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Paul for Everyone 1 Corinthians - God's Strange Wisdom
Paul for Everyone 1 Corinthians - God's Strange Wisdom
by SPCK - N T Wright
God’s Strange Wisdom 1 Corinthians 2.6-13 When my sister celebrated her 21st birthday, she and I were at university, a long way from home. So a cousin of my father’s, who lived nearby, invited the two of us to dinner to celebrate. He and his wife had no children of their own, and…
The Pastoral Letters - God's Revealed Plan
The Pastoral Letters - God's Revealed Plan
by SPCK - N T Wright
God’s Revealed Plan Titus 1.1-4 ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ It’s the standard question children face from well-meaning adults. Often the answers are surprising. A ballet dancer. A gardener. This girl wants to run a bookshop. This boy wants to play the oboe. Sometim…
Puppet Talk: My Mum
Puppet Talk: My Mum
by Paul Welch
A puppet talk for Mothering Sunday about being appreciative of all that mums do. My Mum. Hello, I want to tell you about someone whose really special. This person takes really good care of me. This person gives me good things. This person does lots of things for me. This person…
50 Praise, Pray and Play Sessions - Faithfulness | Fruit of the Spirit
50 Praise, Pray and Play Sessions - Faithfulness | Fruit of the Spirit
by BRF - Rona Orme
Faithfulness is about persistence, about keeping going when it would be easier to give up, as well as about staying true to God. Contemporary living often values the ephemeral, the instant and the new. God's Spirit wants his followers to develop deep roots (Jeremiah 17:7-8) that …
A Family Prayer
A Family Prayer
by Linda Knapper
A Family Prayer written by the Young People at Normanton Methodist Church. This prayer can be used at Family/All Age Worship and also ideal for a Baptism Service. It covers aspects of family life both in the home and at church. Lord we are all here, old and young, rich and poor, …
Christmas - wise MEN?!
Christmas - wise MEN?!
by Alison Walker
Christmas - have you ever heard of THREE wise MEN?! Overcomes the problem of too many male parts at Christmas by imagining that there were 3 women instead, correcting our misunderstandings of the magi as to their jobs, gifts, method of travel. Cas: Oh no, every year, I…
Imagining the Lectionary: covenant and kairos (Ordinary 1A)
Imagining the Lectionary: covenant and kairos (Ordinary 1A)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: covenant and kairos (Ordinary 1A) Reflection accompanying images: ‘Middleham sundial sic labitur aetas and Middleham old post office with sundial "So passes a lifetime" says the Latin motto on this sundial in Middleham. As their own lives have passed by…
A Thessalonian Businessman sells everything he has, waiting for the return of Jesus
A Thessalonian Businessman sells everything he has, waiting for the return of Jesus
by Tim Pillinger
Based on the text of "Epistles to the Apostle" in which Colin Morris extrapolates letters Paul might have recieved from the responses he gives. In this case, this man is part of his warning against idleness, and thinking he knows when Jesus will return. This could also be used to…
Anxiety
Anxiety
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Anxiety O God, there are times when I am so afraid of the future, because the older I get, the less there is of it. I cover my fear by activity, by cheerfulness, by boasting of my age; but deep within, I have a fear of the unknown and I cannot hide that from you. Continue…
The Rich Young Leader
The Rich Young Leader
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The Great and the Good Bible Ref: Matthew 19-20 & 26; Mark 10 & 14; Luke 17-19; John 11 & 12 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 …
Imagining the Lectionary: Envisioning the Kingdom of God (Epiphany 4A)