Maundy Thursday
A handwashing service for the evening of Maundy Thursday as it grows dark. 10 pages.
A book for pilgrims to Iona who wish to slow down, either because of physical limitations, or because of their usual hectic pace of life. It will be of interest to all who visit Iona, but the focus is on the gift of being still.
A book for pilgrims to Iona who wish to slow down, either because of physical limitations, or because of their usual hectic pace of life. It will be of interest to all who visit Iona, but the focus is on the gift of being still.
Digital download: Four liturgies focusing on trans affirmation inspired by the International Transgender Day of Visibility. They explicitly celebrate trans and non-binary people and include a trans naming liturgy. 23 pages.
Meditations
Digital download: Jesus is called the Lord of the Dance. This is a short meditation/poem on dancing with Jesus, inspired by Matthew 16:1-6. 2 pages.
Digital download: A liturgy for Remembrance Sunday with an emphasis on the need for peace. Also includes an extensive section of additional resources and suggestions, as well as an optional symbolic action for children. 34 pages.
Digital download: A collection of resources created by members of the Iona Community’s LGBTQ+ Common Concern Network as a reflection of all that they seek to celebrate and affirm. Includes prayers, poems, reflections and songs. 36 pages.
Advent & Christmas
Digital download: A liturgy for Christmas Eve or Christmas Day designed around four monologues which relate to symbols from the Christmas narratives. 13 pages.
Digital download: Resources for Trans Day of Remembrance on November 20th. Includes an invocation, a reading, a reflection, an act of remembrance, a letting go activity and intercessions. 8 pages.
Meditations & Reflections
Reflections, poems, prayers and other liturgical resources written by those supporting refugees in their communities and by refugees themselves. Reflects on the Christian requirement to act justly and deal rightly with the stranger in our midst, seeking the face of Christ in each person.
Meditations & Reflections
Reflections, poems, prayers and other liturgical resources written by those supporting refugees in their communities and by refugees themselves. Reflects on the Christian requirement to act justly and deal rightly with the stranger in our midst, seeking the face of Christ in each person.
Pentecost
Digital download: A poetic prayer for Pentecost touching on joy, grieving anger, holy fire, life itself. 2 pages.
Valentine's Day
Digital download: A reflection and resources for Valentine’s Day, focusing on a broader interpretation of what it represents. Includes two finger labyrinths to use as tools for reflection. 11 pages.
Good Friday
Digital download: An ecumenical prayer walk for Good Friday which uses local landmarks to relate to the concerns of the community and its links to the wider world. Based on the medieval tradition of fourteen stations of the Cross. 24 pages.
Holy Week
Digital download: A liturgy for group use, intended as a way of using Holy Saturday within the context of Passion liturgy, by pausing, and reflecting on a world without God, and on our own human losses. 14 pages.
Digital download: An act of remembrance and a sermon for Transgender Day of Remembrance, plus some extra resources. Taken from the book Transgender Christian Human. 17 pages.
Advent & Christmas
Digital download: A service for Christmas Eve – or alternatively Christmas Day – inspired by the poem ‘Getting to the front of the stable’ by Anne Weems. 14 pages.
The life story (so far) of Alex Clare-Young, the first out transgender minister in the United Reformed Church. Includes resources and activities to encourage individuals and groups to explore the subject of gender identity.
The life story (so far) of Alex Clare-Young, the first out transgender minister in the United Reformed Church. Includes resources and activities to encourage individuals and groups to explore the subject of gender identity.
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.
Difficult times
Digital download: Reflections and prayers at a time of division, from the Iona Community. 25 pages.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
Digital download: Readings for two voices reflecting on the temptations of Jesus, relating to hunger, humility and hierarchy. 5 pages.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
Digital download: A poetic meditation on John 21:1-14, the breakfast by the lake after Jesus' resurrection, and the other 'fish he had to fry' during his life. 2 pages.
Advent & Christmas
Digital download: An all-age service for starting a new year, focusing on the Magi's visit to Jesus and the amazing gifts they brought, and how to choose a gift for God for the coming year - a kind of new year's resolution from the heart. 10 pages.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
Digital download: A reflection on war and remembrance based on the ancient feast of Martinmas, drawing on the Life of the fourth-century Martin of Tours, a conscripted soldier turned monk, and using images from the ninth-century Saint Martin's cross on Iona, to respond to contemporary situations. 22 pages/7 PowerPoint slides.
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: Reflections for all the weeks of Lent on various biblical characters - some not so well known - all involved in some way with the Passion of Jesus. Includes three Josephs, two seekers (Martha and Joanna), three Simons, two Judases and three Marys. 41 pages.