Category Archives: resources

Praying in Advent through five festivals

Posted on December 10, 2016 by

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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If Jesus chose to return today? An Advent reflection

Posted on December 9, 2016 by

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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Prayers for #Remembrance Day based around a sonnet by Malcolm Guite

Posted on November 11, 2016 by

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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One Holocaust, or many? #DontStandBy #HMD2016 #KS2

Posted on January 27, 2016 by

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 →

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Prayers for Harvest

Posted on September 30, 2015 by

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 →

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Remembering loved ones past and present at weddings

Posted on August 28, 2015 by

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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How do you talk about God with pre-school children? Prayers and Bears!

Posted on November 18, 2014 by

There’s something about ministry that means you end up with challenges you never expected to face. Leading a ‘Pram Service’ for pre-school children once a month is high on my current list of challenges. It’s name was the first challenge … Continue reading →

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Nehemiah – responsibility and working together #ActOfWorship #Schools

Posted on September 25, 2014 by

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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For those wrestling with vocation and discernment (Phil 2:1-13)

Posted on February 6, 2014 by

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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Intercessions for Christmas Morning 2013

Posted on December 19, 2013 by

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 →

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