tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209312902024-03-18T19:47:19.458+11:00mustard seedsMustard seeds is a Lectionary based ideas resource for worship leaders.annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17995248220649884949noreply@blogger.comBlogger419125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20931290.post-72486762282512543672024-03-17T13:14:00.001+11:002024-03-17T13:16:59.390+11:00Good Friday B (March 29)<p><span style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjea2g_wJYtDXoKe6S31dLTV1JCXB2P_cI-KwiB2snllKVunEu_LHAD1HbifB6fmXQn66ydVpQlkl63bfG6UedcOhq1djxgs0tUd6HREKwmtlVvfSZvX761fEkeVPiWdYkCAwpyTQ/w293-h220/B+Good+Friday+PPT+HOLY+WEEK.jpg" width="293" /></span> <img border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9uoj7FHwm-64-RpIumgVXWFRpr-FbuiWCorhYNRP4nvCNZADVz0CHJYkAdW7-0LiW9oJ7hEWVIK5Uq8xq6ZpWUMrrGICYF3iaCAWhvqa1y8v2MNzjjVycHkyISPkjlAJc2kToCg/w294-h221/B+Good+Friday+Picture2+(2).jpg" style="font-family: arial;" width="294" /></p><p> </p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; 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font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /></b></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /></b></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div></div><h1 style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><strong style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Under Construction!!! Hang on ........</span></b></strong></b></h1><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><br /></b></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Bible readings: Isaiah 52:13-53:12, Psalm 22, Hebrews 10:16-25 or Hebrews 4:14-16,5:7-9, John 18:1 -19:42</span></b></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />About the Images:<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />Upper Left:</b><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">This is my photo of an evening in the Victorian High country. The cross is a digital addition. If you want to see more of our beautiful high country, then visit</span><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.visitvictoria.com/Regions/High-Country" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></a></span><a href="http://www.visitvictoria.com/Regions/High-Country" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">http://www.visitvictoria.com/Regions/High-Country</a></span>. <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Please feel free to use this image for worship and related activities.</span><br /></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong></strong><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Upper Right:</span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> This image comes from www.sundaygraphx.blogspot.com. This site no longer updates (you will see the sad reason why when you visit) however the artist, Don da Silva, has left a legacy of wonderful images and templates via the site archives.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Middle Left</strong>: This is my photo of the Garden of Gethsemane as it is today. Please feel free to use this image for worship and related activities.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Middle Right</strong>: This is my photo of a painting inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Please feel free to use this image for worship and related activities.</span><br /><span><b>Lower Left</b>: This is a free Heartlight image. See my link column at left.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Lower Right</b>: Free clip art by Cerezo Barredo - excellent as usual. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">N.B. Good Friday </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">needs to be treated rather differently from many services. </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">It is a special time. I usually divide the Easter story up (i.e. some of the stations of the cross) a</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">nd separate each section with the solemn sound of a gong that h</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">as the capacity to reverberate through the silence of the worship space. I use a home made tubular </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">bell which is excellent. At the very least I use a Bible reading, a</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">n image either projected or placed in a prominent position and a symbol for each section of the story. A responsive song such as "Jesus, remember me" works well too at the end of each section. Have a large wooden cross at the front of the church.</span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Place the cross in the middle of the church where the coffin</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> usually sits at a funeral. Placethe Christ candle on it and people can be encouraged to come out and light a candle as a response to any of the stations/sections.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Various options specific to each section are as follows:</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><u><strong>1. Jesus is arr</strong><strong>ested.</strong></u></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><u><br /></u></span></b></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Symbol</strong>: Chains or rope</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Prayer: W</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIAE5HGFR0PiqX_22YaPP2izEX670rYFtjLY2EBYmgGDrbP4n4oLKnMvMedmQzJl9aWAroh7bp0L4sy2ggXzgiltUVNbQsyRRiDehEbPexoRJxZmgPQ7TNoHPgZMZ4XlHA4BQO/s1600/Resources+4+preachn+n+worship++b.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="111" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722882533746859874" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIAE5HGFR0PiqX_22YaPP2izEX670rYFtjLY2EBYmgGDrbP4n4oLKnMvMedmQzJl9aWAroh7bp0L4sy2ggXzgiltUVNbQsyRRiDehEbPexoRJxZmgPQ7TNoHPgZMZ4XlHA4BQO/w75-h111/Resources+4+preachn+n+worship++b.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 135px;" width="75" /></a><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">hat do You Say?</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />By Dom Helder Camara</span> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">and found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Resources For Preaching and Worship Year B</span> compiled by Hannah Ward and Jennifer Wild, Westminster John Knox Press, 2002, ISBN 100664224776,</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> page 115 (pictured at left)</span>.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><u></u><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;"><u>2. Jesus is Questioned</u></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><u><br /></u></span></b></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Symbol: </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">G</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">avel</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></strong></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Biblical Reflection: The Pharisee</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4v_Uk3tZsjoanXK2mTb8rF-d1CF_TrVsH4btEYCDJFQ9pzYnPLIGM5EiAWsyLgqZBc5uiHMiZFH8EvjT1wUPY5u5Q5pVyGxo8JysaD6Xbes48mC4Nvlp9-bMc_GdHMfMt8H4r/s1600/eggs+and+ashes.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="123" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722882838510520786" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4v_Uk3tZsjoanXK2mTb8rF-d1CF_TrVsH4btEYCDJFQ9pzYnPLIGM5EiAWsyLgqZBc5uiHMiZFH8EvjT1wUPY5u5Q5pVyGxo8JysaD6Xbes48mC4Nvlp9-bMc_GdHMfMt8H4r/w88-h123/eggs+and+ashes.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 142px;" width="88" /></a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">From <span style="font-style: italic;">Eggs and Ashes</span> by Ruth Burgess and Chris Polhill, Wild Goose Publications, 2004, ISBN 1901557871, page 193 (pictured at right).</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">Biblical Reflection: The Priest</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">From <span style="font-style: italic;">Eggs and Ashes</span> (as above) page 192.</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><u></u><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><u><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">3. Peter de</span></strong><strong><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">nies Jesus</span></strong></span></u></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><u></u><br />Symbol</span>: </strong><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Smashed alarm clock</span> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">or feathers</span>.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong>Listeni</strong><strong>ng Son</strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjecGI25Ru_d8-N_iA9aF9gYzysliv5FMEFbfEwVp6rvwI6p7z8GfiWsZGHh2ERNdWTQm_3XwMoWwbgtPetjN5cWtysdJ5hAGYDXgYRQaqBQEiB2e-ul7VnKAAU09Zd1zNlajzf3A/s1600-h/third+day+time.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="131" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321096576971812082" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjecGI25Ru_d8-N_iA9aF9gYzysliv5FMEFbfEwVp6rvwI6p7z8GfiWsZGHh2ERNdWTQm_3XwMoWwbgtPetjN5cWtysdJ5hAGYDXgYRQaqBQEiB2e-ul7VnKAAU09Zd1zNlajzf3A/w131-h131/third+day+time.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" width="131" /></a><strong>g: I Can't Take the Pain</strong></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">By Third Day on their album, <span style="font-style: italic;">Time</span> (pictured at left).</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Story: Cru</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">cifix</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">By G. A. Studdert-Kennedy</span> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">and found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Resources For Preaching and Worship Year B</span>, (see above), page 114.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><u></u><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;"><u>4. Pilate</u></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><u><br /></u></span></b></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Symbol:</span> whip or bowl of water</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Meditation: Stations of the Cross</span> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">(part of it)</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">From <span style="font-style: italic;">Eggs and Ashes</span> (as above), page 166. </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">All fifteen stations are dealt with in this book and can be used as a whole, however can also be used in "stand alone" situations; for example, I used the meditation and prayer from Station 1 for this part of m</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">y service.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span></span><strong><br /></strong></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJsQfb4V_twQ3GRQx0JfOT3kkGcIsSWSeyTW-iHeS0R2OvLfthuGNlfliYslURSZCt7dNvZ2aAGfbSLrz_Hp8L8SVTwJpw0y9rMJxx2WDdBQSEABEh0EnQ3O_6BUlbkkIPayujhA/s1600/The+song+of+Jesus.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" height="129" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJsQfb4V_twQ3GRQx0JfOT3kkGcIsSWSeyTW-iHeS0R2OvLfthuGNlfliYslURSZCt7dNvZ2aAGfbSLrz_Hp8L8SVTwJpw0y9rMJxx2WDdBQSEABEh0EnQ3O_6BUlbkkIPayujhA/w91-h129/The+song+of+Jesus.jpg" width="91" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">Sermon based on The Death of Innocence</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">The Song of Jesus: Reflections on the Life of Jesus of Nazareth</span> by Ron O'Grady, JBCE, Melbourne, 1984, page 70 (pictured at right).</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;"><u>5. The Death Sentence</u></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"></span></span><br /></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Symbol:</span> Crown of Thorns or a scarlet/purple robe.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;"><br />Reading: Why is he Getting Wrong?</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">By Ruth Burgess and Kirsty Langlands (aged 10) in <span style="font-style: italic;">Eggs and Ashes</span> (as above), page 166</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY46R66sC95cxrcg0tkA-LslndL1fjP-YbNkAcHQa24SAfn7L61AgMcLBS5dpFSNV5kyLSVVBWzhMyv4NyXWPRZ136pd_JofGCb1IkdCyW45G_SFSYi9-OrbyzjLNrdSCMzIwfUQ/s1600-h/multisensory+church.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-right: 16px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="135" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321103399331015714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY46R66sC95cxrcg0tkA-LslndL1fjP-YbNkAcHQa24SAfn7L61AgMcLBS5dpFSNV5kyLSVVBWzhMyv4NyXWPRZ136pd_JofGCb1IkdCyW45G_SFSYi9-OrbyzjLNrdSCMzIwfUQ/w93-h135/multisensory+church.jpg" style="float: right; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 138px;" width="93" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Silent Responsive </span><span style="font-weight: 700;">Praye</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">r:</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Based on section 5 of The Easter Labyrinth in </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Multi- Sensory Church</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> by Sue Wallace, Scripture Union, 2002, ISBN 1859996671, page 53 (pictured at left). Sue Wallace has at least seven of these multi-sensory books and they are excellent.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><u></u><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;"><u>6. Jesus is nailed to the Cross</u></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><u><br /></u></span></b></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Symbols:</span> hammer and nails, dice, sponge</span>.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFBUoLMme7mBiUlXzHP7DSE0xDPCMUfnIS7Cvx4EnPuCmf3xDpnCZlWfDk12xqNDVzSvXm5J2VUMb6aPm8UWMnwSVxZ9Pcwz1K5Mo6MZEzGpmcPKCYDhlGx5UVuUUWAEMWujXN/s1600/Tune+In+wpf9b73f47.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 16px;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722884953302552594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFBUoLMme7mBiUlXzHP7DSE0xDPCMUfnIS7Cvx4EnPuCmf3xDpnCZlWfDk12xqNDVzSvXm5J2VUMb6aPm8UWMnwSVxZ9Pcwz1K5Mo6MZEzGpmcPKCYDhlGx5UVuUUWAEMWujXN/s200/Tune+In+wpf9b73f47.png" style="float: left; height: 129px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 129px;" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">L</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">istening Song: Our God Who Weeps</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">By Kate Scull on the compilation album, Tune In (pictured at right). Hear this song at <a href="http://www.wholenote.com.au/songs/ourgodwhoweeps.html" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">http://www.wholenote.com.au/songs/ourgodwhoweeps.html</a>. This album can be ordered from http://www.wholenote.com.au/publications/buc.html and is well worth getting with the song book. There are some really new, refreshing and wonderful congregational songs in this book and on this CD.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVZX0HkQib6rWST0-vajLZeImmS22OsLqMtDrDDhU9YlytjTlP1MXBPhThdczAo-4zZeq5VVXT3jbjKbcmUf5ZpX1Rmb7CZ0pRntRGe4ERJKI3ARdfKqzf9MBuQZ-KRdO2gAQ11w/s1600/Stages+on+the+way.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1396" data-original-width="949" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVZX0HkQib6rWST0-vajLZeImmS22OsLqMtDrDDhU9YlytjTlP1MXBPhThdczAo-4zZeq5VVXT3jbjKbcmUf5ZpX1Rmb7CZ0pRntRGe4ERJKI3ARdfKqzf9MBuQZ-KRdO2gAQ11w/w76-h113/Stages+on+the+way.jpg" width="76" /></span></a></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Meditation: When Jesus Died</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />In <em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Stages on the Way</em> by Wild Goose Worship Group, 1998 (pictured at left) page 168. This is quite long but can be broken up or only used in part.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></strong></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Symbolic prayer:</strong><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />Touch the items as you pray.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />Here are dice, Lord, to remind us that you lost everything for us. Help us to be generous with our lives as well as with our belongings. Help us to see need.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Here is a sponge, Lord, to remind us of your thirst. Help us to thirst for justice and peace and freedom and for your kingdom here in earth.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />Here are nails, Lord, to remind us of your forgiveness given to the men who nailed you to the cross. Help us to forgive those who hurt us as generously as you forgave them.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />Amen.</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNtbeOCNv1fGgZ2U1Su6_XVOdQOeQflMrw6jLbLdBLK2iyGUIlAX0bObBlaV6Quj9GXOp0nqn7w0IDua2zgFralpjOi7QYsimoJeJnMz27EsidXfm8GwofiVu-mEoeQV7gQ2Ne3A/s1600-h/bryan+Adams+the+best+of+Me.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></a><u></u><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong></span><u><span style="font-weight: 700;">7. The Death of Christ</span></u></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br />Symbol</span>: Blow out the Christ candle</span><span style="font-weight: 700;"></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6H2nV3gwYAifO4SyLbBxjJarptTjMujq-ujJb1v3HJMbC369DYHwi8vVtKXaX_P2MLjkMMwtUtunVD_WGw5N69TanbiC1THdLROnQfPMQJezk5eZXBPlleIYflFtGw58FeZW7bg/s1600/bryan+Adams+the+best+of+Me.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="697" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6H2nV3gwYAifO4SyLbBxjJarptTjMujq-ujJb1v3HJMbC369DYHwi8vVtKXaX_P2MLjkMMwtUtunVD_WGw5N69TanbiC1THdLROnQfPMQJezk5eZXBPlleIYflFtGw58FeZW7bg/w136-h137/bryan+Adams+the+best+of+Me.jpg" width="136" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;"><br />Film clip:</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Play the crucifixion scene from any good quality film about Jesus, however turn off the sound and instead play Everything I Do, I Do It For You by <span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Bryan Adams on his album, </span><span style="color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">The Best of Me</span><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> (pictured at right).