Holy Week
Digital download: A reflection and a meditation on drinking the bittersweet cup of life. 5 pages.
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Digital download: Eleven poems to reflect on during Passiontide: 'a sacred time of remembering what it means for a friend, and brother, to be betrayed, to be afraid, to be humiliated, to be falsely accused, to be deserted by those who love him ' 10 pages.
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Digital download: Thoughtful and insightful reflections and prayers for each day of Holy Week. 13 pages.
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Digital download: Feminist poet and theologian Nicola Slee reflects on the implications of the Resurrection for Mary Magdelene and all of us, with reference to a personal 'near-death' experience in her own family. Taken from the book The Sun Slowly Rises, by Neil Paynter. 5 pages.
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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.
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Wednesday of Holy Week – An extravagant gift of love (PDF download)
Digital download: A Bible reading, a reflection and a prayer for the Wednesday of Holy Week, with an emphasis on one woman's gesture of love for Jesus and what that means for all of us. Taken from the book The Sun Slowly Rises. 6 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.
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Digital download: Readings, reflections and prayers for each day of Holy Week up to Easter Monday. 9 pages.
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Digital download: A meditation and a reflection for Good Friday, a lament for Holy Saturday, and a simple all-age activity for Easter Sunday. 6 pages.
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Digital download: A thoughtful service for Good Friday featuring seven voices dispersed among the congregation. 7 pages.
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Digital download: Each of the seven utterances of Jesus from the cross, together with a prayer reflecting on each. Peter is a former Warden of Iona Abbey. 4 pages.
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Digital download: A moving liturgy for Good Friday, alternating Bible readings and prayers, with some suggested songs. Jan is a former Warden of Iona Abbey. 6 pages.
Digital download: Words of a song for Maundy Thursday or Good Friday, to be sung to the tune 'Waly Waly'. 1 page (7 verses).
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A Lament for Jesus & for the Crucified of Our Time (PDF Download)
Digital download: An impactful dramatic liturgy for the evening of Good Friday, with eulogies for Jesus, prayers and laments (including The Red List, A Lament for Earthquake and Tsunami Victims, and Listen, an Amnesty International banned radio advertisement). 10 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.