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This liturgy closed the 'Liturgy for our times' we led at the UK Songwriters Consultation, and is focused around how we identify with Christ on the cross - such and unlikely way to transform the world.  It would be very useful as a close to services where you were thinking...

This song was written by Sam as a reflection on the themes of Lent, but it can work at any other time of the year.  It focuses on meeting God in the hard places, allowing him to grow us through difficult times and trusting in him for a 'resurrection dawn'. ...

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...

Our dear friend and engageworship band bassist Sunil Chandy has set himself a challenge for Lent - post one piece of music per day, on the Lenten theme of wilderness.  He is looking at various biblical passages of wilderness, and relating them to his own life experience in some honest blog...

This beautiful song by Sunil Chandy is inspired by Psalm 88, weaving in the refrain Kyrie Eleison (Lord have mercy).  It is designed for performance more than corporate singing, and fits well in a service where you are expressing lament, brokenness and anguish before God, who appears to be silent...

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. ...

I have used this idea at several places, all very different worship settings. First it was used in in my apartment in Chicago, as we prayed for each other, second it was used in a house church, third at a college all night worship event setting, and lastly in my...

This prayer has been written for Sunday 11th September 2011, ten years on from the 9 11 attacks.  It is designed to help congregations reflect on their memories, and centre around God and how he meets us in tradgedy.  There is a PowerPoint you can show, or you could just...

Our church community is starting to get ready for the Open Doors day of prayer for the persecuted church on Nov 6th, on the theme of "Secret Children". A bunch of resources including vids, Ppt, service plans are available on their website - take a look. For me, this feels...

To introduce the subject of lament, this is a visual way to engage people with the concept of the brokenness of the world we live in. It lends itself to preceding an explanation of the gap between the brokenness of the world and our understanding of God’s goodness and care for...

A liturgical lament for advent. Its intention is to refocus and cause abandonment, surrender; stir desperation for and intimacy with God.   Isaiah 21:12-14 (MSG)  11-12A Message concerning Edom:    A voice calls to me    from the Seir mountains in Edom, "Night watchman! How long till daybreak?    How long will this night last?" The...