</span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><strong><u><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">8. Jesus is buried</span></u></strong></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><u><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></u></b></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Symbol</span>: cover communion table with a black cloth.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></strong></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Symbolic action:</strong><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />Place one very small but exquisite flower on the black cloth and say:<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />This flower is not a symbol of grief or death,<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />it is not part of a funeral wreath.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">It is a symbol of hope.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />This story is not yet over.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />It is indeed Friday today<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />But Sunday is coming.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />This small beautiful flower will stay here as a symbol of hope<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />until we return.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Not sure where I got this idea - if somebody owns it, please let me know so I can acknowledge you. You can do the same thing with a tiny candle and talk about the darkness never putting out the light.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><u>9. Conclusion</u></span></strong></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><u></u><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQJTkUlZP9UFEa8LhnqXorA5PuOi5TpWt8MirgCmZKkbW0fV0_xDT6DSa5AKYxWYATAA_PyXTg3K-5Yf6hWIlRlhiZG3kxaBQCiUIaKrE7YN8zrpWMDP6h5LsDygtFqK_myhM1mA/s448/Mega+Drama+3.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="333" height="108" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQJTkUlZP9UFEa8LhnqXorA5PuOi5TpWt8MirgCmZKkbW0fV0_xDT6DSa5AKYxWYATAA_PyXTg3K-5Yf6hWIlRlhiZG3kxaBQCiUIaKrE7YN8zrpWMDP6h5LsDygtFqK_myhM1mA/w79-h108/Mega+Drama+3.jpg" width="79" /></a></div>Drama and Response Activity:</span></strong><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> </span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Guilty as Sin</strong></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Mega Drama 3</em> by Verena Johnnson, Open Book, 2002 (pictured at left). Use as a lead in to everyone coming forward and hammering a nail into the large wooden cross. Permission is given in this book to adapt the dramas to fit the circumstances and so I left out the narrator at the beginning and had the people in the drama say their words from their seats, come forward to hammer in their nail and then return to their seats. This gave the rest of the people permission to come forward when they were asked to do so.</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><strong></strong></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Listening Song: Barber's Adagio for String <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0X17IqMDTnh645ZTAYYCaXYL0vIceKN4i59M6xF_Qf-ZTGY7YFaO0Z4fx76a1i6ZsaKoygEo4hVrOgNti8i69lG0cP6QFXcCLmeVE8qK5oXQTvBetPaZ7M3S5w5AzX4IxS8NPLQ/s350/open+space+1.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" height="80" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0X17IqMDTnh645ZTAYYCaXYL0vIceKN4i59M6xF_Qf-ZTGY7YFaO0Z4fx76a1i6ZsaKoygEo4hVrOgNti8i69lG0cP6QFXcCLmeVE8qK5oXQTvBetPaZ7M3S5w5AzX4IxS8NPLQ/w80-h80/open+space+1.jpg" width="80" /></a></div></span>I like William Orbit's version on the </span><em>Open Space</em><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> album (pictured at right).</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Also</strong>:</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Response Activity: Yes and No</strong></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">From <em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Bringing the Word to Life Together Year B</em> by Andrew Collis and Dorothy McRae-McMahon, Mediacom, 2011, ISBN 9781921945038, page 68ff . This activity is based on the gospel reading and the Psalm.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Poem and prayer: why</strong>.<o:p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></o:p></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Dad and Daughter</em> by Ron Gordon and Jennie Gordon, 2012, ISBN 9780646586601, page 88 .These are based on the gospel reading.<o:p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></o:p></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Lots of Useful Stuff<o:p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></o:p></strong></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">The Abingdon Creative Preaching Annual 2015</em> by Jenee Woodard (Ed.), Abingdon Press, Nashville, 2014, page 63ff. These ideas are based on all of the readings. </span><br /><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></span></span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><br /></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXubkC2y_Cg-dt0SSQqTxC_d-QWhOfdcbIsty41ypvrvXwSDocmIemxL7WF9wGxqjg199xI0soUu-xLHqypckZBD3RVimbb2388okK5Nm9XV81GdmZ_fUadN_cbMP4-uQJZNfKQQ/s1600/eggs+and+ashes.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-right: 16px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="317" height="50" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXubkC2y_Cg-dt0SSQqTxC_d-QWhOfdcbIsty41ypvrvXwSDocmIemxL7WF9wGxqjg199xI0soUu-xLHqypckZBD3RVimbb2388okK5Nm9XV81GdmZ_fUadN_cbMP4-uQJZNfKQQ/w36-h50/eggs+and+ashes.jpg" width="36" /></a></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A Chapter of Resources for Good Friday: </span></b></span></span></div></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">By Ruth Burgess and Chris Polhill in <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Eggs and Ashes</i>, Wild Goose Publications, 2004, page 165-206 (pictured at left). </span></span></span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>For Children and Families: God is Faithful</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>Found in Rewind by Beth Barnett, SUVictoria, 2011, ISBN987098710035, navigate from page 5. This is based on the gospel reading. <br /></span><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>For Children and Families: God is for Everyone</b><span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"></span></span></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Found in Rewind by Beth Barnett, SUVictoria, 2011, ISBN987098710035, navigate from page 5. This is based on the gospel reading. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>For Children and Families: God is Wise</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Found in Rewind by Beth Barnett, SUVictoria, 2011, ISBN987098710035, navigate from page 5. This is based on the gospel reading. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Beautiful Illustrations of John's Gospel connected to the Australian Outback</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Found in <i>The Gospel According to John Illuminated </i>by Fiona Pfennigwerth, Tien Wah Press, Singapore, 2013, ISBN 9780646912462, page 54-59.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Service Outline: Accept or Reject?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGdkk-sRnkbpieXU0_pJ-wR2eAATe7i4L8eSKxeQ707WmyH50iCX1uR6e4rd0O6PGmFSHxsBwAG0RQ7Hi_cyH3dnzg6mwSm6OEPTAPMPszojmAgmIygKqQc7CQ00ua3_mXijzTBg/s205/the+all+age+service+annual+4.jpg" style="clear: right; color: #d52a33; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="205" data-original-width="150" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGdkk-sRnkbpieXU0_pJ-wR2eAATe7i4L8eSKxeQ707WmyH50iCX1uR6e4rd0O6PGmFSHxsBwAG0RQ7Hi_cyH3dnzg6mwSm6OEPTAPMPszojmAgmIygKqQc7CQ00ua3_mXijzTBg/w85-h116/the+all+age+service+annual+4.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="85" /></a></div></b></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"></span><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;">Based on the Isaiah reading this is found in <i>The All-Age Service Annual Volume 4</i>, published by Scripture Union, 2010, ISBN 9781844275199, page 90(pictured at right).</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span><span><div style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Drama: The Watchers</span></div><div style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Let's Make Another Scene 3</span> by Verena Johnson, Open Book, 1995, ISBN 0859107620, page 61. This drama is based on the gospel reading. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"></span></div></span></span></div><span><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Poem and Painting: The Anguish of Judas</b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Found in <i>A Bloke Called Jesus</i> by Pro Hart and Norman Habel, Rigby, 1982, ISBN 0 7270 1758 6, page 30. These are based on the John reading. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></div><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Poem and Painting: The Politics of Pilate</b></span></div><div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Found in <i>A Bloke Called Jesus</i> by Pro Hart and Norman Habel, Rigby, 1982, ISBN 0 7270 1758 6, page 34. These are based on the John reading. <br /></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></div><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Poem and Painting: A Chant for Killing</b></span></div><div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Found in <i>A Bloke Called Jesus</i> by Pro Hart and Norman Habel, Rigby, 1982, ISBN 0 7270 1758 6, page 36. These are based on the John reading. <br /></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></div><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Poem and Painting: She's Hot on the Hill</b></span></div><div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Found in <i>A Bloke Called Jesus</i> by Pro Hart and Norman Habel, Rigby, 1982, ISBN 0 7270 1758 6, page 38. These are based on the John reading. <br /></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></div><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Poem and Painting: I am a Mother</b></span></div><div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Found in <i>A Bloke Called Jesus</i> by Pro Hart and Norman Habel, Rigby, 1982, ISBN 0 7270 1758 6, page 40. These are based on the John reading. <br /></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></div><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Poem and Painting: The Lament of Nicodemus</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Found in <i>A Bloke Called Jesus</i> by Pro Hart and Norman Habel, Rigby, 1982, ISBN 0 7270 1758 6, page 42. These are based on the John reading. <br /></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></div><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: medium;"><b>Prayer</b></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">By Jane O. Sorenson and found in <i>Before the Amen</i> by Maren C Tirabassi and Maria I. Tirrabassi (Eds), Pilgrim Press, Cleveland, 2007, ISBN 978 0 8298 1750 8, page 66. </span></div></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></div><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17995248220649884949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20931290.post-54141088354129103192024-03-17T12:56:00.004+11:002024-03-17T12:58:01.893+11:00Maundy Thursday ABC ( March 28)<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1QCrKpTc9dn7a820aAYZt2YRd2iRO3fY04jGVHVbfKGqyf01V-X0mDJX_xACymNVGOQAyuo0YmO2WLhINJ1CBwCiPdVxOxA35xWEria7LKjnhZjlBdnDADIf7LuPznSr0r6D_iQ/s720/B+Maundy+Thursday+john13_17.jpg" style="clear: right; display: inline; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="720" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1QCrKpTc9dn7a820aAYZt2YRd2iRO3fY04jGVHVbfKGqyf01V-X0mDJX_xACymNVGOQAyuo0YmO2WLhINJ1CBwCiPdVxOxA35xWEria7LKjnhZjlBdnDADIf7LuPznSr0r6D_iQ/w269-h224/B+Maundy+Thursday+john13_17.jpg" width="269" /></a> </p><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUxo8MSOIASdjJMmO0j3-gbGNtu-KwLcrJd-HaQsCHZDJhj8mVxDDtruGwfGoUqtelIEe305aEEXHI3wZPdZF9i2ToYgFt1hkeaW0vytR4u-BH3qwJb-SA5_EHdJlcjZ_5M6dqZQ/s1024/B+Maundy+Thursday+john+13_34+-votd.jpg" style="clear: left; 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margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">(these are the same readings as for Year A and Year C).</span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>About the Images:</b></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><b>Upper Left and Right and Middle Left: </b> </span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;">These three images come from the free Heartlight site. See my link column at left. </span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Middle Right</b>: </span><span>This is my image so you are free to use it for worship and related activities. It has been carved in olive wood by a craftsman in Bethlehem in Palestine. If you would like one, please contact </span><a href="https://starbazaar.bethbc.edu/">https://starbazaar.bethbc.edu/</a> . <span>I love mine. It sits in my office where I can always see it to remind me of what real leadership is all about. </span></div><div><b>Lower Left:</b> This is a free image from the now defunct Imagebank site.</div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Lower Right</b>: This image comes from the free Hermano Leon site. See my links column at left.</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Bottom Left:</b> This is a free image from the now defunct Imagebank site. </span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Introductory Activity: </span></b>Have a small laminated footwashing picture for each person to hold throughout the service and take home afterwards. some of the images above would work well or visit www.paulajolly.com for a couple of great pencil sketches on this theme. Please abide by all copyright rules.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><b>Response Activity: </b></span>This works well as a change from foot washing or when there are congregational members who have mobility difficulties. It also takes a while to do so have some meditative music playing in the background. Pass a peeled onion around and talk about how raw onions leave a nasty reminder behind. As each person takes a turn to hold the onion ask them to think of a disappointment, a hurt or an action that they have suffered or caused. Then pass a box of scented disposable towelettes around and ask each person to wash the hands of the person on their right. As they do so, ask them to pray for that person asking God to remove the pain or disappointment or hurt in that person's life. I am fairly sure this is my idea but lots of other people have had e a similar idea and there are numerous variations on this theme. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span><b>Just to be a little different at any time</b></span></span><span> </span>I sometimes use the Matthew readings which lead up to Jesus' arrest - so our concentration was on the Last Supper rather than the foot washing. We sat in a circle and remembered the foot washing story by serving each other communion poured from a communal jug/pitcher/bottle. We used a little more food than just the bread and reflected on betrayal and denial, grief and desertion and how each of these can be overcome by companionship and community. </p></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b>Also:</b></span><br /><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"></span><b></b><br /></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvBshkvQNfXHoVjaDQOIYGEAX2faYJpSgUX-w-N2ZkS8jtl-R_lGg1EH7O2jPTmu5cDiUmka-WlEf3BJEtvjAiJBa1g6bYEiK939VRzBQtY3u2UzTNnjf8hbdF4gjqjS2W9FTdeA/s448/eggs+and+ashes.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="317" height="52" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvBshkvQNfXHoVjaDQOIYGEAX2faYJpSgUX-w-N2ZkS8jtl-R_lGg1EH7O2jPTmu5cDiUmka-WlEf3BJEtvjAiJBa1g6bYEiK939VRzBQtY3u2UzTNnjf8hbdF4gjqjS2W9FTdeA/w37-h52/eggs+and+ashes.jpg" width="37" /></a></div>A Chapter of Resources for Maundy Thursday: </b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">By Ruth Burgess and Chris Polhill in <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Eggs and Ashes</i>, Wild Goose Publications, 2004, page 154-163 (pictured at left). </span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br /></span></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3usxRPcv6UhFXjFDkrID6f-zyPL4DjVrCw2PNxIc1ONGi3AqHdRZ-WYo_EuHFUipBq9qNGrG_bzDBRAW5YhrqkNatBeWjegpiwTtaOrkeoQFwH07I2tXVey8Ih6E8I13eJQYXag/s283/Rewind.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="283" data-original-width="200" height="60" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3usxRPcv6UhFXjFDkrID6f-zyPL4DjVrCw2PNxIc1ONGi3AqHdRZ-WYo_EuHFUipBq9qNGrG_bzDBRAW5YhrqkNatBeWjegpiwTtaOrkeoQFwH07I2tXVey8Ih6E8I13eJQYXag/w42-h60/Rewind.jpg" width="42" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>For Children and Families: God is for Everyone</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Found in Rewind by Beth Barnett, SUVictoria, 2011, ISBN987098710035, navigate from page 5 (pictured at right) . This is based on the gospel reading. </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><strong><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6kjjLQ06K2q8b7u51JARXKS9_tHFpPvXNT3oWqPlT09x-YnOCZoFb8UQxuoRY4XrjXaNDOa9KPFvzr3RF3I7nWIDnOYg-48E0VvDUOvJyIfZRmQGRskUFGgIS-gu1hVsdSq-6Eg/s448/mega+drama+1.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="328" height="56" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6kjjLQ06K2q8b7u51JARXKS9_tHFpPvXNT3oWqPlT09x-YnOCZoFb8UQxuoRY4XrjXaNDOa9KPFvzr3RF3I7nWIDnOYg-48E0VvDUOvJyIfZRmQGRskUFGgIS-gu1hVsdSq-6Eg/w41-h56/mega+drama+1.jpg" width="41" /></a></div>Drama: Love One another</strong><br /><span>Found in </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Mega Drama 1</span><span> by Verena Johnson (Ed.), Open Book, 2001, ISBN 0859109151v1, page 32 (pictured at left). This has been written for the gospel reading.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 700;">Drama: I have set you an Example<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUEJk5sb0U69Pqtrz7yDTcy66gRjc8nnLyDdpS2N6p8RGZARGrP1sIWC3jkUMCTgOC2NgzFMkQ2zCuG5crnSJGdk3PLwTNrAWe_FOtXDP8YXUh6IKLs6pW1w5EJhZ7LB43lZn6qKUQMgHXy9Jc_Wcpv28AFPYmx8-ZnczOMh6t4FWhx5pCS8I/s448/Mega%20Drama%203.