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Looking & Longing
Looking and Longing is a weekly course for groups, looking at characters from the Old and New Testaments. It covers not only Advent but also the Christmas season to Epiphany. It aims to help us to open our blinded eyes and see, to open our ears to God's call, and to open our hearts to his love.
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You'Re Special
You're Special is primarily a book for children, but will appeal to people of all ages. Through effective use of reflection, poems, Bible readings and imaginative activities, it helps to build up confidence and self-worth as we come to realise that we are all valued by God as his children.
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Thy Kingdom Come
Unusually, this five-session course for Advent begins with the last Sunday of the 'old' Church year, the Feast of Christ the King. Thereafter the theme is taken up in the Lectionary readings for the four Sundays of Advent, and is explored in depth. There are readings, comments, prayers and questions for reflection and/or discussion.
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Prayers Presents And Pudding -
David Gatward looks at the little things that happen during Advent in this collection of thoughts and prayers for teenagers and young adults.
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All-Age Advent & Christmas
There are many suggestions here to help with the planning and presentation of all-age Advent services and activities - enough to keep your church going for many Advent and Christmas seasons.
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Discipleship - The Journey of Faith
A series of eight stimulating and challenging Bible studies for groups. Each study has six sessions/themes with an easy-to-follow structure including:• prayers • an introduction to the theme • an ice-breaking activity • Bible readings • comment on the theme • discussion questions • meditation • suggestions for action DiscipleshipAn exploration of how we all are pilgrims, for every one of us is called to follow the way of Christ. Becoming a Christian is not an end in itself but the start of a lifetime's pilgrimage, and the path of discipleship calls for perseverance, trust and courage. The six weekly themes are:• Called to a journey • A personal journey • Equipped for the journey • A journey of discovery • Completing the journey • The God who journeys with usLiving with QuestionsA study containing wisdom, insight and sound guidance for anyone wrestling with questions of faith and doubt. It recognises that honest questioning can be a sign of strength rather than weakness, and a significant step in an unfolding journey of discipleship. The six weekly themes are:• Learning through questions • Disturbing questions • The faith in question • Ultimate questions • Living with questions • Beyond questionPaulExploring the major aspects of Paul's life, teaching and mission, and making the great Apostle accessible and meaningful to the lives and faith journeys of modern Christians. The six weekly themes are:• Admitting we're wrong • By the grace of God • Pressing on • The one thing needed • True contentment • So much more to saySomething To ShareLooking at the importance of sharing our faith with others in an indifferent and even hostile world; how to do it - and how not to do it. The six themes are:• No one told me • Keep it simple • Practising what we preach • Speaking their language • Words from the heart • Don't push itPrayerExploring the subject of prayer, raising the kinds of questions many people ask, and offering helpful answers. The six weekly themes are:• The ingredients of prayer • Honest prayer • Asking in prayer • Unanswered prayer • Persistence in prayer • Rediscovering prayerUnsung GiftsFocusing on six individuals whose life and witness made a significant contribution to the early Church. The gifts they exhibited were not those we would automatically describe as spiritual, nor were they necessarily the only gifts they had, but they each played a part in furthering the cause of Christ. The six weekly themes are:• Ananias: ready to say 'yes' • Barnabas: ready to encourage • James: ready to listen • Epaphras: ready to pray • Epaphroditus: ready to drop • Luke: ready to be thereLoveLooking at love as the key which unlocks the door of faith. It begins by exploring a statement of faith at its simplest - God is love - and then moves on to our response in terms of loving God and loving others. The six weekly themes are:• God is love • Love God • Love one another • Love your enemies • Love your neighbour • Love yourselfWomen of FaithFocusing on six women - from the Old and New Testaments. Each of them tells a remarkable story and offers a distinctive example of faith. The six weekly themes are:• Ruth: voice of the outsider • Esther: voice for the persecuted • Mary, sister of Martha: voice of the heart • The woman who touched Jesus' cloak: voice for the sick • The woman of Samaria: voice of the despised • Lydia: voice of commitmentPlease note made to order items are non-returnable
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Love-The Key To It All
Looking at love as the key which unlocks the door of faith - how we love God, and love others.
