June 8th is World Oceans Day and Tom Gordon has put together a download of readings, poems and prayers for the occasion.

We are also starting to make available the various services in the new edition of the Iona Abbey Worship Book as separate downloads, the first two of which are below.

Photo: Oystercatchers © David Coleman

New download

As You Come and Go (PDF download) Readings, prayers and poems for World Oceans Day Tom Gordon

Digital download: A collection of readings, prayers and poems for World Oceans Day (8th June).

Contents:
The ocean (poem)
Saying sorry to the oceans (prayer)
Wonder and awe (reflection)
My voice (poem)
Pathways (reflection)
Barriers (poem)
Storms (poem/reading)
Respect for the sea (reading/story)
O ocean! (reading/poem)

19 pages

Tom Gordon is a former hospice chaplain, storyteller and member of the Iona Community.

For more information and to see a sample

Iona Abbey services now available as downloads

Iona Abbey Welcome Service (PDF download) The Iona Community

Digital download: Two welcome services from Iona Abbey together with an appendix which provides notes and additional resources. Taken from the new, revised edition of the Iona Abbey Worship Book.

13 pages

For more information and to see a sample

For the complete Iona Abbey Worship Book

Iona Abbey Evening Liturgy (PDF download) The Iona Community

Digital download: An evening service from Iona Abbey, with an appendix of notes and extra resources. Taken from the new, revised edition of the Iona Abbey Worship Book.

10 pages

For more information and to see a sample

For the complete Iona Abbey Worship Book

Recently published

Colliding with God New and selected poems of faith and doubt (Book and e-book) Richard Skinner

Witty and reflective poems of faith and doubt, starting with the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Garden of Eden and concluding with the events of the first Easter, taking in on the way Julian of Norwich’s hazelnut, Mastermind, God as a blizzard, and the eighth deadly sin.

For more information and to see a sample

For the e-book version

Wild Goose Big Book of Worship Resources (Book and e-book) The Iona Community

A wide-ranging collection of resources for Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, Pentecost, Transfiguration, Harvest, Holocaust Memorial Day, Mothering Sunday, and other special days, and on areas of concern, like refugees and peacemaking. Originally published as single digital downloads.

For more information and to see a sample

For the e-book version

Iona: A Map (new updated edition) Available in folded or flat versions The Iona Community

This new edition has been extensively redrawn to reflect new and changed use of buildings, rerouted fence lines, etc.

For more information and to see a sample

For the folded version

For the flat version

The Sun Slowly Rises Readings, reflections and prayers for Holy Week from the Iona Community Neil Paynter

Bible readings, reflections and prayers for the days of Holy Week, and a large section of resources, from members, associates and friends of the Iona Community.

For more information and to see a sample

For the e-book version

Iona Abbey Worship Book (New revised edition) (Book and e-book) The Iona Community

This new edition of the Iona Abbey Worship Book has been extensively revised and rearranged. About 80% of the text is new material which has been developed by members of the Iona Community since the previous edition.

For more information and to see a sample

For the e-book version

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