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="333" height="46" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUEJk5sb0U69Pqtrz7yDTcy66gRjc8nnLyDdpS2N6p8RGZARGrP1sIWC3jkUMCTgOC2NgzFMkQ2zCuG5crnSJGdk3PLwTNrAWe_FOtXDP8YXUh6IKLs6pW1w5EJhZ7LB43lZn6qKUQMgHXy9Jc_Wcpv28AFPYmx8-ZnczOMh6t4FWhx5pCS8I/w35-h46/Mega%20Drama%203.jpg" width="35" /></a></div></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Mega Drama 3 </span>by Verona Johnson (ed) Openbook, 2002, ISBN 0859109178 (v.<em>3</em>), page 64 (pictured at right) . This drama is based on the Gospel reading. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="color: #333333;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: black;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjATAe6DBYcsioDeuMSlv4NYKBzGYmLROcqg3fg8N-WDeTuVV-b8nAwDpUzeJLqksF16zJEeO7RsyQVXKExOX_WzoUItobBEQsIFpUuzhV13nEKsT9PmAEoIXc7pGV5qOvgBPR6quvvW3gXqelWeKFBF4m4UkwNDUDc4a1heYca9ZrT5la4ho/s505/Messy%20Church%202.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="505" data-original-width="323" height="87" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjATAe6DBYcsioDeuMSlv4NYKBzGYmLROcqg3fg8N-WDeTuVV-b8nAwDpUzeJLqksF16zJEeO7RsyQVXKExOX_WzoUItobBEQsIFpUuzhV13nEKsT9PmAEoIXc7pGV5qOvgBPR6quvvW3gXqelWeKFBF4m4UkwNDUDc4a1heYca9ZrT5la4ho/w56-h87/Messy%20Church%202.jpg" width="56" /></a></div>Messy Communion</b></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: black;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;">Found in <i>Messy Church 2 </i>by Lucy Moore, The Bible Reading Fellowship, 2008, ISBN 978 1 84101 602 3, page 200ff (pictured at left). This is based on the 1 Corinthians reading.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: black;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: black;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><b>Prayer <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmRjD1by5gp3-wQ3WiQUlz9r4m_wl_riEc1PDGQdsDUPm26gYop3wKD3KeGtel1Vei4-i5iH-cRiVDRjeDl5dr7crN-Oz-VQlV5LJeOcQRRlsBEUrI1t_amzHM4qFZlYoFaGcB1zR99rLsdlvFs65Vkqm-wd5Jo98cPFC5X25Oz1nGPjFoqsEOKw/s175/Before%20the%20Amen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="175" data-original-width="120" height="114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmRjD1by5gp3-wQ3WiQUlz9r4m_wl_riEc1PDGQdsDUPm26gYop3wKD3KeGtel1Vei4-i5iH-cRiVDRjeDl5dr7crN-Oz-VQlV5LJeOcQRRlsBEUrI1t_amzHM4qFZlYoFaGcB1zR99rLsdlvFs65Vkqm-wd5Jo98cPFC5X25Oz1nGPjFoqsEOKw/w78-h114/Before%20the%20Amen.jpg" width="78" /></a></div></b></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">By Kathryn J Campbell and found in <i>Before the Amen</i> by Maren C Tirabassi and Maria I. Tirrabassi (Eds), Pilgrim Press, Cleveland, 2007, ISBN 978 0 8298 1750 8, page 66 (pictured at right). </span></div></span></div></div></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17995248220649884949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20931290.post-23055726569262062542024-03-17T12:29:00.002+11:002024-03-17T12:31:29.950+11:00Holy Week ABC<p> <b style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span><u><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQk9r6EWYXTkATGFfBRZ02h3Guo30UmVrDPT83dJwcrZlsY5XvbjL_vnGKUqMSPexIv0I6JN4uAiOdBEXlWrWqqhLrOo792P_v_zW_1rZHZf0poqbnfnXGT4UyF6eTxKjcgc-N7OY2fGVyTIMKp4A-KPVguvLVY3rRDH4x6s3p0HAL2aJ7Ct4/s4125/Holy%20Week%20wiki.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2155" data-original-width="4125" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQk9r6EWYXTkATGFfBRZ02h3Guo30UmVrDPT83dJwcrZlsY5XvbjL_vnGKUqMSPexIv0I6JN4uAiOdBEXlWrWqqhLrOo792P_v_zW_1rZHZf0poqbnfnXGT4UyF6eTxKjcgc-N7OY2fGVyTIMKp4A-KPVguvLVY3rRDH4x6s3p0HAL2aJ7Ct4/w490-h255/Holy%20Week%20wiki.jpg" width="490" /></a></u></span></b></p><b><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpArlHPbw0unfan5kx-VavHN-3qSKoh0Iecc8s8ZZ9AN0w6LVSp4o69jkSrsdeqNvb-mpHPX4DZj26gXX5OmR2OqtzjIqmnM67Zkf4lC6HjCqtbAUGF1Y1phd419VpMhUi75dB7emaBPLVu0oexNcHgZtlbmVUI9bM3ykHIcnAvyBrEafM4IT0-g/s2218/Holy%20week.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="2218" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpArlHPbw0unfan5kx-VavHN-3qSKoh0Iecc8s8ZZ9AN0w6LVSp4o69jkSrsdeqNvb-mpHPX4DZj26gXX5OmR2OqtzjIqmnM67Zkf4lC6HjCqtbAUGF1Y1phd419VpMhUi75dB7emaBPLVu0oexNcHgZtlbmVUI9bM3ykHIcnAvyBrEafM4IT0-g/s320/Holy%20week.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><u><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></u></span></b><div><b><span><u><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></u></span></b></div><div><b><span><u><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></u></span></b></div><div><b><span><u><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></u></span></b></div><div><b><span><u><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></u></span></b></div><div><b><span><u><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></u></span></b></div><div><b><span><u><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></u></span></b></div><div><b><span><u><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></u></span></b></div><div><b><span><u><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">About the images:</span></u></span></b></div><div><span><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Both are wikicommons images with their copyright information attached. </span></span></span></div><div><b><span><u><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></u></span></b></div><div><b><span><u><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Palm Sunday:</span></u></span></b><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">See my previous blog post</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span><b></b></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK2FuhclnDXVpDVP1qhzCWbtHG9moE7t4Lg1w4tcsp5ci9-QB6CD6bM9-ErK0u9pGiRtQtNzl4ZkvczQAp8Xmgwt9x-eik4AQGL4KOE42Xbwx5Pef2n3mqEXwAFmDNLeqJCugplx1v9r9AeYviXJcbyLe3FN__AP9-dNmnOEwJu_kXxImgjWqzWg/s300/Before%20the%20Amen%209780829817508_300X300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="206" height="94" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK2FuhclnDXVpDVP1qhzCWbtHG9moE7t4Lg1w4tcsp5ci9-QB6CD6bM9-ErK0u9pGiRtQtNzl4ZkvczQAp8Xmgwt9x-eik4AQGL4KOE42Xbwx5Pef2n3mqEXwAFmDNLeqJCugplx1v9r9AeYviXJcbyLe3FN__AP9-dNmnOEwJu_kXxImgjWqzWg/w65-h94/Before%20the%20Amen%209780829817508_300X300.jpg" width="65" /></a></b></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span><b>Telling the Story</b>:<b> An Interactive Holy Week Drama and Communion Liturgy </b></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">By Nicole M Havelka and found in </span><i style="background-color: white;">Before the Amen</i><span style="background-color: white;"> by Maren C Tirabassi and Maria I. Tirrabassi (Eds), Pilgrim Press, Cleveland, 2007, ISBN 978 0 8298 1750 8, page 69 (pictured at left) . Based on Matthew readings.</span></span><p></p><p><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><u>Monday</u>:</span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Bible Readings: </b></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Isaiah 42:1-9 Psalm 36:5-11 Hebrews 9:11-15 John 12:1-11</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 700;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_bt0Lew_-RmJuhhKBE66h-ocA1WFxrwacRzmh0pJzgpBWZFlK4VhfuzacBvk8JWucjZP5cfOA-_ywGafYpcYJ5M0g-XezvSrCoBugag62VVAG5o5AkAiUtP1LVxyjuznKaBcbnXKd2FmZ7oiPq_PQXr7R1tdrCoXZ674NUE2xjXmUC9qpC4I/s1615/Mega%20Drama%205.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1615" data-original-width="1165" height="80" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_bt0Lew_-RmJuhhKBE66h-ocA1WFxrwacRzmh0pJzgpBWZFlK4VhfuzacBvk8JWucjZP5cfOA-_ywGafYpcYJ5M0g-XezvSrCoBugag62VVAG5o5AkAiUtP1LVxyjuznKaBcbnXKd2FmZ7oiPq_PQXr7R1tdrCoXZ674NUE2xjXmUC9qpC4I/w59-h80/Mega%20Drama%205.jpg" width="59" /></a></div>Drama: The "Grace" Clause</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Found in </span><span style="background-color: white; font-style: italic;">Mega Drama 5</span><span style="background-color: white;"> by Verena Johnson, (Ed.), Open Book, 2002, ISBN 0859109194, page 36 (pictured at left). This drama is based on Hebrews 9:11-15.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><u>Tuesday</u></b>:</span></div><div><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white;">Bible Readings: </b><span style="background-color: white;">Isaiah 49:1-7 </span><span style="background-color: white;">Psalm 71:1-14</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">1 Corinthians 1:18-31</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">John 12:20-36</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 700;">Drama: The Politics of Suffering</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Found in </span><span style="background-color: white; font-style: italic;">Mega Drama 5</span><span style="background-color: white;"> by Verena Johnson, (Ed.), Open Book, 2002, ISBN 0859109194, page 70 (pictured above). This drama is based on John 12: 23-33</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><u>Wednesday</u></b>:</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white;">Bible Readings: </b><span style="background-color: white;">Isaiah 50:4-9a </span><span style="background-color: white;">Psalm 70</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">Hebrews 12:1-3</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">John 13:21-32</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 700;">Drama: You Can Always Tell By the Eyes</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Found in </span><span style="background-color: white; font-style: italic;">Mega Drama 5</span><span style="background-color: white;"> by Verena Johnson, (Ed.), Open Book, 2002, ISBN 0859109194, page 72 (pictured above). This drama is based on John 13:21-30.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><u>Maundy Thursday</u></b>:</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Please see (next) separate blog entry</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><b><u>Good Friday</u>:</b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Please see separate (after Maundy Thursday) blog entry</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><u>Saturday</u></b>:</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white;">Bible Readings:</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">Job 14:1-14, Psalm 31:1-4, 15-16, 1 Peter 4:1-8, Matthew 27:57-66, Lamentations 3:1-9, 19-24, John 19:38-42</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 700;">Drama: A Time Of Mourning</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Found in </span><span style="background-color: white; font-style: italic;">Mega Drama 5</span><span style="background-color: white;"> by Verena Johnson, (Ed.), Open Book, 2002, ISBN 0859109194, page 89 (pictured above). This drama is based on John 19:38-42.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 700;">Drama: The Resurrection</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Found in </span><span style="background-color: white; font-style: italic;">Mega Drama 5</span><span style="background-color: white;"> by Verena Johnson, (Ed.), Open Book, 2002, ISBN 0859109194, page 92 (pictured above). This drama is based on Luke 24:1-12.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDG2xEXJ6YPL8wyo_4fN2pH7epnhFJEHHqvtiWXq7uVF7M98HakLCQgewpaiAKdmWPXRlecaVww0DuMYOfRxAl6giFiwJRS2tL6meHUhxogZMwz8FunadlaqYFzJMktVJktSXqBUyG5_dQQcFIvbDPGsqenfutpE2RwzsLn95YNgImq90Y6Io/s448/Lets%20make%20another%20scene%203.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="328" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDG2xEXJ6YPL8wyo_4fN2pH7epnhFJEHHqvtiWXq7uVF7M98HakLCQgewpaiAKdmWPXRlecaVww0DuMYOfRxAl6giFiwJRS2tL6meHUhxogZMwz8FunadlaqYFzJMktVJktSXqBUyG5_dQQcFIvbDPGsqenfutpE2RwzsLn95YNgImq90Y6Io/w96-h131/Lets%20make%20another%20scene%203.jpg" width="96" /></a></div>Drama: The Plan</span></div><div style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Let's Make Another Scene 3</span> by Verena Johnson, Open Book, 1995, ISBN 0859107620, page 65 (pictured at left). This drama is based on the gospel reading. </span></div><div style="color: #333333;"><br /></div><div style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span><span><span><span><div style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Drama: In the Courtyard</span></div><div style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Let's Make Another Scene 3</span> by Verena Johnson, Open Book, 1995, ISBN 0859107620, page 59 (pictured at left). This drama is based on the gospel reading. </span></div><div style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Drama: The Watchers</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Let's Make Another Scene 3</span> by Verena Johnson, Open Book, 1995, ISBN 0859107620, page 61 </span>(pictured above left). This drama is based on the gospel reading. </div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Drama: In the Upper Room</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Let's Make Another Scene 3</span> by Verena Johnson, Open Book, 1995, ISBN 0859107620, page 63 </span>(pictured above left). This drama is based on the gospel reading. </div></span></div></span></div></span></span></span></span></div></span></div></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Drama: The Message</span></div><div style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Let's Make Another Scene 3</span> by Verena Johnson, Open Book, 1995, ISBN 0859107620, page 66 </span>(pictured above left). This drama is based on the gospel reading. </div><div style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_xLgLySKE6Yf47aPhntZT0yh9zlmhjjL5nPSFD11mVv24xQ8zyiN55OROJrIZYldYT-FZQm5J19HSZ9tMGVUVr6fcKjh1Rt-kO1oHXxwPLUmeEdH2hIEBXXB7xIVAo7lz-sVR7puyLmaR60RjDVgLM86HgwEOXJogycGrZ6l_i5jQGIHaqSA/s448/mega%20drama%201.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="328" height="79" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_xLgLySKE6Yf47aPhntZT0yh9zlmhjjL5nPSFD11mVv24xQ8zyiN55OROJrIZYldYT-FZQm5J19HSZ9tMGVUVr6fcKjh1Rt-kO1oHXxwPLUmeEdH2hIEBXXB7xIVAo7lz-sVR7puyLmaR60RjDVgLM86HgwEOXJogycGrZ6l_i5jQGIHaqSA/w58-h79/mega%20drama%201.jpg" width="58" /></a></div>Drama: I've Heard Nothing Else All Day</span></span></div><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span>Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Mega Drama </span></span><span><span style="font-style: italic;">1</span> by Verena Johnson (Ed.), Open Book Publishers, 2001, ISBN 0859109151, page 87 </span><span style="color: #333333;">(pictured at left)</span>. This drama is based on the gospel reading.</div></span></div><div style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span><b><u>Saturday Vigil</u>:</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Drama: Missing the Boat</span></span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span><span>Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Mega Drama </span></span><span><span style="font-style: italic;">1</span> by Verena Johnson (Ed.), Open Book Publishers, 2001, ISBN 0859109151, page 40 </span></span>(pictured above left). This drama is based on the Genesis reading.</div></span></div><div><br /></div></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><u>Easter Sunday</u>:</b></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Please see separate (after Good Friday) blog entry</span></div></div></div>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17995248220649884949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20931290.post-10947532122664145902024-03-15T17:04:00.008+11:002024-03-15T17:18:20.612+11:00Palm Sunday B (March 24): After the Cheering has stopped /God is coming/Did you see I waved....<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyYra2HiNjnqUUxhomGCNe-toutf3Q7oTcTPUY-sfO53dScgzq95LBsp88S1-jkAD2p-OUyv4HRuryy3lucVIBtk7TKcdQkAsRWlEsClegA66SkwuqefesEfSDIX2aTL_G7AEkrQ/s1600/B+Palm+Sunday+Broome+a1.JPG" style="clear: right; display: inline; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyYra2HiNjnqUUxhomGCNe-toutf3Q7oTcTPUY-sfO53dScgzq95LBsp88S1-jkAD2p-OUyv4HRuryy3lucVIBtk7TKcdQkAsRWlEsClegA66SkwuqefesEfSDIX2aTL_G7AEkrQ/s320/B+Palm+Sunday+Broome+a1.JPG" width="225" /></a> </p><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjReA1kKItovL2BoSjOY2gBx00Ceh8wLKaH26sFlL2pfSYIDUBHEOJn0pvtY0iynAbAzjnaRPZxaGQMwUukFJTVKYvpe78O7Tps-sx3xNtAcbKemKKZY9F7dU0JcVA_LYh973Nnfw/s1600/B+Palm+Sunday.jpg" style="clear: left; 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float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="221" data-original-width="191" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQPGCLoyk07Gg_JNPaiBvoU291NlGLt4Gvc1bC7DjBBG_t87Ve-Z0KFbnHUSo3wAlqSQvIsRpX8vJdnlKFjSEtCiAM-DY6WFEcrxoFSPox4gWkPuaxUTta-nVzw0OKJvpKa0lWcaFfoSATuXKCO57J1mnteqcJuBwqacGsfzzdKQTrLyRZu-XIhQ/s1600/Misioneros%20Del%20Sagrado%20Coraz%C3%B3n%20en%20el%20Per%C3%BA.jpg" width="191" /></a></div></div><h2 style="font-weight: 400;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Bible readings: Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29, Mark 11:1-11 or John 12:12-16</span></strong></h2><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">About the Images: </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Upper Left: </span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">This image comes from Hermanoleum Clipart (http://www.cruzblanca.org/hermanoleon) and has my text added.</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="font-weight: 700;">Upper Right: </span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">This photo is mine and taken at Cable Beach, Broome, Western Australia. If you want to find out more about Broome visit http://www.broomevisitorcentre.com.au . Please feel free to use this image for worship and related activities.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Middle Left</strong>: This is a free image from Imagebank - see my links column at left</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Middle Right</strong>: This is a free image from Heartlight - see my links column at left</span><br /><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Lower Left</b>: This a free image from Scripturepics - a now defunct free web site.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Lower Right</b>: <span>This one comes from Cerezo Barredo's weekly gospel illustrations which are always well embedded into our modern lives as you can see from this one. You can find Cerezo Barredo's illustrations matching up to the weekly lectionary via www.textweek.com or via</span><a href="http://www.servicioskoinonia.org/cerezo" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">http://www.servicioskoinonia.org/cerezo</a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Bottom Left:</b> a free image from the "<span style="background-color: white;">Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón en el Perú"</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="font-weight: 700;">Skit/ Call to Worship: After the Cheering Has Stopped...