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Unsung Gifts - The Spirit At Work In The New Testament
A series of eight stimulating and challenging Bible studies for groups. Each study has six sessions/themes with an easy-to-follow structure including:Contents The six weekly themes are: • prayers • an introduction to the theme • an ice-breaking activity • Bible readings • comment on the theme • discussion questions • meditation • suggestions for actionUnsung GiftsFocusing on six individuals whose life and witness made a significant contribution to the early Church. The gifts they exhibited were not those we would automatically describe as spiritual, nor were they necessarily the only gifts they had, but they each played a part in furthering the cause of Christ. The six weekly themes are:• Ananias: ready to say 'yes' • Barnabas: ready to encourage • James: ready to listen • Epaphras: ready to pray • Epaphroditus: ready to drop • Luke: ready to be thereDiscipleshipAn exploration of how we all are pilgrims, for every one of us is called to follow the way of Christ. Becoming a Christian is not an end in itself but the start of a lifetime's pilgrimage, and the path of discipleship calls for perseverance, trust and courage. The six weekly themes are:• Called to a journey • A personal journey • Equipped for the journey • A journey of discovery • Completing the journey • The God who journeys with usLiving with QuestionsA study containing wisdom, insight and sound guidance for anyone wrestling with questions of faith and doubt. It recognises that honest questioning can be a sign of strength rather than weakness, and a significant step in an unfolding journey of discipleship. The six weekly themes are:• Learning through questions • Disturbing questions • The faith in question • Ultimate questions • Living with questions • Beyond questionPaulExploring the major aspects of Paul's life, teaching and mission, and making the great Apostle accessible and meaningful to the lives and faith journeys of modern Christians. The six weekly themes are:• Admitting we're wrong • By the grace of God • Pressing on • The one thing needed • True contentment • So much more to saySomething To ShareLooking at the importance of sharing our faith with others in an indifferent and even hostile world; how to do it - and how not to do it. The six themes are:• No one told me • Keep it simple • Practising what we preach • Speaking their language • Words from the heart • Don't push itPrayerExploring the subject of prayer, raising the kinds of questions many people ask, and offering helpful answers. The six weekly themes are:• The ingredients of prayer • Honest prayer • Asking in prayer • Unanswered prayer • Persistence in prayer • Rediscovering prayerLoveLooking at love as the key which unlocks the door of faith. It begins by exploring a statement of faith at its simplest - God is love - and then moves on to our response in terms of loving God and loving others. The six weekly themes are:• God is love • Love God • Love one another • Love your enemies • Love your neighbour • Love yourselfWomen of FaithFocusing on six women - from the Old and New Testaments. Each of them tells a remarkable story and offers a distinctive example of faith. The six weekly themes are:• Ruth: voice of the outsider • Esther: voice for the persecuted • Mary, sister of Martha: voice of the heart • The woman who touched Jesus' cloak: voice for the sick • The woman of Samaria: voice of the despised • Lydia: voice of commitment
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Paul: The Man & The Mission
A series of eight stimulating and challenging Bible studies for groups. Each study has six sessions/themes with an easy-to-follow structure including:• prayers • an introduction to the theme • an ice-breaking activity • Bible readings • comment on the theme • discussion questions • meditation • suggestions for actionPaulExploring the major aspects of Paul's life, teaching and mission, and making the great Apostle accessible and meaningful to the lives and faith journeys of modern Christians. The six weekly themes are:• Admitting we're wrong • By the grace of God • Pressing on • The one thing needed • True contentment • So much more to say
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Living With Questions - Exploring Faith & Doubt
Wisdom, insight and sound guidance for anyone wrestling with questions of faith and doubt.
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Picking Up The Pieces
Trying to find the words to express how you feel can often be difficult, as can chatting to God when the last thing you feel like doing is talking. Looking at issues such as hurt, anger, doubt, fear and love, Pete Townsend offers prayers that will help you tell God how you're feeling and allow him to get involved in picking up the pieces with you.
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A New Light Shining
A New Light Shining looks at the challenges that faced Jesus and the challenges he brings to us. The aim is to stimulate reflection and to help the reader enter into events in such a way that they become alive.
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All-Age Talks For Lent Holy Week & Easter
Contains 18 fully worked-out all-age talks; everything is provided to make the presentation of your Lent, Holy Week and Easter message enjoyable and memorable. This is a godsend for the busy preacher!
