Gathering Song: Blessed be your name http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du0il6d-DAk Scripture Walking the journey of life can feel like a tough journey through a desert. Yet, when we realise that Christ walks with us in those tough parts of our lives, then we can sing like the song "Blessed be your name" Story of the temptation in the…
I could keep all this stuff close to my chest until we actually do this, or I could post this paper and invite a dialogue in the best traditions of the Internet. This is my current thinking about a Social Media experiment for Greenbelt 2013. The worship has not yet been commissioned for GB13 and is only…
This is the liturgy for School Mass tomorrow, using Lent 1 Propers. Some parts from the Nursery Rhyme Mass Gathering Here in this time (Our God is Here) In the name of the +Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen The Lord be with you and also with you Confession to the…
KS2 Teaching: [slideshow ids="4257,4258,4259,4260,4261,4262,4263,4264,4265,4266,4267,4268,4269,4270,4271,4272,4273,4274,4275,4276,4277,4278,4279,4280,4281,4282,4283,4284,4285,4286,4287,4288,4289,4291" KS1 is similar, but hugely simplified. Objective: To enable young people to encounter the idea of sin, the need for repentance and the wonderful opportunity of grace at a level which is appropriate to their age and faith development but which culminates in a key stage appropriate response and act of…
The Body of Christ The Blood of Christ of Christ The Body Body of Christ ist The Blood Blood of Christ ist These crows circle round but they bring bread rather than snatch away rist of Christ My turn is coming 'Lord I am not worthy' I make the sign on my body But on…
In the name of the +Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen Grace, mercy and peace from God Our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit be with you all and also with you We say together the words of the entrance Antiphon: Lord, you are merciful to…
For the past few years I have been sending out a Lenten Journey reflection. In fact, this usually continues long after Lent, but this year it fell away slightly due to technical issues and the pressures of parishLife, but things are sorted out on that front now, and we are back up to speed for…
[vimeo 59413535 In the Storm Some black ducks were shrugged up on the shore. It was snowing hard, from the east, and the sea was in disorder. Then some sanderlings, five inches long with beaks like wire, flew in, snowflakes on their backs, and settled in a row behind the ducks -- whose backs were also…
Gathering: Stormy Weather http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEDiFP1d7Hw [slideshow ids="4204,4203,4205,4206,4207,4202,4183,4184,4185,4186,4187,4188,4189,4190,4191,4192,4193,4194,4195,4196,4197,4198,4199,4200,4201" “Come down to the lake!”. He said. He was the only one amongst us who seemed to have a clue about why we were there or where we were going, but if there was one thing this “following” had taught was was that sometimes you had to trust that…
Dealing with the English Defence League (those noxious racists who drape themselves in the flag of a long-dead Palestinian Saint who has no English connections whatsoever) by taking the Mick, the Euro Disco Lovers aim to reclaim those letters and shove the others down the Google rankings. In a small way, this link (and your…
