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Song for intercession

09 Feb 2009 19:32

Themes:	intercession, justice
Media Type:	Powerpoint, mp3
Bible refs:	Rom 8:19-23, Matt 25:34-46, James 1:27
Written by:	Matt Osgood

"When our songs (have mercy)" was orginally written after the Boxing Day tsunami, when it felt like there was nothing in our repertoire to sing in response. It brings God's heart for justice into our times of singing, and reminds us that a vital part of our worship is to...

Global Poverty Prayer Week resources

17 Feb 2009 10:38

Themes:	intercession, justice, prayer
Media Type:	Prayer Station
Written by:	Sam Hargreaves

1st-7th March is 'One Voice', Global Poverty Prayer Week 2010', and our friends at Tearfund Youth and Students have partnered with 24-7 prayer to produce some amazing resources to help you to pray for our broken world. http://www.tearfund.org/youth gives you loads of brilliant ideas and resources for running prayer rooms,...

War Bowl - prayers for peace

30 Sep 2009 09:41

Themes:	peace, intercession, lament, justice, Remembrance Day
Media Type:	Corporate Worship Idea, Prayer Station
Bible refs:	Isa 9:6-7, Matt 5:9, 1 Tim 2:1-2, James 3:18, James 5:16
Written by:	Damian Herbert

I have grown up seeing images of war on the television. Conflict after conflict has hit the news headlines and my screen and then appeared to become less significant. It has seemingly been too easy to become desensitised to world conflict. For Remembrance Sunday last year, I wanted to lead something...

Thanksgiving Lunch

21 Oct 2009 15:16

Themes:	thanksgiving, justice, harvest
Media Type:	Corporate Worship Idea
Bible refs:	Psalm 111, Psalm 100, Psalm 103
Written by:	Guy Houchen

A few weeks ago our church celebrated with a thanksgiving meal together, the inspiration span out of a desire to celebrate Harvest in a creative way; but I reckon this could work anytime of the year. Firstly, we decided to meet at lunchtime instead of our usual 10.30 meeting. For...

Worship and justice confession

30 Nov 2009 11:30

Themes:	confession, justice
Media Type:	Powerpoint, Liturgy
Bible refs:	Amos 5:23-24, Isa 58, Heb 13:15-16, Luke 4:18-19
Written by:	Sam Hargreaves

We were asked to prepare and lead a 'Liturgy for our times' at the UK Songwriters Consultation, organised by Graham Kendrick and Spring Harvest. This time of mostly spoken worship followed a really challenging day of teaching from Jim Wallis of Sojourners, about how the worship 'scene' in the UK might...

Act of Dedication

30 Nov 2009 12:24

Themes:	commissioning, the cross, good friday, justice, sending out, brokenness, hope
Media Type:	Powerpoint, Liturgy
Bible refs:	Isa 52, Isa 53
Written by:	Mark Earey

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...

Luke 4 video

30 Nov 2009 14:19

Themes:	justice, Holy Spirit
Media Type:	video, motion graphics
Bible refs:	Luke 4:14-21
Written by:	Sam Hargreaves

This motion graphics video of Luke 4:14-21, Jesus' 'Nazareth Manifesto', was made for Youthwork the Conference. It uses a track by AdAM Parkes, and is an engaging way of presenting this well known Bible passage. The Youtube version below is quite poor quality, so to use this in church or just to...

Carbon Fast

17 Feb 2010 10:13

Themes:	justice, environment, lent
Media Type:	Powerpoint, Fasting
Written by:	Sam Hargreaves

At a recent engage contributors' day, we were asking the question "what constitues 'worship'? How can we share ideas on this website that go beyond our narrow expectations of what worship is, and embrace God's bigger picture?" Well, it is clear that fasting was part of Old Testament worship, and that...

If we stay silent Liturgy

10 Apr 2010 11:06

Themes:	justice, calling, intercession, sending out, chosen
Media Type:	Powerpoint, Liturgy, Spoken Word
Bible refs:	Esth 4
Written by:	Sam Hargreaves

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...

Inward looking, or Inside Out?

09 Dec 2009 13:16

Themes:	justice, mission, intercession, sending out, world worship
Bible refs:	Heb 13, Matt 5
Written by:	Sam Hargreaves

I just got off the phone with a friend, who is a passionate worship leader and yet at the same time has been struggling lately because she finds areas of what we call ‘worship’ so inward looking. She said "At my most cynical moments I have felt like I am...