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This was written to be used as a responsive prayer during the lighting of advent candles.  The leader says the bits in normal text and the congregation responds with the text in bold.  It can add some depth to the ritual of lighting the candles, whilst being simple enough for all...

This is a prayer to be read by one voice.  Before the prayer begins (perhaps during a song before the prayer time) hand out ‘sour’ sweets.  You can purchase packets of jelly sweets that are covered with ‘sour’ sugar.  They come in many guises and different price brackets, but are...

This spoken word piece was used as a reflective response at Spring Harvest '09.  It meditates on the well known passage where Peter proclaims that Jesus is the Christ, and Jesus' responses about what kind of Messiah he is and how we might display that as his followers.   ‘Who do I say...

This was written for Spring Harvest 2010, based around the themes of Esther chapter 2.  We were thinking about the idea that Esther was chosen by the king in that story for all the wrong reasons, but we are chosen by the King of Kings for all the right reasons. ...

This is based on Esther 4:12-14, and was written as a response for Spring Harvest 2010.  It could be used in any context where you wanted people to think through their response to injustice and the challenge to make a difference in the world. We had the leader read the whole...

This piece of spoken worship is particularly useful because it requires no printed or projected words to involve a whole congregation.  We've used it at Spring Harvest, on our 'How would Jesus worship' tour and in regular Sunday services. Explain to the congregation that you are going to say a line,...

This was written for the opening of our 2010 Greenbelt worship session.  Chloe was inspired by a talk she had heard about the roots and meaning of the word 'Hallelujah'.  We knocked some ideas around, Sam put them on paper and then Chloe made it sound like a proper piece of...

This is Psalm 16 from the Message, adapted by Matt Long as a corporate prayer, which he led on Sunday morning at Youthwork the Conference 2010.  The leaders says the bits in plain text, and the congregation can join the bits in bold.  You can download and use the PowerPoint...

I don't know about you, but when I'm praying, my mind wanders,  especially when prayers are led in a coporate setting.  This idea is intended to try to root the wandering mind by bringing a physicality to our prayers.  For generations, Christians have established pracices which hold the body in...

A group of people associated with the Nightclub Chaplaincy in Bournemouth have run ‘Church for the Night’ quarterly for over five years.  These are wonderful events where hundreds of passers-by drift in and out of St Peter’s church in the heart of the club strip in the centre of town. ...

This reading was written for an Ascension Day service years ago, but as that season is coming around again I dug it out realised other folks might like to use it!  It tries to dramatise the action of Jesus' Ascesion, from the point of view of one of the disciples.  There is...