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.
Advent & Christmas
Daily scripture readings, poetic reflections, and candle-lighting prayers for Advent, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Advent & Christmas
Publication October 26th. Daily scripture readings, poetic reflections, and candle-lighting prayers for Advent, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Digital download: A liturgy for Passion Sunday. 7 pages.
Palm Sunday
Digital download: A liturgy for Palm Sunday. 8 pages.
Ash Wednesday
Digital download: An evening service for Ash Wednesday with optional imposition of ashes. 9 pages.
Ash Wednesday
Digital download: An evening service for Ash Wednesday in a time of pandemic, which takes into consideration the fact that people may be feeling isolated, bruised and exhausted from their experiences during this time. 11 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.
Prayer & Worship
How Shall We Pray This Morning? For What Shall We Pray This Night?
Morning and evening liturgies for a time of lockdown and beyond.
Prayer & Worship
How Shall We Pray This Morning? For What Shall We Pray This Night? (Downloadable book)
Morning and evening liturgies for a time of lockdown and beyond.
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.
Bullying
Digital download: A liturgy in seven sections, for use in a small group with those who are burdened by bullying. There is also a reflection on bullying in the church. 33 pages.
Books
A whole year of daily short prayers, or 'nudges', inspired by the Bible - to speak to heart and soul.
Meditations & Reflections
A whole year of daily short prayers, or 'nudges', inspired by the Bible - to speak to heart and soul.
Difficult times
Digital download: Reflections and prayers at a time of division, from the Iona Community. 25 pages.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
Digital download: Thoughtful and insightful reflections and prayers for each day of Holy Week. 13 pages.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
Digital download: Very short reflections for each day of Lent and Holy Week on how it seems easier to abstain from the very things we should be doing, rather than from those we shouldn't. 19 pages.
Advent & Christmas
Digital download: Readings, reflections and prayers for each of the four weeks of Advent. 13 pages.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
Digital download: A reflection and a poem for Holy Saturday on the relationship between Jesus and Judas and what betrayal means for us. Taken from the book The Sun Slowly Rises, by Neil Paynter. 4 pages.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
Digital download: Readings, reflections and prayers for each day of Holy Week up to Easter Monday. 9 pages.
Advent & Christmas
Bible readings, reflections and prayers for Advent, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, for all those who find themselves serving, eating, resting and singing in diners (real and metaphorical) in this holy season - in hope that there they will discover God, serving and eating and resting and singing and welcoming them with open arms.
Advent & Christmas
Bible readings, reflections and prayers for Advent, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, for all those who find themselves serving, eating, resting and singing in diners (real and metaphorical) in this holy season - in hope that there they will discover God, serving and eating and resting and singing and welcoming them with open arms.
E- Liturgies & Prayers
Digital download: A short, insightful prayer for each Sunday of Lent and for each day of Holy Week. 7 pages.
Advent & Christmas
Digital download: A call to begin a new year with the intention to live in a different way. Let us be willing to take risks, to be open, to use for good the opportunities that are presented to us. 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.
A collection of communion liturgies and other resources covering Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Holy Week, Easter, Ascension, Pentecost, Trinity and Transfiguration.