Something I pray:
Lord,
Take me where
you want me to go,
Let me meet
who you want me to meet,
Tell me what
you want me to say,
And keep me out of your way.(Revd Mychal Judge OFM
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Praying in Advent through five festivals
Regular readers will be aware that I’m currently on placement in the North Hampshire Downs Benefice. One of the mini-projects that I’ve been focusing on is leading the prayer element of a couple of Prayer Suppers in the Parish of … Continue reading
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Tagged advent, Ascension, Christmas, Good Friday, Pentecost, prayers
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If Jesus chose to return today? An Advent reflection
I’ve been preparing some Advent materials, and in doing so found this old reflection, dated November 2006, so as I started Reader Training and before this blog was started! It is by way of a response to the following questions: … Continue reading
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Tagged advent, poetry
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Prayers for #Remembrance Day based around a sonnet by Malcolm Guite
I have been asked to do the prayers for the Remembrance Day service in one church of the parish in which I have recently started a two month placement. In an effort to both step away from standard forms of … Continue reading
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Tagged healing, hope, intercessions, prayers, Remembrance, silence, The Holy Trinity
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One Holocaust, or many? #DontStandBy #HMD2016 #KS2
Today I have lead an ‘Act of Worship’ in the Church of England VA Junior School of the parish I serve. It has to be based on the Christian faith, but today’s brief is to link Holocaust Memorial Day with the … Continue reading
Prayers for Harvest
I’ve just prepared some prayers that I hope might be used at our Harvest Festival this Sunday by young representatives of the local Uniformed Organisations that attend. In the spirit of gratitude and with thanks that they were initially inspired … Continue reading
Remembering loved ones past and present at weddings
One of the joys of this summer is to have presided at my first weddings. The first was the fulfilment of a prophesy, at least for me, as having a vision of me officiating at my first wedding had been one … Continue reading
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Tagged Bereavement, marriage, photography, prayers, weddings
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Nehemiah – responsibility and working together #ActOfWorship #Schools
This week I’ve achieved another first in curacy, my first Act of Worship in our local CofE Junior School. The brief was to link the theme of RESPONSIBILITY (joint responsibility, working together in school) to the story of Nehemiah rebuilding God’s people, … Continue reading
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Tagged Act of Worship, Old Testament, school, St Mary's Old Basing & Lychpit, St. Peter's Yateley
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For those wrestling with vocation and discernment (Phil 2:1-13)
This week I had the opportunity to lead worship in my college group. I used the reading for Morning Prayer that day which was Philippians 2:1-13 and adapted some worship from Celtic Daily Prayer from the Northumbrian Community themed for … Continue reading
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Tagged BAP, discernment, obedience, St. Paul's Letters, vocation
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Intercessions for Christmas Morning 2013
Here are the intercessions I have written for the service I will be attending on Christmas morning with my family. They are based, very loosely, on those labelled H5 in Christmas material in Common Worship Times and Seasons, with the … Continue reading
