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This week, we have a new download from Tom Gordon of resources relating to the plight of refugees. There's also a mention of some of our seasonal resources and a reminder of material for the Feast of the Transfiguration (August 6th).

Also, it's a last chance to contribute to our book of Iona stories – see below.

Photo: Road past the Hill of the Angels © David Coleman

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New download

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Jesus Was a Refugee (PDF download)

Resources for worship

Tom Gordon

Digital download: Reflections, prayers, stories, poems and a hymn addressing the plight of modern-day refugees, who yearn for community and security, who long to be settled and live in peace.

Tom Gordon is a former hospice chaplain, storyteller and member of the Iona Community. He is the author of several books, including Look Well to This Day: A year of daily reflections, A Blessing to Follow: Contemporary parables for living, Welcoming Each Wonder: More contemporary stories for reflection, and With An Open Eye: Parables with meaning for today.

18 pages

For more information and to see a sample

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Some seasonal downloads

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Resources for Lammastide (PDF download)

Various contributors

Digital download: Prayer, responses and a reflection for Lammastide. In the past, in Britain, Lammas Day (August 1st) was a celebration of thanksgiving, and loaves of bread were baked from the first wheat crop and brought to church to be used as Communion bread.

Taken from the book Bare Feet and Buttercups: Resources for Ordinary Time – Trinity Sunday to the Feast of the Transfiguration, by Ruth Burgess

For more information

For the whole book Bare Feet and Buttercups

For the e-book Bare Feet and Buttercups

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Summer (PDF download)

Various contributors

Digital download: Prayers, poems and other resources for the season of summer, taken from the book Bare Feet and Buttercups:Resources for Ordinary Time – Trinity Sunday to the Feast of the Transfiguration by Ruth Burgess.

For more information and to see a sample

For the whole book Bare Feet and Buttercups

For the e-book Bare Feet and Buttercups

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For the Feast of the Transfiguration


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A Communion Liturgy on the Theme of the Transfiguration (PDF download)

Thom M Shuman

Digital download: A communion liturgy to celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration or to use at other times. We are all capable of being forgiven and transformed.

13 pages

For more information and to see a sample

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Liturgy for the Feast of the Transfiguration (PDF download)

Hiroshima Day, 6th August

Norman Shanks

Digital download: A liturgy celebrating the Feast of the Transfiguration which coincidentally falls on the day that the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. The ‘shining power’ of the Transfiguration is compared with the ‘reverse transfiguration’ of the prioritisation of nuclear weapons over human needs. So this is a liturgy of commitment to standing on the edge and working for a transformation to another, more creative and just, world.

Norman Shanks is a retired Church of Scotland minister and a former Leader of the Iona Community.

6 pages

For more information and to see a sample

A Reflection on the Story of the Transfiguration download transspaser

A Reflection on the Story of the Transfiguration (PDF download)

Joy Mead

Digital download: Poet Joy Mead takes one of her usual insightful looks at a biblical event, this time the Transfiguration.

3 pages

For more information and to see a sample

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The Feast of the Transfiguration (PDF Download)

Various contributors

Digital download: Prayers, biblical reflections, responses, a song, a liturgy, a reflection, a story and a meditation to celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration (August 6th). Taken from the books Bare Feet and Buttercups and Acorns and Archangels, by Ruth Burgess.

20 pages

For more information and to see a sample

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Last call to contribute to a book

Send your Iona stories for a new Wild Goose book

WGP editor Neil Paynter says:

‘I’m currently editing a book of short daily readings to help highlight and support the Iona Community’s Capital Appeal. I’m looking for those human stories from Iona. You know the ones – we all have them. Stories about people and the power of the Spirit. About different folk coming together – from different countries, backgrounds … Stories of encounter, challenge, exchange, transformation – that show why Iona and what the Iona Community does there is important to the world. That give it a human face.’

Deadline: July 30, 2016. Word count: Approximately 500 words.

Please send contributions to: [email protected]

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