 1-9; Acts 10: 34-43 Matthew 3: 13-17 Hymn: God is not partial God is not partial, calls all the people, builds up the broken, comforts the frail, raises the fallen, walks with the outcast, loves without limits, love will not fail... Andrew Pratt (bo…
God laughs at foolish schemes and plans
God laughs at foolish schemes and plans
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: God laughs at foolish schemes and plans Last Sunday before Lent year A Psalm 2; 2 Peter 1:16-21 God laughs at foolish schemes and plans and sets the heavens shaking, so those who act outside God’s love, in truth, should now be quaking. A potter who has spoilt a vase may br…
God makes a mockery of death
God makes a mockery of death
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: God makes a mockery of death Sixth Sunday of Easter 1 Peter 3: 13 – 22 God makes a mockery of death, the Spirit is consistent, an Advocate will keep our part, in this Christ is insistent. We are not orphans, will not be beyond God's loving Spirit. And all that Christ has be…
God looks beyond our sad facade
God looks beyond our sad facade
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn - God looks beyond our sad facade The call of David Fourth Sunday in Lent 1 Samuel 16: 1 – 13 God looks beyond our sad facade, God sees within each heart; our human judgments pale before the brightness of God's art. The ones that we would wish to choose, to elevate and prais…
God shakes and rattles hopes and dreams
God shakes and rattles hopes and dreams
by Andrew Pratt
God shakes and rattles hopes and dreams Fifth Sunday in Lent Ezekiel 37: 1-14 God shakes and rattles hopes and dreams, confounds our plans, destroys our schemes; the bones of faith seem dry and bare, and is God found? And is God there? The desert scene is hot and still, our deser…
God is with us Joseph heard it