Written for Year B Epiphany 5 Mark 1.29-39 Tune: Melcombe For the lyrics, music and a power point, click here. In healing, Jesus did embrace An energy we cannot trace; His love revealed in every place The mystery of amazing grace. They came to Jesus to be blest – The sick and those who were […]
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Adapted from Psalm 147 Praise God! Hallelujah! What joy to sing praises to God. God is gracious. God heals the broken-hearted and bandages their wounds. God numbers the stars, giving each a name. Downtrodden, oppressed, rejected, ignored? God will lift you up even as your oppressors experience the natural consequences of their injustice. Let us […]
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Note: this piece may be attached to a copyright; apologies if this is the case. We are still the people walking. We are still people in the dark, and the darkness looms large around us, beset as we are by fear, anxiety, brutality, violence, loss — a dozen alienations that we cannot manage. We are […]
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Epiphany 5, Year B How good it is to sing God’s praise! How right to voice our acclaim. For God rebuilds and gathers the scattered peoples, healing those who are broken in spirit binding up their injuries. It is the same God who numbers the stars and calls each one by name. How mighty is […]
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A commissioning inspired by John 15:5 5th Sunday after Easter, Year B God is the vine. And we are the branches. Stand firmly rooted in God’s truth. We will grow in God’s light. Be nourished by God’s word. We will reach out to spread the seeds of love and justice throughout God’s world.
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‘We (the United Kingdom) passed 100,000 deaths from Covid. I had to write this or my heart would have broken.’ — Zachary We are gone to rags and tatters, So many broken threads, The warp and weft of life gone all awry. This earthquake reaching out, From life to life, Lethal shock passing like static, […]
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22 January 2021 marked the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), the first international treaty to comprehensively ban nuclear weapons. A prayer from Japan to mark this landmark day… God who calls us on the path to reconciliation, One year ago today, the UN Treaty on the […]
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Inspired by Psalm 147 Epiphany 5, Year B Read responsively or with two voices, with enthusiasm! There are two versions, one shorter and the other longer. Leader: Inspired by the words of Psalm 147, we lift our voices in praise. Shorter version: Celebrate God’s grace! How comforting it is to know God always accompanies us. […]
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