Bits and pieces for baptisms, dedications, blessings and naming ceremonies (PDF download)
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Digital download: Prayers, reflections, responses, liturgies, songs, poems and practical actions suitable for use in baptisms, naming ceremonies, blessings etc. Taken from the book Moments of Our Nights and Days, by Ruth Burgess. 25 pages.
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Digital download: Prayers, reflections, responses, liturgies, songs, poems and practical actions suitable for use in baptisms, naming ceremonies, blessings etc. Taken from the book Moments of Our Nights and Days, by Ruth Burgess.
25 pages
Contents:
Baptism is all about community (reflection), by Colin McIntosh
Blessing the water for baptism (prayer), by Chris Polhill
Prayer over water, by David Coleman
Oceans and puddles: a water litany (responsive prayer), by Ruth Burgess
A drop of water from the sea (prayer), by Thom M. Shuman
Involving children at baptisms (suggested practical actions), by Kes Grant and John L Bell
A naming and blessing story (reflective action), by Richard Sharples
Practices from Friends (practical action), by Ruth Harvey
Promises, from The Salvation Army (practical action), by Muriel Snell
Baptism of a young boy and his baby sister (practical action), by Sally Foster-Fulton
Some very important questions (liturgy), by Sally Foster-Fulton
Baptism hymn (words only, to be sung to the tune ‘St Columba’), by Carol Dixon and Stuart Brock
A blessing for a baby born in spring (prayer), by Ruth Burgess
A blessing for a baby born in autumn (prayer), by Ruth Burgess
A blessing for a baby born in winter (prayer), by Ruth Burgess
A dandling blessing (prayer), by Ruth Burgess
For the gift of this child (prayer), by Kes Grant
A baptismal moment (reflective prayer), by Fiona van Wissen
Give us a swing, Jesus (poem), by Ruth Burgess
I long to dance (poem), by Thom M Shuman
An invitation to baptism (reflection), by Ruth Burgess
Baptism blues (song: words and music), by Pat Livingstone
Baptism bells (song: words and music), by Pat Livingstone
A prayer at baptism (reflective prayer), by Simon Taylor
John the Baptist (reading), by Ruth Burgess
Heard about? (reading), by Ruth Burgess
Cwtch up, Cariad (a Welsh blessing), by Ruth Burgess
Cradle roll service (liturgy), by Sally Foster-Fulton and Colin McIntosh
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