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Worship & Hymnology
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All-Sorts Prayer
One of the many challenges presented by church services is how to unite people of all ages and abilities in prayer in a way which engages them all. All-Sorts Prayer offers an opportunity to do just this.Drawing on her experience of leading creative prayer, Claire Benton-Evans uses symbols, actions and sensory experience to provide adaptable and original prayers for an 'all-sorts' congregation. The prayers are grouped by theme and suggested position in the service. Each prayer clearly lists resources needed, words for the leader, a prayer action and closing words. Instructions are given to help the nervous leader, while those more experienced can just pick up the prayers and go.The accompanying downloads provides many of the resources needed for the prayers, while other suggested resources include essential oils, honey and glow-sticks!
£22.99
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More All-Age Talks For Special Sundays
28 fully worked out all-age talks by popular author Nick Fawcett to lead you step by step through preparation and presentation.ContentsThe Special Sundays cover:• All Saints' Day• New Year• Week of Prayer for Christian Unity• Mothering Sunday• Christian Aid Week• Father's Day• Harvest• One World Week• Remembrance Sunday• Church Anniversary• Music/Songs of Praise Service
£11.99
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All-Sorts Prayer 2
All-Sorts Prayer 2 offers an imaginative and often surprising collection of prayer ideas. Who would have thought that feathers, mirrors, ping pong balls, sand and After Eight mints could be used in prayer? All these and more are arranged in different sections to help worship leaders vary the prayers they offer. Here are prayers which use music, gesture, action, the senses, creative responses, mark-making, silence or tangible objects. By popular demand, the biggest section ('Prayers where we are') contains interactive prayers for those people who physically can't get up easily during a service -and for those congregations who simply won't! All-Sorts Prayer 2 also offers a fresh collection of seasonal prayers for the Church's special occasions. Have you ever found yourself thinking, 'Help! I've got to produce informal intercessions for this week's Harvest Festival'? If so, then this is definitely the book you need.
£22.99
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Seasonal Poems Meditations And Reflections For Public Worship
For those times when the Bible readings seem just a little too familiar, and preachers and worship leaders may struggle for something new to say - here are some fresh ways of telling those stories as if they were being told for the very first time. A useful, flexible and powerful resource.
£11.99
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Sunday By Sunday
Ken Taylor offers two fresh collections of meditations and prayers for the Gospel readings for the whole year: Volume One covering the Sundays between Advent and Trinity, and Volume Two covering the other half of the year;. Both are suitable for use with any three-year Lectionary.
£18.99
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Growing In The Faith - Confirmation Course For Adults
A Confirmation Course for AdultsConfirmation is a significant event in a person's journey of faith and Christian commitment.In this preparation course for adults, John Cox provides sessions on key topics including Me, The Bible, Prayer and God.There is an extended introduction for each session, setting out background information and points for reflection.The sessions themselves include group and individual activities, questions for discussion, readings, input and prayers.
£10.99
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Feasts & Festivals
The church's feasts and festivals are true all-age occasions when we welcome all sorts of people to our places of worship. This book contains complete non-denominational services to help you celebrate these special occasions together. Bring the Bible to life with interactive storytelling, inspire all ages with multimedia teaching and gather people together with creative prayers! This easy-to-use book includes check-lists, full scripts for leaders and downloadable resources containing a wealth of visual resources. So why not treat your church and community to these services for feasts, festivals and special occasions. Contents Feats & FestivalsChristmas DayepiphanyCandlemasAsh WednesdayMothering SundayPalm SundayMaundy ThursdayGood FridayEaster DayAcension DayPentecostTrinity SundayHarvest ThanksgivingAll Saints DayRememberance SundayChrist the KingSpecial OccasionsChristmas EveCrib ServiceChristian Aid ServiceBible SundayPromenade DayPicnic ServicePets' Service
£30.99 - £45.99
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999 Prayers - Rupert Bristow
A resource for home, church and school, for personal and pastoral use and for public worship, this compendium of prayers is invaluable for most occasions and situations. Rupert has written 999 prayers for many different needs, from short 'arrow' prayers in emergencies to careful intercessions for difficult situations. The Christian year and the principal saints are also celebrated here. Keep this book safely to hand or it will be borrowed, borrowed and borrowed again. You will even find graces for meals and vestry prayers between these covers.