</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />A group of people come into the church waving palm branches and coats, yelling and cheering a generally making a racket. As they reach the front of the church one of the group notices the cross, becomes subdued and very still, lays his or her branch or coat at the foot of the cross, and quietly sits down in the body of the congregation. One by one the others catch on and follow suit until there is just a pile of branches and coats at the foot of the cross. After a short silence, the worship leader says "...and after the cheering has stopped....what?" I cannot remember if I half-inched this idea from someone or somewhere else or whether it is my own. Let me know if if you know of another source for this idea and I will gladly make due acknowledgement.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">Listening </span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdCE9mRU2uct817v9MQiXT3tAnQm1hPMr9tySTIM80LtWGSt14zG3wha0VmJt3iJTPJ8LtW4xsWojl7cgbsM-CBLdDTmd8H4VXjfTmg9BfdXYy2EMWNNlUgGH_WiP0DniDxlDB/s1600/Michael+Card+joy+in+the+journey.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="71" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722864224013653698" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdCE9mRU2uct817v9MQiXT3tAnQm1hPMr9tySTIM80LtWGSt14zG3wha0VmJt3iJTPJ8LtW4xsWojl7cgbsM-CBLdDTmd8H4VXjfTmg9BfdXYy2EMWNNlUgGH_WiP0DniDxlDB/w71-h71/Michael+Card+joy+in+the+journey.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 112px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 112px;" width="71" /></a><span style="font-weight: 700;">Song: Chorus of Faith</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">By Michae</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">l Car</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">d on his album, Joy in the Journey, Birdwing Music, 1994 (pictured at left).</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2954/2111/1600/Nicole%20c%20mullen%20talk%20about%20it.jpg"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" border="0" height="75" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2954/2111/200/Nicole%20c%20mullen%20talk%20about%20it.jpg" style="float: right; height: 115px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 118px;" width="77" /></span></a></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">Listening Song: Talk About It</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">By Nicole C. Mullen on her album <span style="font-style: italic;">Talk About It</span> (pictured at ri</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">ght) or on WOW 20</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">03.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkzSaSsh-DT3vrF_SFmXzbru_nFwbRyGUo1gnlyPlKJiESd4cwCedJKJ1pOttC3wwkOd-E5RFvhRjrHTTATfVF02fvsoe1E-rHChZtLfdrebLvtzTjlTtXmx-4bEYlqLKZHRN0/s1600/Gospel+of+john.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="87" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722865287315842898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkzSaSsh-DT3vrF_SFmXzbru_nFwbRyGUo1gnlyPlKJiESd4cwCedJKJ1pOttC3wwkOd-E5RFvhRjrHTTATfVF02fvsoe1E-rHChZtLfdrebLvtzTjlTtXmx-4bEYlqLKZHRN0/w60-h87/Gospel+of+john.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 158px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 109px;" width="60" /></a><span style="font-weight: 700;">Film Clip: John 12:12-16</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">From The Gospel of John by The Visual Bible Society (pictured at left)</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Film Clips: Jesus Christ Superstar</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMAml097rQPq6vSbRFXMjEMcz-VqFyFKP4iiRRzymf65EdCwhv0nlh8SWNHi3YIySbbBynufBN12l7-T3NBk5hhgiC96_GNMm2ccBl2W3PfFyBK74ruCK89H4G-0SdGeHJFo3g/s1600/jesus+christ+superstar.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722866371640096818" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMAml097rQPq6vSbRFXMjEMcz-VqFyFKP4iiRRzymf65EdCwhv0nlh8SWNHi3YIySbbBynufBN12l7-T3NBk5hhgiC96_GNMm2ccBl2W3PfFyBK74ruCK89H4G-0SdGeHJFo3g/s200/jesus+christ+superstar.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 114px;" /></a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">The musical film vers</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">ion of <span style="font-style: italic;">Jesus Christ Superstar</span> (pictured at right) has two useful song clips for this week - because it is a musical, an audio effort could be made instead if you cannot show film clips. The two songs are <span style="font-style: italic;">Hossanna</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">Christ, You Know How I Love You.</span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Film Clip: Hort</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipVPhCke9IsJSJxr8OLlnkGF7x61G_9nkOY8EBwa1n3it4b-i7UAJFlUAoCHYxoLVH-I8sWyteFXiedZRJ5V9kQlcNK0hmDPiWlVxgbqJS_MH_B2FPNyEy7gBgOywqojX5SBeF/s1600/Horton_Hears_A_Who%2521_.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722866650608665090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipVPhCke9IsJSJxr8OLlnkGF7x61G_9nkOY8EBwa1n3it4b-i7UAJFlUAoCHYxoLVH-I8sWyteFXiedZRJ5V9kQlcNK0hmDPiWlVxgbqJS_MH_B2FPNyEy7gBgOywqojX5SBeF/s200/Horton_Hears_A_Who%2521_.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 141px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 101px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: 700;">on Hears a Who</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">(pictured at left) There are plenty of clips in this </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">film about Horton going to extreme lengths to save the Who. At one point when he is warmed of the dire consequences of doing so, he reiterates that he is faithful. Very like Jesus who knew that the his entry into Jerusalem was leading him ever closer to his death - but he remained faithful and ever determined to be our Saviour. Watch it here: <a href="https://youtu.be/-cxHvPAvzg4" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">https://youtu.be/-cxHvPAvzg4</a></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">Discussion: Horton Hears a Who</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">1. Why won't Horton give up on the Who even when he is threatened?</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">2. How are Jesus and Horton similar?</span><br /><span><br /></span><span><b>Kids: Dave the Donkey</b></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAfi6GlQ6HHKrq9sfpMT8lNa5IN0AK7ZrduNCamZAwyHrfUfqn5RLfCrhHKfnqBhjiUPipueUSZyiysdsCu5b8IqohRx0FRNLf3qQqVHtVY3LzDgF6t3ZKyD7bcHdwXsi_j9iygw/s1600/Dave+the+Donkey.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="430" data-original-width="344" height="101" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAfi6GlQ6HHKrq9sfpMT8lNa5IN0AK7ZrduNCamZAwyHrfUfqn5RLfCrhHKfnqBhjiUPipueUSZyiysdsCu5b8IqohRx0FRNLf3qQqVHtVY3LzDgF6t3ZKyD7bcHdwXsi_j9iygw/w81-h101/Dave+the+Donkey.jpg" width="81" /></b></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span></span><span>by Andrew McDonough, Lost Sheep Resources, Unley, 2008 (pictured at left). Another absolutely brilliant book in this series. </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUVRcIhHaEn_SDDuyrdvuQxbHzGjVQoGTB-9_agUHi5fjcQAROiEBIv-r-qDAHq_YGgNoBrhmKyrwymUR3hxb0TxhXfQ1WG29KAcPwzv3c3LZ7MGilvzeAncyz0Zwwz0AEoWIANA/s1600/Mega+Drama+3.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3dLesYkD-IUBAeZyv8NbUXbtTnmHPBxeUc1oSfwMCBPUX_nq66IFImw9926Kff92xD1CwdawotVZGdCzSvM-C-mmNjIMbeyvCTh4JlGa80S3QjKkqSGjQLAeSO72Te0DX4IpC/s1600/Mega+Drama+3.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></a><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Skit: The Extraordinary Eve</span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">nt</span></span><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUVRcIhHaEn_SDDuyrdvuQxbHzGjVQoGTB-9_agUHi5fjcQAROiEBIv-r-qDAHq_YGgNoBrhmKyrwymUR3hxb0TxhXfQ1WG29KAcPwzv3c3LZ7MGilvzeAncyz0Zwwz0AEoWIANA/s1600/Mega+Drama+3.jpg" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: right; color: #0066cc; float: right; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" height="75" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUVRcIhHaEn_SDDuyrdvuQxbHzGjVQoGTB-9_agUHi5fjcQAROiEBIv-r-qDAHq_YGgNoBrhmKyrwymUR3hxb0TxhXfQ1WG29KAcPwzv3c3LZ7MGilvzeAncyz0Zwwz0AEoWIANA/w56-h75/Mega+Drama+3.jpg" width="56" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Meg</span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic;">a Drama 3 </span>by Verona Johnson (Ed.) Openbook, 2002, ISBN 08591091</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">78 (v.</span><em>3</em><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">), page 60, (pictured at right) It is based on the Mark reading.</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnjKdoCq9klP2WoFrMyRNmagiU9uT1stJMuOEitaFdQKE0gy_-3f6dM9-6FTucvO7ci_tWRp1U9f5LepRqAOw7Hqv4FrMivO6Ra4_DLec0OHOZOvudcP9ogZ_yZiVl2QsnyKZg6A/s1600/Plass+The+Final+boundary.jpg" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: left; color: #0066cc; float: left; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-right: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="158" data-original-width="100" height="107" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnjKdoCq9klP2WoFrMyRNmagiU9uT1stJMuOEitaFdQKE0gy_-3f6dM9-6FTucvO7ci_tWRp1U9f5LepRqAOw7Hqv4FrMivO6Ra4_DLec0OHOZOvudcP9ogZ_yZiVl2QsnyKZg6A/w68-h107/Plass+The+Final+boundary.jpg" width="68" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">Story: The Visit</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">By Adrian Plass in <span style="font-style: italic;">The Final Boundary,</span> Minstral, 1987, ISBN 1854240935, page 149ff (pictured at left) . This brilliant modern day parable is too long for a service but the first section has a great scene which challenges us to think about how we would celebrate Jesus' arrival in our midst.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkl4kA1FHhib_b08muAdyTLyjndFHsKEG8vcutfEVEd7YWmHfb7aFkS5i5LlYQ4YLEQp5gXBSg51L4K-8Bt6o-9-gUzVm9uKgBJghqNvMwhl6GV9VSKGEW3K8hxmT6frOMZDlLwQ/s1600/eggs+and+ashes.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="317" height="77" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkl4kA1FHhib_b08muAdyTLyjndFHsKEG8vcutfEVEd7YWmHfb7aFkS5i5LlYQ4YLEQp5gXBSg51L4K-8Bt6o-9-gUzVm9uKgBJghqNvMwhl6GV9VSKGEW3K8hxmT6frOMZDlLwQ/w55-h77/eggs+and+ashes.jpg" width="55" /></a></span><span style="font-weight: 700;">Prayer/</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">Co</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">nfession: </span><span style="font-weight: 700;">Going Up to Jerusalem</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Eggs and Ashes</span> by Ruth Burgess and Chris Polhill, Wild Goose Publications, 2004, ISBN 1901557871, page 127 (pictured at right)</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: 700;">Prayer: Headline Prayers</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Project some news items. Pray together for those who make the headlines this week</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span><strong>Response Activity: Palm Crosses</strong></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">While gentle music plays, encourage everyone to make a palm cross. Have the instructions printed out on A5 sheets for everyone and make sure a few people can already confidently make them so that they can guide others who may have difficulties. Clear instructions are available from www.king ofpeace.org/palmcrosses/. At the conclusion of the activity encourage people to lay their cross at the foot of the cross as you pray about the implications of the Easter week.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiXS3HLMQJRmQ0CBw02EhPqCofqJec_9lMCqzyEhyphenhyphen87QxgiFtv4K_zeRR2tWRNK_cJvuUF-FkRHO03XUdhKWHrPMcf6t_40zyGhw4n1ZNNO7giPJlaDKDy_HyRjdiJV9wtGBxfVw/s1600-h/Worship+Ideas.jpg"></a><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-sm5fBUun9S9kqdv8DIe3kjqXACcEoT-eSR3TNrjcCqTz9o-HXlbm3YAOs5u7o4qvobZ3w-eRnhG-gAMscA2p0NDHccImQOQFAjfV7s8Rn2r-EF1b4N3meYUwW9LeJJsaFIHOOQ/s448/Worship+Ideas.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="294" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-sm5fBUun9S9kqdv8DIe3kjqXACcEoT-eSR3TNrjcCqTz9o-HXlbm3YAOs5u7o4qvobZ3w-eRnhG-gAMscA2p0NDHccImQOQFAjfV7s8Rn2r-EF1b4N3meYUwW9LeJJsaFIHOOQ/w109-h167/Worship+Ideas.jpg" width="109" /></a></div>Response Activity: If You Were In the Crowd</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />This idea is found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Worship Ideas For Youth Ministry</span>, Group Publishing, 1997, ISBN 076442002X, page 50 (pictured at right).</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Based on the gospel readings.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">To Take Home:</strong> </span><strong>Business cards or bookmarks</strong></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Print with the following readings to lead into Easter:</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Today: The Parade: Mark 11:1-11</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Monday: The Temple: Mark 11:12-19</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Tuesday: The Conflict: Mark 11:20-13:27</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Wednesday: The Preparation: Mark 14:1-10.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Thursday: The Farewell: Mark 14:12-31</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Friday: The Death: Mark 14:32-15:47</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Saturday: The Silence: Mark 16:1</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Sunday: The Winner: Mark 16:2-20.</span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></span></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Also:</b><br /><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></b></span></div></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; 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font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Found in <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Wally the Dodgy Trolley and other Stories of Faith and Humour</i> by Ian Johnson, Scripture Union Australia, Lidcombe, 2000, ISBN 0949720984, page 37 (pictured at left).</span><br /><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Resources for Palm/Passion Sunday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ImMNBeAyMD8cFCronNWK_A5QH97oeF6NmSW7yeYUU-3KBMLssO6rlPcZPXlZe4ewEUbsZAauY2pAWRmpV0vZAJuWA89Pd3-dMaobXCFd8g_m2pZI9hZOYKz3aUKr2wondh0e5zz5VcNIKs2ln3stFlfqLfQRxiAbQcMVxcT72p_LwHKadahOUA/s89/eggs%20and%20ashes.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="89" data-original-width="63" height="89" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ImMNBeAyMD8cFCronNWK_A5QH97oeF6NmSW7yeYUU-3KBMLssO6rlPcZPXlZe4ewEUbsZAauY2pAWRmpV0vZAJuWA89Pd3-dMaobXCFd8g_m2pZI9hZOYKz3aUKr2wondh0e5zz5VcNIKs2ln3stFlfqLfQRxiAbQcMVxcT72p_LwHKadahOUA/s1600/eggs%20and%20ashes.jpg" width="63" /></a></div></b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">By Ruth Burgess and Chris Polhill in <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Eggs and Ashes</i>, Wild Goose Publications, 2004, page 124-135 (pictured at right). </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span><span><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Drama: Not Quite What I Expected</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span>Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Let's Make Another Scene 3</span> by Verena Johnson, Open Book, 1995, ISBN 0859107620, page 56. This drama is based on the gospel reading. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span><div style="color: black;"><span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><b>Worship service: Voices in Jerusalem</b></span></div></span></div><div style="color: black;"><span>By Doyle Burbank Williams and found in <i>Before the Amen</i> by Maren C Tirabassi and Maria I. Tirrabassi (Eds), Pilgrim Press, Cleveland, 2007, ISBN 978 0 8298 1750 8, page 72. Based on the Mark reading.</span></div></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div></span></span></span><span></span></span></div><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br /></span></span></div></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></b><i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></i><u style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></u><sub style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></sub><sup style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></sup><strike style="margin-bottom: 0px; 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margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiCXlHkoaYjNQ5-VsjEDQs7dYVCFLpMqreNJo1LbS_t7V7RXa1N_ZklsTd8-4DC08Sd-7-xp5CvwGWv3ttPD9TZUDyYSXzZS8ynmgjSZsxNPloJSML2gPGiKo0dntFIDrtCZOrwQ/s1189/Jeremiah+31_33.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="1189" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiCXlHkoaYjNQ5-VsjEDQs7dYVCFLpMqreNJo1LbS_t7V7RXa1N_ZklsTd8-4DC08Sd-7-xp5CvwGWv3ttPD9TZUDyYSXzZS8ynmgjSZsxNPloJSML2gPGiKo0dntFIDrtCZOrwQ/w291-h164/Jeremiah+31_33.jpg" width="291" /></a></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3t1hrO-NTrD1QH4wIpSOcik19sospYR6qJAYZEJJZC8WUihov2_eqRPOAZgabK2_q-Z4r2CXJiinMnmh-uBKJEpIR60N14gMy-aOvBjxlyfLxpRK-Q9zakvwYuSpmnDRbB7tGDun4VaFRNj8kGd4LidQHbpBrzVmLfER4yxpRrkwcrvXURPhlnQ/s405/John%2012_20-33%20Misioneros%20Del%20Sagrado%20Coraz%C3%B3n%20en%20el%20Per%C3%BA.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="314" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3t1hrO-NTrD1QH4wIpSOcik19sospYR6qJAYZEJJZC8WUihov2_eqRPOAZgabK2_q-Z4r2CXJiinMnmh-uBKJEpIR60N14gMy-aOvBjxlyfLxpRK-Q9zakvwYuSpmnDRbB7tGDun4VaFRNj8kGd4LidQHbpBrzVmLfER4yxpRrkwcrvXURPhlnQ/s320/John%2012_20-33%20Misioneros%20Del%20Sagrado%20Coraz%C3%B3n%20en%20el%20Per%C3%BA.jpg" width="248" /></a></div>Bible Readings: Jeremiah 31:31-34, Psalm 51:1-12 or Psalm 119:9-16, Hebrews 5:5-20, John 12: 20-33</span></div></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">About the Images:</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Upper left:</span> I lov</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">e this image from the Heartlight site - see my links column at left. </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Upper Right:</span> I took this photo at Lightning </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Ridge in New So</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">uth Wales (http://www.lightningridge.net.au/index.htm) I call it "Church and Manse" and it reminds me that God calls us not only to all kinds of exciting places but that being like Jesus doesn't mean we have to be flash and showy.