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Easter Sunday Morning Narrative Reflection
Easter Sunday Morning Narrative Reflection
by Christine Dutton
This reflection was written for an Easter morning service where there were a range of worship activities and reflections on offer. This one could be used whole as a meditation, as a starter for discussion groups or an interactive service, or in part alongside a sermon. Easter Sun
Poem: Doubt and faith
Poem: Doubt and faith
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: Doubt and faith It’s easy now for us to say we would have known that Easter Day that all was well, but those who saw his cruel cross found, in their devastating loss, a living hell. It’s easy in that garden tomb to know that light pierced through the gloom and brought relie
Heaviness may endure for a night but joy cometh in the morning
Heaviness may endure for a night but joy cometh in the morning
by Tony pitt
Photo of a stained glass window at Long Sutton Church, Hampshire. The lefthand pane shows Mary weeping at the tomb on Easter morning. The righthand pane shows Jesus appearing to the women. This reflects the text - ... grief giving way to joy.
Meditation-Is it any wonder
Meditation-Is it any wonder
by Marjorie Dobson
Meditation: Is it any wonder? Is it any wonder that those women were afraid? Surely we would have been, too? They had only gone to the tomb to take their special spices and oils for the ritual anointing of the body of their special friend – a task that was very common in those da
Now, in the garden, secretly
Now, in the garden, secretly
by Andrew Pratt
Now, in the garden, secretly a man and woman met. Outside a still and empty tomb she wished she could forget. Her mind still held the vivid sight: his body scarred and torn, and nothing here could dry her tears beneath this teasing dawn. Verses 3-5 follow Tune: GERONTIUS Metre:
Gazing on the Gospels year c - Easter Day Year C
Gazing on the Gospels year c - Easter Day Year C
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Easter Day Luke 24.1-12 Gaze on the early dawn. Each time we see it, it is as if we live through all the stages of creation again. First all is chaos and confusion, the stars are obscured by cloud and so is the moon. One moment nothing is visible, all is dark and we stumble about
Guards Stationed by Jesus' Tomb
Guards Stationed by Jesus' Tomb
by Dave Hopwood
Slaughter of the Innocent Bible Ref: Matthew 26 -27; Mark 14 -15; Luke 22-23; John 18-19 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 to r
Joseph of Arimathea Asks for the Body of Jesus
Joseph of Arimathea Asks for the Body of Jesus
by Dave Hopwood
Slaughter of the Innocent Bible Ref: Matthew 26 -27; Mark 14 -15; Luke 22-23; John 18-19 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 to r
The Resurrection