£33.99
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All-Age Talks For Special Sundays
Photocopy: PermittedAll-age Talks for Special Sundays contains eighteen fully worked-out all-age talks for Mothering Sunday, Christian Aid Week, Father's Day, Church Anniversary, Harvest, One World Week, All Saints' Day and Remembrance Day. Each talk is set out according to a basic framework: a suggested Bible passage to be read prior to the talk, a statement of the aim of the talk, details of preparation needed beforehand, and the talk itself.The talks are:Mothering Sunday • Mothers • Scent with loveChristian Aid Week • Fair sharesFather's Day • Our Father • A special dayChurch Anniversary • Past, present and future • Representing Christ • Back to the future • The unchanging GodHarvest • Gifts to every nation • Sowing in tears, reaping in joy • Any order?One World Week • Belonging • Handle with careAll Saints' Day • All Saints? • All the same in God's eyesRemembrance day • Worth remembering • Lest we forgetEverything is provided to make your presentation both enjoyable and memorable. A godsend for the busy preacher! All-age Talks for Special Sundays is drawn from Nick Fawcett's Getting It Across.
£10.99
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A Man Like No Other - Book 2
Nick Fawcett's prayers and meditations have always spoken powerfully to those who read and hear them - and this book is no exception. -Section One is a series of meditations, written from the perspective of the characters who appear in the gospels. Grouped into themes which stimulate reflection on the person of Jesus, they are ideal as a sermon supplement, or a replacement in less formal all-age services. Section Two has reflective services for Christian festivals throughout the year and resources for quiet days. The book presents in themed format the material from A Most Amazing Man for Year A of the Lectionary and is designed to be flexible, providing a fresh and imaginative way of presenting the message of Christ and his challenge for today.
£30.99 - £33.99
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The Life-Giving Path
Using inspirational stories and creative techniques to guide the reader through a virtual retreat, Helen Warwick explores ways to finding a more fulfilled and meaningful life. Her emphasis on personal reflection enables the reader to review their circumstances, find their uniqueness and connect to more life-giving ways.The author nurtures and reassures the reader through rooms of an imaginary retreat house. She introduces therapeutic techniques to view ways of relating and thinking and includes valuable information about energy, mental health and nutrition.This book belongs with the classics, to be read and re-read as a spiritually uplifting and immensely practical daily companion.' Dr David McDonald, Consultant Psychiatrist and Trustee to The Guild of Health and St Raphael.
£15.99
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Young Person's Quick Guide to Leadership
An essential resource for schools, uniformed organisations and sports clubsEvery year thousands of young people are appointed as head boys and girls, prefects and team captains. Much is expected of them but often with little or no training. This informative, interactive and accessible guide is packed with advice, scenarios and practical toolkits on communication, running meetings and conflict resolution. It is an essential training resource for schools and organisations, and an ideal gift for proud parents and grandparents to buy.
£6.99 - £7.99
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For You & For Many
For You and for Many is a comprehensive resource providing new texts for use within the service of Holy Communion. The Lord's Supper is able to nourish as nothing else can begin to. This book is offered as a contribution towards bringing its riches afresh to every generation.
£13.99
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Before We Begin
Before We Begin includes more than 200 prayers written in everyday language. The prayers are arranged thematically and there are also prayers for special days and events of the Church year.
£16.99
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Resourcing The Christian Seasons Book 2
We all know what it's like - another busy week, no time to prepare ahead for next Sunday's services, and now your mind is a complete blank! Drawing on a wide range of contemporary authors, Nick Fawcett has compiled an outstanding resource of prayers, service outlines, poems, worksheets, material for all-age talks, meditations, sketches and reflections for Sundays and special days throughout the year.
£33.99
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God Bless You
For clergy, chaplains, and those with pastoral responsibility, requests to conduct blessings are frequent and diverse. While no book can cover every contingency, God Bless You provides a resource covering a broad spectrum of life both within the church and further afield.
