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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 - 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 - 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…
Times and Seasons - Now the poppy petals flutter
Times and Seasons - Now the poppy petals flutter
by Andrew Pratt
The updraft twisted yellow mist: ominous weave of gaseous death. And now the poppy petals flutter. Eyes closed. Another updraft, drifting, lifting, Deep darkness each single petal turning end over end. covered the face of the earth. All seemed without form The coughing, and void.…
Times and Seasons - Once crimson poppies bloomed
Times and Seasons - Once crimson poppies bloomed
by Andrew Pratt
Once crimson poppies bloomed out in a foreign field, each memory reminds where brutal death was sealed. The crimson petals flutter down, still hatred forms a thorny crown. For in this present time we wait in vain for peace, each generation cries, each longing for release, while w…
Times and Seasons - We will remember them
Times and Seasons - We will remember them
by Andrew Pratt
We will remember them I saw them coming back down the long and winding road. It was a strange home coming. Few cheered. Trudging by they wheeled round the church. The sandstone clock tower had seen it all before. Time had been marked by the tombstones in the church yard. Continue…
Times and Seasons - Where can a sense of grace be found
Times and Seasons - Where can a sense of grace be found
by Andrew Pratt
Where can a sense of grace be found? Where is God's song of love to sound? We need to hear that we are safe when words of criticism chafe. Verse 2 follows Tune: RIVAULX Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 19/2/2014 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk. Please in…
Times and Seasons - Significant gifts for the child of the manger
Times and Seasons - Significant gifts for the child of the manger
by Andrew Pratt
Significant gifts for the child of the manger, the riches of ages we fathom and find. Imagine the scene, those who knelt are arising, the print of this moment ingrained on each mind. And where will they go now? And where will they wander, these seers who have followed a star thro…
Times and Seasons - So easy now to judge – original sin?
Times and Seasons - So easy now to judge – original sin?
by Andrew Pratt
So easy now to judge – original sin? So easy now to judge: that one was right, another wrong. But we were never there in the narrow trench or corridor of power. We never heard the thunder’s fire, nor found ourselves strung up upon the wire. We never had to make that bleak decisio…
Times and Seasons - Psalm 31 – a responsive prayer
Times and Seasons - Psalm 31 – a responsive prayer
by Marjorie Dobson
Psalm 31 – a responsive prayer Where there is distress and tears are the deepest expression of sorrow – God, bring your comforting presence. Where there is pain and anguish that cries out for healing – God, bring your comforting presence. Where weakness and infirmity drain life a…
Times and Seasons - A Prayer of Thanksgiving for Christmas Eve
Times and Seasons - A Prayer of Thanksgiving for Christmas Eve
by Jan Berry
A PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING FOR CHRISTMAS EVE We praise you, God of wonder and mystery. We praise you in the excitement of anticipation, in the heartache of our longing, and the fulfilment of our dreams. Continues... ©Jan Berry
Times and Seasons - Full Service - First Sunday in Lent - Year A
Times and Seasons - Full Service - First Sunday in Lent - Year A
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
First Sunday in Lent - Year A Service contains: Opening Hymn: God is love: let heaven adore him or Come to join the worship Prayer: Great and mighty God Reading: Genesis 2:15–17; 3:1–7 Monologue: The Serpent’s Tale Hymn: O Jesus, I have promised or We turn the tables on our frien…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Transfiguration Sunday – Last before Lent - Year A