Christian

  • Ent Moot – A Gathering of Trees

    Inspired by Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings”An intergenerational liturgy for the start of the Season of Creationincluding responsive activitiesexperiential prayerand youth leadership Based on Judges 9:7-16 The Parable of the Trees Introducing the importance of looking at the worldand our place in it through an eco-justice lens Call to Worship: Entish Greeting LEADER: (slowly, dramatically)“Hroom, hroom. The

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  • Prayer: a space between

    Prayer: a space between

    A “sermon” on The Lord’s Prayer from Luke 11:1-13 If only it was that easy: people giving good gifts to neighbours in need and to their children according to their requests –  “For everyone who asks receives; ​the one who seeks finds;and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” But much of

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  • Prayers for praying

    Prayers for praying

    This is the opening for my service on the Lord’s Prayer last week which created space for a variety of prayer forms for people to experience. #breathprayer #imaginativeprayer #confession #visiodivina Breath prayer “So I say to you:Ask and it will be given to you;seek and you will find;knock and the door will be opened to

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  • #leadership #appreciation #community-building #ElijahI was recently inducted into a new placement as a congregational minister in Newcastle. It’s been nearly two years since JPUC has had a full-time ministry agent, and they have had to think creatively to sustain their worship life, as well as their ministry and mission. When we did the maths, there

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  • Betrothal rites

    for inclusion in a service of worshipGraham and I wrote these simple words to be used within the “community-building” portion of a regular Sunday service (i.e. after the notices and Prayers of the People) so that we could express our commitment to one another before the community of faith who will accompany us in this

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