Holy Week
Digital download: A reflection and a meditation on drinking the bittersweet cup of life. 5 pages.
All-age resources
Digital download: A lively all-age service for Palm Sunday, including a dialogue between the pebbles on the road that Jesus travelled, an exploration of what it means to be a king, and an opportunity to make a crown of thorns from pipe cleaners. 10 pages.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
Digital download: A reflection on the Beatitudes, encompassing the two different versions that appear in the Bible and two different translations, resulting in a set of ten distilled statements to meditate on during Holy Week or at any other time of the year. 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.
All-age resources
Digital download: Another of Nancy's lively communion services for all ages, this time for Easter Sunday and incorporating a rooster's view of the Resurrection. The author is a former Deputy Warden of Iona Abbey. 13 pages.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
Digital download: Poet Richard Skinner refashions the Easter story as a lyrical ballad in the tradition of of works such as 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'. It provides a different and very readable way of approaching the events of the first Easter. 31 pages.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
Digital download: Two reflections for Good Friday and one for Holy Saturday, taken from the books Out of Iona and We Journey in Hope. 6 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.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
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.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
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.