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Promises Promises
Promises, Promises is an eight-week course of exploration and reflection on the meaning and message of two of the most important seasons in the Christian calendar. Each session includes prayers, Bible readings, reflections, discussion questions, meditations, suggestions for further reading, and ideas for action. Suitable for both individual and group use.
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Decisions Decisions
Exploring different aspects of life's decisions through Bible passages and personal experiences, the five weekly sessions in this study course include prayers, activities, discussion questions, meditations, suggestions for further reading and ideas for action. Intended for small groups, but also useful for individuals, the sessions cover:â— A time to decideâ— Complex decisionsâ— Who decides?â— Flawed decisionsâ— Living with decisions New Cover for 2015
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Touch Wood
Touch Wood is a Lent resource exploring the sayings of the cross, and is suitable for use in youth groups, as part of an all-age service or for times of personal devotion. There are seven sections, each one taking a saying of the cross and examing it in a number of ways: through a Bible passage, drama, background information, questions and meditation.
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Come To Me
A resource for weary Christians and those who care about themFrom his own experience of chronic fatigue syndrome, Raymond Tomkinson demonstrates how weariness, whatever its cause, and the rest it demands can be blessed by God in its own right. He challenges the apparent assumption that strength and busyness are good, weakness and stillness are bad. His aim is to release people from unnecessary burdens of guilt and lack of self-worth. Each chapter examines a different aspect of our perception of strength and weakness and includes follow-up material for reflection, discussion and prayer. The intention is to provide encouragement to all those, sufferers or carers, who need to know that God is at work in our weakness, in our passivity and in our receptivity. Some aspects of our relationship with God can only develop fully if we take advantage of the times when we are 'laid aside' from the bustle and routine of twenty-first century living.
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Grappling With God Vol 4
New Cover For 2015Grappling with God is a complete resource which sheds new light on familiar Bible stories by means of prayer, meditation, study and discussion. It is designed for small groups and personal use. Themes covering the whole spectrum of human emotion and experience are teased out of the Bible stories, then opened up in meditation.
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Grappling With God Vol 2
Grappling with God is a complete resource which sheds new light on familiar Bible stories by means of prayer, meditation, study and discussion. It is designed for small groups and personal use. Themes covering the whole spectrum of human emotion and experience are teased out of the Bible stories, then opened up in meditation.
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Grappling With God Book 1
New Cover For 2015Grappling with God is a complete resource which sheds new light on familiar Bible stories by means of prayer, meditation, study and discussion. It is designed for small groups and personal use.Themes covering the whole spectrum of human emotion and experience, relevant to every Christian, are teased out of the Bible stories, then opened up in meditation which forms the central focus of each session.Each book contains twenty sessions which follow a similar programme:• Introduction - setting the theme and showing its relevance for today • Bible reading • Meditation • Points to ponder • Discussion openers • Follow-up suggestions • PrayerContentsBook OneLaw and PromiseLooks at the first five books of the Bible and dips also into the book of Joshua, moving from Creation to the founding fathers of the Jewish nation, from the Great Flood to the giving of the Law, from the promise made to Abraham to the first tentative steps into the Promised Land.1 Excuses, excuses - Adam2 Fallen creation - God3 Fruits of anger - Cain4 The foolishness of faith - Noah5 Facing the unknown - Abram6 Amazing grace - Abraham7 Pearls before swine? - Esau8 A life-changing experience - Jacob9 Do as you would be done by - Rachel10 Grappling with God - Jacob11 The folly of favouritism - Jacob12 Resisting temptation - Joseph13 Learning to forgive - Joseph14 The price of prejudice - A Hebrew slave15 Rising to the challenge - Moses16 The courage to continue - Moses17 Faith in adversity - Moses18 A God of our own making - Aaron19 Glimpsing the promised land - Moses20 Responding in faith - Joshua!!Book TwoConquest and KingdomExplores the history of the people of Israel from their entry into the Promised Land through the time of Esther and her courageous stand on behalf of her people. It covers some of the truly legendary names of the Old Testament - Samson, Samuel, David and Solomon.1 Difficult decisions - Rahab2 Straight talking - Balaam3 Taken on trust - Gideon4 Love is blind - Samson5 A friend in need - Ruth6 A costly promise - Hannah7 Getting the message - Samuel8 Digging deeper - Samuel9 Against all odds - David10 Divided loyalties - Jonathan11 A raw nerve - Saul12 A moment's madness - David13 Hitting home - Nathan14 The heart of the matter - Solomon15 A surprise encounter - Elijah16 The moment of truth - Elisha17 Swallowing our pride - Naaman18 All or nothing - Hezekiah19 Rediscovering the word - Josiah20 Risking all - Esther!!Book ThreeWisdom, Songs and StoriesExplores three strands within the Old Testament: wisdom, songs and stories. The first of these refers to the books of Job, Proverbs and Ecclesiastes; the second to the Psalms and the Song of Solomon; and the third to the book of Daniel.1 The mystery of suffering - Job2 Light in our darkness - Job3 Stewards of creation - David4 Counting our blessings - David5 The dark night of the soul - David6 Shepherd of the sheep - David7 Living with failure - David8 Time's paces - Moses9 Songs of praise - David10 United we stand - Psalmist11 A love that will not let us go - David12 Words to remember - Solomon13 Watch your tongue - Solomon14 The price of idleness - Solomon15 The course of true love - Solomon16 The road to nowhere - The Teacher17 A time for everything - The Teacher18 God is able! - Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego19 The disturbing truth - Daniel20 The courage of our convictions - Daniel!!Book FourThe Word of the LordOffers a brief glimpse into the world of Old Testament prophecy, attempting to give a flavour of each prophet's message while at the same time reminding us of the human face behind it.1 The disturbing truth - Amos2 A love that will not let us go - Hosea3 The graciousness of God - Jonah4 A clean sheet - Isaiah5 Vision of the future - Isaiah6 From small beginnings - Micah7 Rough justice? - Nahum8 A day of reckoning - Zephaniah9 Life's riddle - Habakkuk10 The unwelcome call - Jeremiah11 Keeping faith - Jeremiah12 A glimpse of glory - Ezekiel13 The last laugh - Obadiah14 The God beyond us - Isaiah15 First things first - Haggai16 Daring to hope - Zechariah17 Studying the word - Ezra18 Out of sight, out of mind? - Nehemiah19 Food for our souls - Joel20 The moment of truth - Malachi
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Alice's Dad
Alice looks back over her father's illness: the good times when he was well enough to play computer with her and take her swimming; the bad times when the house seemed to smell of hospitals and she was afraid of the upstairs. This moving and realistic story focuses on a parent's terminal illness. it will be of immense help to bereaved children and their families along with all who care for grieving children.
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By His Wounds
Life is full of opportunities and Lent is a season of great opportunity. This Lenten study course offers just that: an opportunity to reappraise the meaning of the sacrifice of Calvary. Over the five weeks of Lent, Tony Castle examines the symbols of the cross and crucifix, the concepts of love, of time and of justice, through narrative, scripture, prayer and discussion.The sessions are:• Sign of love• Wounds of love• Love is the way• Now is the kingdom• The healing wounds of love
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Your Confirmation in the Church of England
This insightful guide by Stuart Thomas is more than a procedural handbook for Confirmation in the Church of England. It accompanies the candidate, whatever their age or background, through the process of decision-making, illuminating the significance of the service itself and the meaning of life-long Christian commitment. Stuart Thomas explains the responsibilities and rewards of Church membership, with chapters covering baptism, the Christian creed, Holy Communion, personal prayer and Bible study - preparing those approaching confirmation for full adult membership of the Anglican Church. Suitable for confirmation candidates, clergy, sponsors and group leaders, this accessible book provides a clear path from initial enquiry to full participation in the life of the Church. Specifications Format: Paperback - Perfect Bound Size: 137 x 216 x 10 mm Publication date: 2000 Page count: 144 pages ISBN: 9780862097943 Contents Introduction Chapter One: Square One Chapter Two: Would You Believe It? Chapter Three: Personal Belonging Chapter Four: Active Service Chapter Five: Look Alive Chapter Six: The Life-Support System The Confirmation Service A Question of Faith Take the Plunge
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A Simple Communion
Tuneful, easy-to-sing, lovely harmonies and music that reflect the texts - that's how we describe this setting. The accompaniment may be played either by the music group or on the organ.All four sections, the Lord, have mercy, Glory to God, Holy, holy, holy Lord and Lamb of God are recorded on the downloadable music, which may be used to learn the music or as a backing track in church.We think your choir and congregation will love A Simple Communion.
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