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Times and Seasons - Full Service - Proper 11 (16) - Year C
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Proper 11 (16) - Year C
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Proper 11 (16) - Year C Service contains: Hymn: Immortal, invisible, God only wise or Past, present, future, through all time transcending Prayer: Great God Hymn: In heavenly love abiding or Something beyond our presence, our existence Reading: Psalm 52 Poem: Respect Reading: Amo…
Full Service - Proper 15 (20) - Year C
Full Service - Proper 15 (20) - Year C
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Proper 15 (20) - Year C Service contains: Hymn: God is here, as we his people or A house of prayer, where all may come Prayer: Doorkeepers Reading: Psalm 80:1-2, 8-19 and/or Isaiah 5:1-7 Poem: Sour grapes Hymn: Come, Lord, to our souls come down or Are we but a wasted vineyard Dr…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Proper 13 (18) - Year C
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Proper 13 (18) - Year C
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Proper 13 (18) - Year C Service contains: Hymn: Born in Song or All life's praising fills creation Prayer: God, who breathed life Reading: Psalm 107:1-9, 43 Poem: Say so! Hymn: What shall I do my God to love, my loving God to praise or Love that breaks the heart of God Reading: H…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Proper 9 (14) - Year C
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Proper 9 (14) - Year C
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Proper 9 (14) - Year C Hymn: Jesus, where’re thy people meet or In the beginning God played with the planets or We mark the paths of all creation Prayer: God of history and parable Reading: Psalm 30 Poem: Psalm 30 Hymn: Hark my soul, it is the Lord or Like a mother calms a baby R…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Second after Epiphany - Year C
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Second after Epiphany - Year C
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Second after Epiphany – Second in Ordinary Time Year C Service contains: Hymn: New every morning is the love or Sing for God’s glory that colours the dawn of creation or Prayer: Great God, your love Reading: Psalm 36:5–10 Hymn: Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy or All the …
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Second Sunday after Christmas – Covenant & Epiphany - Year C
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Second Sunday after Christmas – Covenant & Epiphany - Year C
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Second Sunday after Christmas – Covenant & Epiphany Year C Service contains: For those who are participating in a Covenant Service it is suggested that extracts from this act of worship are used concentrating only on the Gospel reading and Isaiah. For those wishing to acknowledge…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Seventh Sunday of Easter - Year C
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Seventh Sunday of Easter - Year C
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Seventh Sunday of Easter - Year C Service contains: Hymn: Let all the world in every corner sing or Ecstatic praise, like sparks of new creation Prayer: Great and wonderful God, Reading: Psalm 97 Meditation: Majestic God - Psalm 97 Hymn: All my hope on God is founded or O Gentle …
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Second Sunday of Lent - Year C
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Second Sunday of Lent - Year C
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Second Sunday of Lent Year C Service Contents: Hymn: God is love, let heaven adore him or Impossible gifts are with God for the giving Prayer: Psalm 27 reflection: Of whom shall I be afraid? Hymn: In heavenly love abiding or Beneath the wings of eagles Reading: Genesis 15:1-12, 1…
Times and Seasons - Full service - Third in Ordinary Time - Year C
Times and Seasons - Full service - Third in Ordinary Time - Year C
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Third in Ordinary Time Year C Service Contains: Hymn: Awake, awake to love and work or We need not hear to understand Prayer: On a dark night Reading: Psalm 19 Poem: Look to the heavens (based on Psalm 19) Hymn: Lord of all being, throned afar or Heaven's gate reveals the pathway…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Sunday before Lent
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Sunday before Lent
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Sunday before Lent – Transfiguration - Year C Service Contains: Hymn: Immortal, invisible, God only wise or Strange holiness: the glory of the Godhead Prayer: Facing sunlight Reading: Psalm 99 Reflection: Royalty (based on Psalm 99) Hymn: The King of love my shepherd is or Who is…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Third Sunday of Lent - Year C
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Third Sunday of Lent - Year C
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Third Sunday of Lent Year C Service contents: Hymn: Thou whose almighty word (God, whose almighty word) or Great God of awe, beyond imagination Prayer: Generous and caring God Reading: Psalm 63:1-8 Hymn: What a friend we have in Jesus or Sometimes, O God, our weariness Reading: 1…
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Trinity - Year C
Times and Seasons - Full Service - Trinity - Year C
by Andrew Pratt and Marjorie Dobson
Trinity - Year C Service contains: Dialogue/drama: Trinity (a piece for two voices) Hymn: Thou whose almighty word or Eternal God, your love’s tremendous glory or Constellations sang in silence Prayer: Generous and caring God Reading: Psalm 8 Poem: Even today Hymn: The church of …
Isaiah for everyone - A Time to Cry and a time to Whoop
Isaiah for everyone - A Time to Cry and a time to Whoop
by SPCK - John Goldingay
A Time to Cry and a Time to Whoop We had dinner with a young couple a few months ago and were delighted to discover that they were expecting their first baby. It was not their first pregnancy; the wife had had a miscarriage last year. I remember how distressing it was when my fir…
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - Arrogance Goes before Shattering
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - Arrogance Goes before Shattering
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Arrogance Goes before Shattering So I wrote a third draft and I now have responses from some other members of our church council, and I must finalize and send the message later today. In a sense it’s easy enough to think through the issues, but it may be harder to work out exactl…
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - Anxiety and a Good Word
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs for Everyone - Anxiety and a Good Word
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Anxiety and a Good Word As usual, I got to sleep fine last night, but awoke after a couple of hours as I sometimes do, and I stayed awake for about three. I had an ache in my arm that wouldn’t worry me if I was fully awake…
Jeremiah for everyone - Bad News or Good News?
Jeremiah for everyone - Bad News or Good News?
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Bad News or Good News? It’s possible to be pretty gloomy about the future. Today’s news includes a white gunman killing six Sikh worshipers in a temple in Milwaukee, which other worshipers took as a hate crime reflecting the assumption that people dressed in Sikh fashion were Mus…
Jeremiah for everyone - Cursed Be the Day I Was Born