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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 is an idea that we used last year on the run up to Easter, inspired by a gift given to my daughter, of a (dare I say 'charm') bracelet depicting elements of the 23 Psalm. We decided to adapt this and created a bracelet that would help us reflect...
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...
What do you normally do with your old BBQ ashes? Bin them? Put them in the compost? If this BBQ summer decides to get back on form, this idea might give you a different use for them. We were running a series of services themed around the Psalms, and one...
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...
The church I belong to doesn’t do much to celebrate Holy Week, which means in practice that we don’t meet all together between Palm Sunday and Easter Day. I wanted to create a way to walk through Jesus’ final week as a man, in one act of worship, suitable for...
Not long until we’ve stuffed ourselves with pancakes and got down to the serious business of Lent... And I don’t just mean ‘giving up’ something – Wikipedia says “The three traditional practices to be taken up with renewed vigour during Lent are prayer (justice towards God), fasting (justice towards self),...
I know we've only just finished with Christmas, but Lent starts on 22 Febuary this year, and if you want to make the most of this rich season in the Church's year it'd be best to start thinking about it now! When the period begins on Ash Wednesday, why...