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Middle Left:</strong> The hyssop mentioned in Psalm 51. Copyright for the image: "Origanum syriacum Nachal Kziv" by Kippi70 - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Middle Right</strong>: Another free image from Heartlight.com</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Lower Left</b>: This is a free gospel illustration from Hermano Leon (see my link column at left). </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Lower Right</b>: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This one comes from Don Silva's site, www.sundaygraphx.blogspot.com. Don's death is a sad loss to the Christian on line community. I used his slide under the words from Jeremiah. </span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Bottom Left</b>: A free image from the </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón en el Perú</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">Call to Worship:</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Use the Jeremiah reading as a basis for a call to worship.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJDOwIAoGWWtnZW6C3CUg7PRE6YxShLFHMIbU7SmZQTXbONonqlo62me2qwDmc3yEsrl78nrNRrg5tsSD3ch0iwcP5UMF2u2Luch-RhiC8Td5XmJ3_brSSrjJ9x3Pusy2F4COQw/s1600-h/Plus+One+The+Promise+2785plusonethepromise.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="59" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315814626407898290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJDOwIAoGWWtnZW6C3CUg7PRE6YxShLFHMIbU7SmZQTXbONonqlo62me2qwDmc3yEsrl78nrNRrg5tsSD3ch0iwcP5UMF2u2Luch-RhiC8Td5XmJ3_brSSrjJ9x3Pusy2F4COQw/w60-h59/Plus+One+The+Promise+2785plusonethepromise.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 147px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 150px;" width="60" /></a><span style="font-weight: 700;">Listening Song: Written in My Heart</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">By Plus One on their album, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Promise</span>, or on <span style="font-style: italic;">WOW 2001 </span>(pictured at left). </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">This song is based on the Jeremiah reading.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Prayer of Confession:</strong></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Bits of Psalm 51 make a great prayer of confession - use a modern translation or paraphr</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">ase such as the C.E.V, The Message or the New Living</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Translation. People are not as used to listening as they used to be, so print or project the words along with some relevant pictures. The Bible Gateway site -www.biblegateway.com - is a very helpful site for translations and paraphrases.</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Prayer of Confession: We Have Spoken to You</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHps5MTSuC8UJ5Aq3w3EvNpapm7Ltos3Asg-GRybsyNISpkfb7lhnImEi8aV2VkT33mXgaEJJDVYAQQyXsGaabZ-Y_qFgbxSbcUsghQTgCUjgO-uYl-8XaHH2o8FTKYy4n87zr/s1600/Stages+on+the+way.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="116" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721107867884202418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHps5MTSuC8UJ5Aq3w3EvNpapm7Ltos3Asg-GRybsyNISpkfb7lhnImEi8aV2VkT33mXgaEJJDVYAQQyXsGaabZ-Y_qFgbxSbcUsghQTgCUjgO-uYl-8XaHH2o8FTKYy4n87zr/w79-h116/Stages+on+the+way.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 136px;" width="79" /></a><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">From <span style="font-style: italic;">Stages on the Way</span> by The Wild Goose Worship Group, </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Wild Group Resource Group, 1998,ISBN 1876357363, page 71 (pictured</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> at right).</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="font-weight: 700;">Prayer of Confes</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghMczLvFNuya9IBKfOLdI9KkX2mlWM-7_XF2dMfLuYbeT3hpQhi1ruFxEff5SeLjNQYBx1WE5kdl98Jru9zS3JVIo7fIfwExuTAVZi-Db_-qbbb4Nn-gk7mSJXuAxpvtQ-VAdD/s1600/Building+worship+together.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="96" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721108385242729154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghMczLvFNuya9IBKfOLdI9KkX2mlWM-7_XF2dMfLuYbeT3hpQhi1ruFxEff5SeLjNQYBx1WE5kdl98Jru9zS3JVIo7fIfwExuTAVZi-Db_-qbbb4Nn-gk7mSJXuAxpvtQ-VAdD/w54-h96/Building+worship+together.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 114px;" width="54" /></a><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">sion: Create In Us A Clean Heart</span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />By Martha Keys Barker and found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Building Worship Together</span> by Martha Keys Barker and the Fisherfolk, Celebration Services, 1981, ISBN 0906309212, page 87 (pictured at left). This choral reading is based on Psalm 51.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></strong></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Jeremiah Reading:</strong></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">This will depend a bit on the size of your group and the amount </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">of energy you and/or your team have. Have enough snazzy envelopes for one per person. The matching paper sealed within should have the Bible reading printed on it OR print the reading onto A4 parchment and roll up and tie with a coloured ribbon – one per each person. Give these out as people are arri</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">ving and then ask people to </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">open them/unroll them as the Bible reader comes forward to read.</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Kid's Story: The Tale </span><span style="font-weight: 700;">o</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">f Three Trees</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd8rqk2x258WBKYPeyJGgUC54oSmTiLb09_NGd_1xCXjpzjSL2IbyBeBy9pD0UM-LYg9rLuAj1mef4jPNZjnpYpTHlmgSouHkl8mMlxmHpO8N_B5qN8kXIQhyphenhyphen5mfuJSA4iHyU7/s1600/The+Tale+of+the+Three+trees.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="115" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721108802706974530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd8rqk2x258WBKYPeyJGgUC54oSmTiLb09_NGd_1xCXjpzjSL2IbyBeBy9pD0UM-LYg9rLuAj1mef4jPNZjnpYpTHlmgSouHkl8mMlxmHpO8N_B5qN8kXIQhyphenhyphen5mfuJSA4iHyU7/w86-h115/The+Tale+of+the+Three+trees.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 150px;" width="86" /></a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">By</span> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Angela Elwell Hunt, Lion Publishing, 1989, ISBN 0745922627 (pic</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">tured at right)</span>. <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">This beautiful children's story can be used at Christmas or Easter or for any time of the year for that matter. I like using it particularly with the gospel reading for this week because Jesus predicts his own death.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Discussi</strong></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">on: What if.....</strong></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">What if "some Greeks" (based on the John reading) came to your faith community this week and said "We want to see Jesus".<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />1. Who would they be?<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />2. What would you do?<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />3. What would you say?<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />4. Would they see Jesus?<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />Discuss these questions in groups of three.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixpbTKDIIjq8r9itK03smXBY-7U5LF-C-rvd-DMDp77T2NWH-WlYVM6ojBh9soI7R1t3B8thcuF_2i9OgO6aXvRqzGleyqujPOnjHnf1io-C6fWbIsV1goJso49ECMvv9quj_KPg/s1600/Illustrations+Stories+and+Quotes.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-right: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" height="74" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixpbTKDIIjq8r9itK03smXBY-7U5LF-C-rvd-DMDp77T2NWH-WlYVM6ojBh9soI7R1t3B8thcuF_2i9OgO6aXvRqzGleyqujPOnjHnf1io-C6fWbIsV1goJso49ECMvv9quj_KPg/w55-h74/Illustrations+Stories+and+Quotes.jpg" width="55" /></span></a></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong></span><span style="font-weight: 700;">Story: The Right Choice</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">In <span style="font-style: italic;">Illustrations, Stories and Quotes to Hang Your Message On</span> by Jim Burns and Greg McKinnon, Gospel Light, 1997, ISBN 0830718834, page 147(pictured at left). </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">This story of sacrifice also goes well with the gospel reading.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Story: Conversion</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnYWitC0UJA8zy7NjwgJ3WgFCVEHU6L5osCKyWOIPg3EkYQvWYjV6nQ6ZNaLym-NmXsMHrkuM5SR6Eqn01IN2s7obsaa_NzW126vdiuDJKbSWKzuaA8G51en8wb62lFf2NQ-62Qw/s1600-h/750+engaging+illustrations.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="102" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316175279299895090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnYWitC0UJA8zy7NjwgJ3WgFCVEHU6L5osCKyWOIPg3EkYQvWYjV6nQ6ZNaLym-NmXsMHrkuM5SR6Eqn01IN2s7obsaa_NzW126vdiuDJKbSWKzuaA8G51en8wb62lFf2NQ-62Qw/w66-h102/750+engaging+illustrations.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 130px;" width="66" /></a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">750 Engaging Illustrations</span> fro</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">m Craig Brian Larson and leadership Journal, Barker Books, 1993, ISBN 0801091551, Story No. 104 (pictured at right).</span> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">This is a story about how God works in our hearts and therefore it fits in well with the Jeremiah reading.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">Story: Leaving Nothing Undone</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">By Leonard Sweet and quoted by Peter Kennedy at http://jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/4547.htm - this is the John Mark Ministries site set up by Rev Rowland Croucher (referred to in the next resource below). The site is a very useful one - well worth a visit.</span> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">This story challenges us ro respond to the gospel reading and the meaning of sacrifice in our own lives.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxy_y09E81IE7b8uXJ9lUGH8Io2oL5Vm4tYKnpkLu84rX5vJ2xQpXnESlx2Y2XjV-B3BFz7piFg5JsRpijWoD_tPhxHw4uaOw8_9S_WI6q7GPBSKXIvR77LXfHiJYbPiN1ktJBoQ/s1600/Rivers+in+the+Desert.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="289" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxy_y09E81IE7b8uXJ9lUGH8Io2oL5Vm4tYKnpkLu84rX5vJ2xQpXnESlx2Y2XjV-B3BFz7piFg5JsRpijWoD_tPhxHw4uaOw8_9S_WI6q7GPBSKXIvR77LXfHiJYbPiN1ktJBoQ/s200/Rivers+in+the+Desert.jpg" width="128" /></span></a></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Handy Quote:</strong></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">"To each one of us Christ is saying: If you want your life and mission to be fruitful like mine, do as I. Be converted into a seed that lets itself be buried. Let yourself be killed. Do not be afraid. Those who shun suffering will remain alone. No one is more alone than the selfish. But if you give your life out of love for others, as I give mine for all, you will reap a great harvest. You will have the deepest satisfactions. Do not fear death or threats; the Lord goes with you." - Oscar Romero, 1 April 1979, a year before he was shot while preaching at Mass. I found this quote in <em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Rivers in the Desert by </em>Rowland Croucher (ed.) Albatross Books,1991, page 398.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Response Activity:</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />Put in the plate with the offering how you intend to specifically follow and serve Jesus this week. You will need small pieces of paper and a pen or pencil for each person for this. Reassure them that this is between them and God and not to be shared with others.</span></span><br /><span><br /></span><span><b>Also:</b></span><br /><span><b></b><br /></span><span><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw1q5YbsCQgmk1KtSL-R13MHCEtW0zU5TuaKHdika5IuVQdkoLpJDGzPEKZCNWyqnW018tc9lJkefyTrkzpASOs25IfTXpf0zxghdKF-q4-OFeSOVVuj4eiS69A6d-pfeS5p7CPQ/s964/Dandelions+and+Thistles_NEW.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="682" height="58" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw1q5YbsCQgmk1KtSL-R13MHCEtW0zU5TuaKHdika5IuVQdkoLpJDGzPEKZCNWyqnW018tc9lJkefyTrkzpASOs25IfTXpf0zxghdKF-q4-OFeSOVVuj4eiS69A6d-pfeS5p7CPQ/w41-h58/Dandelions+and+Thistles_NEW.jpg" width="41" /></a></div>Po</b><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">em/Meditation: The Cheerful Unrepentant Weeds</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />By Ruth Burgess in <span style="font-style: italic;">Dandelions and Thistles: Biblical Meditations from the Iona Community</span> by Jan Sutch Pickard (ed.) Wild Goose Publications, 1999, ISBN 1901557146, page 13 (pictured at left). This goes well with the John reading.</span></span></span></span><span><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><br /></div></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgtl_KbotX_tpct34168j10Ne92hxiGLl8daSN7mKVhOlGl4R4c5h4qrmT0WLbZqHKtK02Zgrhpd9nWmZPAVVPzkeDiUjSaR4JH5eSPbJ0XYJAtmOxwqxzGjpyXsRJ6dFM32FYbQ/s499/Multi-sensory+prophets.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="364" height="49" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgtl_KbotX_tpct34168j10Ne92hxiGLl8daSN7mKVhOlGl4R4c5h4qrmT0WLbZqHKtK02Zgrhpd9nWmZPAVVPzkeDiUjSaR4JH5eSPbJ0XYJAtmOxwqxzGjpyXsRJ6dFM32FYbQ/w35-h49/Multi-sensory+prophets.jpg" width="35" /></a></div>Creative Ideas: Jeremiah: The Prophet of Hope</b></span></span></span></span></div></div><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <i>Multi-Sensory Prophets </i>by Mike Law, Scripture Union, 2007, ISBN 9781844272587, page 37 (pictured at left). This is based on the Jeremiah reading.</span></span><br /></span></div></div></span></span></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Opening and Closing Responses for Lent<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlyWxZzJQpQ4H8Jzh0e8FBzuXW8H3ZzuGiM3k1qP1tC7ZBf_8KVxRoJAzFl2bYS2vouRuUobqRswWfVSj-t0S5w55vWpR6w6SaGcPyiCYZUusLyNhXoJDBDD3bqYBLV2SkcMMjdnDQLVd9hbyxmlbJEO_ieu1SyCEOh1c3tO5tI4MxoBSY9AzZBA/s89/eggs%20and%20ashes.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="89" data-original-width="63" height="45" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlyWxZzJQpQ4H8Jzh0e8FBzuXW8H3ZzuGiM3k1qP1tC7ZBf_8KVxRoJAzFl2bYS2vouRuUobqRswWfVSj-t0S5w55vWpR6w6SaGcPyiCYZUusLyNhXoJDBDD3bqYBLV2SkcMMjdnDQLVd9hbyxmlbJEO_ieu1SyCEOh1c3tO5tI4MxoBSY9AzZBA/w32-h45/eggs%20and%20ashes.jpg" width="32" /></a></div></b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">By Ruth Burgess and Chris Polhill in <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Eggs and Ashes</i>, Wild Goose Publications, 2004, page 86 (pictured at right). </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFmFEuio-D0z_-_vUIAXHHj4evYC-vb_4-YTQ8XkqoYIen3LuPvVvG6NL8ENTIhz3M7fBh8un9fu1_W_BtKbfOb1pqGl1S5a-y15wDxpxFTslLBvDZ_PQP7SfsY0e4fhaXwgxayxS0qFWnhW_nbgAtt5wlhvTmvQW7WJmuDUPW0D99-1cjPWtIIA/s448/mega%20drama%201.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="328" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFmFEuio-D0z_-_vUIAXHHj4evYC-vb_4-YTQ8XkqoYIen3LuPvVvG6NL8ENTIhz3M7fBh8un9fu1_W_BtKbfOb1pqGl1S5a-y15wDxpxFTslLBvDZ_PQP7SfsY0e4fhaXwgxayxS0qFWnhW_nbgAtt5wlhvTmvQW7WJmuDUPW0D99-1cjPWtIIA/w104-h143/mega%20drama%201.jpg" width="104" /></a></div>Drama: Born To Die</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span><span>Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Mega Drama </span></span><span><span style="font-style: italic;">1</span> by Verena Johnson (Ed.), Open Book Publishers, 2001, ISBN 0859109151, page 75 (pictured at left). This drama is based on the gospel reading.</span></span></div><div><span><span><br /></span></span></div></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><span style="color: black;"><b>Lots of Useful Stuff:</b> <b>Sorry State</b></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Found in <i>Multi-Sensory Together</i> by Ian Birkinshaw, Scripture Union,2005, ISBN 1844271641, page 17. Based on the Psalm reading.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">Drama: James Tells the Story</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Mega Drama 3 </span>by Verona Johnson (ed) Openbook, 2002, ISBN 0859109178 (v.<em>3</em>), page 66 . This drama is based on the Hebrews reading. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">Drama: Nobody Man </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Mega Drama 3 </span>by Verona Johnson (ed) Openbook, 2002, ISBN 0859109178 (v.<em>3</em>), page 80. This drama is based on the John reading. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: medium;"><b>Poem: The Prophets of God</b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: medium;">Found in <i>The Electric Bible</i> by Peter Dainty, Kevin Mayhew Ltd, 2003, ISBN 1 84417 041 1, page 51. This poem is based on the Jeremiah reading. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #333333;"><div style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="display: inline; float: none; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #333333;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #333333;"><div dir="ltr" style="color: black;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Discussion Questions: The Power of Prayer</b></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Found in Chapter 2 of <i>The Gospel According to the Simpsons Leaders Guide for Group Study</i> by Mark I Pinsky and Samuel F Parvin, Westminster John Knox Press, 2002, ISBN 0 664 22590 X. These questions are based on Psalm 51</span><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Poem and Painting: Enter the King of the Bush</b></span></div><div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;">Found in <i>A Bloke Called Jesus</i> by Pro Hart and Norman Habel, Rigby, 1982, ISBN 0 7270 1758 6, page 28. These are based on the John reading. <br /></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></div><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"></span></div><div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><b>Words for Lent: Call to Worship</b></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">By Donald Schmidt and found in <i>Before the Amen</i> by Maren C Tirabassi and Maria I. Tirrabassi (Eds), Pilgrim Press, Cleveland, 2007, ISBN 978 0 8298 1750 8, page 55. Based on the John reading.