Holy Week
Digital download: A reflection and a meditation on drinking the bittersweet cup of life. 5 pages.
Digital download: A Bible reading, a reflection and a prayer for Holy Saturday. A world of justice and peace is not yet here, but we build it every time we speak up for justice, every time we act to change the system. Taken from the book The Sun Slowly Rises, by Neil Paynter. 4 pages.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
Digital download: A reflection, a poem and a prayer for Good Friday on the hope beyond the despair of the day and the mystery of the torn veil of the temple. Taken from the book The Sun Slowly Rises, by Neil Paynter. 6 pages.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
Tuesday of Holy Week – Peace will grow from the ground up (PDF download)
Digital download: A reading, a reflection and a prayer for Tuesday of Holy Week on working for a peaceful solution within a situation of conflict. From the book The Sun Slowly Rises, by Neil Paynter. 4 pages.
All-age resources
Digital download: Prayers, responses, reflections, blessings for each day of Holy Week. Includes an all-age service for Good Friday with an activity. 23 pages.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
Digital download: A dramatic and poetic telling of the road to Emmaus story, for two actors and a narrator. 6 pages.
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Digital download: Modern parables for each day of Holy Week, from Passion/Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday, taken from Tom's book With an Open Eye. These stories relate to lectionary cycle B and offer reflections on life and faith that help us to be aware of familiar things in a new and imaginative way. 39 pages.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
Digital download: Modern parables for each day of Holy Week, from Passion/Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday, taken from Tom's book Welcoming Each Wonder. These stories relate to lectionary cycle A and offer reflections on life and faith that help us to be aware of familiar things in a new and imaginative way. 36 pages.
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Digital download: Modern parables for each day of Holy Week, from Passion/Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday, taken from Tom's book A Blessing to Follow. These stories relate to lectionary cycle C and offer reflections on life and faith that help us to be aware of familiar things in a new and imaginative way. 33 pages.
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Digital download: An original service for Good Friday which ends with a symbolic action, to help worshippers enter the events of Holy Week in a way relevant to modern life. 9 pages.
Digital download: A new, participative service for Maundy Thursday, leading into Communion, to help worshippers enter the events of Holy Week in a way relevant to modern life. 9 pages.
Digital download: A new, original liturgy for the Monday of Holy Week (based on John 12:1-8, Jesus anointed at Bethany), to help worshippers enter the events of Holy Week in a way relevant to modern life. 7 pages.
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Digital download: Bible readings, poems, prayers and reflections for Good Friday. 15 pages.
Lent & Easter
Digital download: Readings, songs, liturgy, a story and a meditation, taken from the book Fire and Bread, by Ruth Burgess. 19 pages.
Easter Sunday
Digital download: Biblical reflections, readings, songs, drama scripts, a sermon and prayers all relating to Jesus' appearances to his disciples after his resurrection, taken from the book Fire and Bread, by Ruth Burgess. 38 pages.
Easter Sunday
Digital download: Responses, songs, prayers, readings, liturgies and a sermon, taken from the book Fire and Bread, by Ruth Burgess. 26 pages.
Easter Sunday
Digital download: Songs, readings, prayers, biblical reflections, a drama script and more on the themes of springtime, Easter, rebirth and joy, taken from the book Fire and Bread, by Ruth Burgess. 31 pages.