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Secondary Schools Assemblies Resource Book
Secondary Schools Assemblies Resource Book
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Secondary Schools Assemblies Resource Book AWE AND WONDER WHAT ARE YOU WORTH? By Helen Hinxman Suitable for Whole School Aim To reflect on the value of each individual person. Preparation and materials • Some test-tubes or jars which should contain real or pretend chemical powder…
Go out to the world, spread the news, God is with us
Go out to the world, spread the news, God is with us
by Andrew Pratt
Go out to the world, spread the news, God is with us, to heal us and strengthen, to care and protect. No place is too far from his care and perspective, no person too wretched to gain his respect. Verse 2-3 follow Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 18/1/2012 Stainer & Bell Ltd, L…
Hymn: Reign in your tongue, have self-control
Hymn: Reign in your tongue, have self-control
by Andrew Pratt
Reign in your tongue, have self-control, then think of all you do or say, we need to answer ill with love, to find that there's another way. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: ABENDS Metre: LM Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 8/8/2012 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.…
Hymn: This towering edifice of shining glass
Hymn: This towering edifice of shining glass
by Andrew Pratt
This towering edifice of shining glass which speaks of power, of status and of class. will one day fall, a glittering shower of shards, will flutter like the children's house of cards. These temples of our vanity and pride like expectations of the crucified will lie in dust and r…
Imagine now in your mind’s eye,
Imagine now in your mind’s eye,
by Andrew Pratt
Imagine now in your mind’s eye, a sky with clouds, light shining through, a river shimmers in the sun, a crowd is coming into view. A prophet stands within the surge, the waters rolling smoothly by, and one by one the people hear, and one by one they catch John’s eye. Verses 2-3 …
The Living God - Images as windows into God
The Living God - Images as windows into God
by SPCK - Alister McGrath
Which God Are We Talking About? 1 Images as windows into God A picture is worth a thousand words.’ Being able to show someone a picture of a beautiful scene, a complicated piece of machinery or a pet cat goes a long way towards making up for the limitations of human words. So per…
Imagining the Lectionary: Our Cinderella Mission (Epiphany 4B)
Imagining the Lectionary: Our Cinderella Mission (Epiphany 4B)
by David Perry
Imagining the Lectionary: Our Cinderella Mission (Epiphany 4B) Reflection accompanying images: “Our Cinderella mission” “Lost shoe in gutter 1” and “Lost shoe in gutter 2” Coming across this solitary red shoe in the gutter my attention was held by the strangeness of the sight, an…
Intangible strands bind your people together
Intangible strands bind your people together
by Andrew Pratt
Intangible strands bind your people together, as one in your Body, so wonderf'lly made, close joined by humanity, sisters and brothers, yet fractured and broken, you find us dismayed; For we have not trusted the person of Jesus, the risks that he took, the example You gave. When …
The Women's Bible Commentary - Hagar: Mothering a Hero
The Women's Bible Commentary - Hagar: Mothering a Hero
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Hagar: Mothering a Hero The story of Hagar leads to a wider discussion of the major themes of this study: the barrenness of the patriarch’s wives, the annunciation scenes, and the wives’ positions as mother of the patriarch of the next generation…
Letters to London - 13 “Your faith today is a beginning, not a conclusion”-don’t shout about faith, just live it!