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Prayer/Action: Snow</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: black;">Found in </span><i style="color: black;">Going Home Another Way</i><span style="color: black;"> by Neil Paynter, Wild Goose Publications, 2008,pages 125 and based on the Psalm 51 reading. </span></span></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="color: black; 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margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></strong></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></strong></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></strong></span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgspI6tPd1Xp8V-iuMR4pE6WDczd0mtMp4g9ETPtiqSA2pRlS2oOzJMUvf-9nFK7icC6dtSpnsKuz7ub8eMN4XXJY6Q8b3jkUwttF7HRvNKadZ8-B1-e15m8C_tfwWgoHjyZ1VUjno8dhyy3_G5fxfxGX9er12W7tPdzwSsE4P6QO_r5-Mz5JJYA/s569/John%2003_14-21%20Cerezo%20Barredo.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="569" data-original-width="370" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgspI6tPd1Xp8V-iuMR4pE6WDczd0mtMp4g9ETPtiqSA2pRlS2oOzJMUvf-9nFK7icC6dtSpnsKuz7ub8eMN4XXJY6Q8b3jkUwttF7HRvNKadZ8-B1-e15m8C_tfwWgoHjyZ1VUjno8dhyy3_G5fxfxGX9er12W7tPdzwSsE4P6QO_r5-Mz5JJYA/s320/John%2003_14-21%20Cerezo%20Barredo.jpg" width="208" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Bible readings: Numbers 21:4-9, Psalm </strong></span><strong><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">107:1-3, 17-22, John 3: 14-21, Ephes</span></strong><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong>ians 2:1-10</strong></span></span><br /></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">About the images:</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Upper Right:</span> Mediacom free clipart with my text.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Upper Left:</span> My photo - feel free to use it for worship and related activitie</span></span><br /></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Middle Left and Right and Lower Right</strong>: Free images from the Heartlight galleries (please see my links column at left).</span></span></span><br /><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><b>Lower Left</b>: This is a free image from the ScripturePics site which sadly seems to have disappeared. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><b>Bottom Left</b>: Another fantastic free gospel image from Cerezo Barredo.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span></div><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDwkcJO1hKkRjRewKjFBMNrmw-kJr-bO-lfxEXzy7UO3_sloFWgCeBKX9bawTrIMS2thbzILFRjyhwP-338XjVaEV8W4njJ2GZWQA4aWXil5nUEOcbL1SjHuslKdmd9fCc6Aenqg/s275/speechless.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="275" height="46" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDwkcJO1hKkRjRewKjFBMNrmw-kJr-bO-lfxEXzy7UO3_sloFWgCeBKX9bawTrIMS2thbzILFRjyhwP-338XjVaEV8W4njJ2GZWQA4aWXil5nUEOcbL1SjHuslKdmd9fCc6Aenqg/w46-h46/speechless.jpg" width="46" /></a></div>Listenin</b></span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>g Song: Speechless</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">By Steven Curtis Chapman on his album, <span style="font-style: italic;">Speechless</span>, or on <span style="font-style: italic;">WOW 2000</span> (pictured at left). This goes well with the Ephesians reading.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><br /></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Listening Song</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">: Call My </span></span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: 700;">Name<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOFIy4yMV_2p51PVuNaJZLi-CfZAXRsEtF8ItgT-lvolRMoRZ34bXYvIOHCTmqK7XFMHlexW4SXh1GoXvS-K8BLcT6KuVqlie4uTvVCGwE1-eo4g4O8TUsqkh1TZFHNnjIy2o8jQ/s500/third-day-revelation.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="35" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOFIy4yMV_2p51PVuNaJZLi-CfZAXRsEtF8ItgT-lvolRMoRZ34bXYvIOHCTmqK7XFMHlexW4SXh1GoXvS-K8BLcT6KuVqlie4uTvVCGwE1-eo4g4O8TUsqkh1TZFHNnjIy2o8jQ/w35-h35/third-day-revelation.jpg" width="35" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">By Third Day on their album, <span style="font-style: italic;">Revelation</span>, or on <span style="font-style: italic;">WOW 2009</span> (pictured at right). This song matches well with the Gospel reading.</span></span></div><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><br /></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnvj2XOuwsD39EzLFru18IYmjhBpau9_eTjyGqAjF0o6Wt5cXTBSrXkLRI40NJuavkt1deoLO236FbhrqBBo5ydOQW0M103IMJaI2_hwb4qheDlBifmVZPG19NwAziHxuZHgdkrw/s1396/Stages+on+the+way.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1396" data-original-width="949" height="47" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnvj2XOuwsD39EzLFru18IYmjhBpau9_eTjyGqAjF0o6Wt5cXTBSrXkLRI40NJuavkt1deoLO236FbhrqBBo5ydOQW0M103IMJaI2_hwb4qheDlBifmVZPG19NwAziHxuZHgdkrw/w32-h47/Stages+on+the+way.jpg" width="32" /></a></div>Prayer o</span></strong><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong>f Confessi</strong><strong>on: In this World</strong></span></span></div><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Stages on the Way</span> by The Wild Goose Worship Group, Wild Goose Resource Group, 1998, ISBN 1876357363, page 55 (pictured at left).</span></span></div><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Kid's Time: Learning John 3:16</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Put the individual (or pairs or phrases) words of john 3:16 on big red hearts and distribute these to various members of the congregation before the service. Ask them to hold the hearts in front of their faces at the start of the kid's time. Ask the kids to come out and look at the congregation and see if they can see anything odd. Tell them it is a secret message from God to them and ask then to find all the people with hearts, bring them forward and then try to arrange them so that the message makes sense. The adults always help out if it gets a little difficult :)</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: 700;">Kid's Story: The Sneeches</span><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2954/2111/1600/The%20sneeches.jpg"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><img alt="" border="0" height="83" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2954/2111/200/The%20sneeches.jpg" style="float: right; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px;" width="60" /></span></a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">The first story in The Sneeches and Other Stories by Dr Seuss, Dr Suess Enterprises, 1957, ISBN 0007158505 (pictured at right). This story can lead to a discussion about whether we need to do anything to be loved by God</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: 700;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIBtAL-_JWS9K7FNkdYtf4NZ2iggS43ic6EXYcs-InOLU3Zn0ZqLNNevdkGjIRiUp6iMp_e5LE1GSEurwxHQLe0Zv3bB7BkXgi70hSOa2SijJTmm1cUJTmpX____FKJqyLZNMXdQ/s500/I+Love+You+stinky+Face+616304-L.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="374" data-original-width="500" height="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIBtAL-_JWS9K7FNkdYtf4NZ2iggS43ic6EXYcs-InOLU3Zn0ZqLNNevdkGjIRiUp6iMp_e5LE1GSEurwxHQLe0Zv3bB7BkXgi70hSOa2SijJTmm1cUJTmpX____FKJqyLZNMXdQ/w95-h70/I+Love+You+stinky+Face+616304-L.jpg" width="95" /></a></div>Kids Story</span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">: I Love You, Stinky Face</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />By Lisa McCourt, illustrations by Cyd Moore, Hinckler Books, 2002. (pictured at left) Previously published by BridgeWater Paperback, 1998 Thanks to Marion Latham for this suggestion. Marion says it is a great illustration of God's grace.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Film Cli</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">p:</span><span style="font-weight: 700;"> Les Miserables</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">From the end of the credits (the first scene) and ending with the priest blessing him and giving him a second chance</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wF3FX43F-7Y" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="560"></iframe></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU1lOxl95tiUQ_-TDpUfH2WkdIGdqkJ2r7ccJhVp_2MBIupO60A9u7OUR5a6zAHyAmvC9qzfpNosKpspacQiuhDyIurGIhB4faA1vZNqq0LY3U8K4W6f6cYeCXsQ_tKXYjxpS-uA/s1600-h/Walking+Across+egypt.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="86" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315103381722074098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU1lOxl95tiUQ_-TDpUfH2WkdIGdqkJ2r7ccJhVp_2MBIupO60A9u7OUR5a6zAHyAmvC9qzfpNosKpspacQiuhDyIurGIhB4faA1vZNqq0LY3U8K4W6f6cYeCXsQ_tKXYjxpS-uA/w63-h86/Walking+Across+egypt.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 146px;" width="63" /></span></a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Film Clip: Walking Across Egypt</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />(pictured at left).Show the clip where Mattie argues with her children about when she should stop loving and caring for Wesley. I got this clip from www.wingclips.com in their "unconditional love" section. This site is well worth the subscription.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="font-weight: 700;">Discussion: Walking Across Egypt</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />1. When does God stop loving us?<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />2. When should we stop loving others?<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="font-weight: 700;">Film Clip: Aladdin</span></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3cJlzOiW8iZAkRDNBETulHC3b4hjpq9z38nb5LH_Aur-b24mtUdDN6m-OsqyXv_gG_s_FyHTtregSVu_ojbLO5OsNdJRRe1-hcIpkP66bB2a3_1f-5ou76vxrP1HBaqV7MKqNhw/s1600/aladdin.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3cJlzOiW8iZAkRDNBETulHC3b4hjpq9z38nb5LH_Aur-b24mtUdDN6m-OsqyXv_gG_s_FyHTtregSVu_ojbLO5OsNdJRRe1-hcIpkP66bB2a3_1f-5ou76vxrP1HBaqV7MKqNhw/w122-h122/aladdin.jpg" width="122" /></a></span></span></div><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Show one of the clips where Aladdin tries to impress Princess Jasmine by pretending he is some thing that he is not - there is one particularly useful clip where his friends encourage him to tell her the truth but he can't do it.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="font-weight: 700;">Discussion: Aladdin</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />1. Why was Aladdin pretending to be someone he was not?</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">2. Who was Aladdin trying to impress?</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">3. How do we sometimes try to find favour with God and with each other?</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Drama</span><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">: The Tune</strong></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Based on a puppet play (but no longer using as many people or puppets) found in <em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Drama Resources One</em> from the South Australian Lutheran Youth Office. My version makes use of a fairly astute musician. I do hope I have not offended copyright but the book is no longer in print - if an Adelaide Lutheran reads and recognises this beautiful little play please email me so that I can give credit where is is due. This goes with the Ephesians reading very well but also is useful for the other readings as well. </span><br /><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />More: Thanks to Kevin (see comment in Lent 4 B in 2012) I now have more information on the history of this drama. Kevin says that <span>"The Tune" is by Larry Norman (now deceased) and can be viewed at : <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJtBryMKeK8">www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJtBryMKeK8 </a>Interestingly, I think that the Drama Resource version predates the Norman version. .....And so, the mystery thickens!!!???</span></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJtBryMKeK8" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></a><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><br /></span></div><div class="MsoBodyTextIndent2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;">Tune is played twice brightly….<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Third time harsh at the end and stops bluntly.</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-left: 48px; text-indent: -48px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US"></span><br /></span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>Narrator: Once there was a tune and everyone knew how it went.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However as time went by people began to forget it, until at last nobody could remember it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>And there was sadness<span style="color: red;">….<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tune differs</span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>And war… <span style="color: red;">tune differs</span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>And death<span style="color: red;">… tune changes and fades out</span>.</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>And then someone said: How did that tune go?</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>And the scoffers said:</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>Scoffer: (loudly) There is no tune, there never was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s just a fairy story!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: red;">(Harsh chord)</span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">N.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">And the people said: What!? No tune at all??<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US">And the religious people said:</span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>Religious person: Well now, it doesn’t really matter what tune you play as long as you play something and don’t hurt anybody.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: red;">(Harsh Chord)</span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , "sans-serif"" lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">N.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">So the world just played on and on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: red;">(Tune played out of tune).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>And there was sadness….<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And hatred….<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And war… and death<span style="color: red;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Tune gets louder and bolder and more out of key)</span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>And one day the world became tired of it<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: red;">(tune fades)</span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US">(Long pause)</span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>Suddenly they heard a strange … noise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: red;">(Tune begins again slowly)</span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US">And someone said, “What <u>is</u> that?”</span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US">It was then that they saw the kind man.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His name was Jesus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had a smile on his face … and a kind of sad look too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They all started to listen but they were a little puzzled…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Suddenly the scoffers and the religious people shouted:</span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US">Scoffer: (loudly) There is no tune, there never was, and there never will be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s just a fairy story!</span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US">Religious person: Well now, it doesn’t really matter what tune you play as long as you play something and don’t hurt anybody.</span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US">N:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Jesus just looked at them<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>… rather sadly … when some of them began to sing.</span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US">Scoffer and religious person: la la la la la la la la la la la<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(badly and out of tune)</span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" lang="EN-US"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>N: <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>Then they began to fight and argue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those who didn’t like Jesus decided to kill him … and they did<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: red;">(Tense chord and then silence for a few seconds)</span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>(Tune begins again)</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>But he came back <span style="color: red;">(Tune played joyfully)</span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>They wondered how to stop him but he disappeared.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: red;">(Tune is played dreamily)</span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>Instead there are just a lot of people smiling, and enjoying being with their friends….<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And these people knew the tune <span style="color: red;">(tune is loud and happy)</span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>Not only that, but they noticed that there was something different.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the people made a mistake, they stopped <span style="color: red;">(tune stops, pause, begins again)</span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>That’s how they knew the tune. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>They listened.