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.
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.
Father's Day
Digital download: Reflections, a poem and a prayer for Father’s Day. 10 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.
Digital download: A hymn (words only) written for COP26 but which can be used in any service with a theme of environmental concerns. 2 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.
Healing
Reassurance for those living with loss. How to help people cope with bereavement, and adapt to the change and challenge of the losses in their lives.
Reassurance for those living with loss. How to help people cope with bereavement, and adapt to the change and challenge of the losses in their lives.
Mothering Sunday
Digital download: Five poems by Tom Gordon dedicated to mothers and mothering. 7 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.
Ash Wednesday
Digital download: A reflection on failure and rebuilding for Ash Wednesday and a reflection on ‘standing on the edges’ of things for Lent. 3 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.
Difficult times
Digital download: Reflections and prayers at a time of division, from the Iona Community. 25 pages.
Books
A year of daily readings, offering simple and direct reflections for facing the joys and sorrows, challenges and decisions of each day.
A year of daily readings, offering simple and direct reflections for facing the joys and sorrows, challenges and decisions of each day.
Advent & Christmas
Digital download: A poetic reflection on the incarnation of Christ. You kept your appointment, just like you said you would - 3 pages.
Creation & Environment
Digital download: A collection of readings, prayers and poems for World Oceans Day (8th June). 19 pages.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
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.
Digital download: Reflections, stories and prayers for World AIDS Day (December 1st), an occasion for showing support for those who live with HIV and remembering those who have died, for dealing with our prejudices as well as the disease. World AIDS Day is about people, and, in our common humanity, we remember that they are people like us. 18 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.
Difficult times
Digital download: Reflections, prayers, stories, poems and a hymn addressing the plight of modern-day refugees, who yearn for community and security, who long to be settled and live in peace. 18 pages.