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New Year

What words will we use to usher in a new year?

What words express our hopes and visions, our fears and frights, as we look into the year ahead?

What words can enable us to release the past year and leave it in peace even as we face our world of war and violence?

Newest ‘New Year’ posts . . . (images link to posts)

Alphabetical archive of all ‘New Year’ resources . . .

Alpha & Omega, Children’s Message — Tod Gobledale, UK

Before you know it — Jim Burklo, USA

Blessing for a New Year — enfleshed, USA

Blessing for the new year — unknown author

Cafe Church, Open Table service — New Year

Confession of a New Creation — Lawrence Moore, UK

Epiphany sending out and blessing — Cary Heafey, UK

Fireworks thanks! — Ana Gobledale, UK

New Year blessing — Cara Heafey, UK

New Year Call to Worship — Ana Gobledale, UK

New Year Prayer — Ana Gobledale, UK

New Year sending out and blessing — Cara Heafey, UK

New Year vestry prayer — Christine Haines, UK

New Year, a hymn — George Stuart, Australia

People of reconciliation, prayer — Simon Cross, UK

Prayer for the New Year — Alfred Lord Tennyson, UK

Prayer for the New Year — Thandiwe Dale-Ferguson, USA

Prayer for the New Year — Sandy Messick, USA

Psalm 147 renewed — Duncan Wilson, UK

Sing in the New Year with children

Words for the new year — T.S. Eliot

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