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>If you stop and listen, you will hear the tune too <span style="color: red;">(tune continues)</span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>But you have to listen quietly … and you have to listen every day</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span lang="EN-US"><span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span><span style="color: red;">(Tune played confidently as intro to congregation sing in the song)</span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoBodyText2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><br /></span></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Drama: That's Not Fair</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Based on John 3:16-17 and written by Rosemary Broadstock and Ann Scull.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 48px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin: 8px 0px 8px 48px; text-indent: -48px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">A:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> 'For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everybody who believes in him may not die but have eternal life'.</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 48px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin: 8px 0px 8px 48px; text-indent: -48px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">B</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: But that's not<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>fair!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What about the likes of Hitler and <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>Stalin - the people who start terrible wars and cause the death of millions of innocent people and cause the destruction of whole countries which take decades to rebuild.</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 48px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin: 8px 0px 8px 48px; text-indent: -48px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">A</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: But God has shown us how much he loves us<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- it was while <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>we were still sinners that Christ died for us.</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 48px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin: 8px 0px 8px 48px; text-indent: -48px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">B</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: But that's not fair either!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Does that include the people who dominate powerless people?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What about those who rip off the system and make us all pay more? What about <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>people who are cruel?</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 48px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin: 8px 0px 8px 48px; text-indent: -48px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">A</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: This is what love is: it is not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the means by which our sins are forgiven.</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 48px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin: 8px 0px 8px 48px; text-indent: -48px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">B</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: Hey, come on, this really isn't fair!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That can't possibly <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>include the thieves and the murderers,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the people in our jails, the criminals, the liars and the cheats, the ones who abandon and mistreat their children and families, the ones who fight and drink too much.</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 48px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin: 8px 0px 8px 48px; text-indent: -48px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">A</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: Absolutely nothing will ever be able to separate us from the love of God which is ours through Christ Jesus our Lord.</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 48px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin: 8px 0px 8px 48px; text-indent: -48px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">B</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: But its still not fair!!!! What about the people who are self satisfied and thoughtless?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What about those who gossip and are jealous, the ones who are selfish and lack compassion, the ones who break promises, the ones who are always critical, the ones who carelessly hurt other people's feelings..... Come to think of it - it's all of us really, isn't <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span>it?</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 48px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin: 8px 0px 8px 48px; text-indent: -48px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">A</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God didn't go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He came to help, to put the world right again.</span></span></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Story: Too Late</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Based on the Ephesians reading this story is found at http://www.powerpointsermons.com/?page=study&type=i&sermon_id=627&ttl=50&res_num=200. You need to scroll down the page to find it.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt5E3E6sIGJB0F0erL_3l9VKg2MVqwG_0iVKOdS_MtbUDpVvRgIcAUi2UlfdTXEFmMp9aJn6k2wswxcXMDb9Ig3xQTcOBX3v19c_xgE1vXxfu6W3ii3x0UY0CFvQZrFmKl__c1kQ/s350/Hot+illustrations.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="336" height="41" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt5E3E6sIGJB0F0erL_3l9VKg2MVqwG_0iVKOdS_MtbUDpVvRgIcAUi2UlfdTXEFmMp9aJn6k2wswxcXMDb9Ig3xQTcOBX3v19c_xgE1vXxfu6W3ii3x0UY0CFvQZrFmKl__c1kQ/w38-h41/Hot+illustrations.jpg" width="38" /></a></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Story: The Kiss</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">In <span style="font-style: italic;">Hot Illustrations For Youth Talks</span> by Wayne Rice, Youth Specialties, 1194, ISBN 0310402611, page 131 (pictured at left) . This links well with the Gospel reading.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Story: The First Shall be Last<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1zgcn0RT_NscbwJJJu4VeQX-ZGWC_4TvLfgRHgIys82xQvOh6bi23nuAFfeMjJqt7qm8sxJLbFyKocsTcb8RnHsBdBe3wBtoUNsVEXk9iG1vfTZs298fjSdUXRvkoo9yC9NdozA/s1642/Hot+Illustrations+for+youth+Talks+4.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1642" data-original-width="1204" height="53" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1zgcn0RT_NscbwJJJu4VeQX-ZGWC_4TvLfgRHgIys82xQvOh6bi23nuAFfeMjJqt7qm8sxJLbFyKocsTcb8RnHsBdBe3wBtoUNsVEXk9iG1vfTZs298fjSdUXRvkoo9yC9NdozA/w39-h53/Hot+Illustrations+for+youth+Talks+4.jpg" width="39" /></a></div></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">In <span style="font-style: italic;">Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks Book 4</span> by Wayne Rice, Zondervan, 2001, ISBN 0310236193, page 160 (pictured at right). This links well to the Ephesians reading.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnXNJ7O6o5JSS2IYOLHG4GlcgKdBa-tjtnrOgjfE2I8OIpjtT5LF-MxER1w5SrXBhyphenhyphenJhvAxNOr8fXefw9ZZa69qO1sFD8lo99wd7H7QoPLIxnRUREymKJ8jnTtWEohKHwBCD4hiA/s1600-h/40+devotions.jpg"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"></span></a><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidCMls9U3sYUKLbmwGvmO7k9OkDJ7UET5B7Y_gv3tZcnGt_xjHgG2asi5zZybHBAROC9Tkk0Tv7sDtT4v3Y-I6X-cFt0IN0Pex1IUDPYtcWswqnQmDQh2wNLcWjQqBE9D5MKuTANJVEq4oty5Oakh2DN7h4JNBlnhYWtU5iueN11d70MJcEwlF7w/s440/40%20devotions.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="336" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidCMls9U3sYUKLbmwGvmO7k9OkDJ7UET5B7Y_gv3tZcnGt_xjHgG2asi5zZybHBAROC9Tkk0Tv7sDtT4v3Y-I6X-cFt0IN0Pex1IUDPYtcWswqnQmDQh2wNLcWjQqBE9D5MKuTANJVEq4oty5Oakh2DN7h4JNBlnhYWtU5iueN11d70MJcEwlF7w/w115-h151/40%20devotions.jpg" width="115" /></a></div>Response Activity: Unity</span></strong></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">In <em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">40 Devotions that Work with Youth</em>, by Geraldine Anderson (ed).,JBCE, 1983, ISBN 0858194147, page 58 (pictured at left). In the book this was intended to be a youth group devotion for the Ephesians reading however it can be quite easily adapted to suit a congregation and used as part of the sermon or as a conclusion. Try using post-it notes and a small portable cross instead of paper and the floor.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Response Activity</strong><span style="font-weight: 700;">:</span><span style="font-weight: 700;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 700;">Loving as God Loves</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Hand out pencils and A5 sheets or business cards (it's better to do this bit when people are arriving for the service) with the following words: <em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">God loved me and ………………. so much that he gave his one and only Son so that everyone who believes in him will not die but will have eternal life. God did not sent Jesus into the world to condemn me or ………….. God sent Jesus to save us. John 3:16-17.</em> Give everyone a minute or two to talk to God and to fill in the blanks.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxDLMB906aXzYJ0s0HaU5_YAnfPFm9nB0iFyJO3ZLPfjE1LjB9LR31NJPrUj_kXYTjqsQwxnLAEw1-CA397Dv6V4kXzdiKSQbjewRaZykZiI-uWT2XePbESooyRMgZto0yMbxzW4V94VyKqdOHg1KUlWHGGpGkCxUVWn40cP1J9ozgN83kA2dsQ/s867/Multi-Sensory%20Scripture_0001.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="627" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxDLMB906aXzYJ0s0HaU5_YAnfPFm9nB0iFyJO3ZLPfjE1LjB9LR31NJPrUj_kXYTjqsQwxnLAEw1-CA397Dv6V4kXzdiKSQbjewRaZykZiI-uWT2XePbESooyRMgZto0yMbxzW4V94VyKqdOHg1KUlWHGGpGkCxUVWn40cP1J9ozgN83kA2dsQ/w88-h124/Multi-Sensory%20Scripture_0001.jpg" width="88" /></a></div>Response Activity: Forgiven by God</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Multi-Sensory Scripture</span> by Sue Wallace, Scripture Union, 2005, ISBN 1844271668, page 73 (pictured at left).</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Response Activity: John 3:14-21</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">In response to this reading, I used three of the above activities:</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">vv. 14-15: Forgiven By God</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">vv. 16-17: Loving as God Loves</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">vv. 18-21 The Tune</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Closing Prayer: You Call your Disciples</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />Found in <em>Stages on the Way</em>, see above, page 59.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Also</strong>:</span><br /><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Response Activity: Walk in the Light</strong></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">From <em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Bringing the Word to Life Together Year B</em> by Andrew Collis and Dorothy McRae-McMahon, Mediacom, 2011, ISBN 9781921945038, page 51ff (pictured at left). This activity is based on the gospel reading and the Ephesians reading.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Poem and prayer: into life</strong>.<o:p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></o:p></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Dad and Daughter</em> by Ron Gordon and Jennie Gordon, 2012, ISBN 9780646586601, page 85 .These are based on the gospel reading.<o:p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></o:p></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Lots of Useful Stuff<o:p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></o:p></strong></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">The Abingdon Creative Preaching Annual 2015</em> by Jenee Woodard (Ed.), Abingdon Press, Nashville, 2014, page 46ff. These ideas are based on all of the readings.</span><span><br /></span><span></span><br /></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Kids: Memorial</b></span></span></span></div><span><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"></span></span></div><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">By Gary Crew and Shaun Tan, Thomas C Lothian, with lots of ideas for a whole worship service found in <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Worship is For Everyone</i> by Julie Pinazza, Openbook Publishers, 2000, ISBN 0859109259, page 59. This goes well with the John reading.</span><br /><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Opening and Closing Responses for Lent</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">By Ruth Burgess and Chris Polhill in <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Eggs and Ashes</i>, Wild Goose Publications, 2004, page 83. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Drama: A Cure for Snakebite</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Mega Drama 3 </span>by Verona Johnson (ed) Openbook, 2002, ISBN 0859109178 (v.<em>3</em>), page 27 . This drama is based on the Numbers reading. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Service Starter: Happy Birthday Jesus!</b></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"></span><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;">Based on the John reading, this is found in <i>The All-Age Service Annual Volume 4</i>, published by Scripture Union, 2010, ISBN 9781844275199, page 24 (pictured at right).</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;"><strong>Drama: Eternal Life and All That</strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5xVCTIhYUHu3DxnPu7I4UcLZ1yl2hsCqHSaFYJLqY18sQwk0dqyYRLO98oHn-YT77rAm8C6bTfPSAIGW_DY9V9AbwDCQz05t4rHQEDPCYgPDwo05hnL_QNT-ZEZ137FRQUzOvTQ/s1600/Lets+make+another+scene+3.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 16px;"><img border="0" height="95" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5xVCTIhYUHu3DxnPu7I4UcLZ1yl2hsCqHSaFYJLqY18sQwk0dqyYRLO98oHn-YT77rAm8C6bTfPSAIGW_DY9V9AbwDCQz05t4rHQEDPCYgPDwo05hnL_QNT-ZEZ137FRQUzOvTQ/w69-h95/Lets+make+another+scene+3.jpg" width="69" /></a></span><br style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="color: black;">Found in </span><span style="color: black; font-style: italic;">Lets make Another Scene</span><span style="color: black;"> by Verena Johnson, Open Book, 1995, ISBN 0859107620, page 12 (pictured at right). This drama is useful for the John reading.</span></div></span></div></div><div><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="background-color: white;"><span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><b>Confession and Assurance of Grace</b></span></div></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span>By Wesley Brian Jamison and found in <i>Before the Amen</i> by Maren C Tirabassi and Maria I. Tirrabassi (Eds), Pilgrim Press, Cleveland, 2007, ISBN 978 0 8298 1750 8, page 55. Based on the Psalm reading.</span></div></span></div></span></div></div></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></div>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17995248220649884949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20931290.post-68525302144853122962024-02-25T14:20:00.003+11:002024-02-26T11:41:44.213+11:00Lent 3 B (March 3): Possibilities/ Dream Big/ The "Have a Gander" Psalm, Turning the World Upside Down, <p></p><div style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3aFPO3xU7AO_x4vrZK3qKuCXat_ZhzBlnk-f5y7IPm8EprYj6BZbMu0-wByBlmrvQxgq6zjbxsumX_Mh3ScWgB17baiqoAvBX5JuiuHyrbiKY4VGQOy_S4ir1aulzcVj0Tfy-Cw/s1600/B+Lent+3.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-right: 16px;"><img border="0" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3aFPO3xU7AO_x4vrZK3qKuCXat_ZhzBlnk-f5y7IPm8EprYj6BZbMu0-wByBlmrvQxgq6zjbxsumX_Mh3ScWgB17baiqoAvBX5JuiuHyrbiKY4VGQOy_S4ir1aulzcVj0Tfy-Cw/s1600/B+Lent+3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcSnFS0VeFB8vvzWqeF9ljyE3pWveZpR1i1CGPvFAaT4JcXisBBg24gSycanADC7SpZkxvjcj5ZnT-JwhxQMI_2ccqdYREuw4HHH9qNXoMgxOAgUtdaD5ntQTmJZ3Jw5VZa4bU_w/s1600/B+Lent+3+John+02_13-22th21cuaresmaB3.jpg" style="clear: right; 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display: inline; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="379" data-original-width="292" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkXWWW3InUTVTNWT9WfgvX8uSctDILcDIcmCiA0tfcllF_NXFfPC6uD0QzC9gvD-aRSOuPKIDW0y2ehOpDBvx8DDoWL4EafEnpGBMxrJyRZqN64oa66Hok0YcOfWl8K1IiiexKz2sQFhlerf4SIscaMJiywfHUcFZoauNH_sBG6Gti0ZULi0cqEw/s320/John%2002_13-22%20Misioneros%20Del%20Sagrado%20Coraz%C3%B3n%20en%20el%20Per%C3%BA..jpg" width="247" /></a></div><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /><br /></strong></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; 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margin: 0px;"><br /></strong></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></strong></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></strong></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">B</strong></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">ible readings:</strong></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Exodus 20:1-17, Psalm 19, 1 Corinthians 1:18-23, John 2:13-22</span></span></div></strong></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: 700;">About the images:</span><br /><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Upper Left:</span> This one is mine so use as you wish for worship and related activities.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Upper Right:</span> This one comes from Cerezo Barredo's weekly gospel illustrations which are always well embedded into our modern lives as you can see from this one. You can find Cerezo Barredo's illustrations matching up to the weekly lectionary via www.textweek.com or via<a href="http://www.servicioskoinonia.org/cerezo" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">http://www.servicioskoinonia.org/cerezo</a></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Middle Left</strong>: This is a free image from the Heartlight site - see my links column to the left</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Middle Right</strong>: This is my image with text from the New Living Translation. The image is of Chambers Pillar and Castle Rock (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chambers_Pillar" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chambers_Pillar</a>). Please feel free to use the image for worship and related activities. