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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Christ the King Sunday
Digital download: A thoughtful prayer of approach for celebrating the Feast of Christ the King. 3 pages.
Blessings
Digital download: Opening responses, a reflection and a blessing for a new (or 'new' used) car. 5 pages.
A few years ago the world woke up to the fact that people seeking refuge from war and persecution were drowning by their thousands in the Mediterranean. This conversation in poetry offers words for these times of war; ways of wondering what it means to resist; to suffer with; to bear witness; to seek companionship; to be part of the agony of a family made in love, and parting, separated by land, sea and paperwork.
A few years ago the world woke up to the fact that people seeking refuge from war and persecution were drowning by their thousands in the Mediterranean. This conversation in poetry offers words for these times of war; ways of wondering what it means to resist; to suffer with; to bear witness; to seek companionship; to be part of the agony of a family made in love, and parting, separated by land, sea and paperwork.
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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.
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Digital download: A reflection, a contemplative exercise, and a prayer and meditation for Interfaith Week. 10 pages.
Reflective, powerful poems about how, on a cosmic and a personal level, darkness gives way to light, reminding us that 'light shines in the darkness', that darkness is required to perceive light - and that Easter means the light has come, life triumphs, and the promised Holy Spirit will empower us for growth: 'eastering'
Reflective, powerful poems about how, on a cosmic and a personal level, darkness gives way to light, reminding us that 'light shines in the darkness', that darkness is required to perceive light - and that Easter means the light has come, life triumphs, and the promised Holy Spirit will empower us for growth: 'eastering'
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Digital download: A reflection and a short meditation and prayer for Holocaust Memorial Day addressing the often apparent silence or absence of God in desperate or unjust situations - a question for all of us as we witness the violence and atrocities still taking place in many parts of the world. 4 pages.
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Digital download: It's easy to think of the Crucifixion as something that happened a long time ago. But for some people every day is Good Friday. People forced into poverty, those who are homeless. Those seeking asylum. People crushed by debt and treated with contempt by the powerful. Jesus is crucified today in their suffering. 9 pages.
Digital download: A Communion liturgy for everyone - carrying baggage, hurts and bitterness or not: 'This is a table that needs no turning. It's already topsy-turvy. Rank means nothing, privilege is simply being human. It's the top of all top tables and at once the lowest and most accessible.' 8 pages. Combined PDF and PowerPoint version also available.
A Communion liturgy for everyone - carrying baggage, hurts and bitterness or not: 'This is a table that needs no turning. It's already topsy-turvy. Rank means nothing, privilege is simply being human. It's the top of all top tables and at once the lowest and most accessible.' 8 pages/29 slides. PDF-only version also available.
Advent & Christmas
Digital download: A Bible reading, a reflection and a prayer on the theme of change and ageing. Taken from the book Going Home Another Way, by Neil Paynter.,4 pages.
Advent & Christmas
Digital download: A Christingle service plus a song for the service, taken from the book Candles & Conifers by Ruth Burgess. 6 pages.