£11.99
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The Love Feast
Flavell's fascinating look at the love feast, a 'lost' meal, explores its extensive history and extols its wonders in an inspirational call to revive an act which is prevalent in the New Testament Church, yet sadly ignored by many churches today.
£9.99
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One For All
Complete services for every Sunday of the year, designed to include everyone so nobody is tidied away. Arranged into themes, each service has a variety of multi-sensory activities ranging from puppets to picnics. There is a checklist for leaders to ensure you have everything you need and many of the resources are contained on a download available in the resources section below. One for All is the themed version of All-sorts Worship Year A and is the ideal book for creative, fun, all-age worship which created a sense of belonging in your church.
£30.99 - £33.99
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Services For Special Occasions
Services for Special Occasions provides 47 service outlines for those occasions and subjects that are not generally provided for in most authorised liturgical collections. As well as joyful events such as the celebration of people who help in church, or birth, there are services for more sensitive subjects such as dementia or redundancy.This book provides an invaluable resource for all who seek to offer relevant and meaningful worship to people in their joy but also in their distress or confusion. Authors:-Claire Benton Evans, Rupert Bristow, Joan Brown, Jocelyn Bryan, Tony Castle, John Cox, Peter Dainty, Ed Hone, Nicholas King, Chris Morley, Siobhan O'Keeffe, Gerald O'Mahony, Susan Sayers, Ray Simpson, Raymond TomkinsonContentsAbuseAdult bullyingAlcohol addictionAll who help in churchBeing a ChristianBereavementBipolar affective disorderBirthCancerChild bullyingChildrenCommunityConflict and warCreationDeath of a friendDementiaDifficult peopleDivorceDrug addictionFathersFriendshipGamblingGrandparentsIllnessInternetKeeping promisesLearning difficultiesLives well livedLosing a childLoveMedicsMinistryMothersMusicOld ageOld people's homesOlder peopleOther faithsPetsPoetryRacial awarenessRedundancyRemembrance: evening worshipSchoolsSilence, calm and peaceSingle parentsWorry
£17.99
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Themed Sunday Intercessions
It is a privilege to lead intercessions in church on a Sunday and at the great Christian festivals. It can also be daunting. Rupert Bristow here brings his fresh wording to enrich the Sunday intercessions at your church, with prayers that can be used as they are or adjusted to suit your local situation. The prayers stem from Rupert's own prayer life and experience of leading intercessions in church, making them real and relevant to Christian life and worship.The prayers are in the form of sets of intercessions for use in the main morning services. The themes in the headings are picked up in the prayers, which also cover other subjects normally found in Sunday intercessions. The whole text is contained on the accompanying CD-ROM for ease of printing and adaptation of each set of prayers, and the book also has an extensive Index of Topics.
£33.99
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Caring For Your Church Building
The Church of England is responsible for 16,000 parish churches, 12,500 of which are listed. Most of them are cared for by volunteers with no professional training in historic buildings and their conservation.James Halsall, one of the most experienced professionals supporting church buildings nationally, has written this accessible, comprehensive book which will prove an invaluable aid to getting the balance right between making buildings fit for mission and worship and community use while respecting their heritage.
£15.99
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Responding To A World In Need
A timely book in two parts - the first covers the Church year and the second, specific situations, such as distress, deprivation, service and authority. As with all of Nick's writing, adaptability is the key. The two indexes are a useful tool - a thematic index and a Common Worship index.
£22.99
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Worship Words
Worship Words is an inspiring collection of over 400 new prayers written in a contemporary style for services, school assemblies, retreats and other occasions where prayer is needed.
£11.99
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Down To Earth
Down to Earth offers worship leaders a variety of alternatives to the usual Advent, Christmas and Epiphany services and suggests new interpretations of the familiar and deeply loved story of Christ's coming.The 15 services contain imagined reflections by various Bible characters, such as Mary and Joseph, Elizabeth and Zechariah. These reflections may be used in place of a sermon or teaching slot, as the focus of a Eucharistic service, or to form part of an Advent for use in youth groups, secondary school worship and house church.We are challenged to reflect on the familiar Christmas story in a new way and look again at the individuals who met Jesus 2000 years ago. For they were as we are: flawed, frightened, anxious, astonished and changed for ever by their encounter with the living God.
£18.99
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