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><b>Lower Left</b>: This is my image of the Temple model found at the Jerusalem Museum. This image is useful for the conversation about the Temple in John 2:19-22. Please feel free to use this image for worship and related activities. </span></span></span><br /></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Lower Right</strong><span>: This is a another free image from the Heartlight site - see my links column to the left.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b>Bottom Left</b>: A free image from </span><span style="background-color: white;">Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón en el Perú.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">Decor:</span></span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Try upsetting everything at the front of your worship space before people arrive. Scatter a few coins around and a few broken wooden crates as well. A word of warning though: we had a member of the congregation arrive early - we only just managed to stop her ringing the police because she thought vandals had entered during the night. It is a confronting sight and brings home to the congregation the enormity of what Jesus did.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;"><br /><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Kid's Story</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Have four large card faces - a happy one, a sad one, an angry one and a shocked one. Tell the kids and the congregation that they have a response to make for each card - for the happy one they are to shout "hurray", for the sad one they are to say "Oh no!", for the angry one they are to growl and for the shocked one they are to say "what!?". Then have someone either read or tell the gospel story for today and as you hold up the appropriate face cards for the different parts of the story the congregation and the kids will respond with the appropriate expression. (Hope this makes sense - it was a bit hard to explain :-) )</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: 700;">Film Clip: J</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcp7GCjAeu7q02gUU8iL_KdKNF3kNpUDTVuT_LHqzsU7yXgfv-XthTx4bMwYKNOD40GJWQSry460SC59-bIT_LAqn-2AxkmrCQFprT_Hc-F7UNxX_fYIyClKLURCEEAS5ER34otw/s1600-h/Gospel+of+john.jpg"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><img alt="" border="0" height="141" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310307161710002018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcp7GCjAeu7q02gUU8iL_KdKNF3kNpUDTVuT_LHqzsU7yXgfv-XthTx4bMwYKNOD40GJWQSry460SC59-bIT_LAqn-2AxkmrCQFprT_Hc-F7UNxX_fYIyClKLURCEEAS5ER34otw/w97-h141/Gospel+of+john.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 137px;" width="97" /></span></a><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: 700;">ohn 2:13-22</span></span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in the <span style="font-style: italic;"></span><span style="font-style: italic;">Gospel of John</span> by the Visual Bible Society (pictured at left). A word for word version on John in the Good News translation . It is excellent!!!!</span></span></div><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: 700;">Psalm 19</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">This psalm particularly lends itself to a series of projected images as it is read.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Discussion:</span></strong></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Ask people to shut their eyes and think about Jesus.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />What does he look like?<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />What colour are his eyes? What colour is his hair?<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />How does he look?<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />Ask people to describe their picture of Jesus to the person sitting next to them. </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5FfgSohjsRaFiDA2jghBI4njnqvEXF8aBGaA-_jia8Z1RLWH_m58f0Gg8c1Z15ftdKhgwJSBC6Ye2zT2XZQ8xlPp44h38YGQnarPd6DMVtTjCtmNwLeAVSC4OU6YCPap5D_bJ1w/s1600-h/The+Bible+Through+Asian+Eyes.jpg"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><img alt="" border="0" height="129" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310308418375550002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5FfgSohjsRaFiDA2jghBI4njnqvEXF8aBGaA-_jia8Z1RLWH_m58f0Gg8c1Z15ftdKhgwJSBC6Ye2zT2XZQ8xlPp44h38YGQnarPd6DMVtTjCtmNwLeAVSC4OU6YCPap5D_bJ1w/w97-h129/The+Bible+Through+Asian+Eyes.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 150px;" width="97" /></span></a><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Then show them the image: <em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">The Angry Chr</em><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">ist</em> by Lino <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Pontebon</span>. This image can be found in <em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">T</em><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">he Bible through Asian Eyes</em> by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Masao</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Takenaka</span> and Ron <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">O'Grady</span>,Pace, 1991 (pictured at right).<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />Ask them to discuss what they think of this picture with the person beside them?<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />How do you feel about this picture?<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />N.B. If you can't get hold of this image (which is excellent), any image of an angry Jesus in the temple will work almost as well. The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Pontebon</span> image works so well because it is only of Jesus' face.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Meditation Question</strong> (accompanied with thinking music):</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Where do you think Jesus might like to overturn the tables in<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />A) your life,<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />B) your church, <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />C) your community, </span>and</div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">D) the world</span>?</div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong>Response Activity/Meditation:</strong> <span style="font-weight: 700;">I Believe</span></span></div></span></span></span></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Have a Christ candle burning, a heap of tapers and a bowl of sand for lit tapers. Give everyone an A5 copy (use parchment paper if possible so they have a nice keepsake copy) of <em>I Believe</em> by Roddy Hamilton, 1999. This is a beautiful creed which can be found at </span><a href="http://website.lineone.net/~abbotsford/i_believe.htm"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">http://website.lineone.net/~abbotsford/i_believe.htm</span></a><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">. Allow people time to read it. Ask them to note the part they like best and then, as it is read out aloud, to light a taper at the front of the worship space when the reader gets to their favourite phrase or sentence.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="font-weight: 700;">Response Activity: Which Room?</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />I think I based this activity on a tiny little book I was given about 30 years ago which I have long since lost - I think it was called <span style="font-style: italic;">My Heart, Christ's Home</span>.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />If you compare your spiritual life to the rooms in a house, in which room of your house do you think Jesus might like to overturn the tables:<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />1. The kitchen - your <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">appetites</span> and desires<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />2. The veranda - the place you relax and hang out in<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />3. The bedroom wardrobe - your secret hangups<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />4. The study - your reading material<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />5. The garage - your gifts, skills and talents<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />6. The lounge room - your relationships<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />Seeing houses vary all over the world, you may have to change this to suit your culture and housing style. I'm pretty sure I did. </span><br /><span><br /></span><span><b>Also:</b></span><span><br /></span></span></span><br /></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTt0qRZEguZCu5gSTsohnst58VW1be4h5HOOSNzjwh8z77cKmzHRkIM632CnWAwsRbHg6LM0XhqkuV8ftn4kay-SJNb8gxA_3l5gALM9p4VouSvaWjSUoCEhfCgoogQc-kWRH1Ew/s2048/Worship+is+for+everyone.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1433" height="53" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTt0qRZEguZCu5gSTsohnst58VW1be4h5HOOSNzjwh8z77cKmzHRkIM632CnWAwsRbHg6LM0XhqkuV8ftn4kay-SJNb8gxA_3l5gALM9p4VouSvaWjSUoCEhfCgoogQc-kWRH1Ew/w37-h53/Worship+is+for+everyone.jpg" width="37" /></a></div>Kids: Gabriella's Song</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">By Candace Fleming and Giselle Potter, Simon and Schuster, with lots of ideas for a whole worship service found in <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Worship is For Everyone</i> by Julie Pinazza, Openbook Publishers, 2000, ISBN 0859109259, page 25 (pictured at left). This goes well with the Psalm reading.</span></span><br /></span></span><br /></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Prayer Exercise: Praying in Nature<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf1I4grLodOSfRTufSe5q_wri626gG_OPUn63Gl_1aUCGyEquXa6Sg7AMO4aWOLuw2pLP3nvO4puCMxCsnh404VxUQVK_iKwQwvvQTpByeR4hI41vNSfIAD7Mvuvkwmy2RX3w5Ag/s329/Prayer+Heart+of+the+Pilgrimage.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="329" data-original-width="260" height="35" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf1I4grLodOSfRTufSe5q_wri626gG_OPUn63Gl_1aUCGyEquXa6Sg7AMO4aWOLuw2pLP3nvO4puCMxCsnh404VxUQVK_iKwQwvvQTpByeR4hI41vNSfIAD7Mvuvkwmy2RX3w5Ag/w28-h35/Prayer+Heart+of+the+Pilgrimage.jpg" width="28" /></a></div></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; 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display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Prayer: Heart of the Pilgrimage </i>by Jenny Youngman, Upper Room Books, Nashville, 2007, ISBN 0835898369, page 56 (pictured at right). This is based on the Psalm reading.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimulBI2xb9H72al2TgYy7cmd9wbd6vavSuWaH3UZAwagUAQqnAUgppGF926PVu2PUVqlpCwsvI6kLc3YtJWXMijyqkpkCErASG5NV9oVY3HUYePoa5HAyHQq8RSlA2_iI1f5gFWg/s448/eggs+and+ashes.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="317" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimulBI2xb9H72al2TgYy7cmd9wbd6vavSuWaH3UZAwagUAQqnAUgppGF926PVu2PUVqlpCwsvI6kLc3YtJWXMijyqkpkCErASG5NV9oVY3HUYePoa5HAyHQq8RSlA2_iI1f5gFWg/w96-h137/eggs+and+ashes.jpg" width="96" /></a></div>Opening and Closing Responses for Lent</b></span></span></div><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">By Ruth Burgess and Chris Polhill in <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Eggs and Ashes</i>, Wild Goose Publications, 2004, page 81 (pictured at left). </span></span><br /><br /><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Reading: Bird's Eye View</span></b></span></span></span></div><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">By Ruth Burgess and Chris Polhill in <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Eggs and Ashes</i>, Wild Goose Publications, 2004, page 145 (pictured at left). This is linked with the gospel reading.</span></span><br /><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Reflection: Fair Exchange<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw-O8yWvG_In7p4A60A1Wlf7e0Es7RbOAHw9CuL-r-C3NyzCjn9MITBiGaamTXsotYInW8n97QydKSqxR-ARI1_juGHtGWWTBIxHx7DMl6SjDemXnGqTNdJ-NzkgN7pp1EupKTDg/s1300/Fire+and+Bread.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="910" height="50" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw-O8yWvG_In7p4A60A1Wlf7e0Es7RbOAHw9CuL-r-C3NyzCjn9MITBiGaamTXsotYInW8n97QydKSqxR-ARI1_juGHtGWWTBIxHx7DMl6SjDemXnGqTNdJ-NzkgN7pp1EupKTDg/w36-h50/Fire+and+Bread.jpg" width="36" /></a></div></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span></div></div></div><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span></div></div><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">By Ruth Burgess in <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Fire and Bread</i>, Wild Goose Publications, 2006, ISBN 9781905010301, page 306 <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">(pictured at right). This is linked to the Gospel reading.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; 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font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidy63hJd2XqPeknC54dBRpQbdXpB8VyB1LLPj1xipY0X3EXxbZdRlPUpO0gorUOHa-PFc-UoBR3F9d8a6QdXNC37JPFBNBN-iUcwVGc4WXKbu-sac2lYiEEL3sm_ppjBQ1ZQyadg/s116/multi-sensory_together.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="116" data-original-width="85" height="59" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidy63hJd2XqPeknC54dBRpQbdXpB8VyB1LLPj1xipY0X3EXxbZdRlPUpO0gorUOHa-PFc-UoBR3F9d8a6QdXNC37JPFBNBN-iUcwVGc4WXKbu-sac2lYiEEL3sm_ppjBQ1ZQyadg/w43-h59/multi-sensory_together.jpg" width="43" /></a></div>Lots of Useful Stuff:</b> <b>Legally Binding</b></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Found in <i>Multi-Sensory Together</i> by Ian Birkinshaw, Scripture Union,2005, ISBN 1844271641, page 11 (pictured at left). Based on the Exodus reading.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Drama: S*M*A*S*H<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTBJhDTqnPKCxnPUtTRhuNrNN6tsFrFN7YjBI9cXjXXvg-FJvV9qcj9NSDu1pKEE2c4j5U12Isehsk_pMUZc1MjG4Y5kh7dQW9wWQUoXveatTs_dfLVXcp1e4sjySII0vE_uy9593DHDml1jK2PuWCIcs-EEcxZatU6tN5JFyZZzwlrk9yprpr8A/s448/Mega%20Drama%203.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="333" height="83" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTBJhDTqnPKCxnPUtTRhuNrNN6tsFrFN7YjBI9cXjXXvg-FJvV9qcj9NSDu1pKEE2c4j5U12Isehsk_pMUZc1MjG4Y5kh7dQW9wWQUoXveatTs_dfLVXcp1e4sjySII0vE_uy9593DHDml1jK2PuWCIcs-EEcxZatU6tN5JFyZZzwlrk9yprpr8A/w62-h83/Mega%20Drama%203.jpg" width="62" /></a></div></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Mega Drama 3 </span>by Verona Johnson (ed) Openbook, 2002, ISBN 0859109178 (v.<em>3</em>), page 25 (pictured at right). This drama is based on the Exodus reading. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b></b></span><i></i><u></u><span><sub></sub><sup></sup></span><strike></strike><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17995248220649884949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20931290.post-80476555586136149832024-02-10T14:25:00.009+11:002024-02-20T18:21:42.202+11:00Lent 2 B (February 25): Discipleship/What's in a Name?!<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikK9XanJ27y4h5ZVtSIkWEnP2pw32GtBQd1L14uEzdCqjmQL3sbMtBOfUt4zKOt0EU3Uj_2wH6WMt6xG3pD9bzYBbmKyUxLRxrRO1mYSMz6yEWTEpo24cRls-Bo4ldzutoIwF5rQ/s1600/B+lent+2+100_1525+web.jpg" style="clear: left; 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font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTa1Vk7HyXsJjgevdxTiAAjegBxS3dmOVb7ZAByv7uxzovCtVZFMHACWUo8AIwrEzg5Fld7gTNg1niYzVY8WfXvU1nfoZ0ZFOohgvMy3YI883wTSdL05TxJR_TePCmhQA3lUbZJ6sQqSHihQHpFJAp9jAk6_zLFmLEvOALAcruQxaN4Ky6OT5seg/s931/Mark%2008_31-38%20Cerezo%20Barredo.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="931" data-original-width="538" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTa1Vk7HyXsJjgevdxTiAAjegBxS3dmOVb7ZAByv7uxzovCtVZFMHACWUo8AIwrEzg5Fld7gTNg1niYzVY8WfXvU1nfoZ0ZFOohgvMy3YI883wTSdL05TxJR_TePCmhQA3lUbZJ6sQqSHihQHpFJAp9jAk6_zLFmLEvOALAcruQxaN4Ky6OT5seg/s320/Mark%2008_31-38%20Cerezo%20Barredo.jpg" width="185" /></a></div><br />Bible readings</span><span style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">: Genesis 17:1-7,15-16, Psalm 22:23-31, </span><span style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Romans 4:13-25, Mark 8:31-38</span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">About the images:</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Upper Left</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">: </span>A smoky sunset Lake Tyers Beach (http://www.caravanparkphotos.com.au/lake_tyers_camp/index.htm). Looking out across an empty ocean is a good reminder that discipleship does not always have a perceived outcome. We must faithfully step out not always knowing what is to come or where we will end</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> up. </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">It is my photo so please feel free to use it for worship and related activities.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Upper Right:</span> </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">I just love this verse. The image is from Microsoft free clipart.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Middle Left</strong>: Another beach scene from the same area as the one above it but on a misty morning (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninety_Mile_Beach,_Victoria" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninety_Mile_Beach,_Victoria</a>). The quote is from the <em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Edge of the World</em> song below. <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">This is my photo so please feel free to use it for worship and related activities.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Middle Right</strong>: Another line from the song below - this time the photo has been taken from behind a small waterfall in Morton National Park near Kangaroo Valley in New South Wales (<a href="http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/Morton-National-Park" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/Morton-National-Park</a>). This is my photo so please feel free to use it for worship and related activities.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b>Lower Left</b>: Another edge of the world image. This one is taken from the West Coast Wilderness rack and pinion railway in Tasmania <span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">of the King River Gorge (http://www.wcwr.com.au</span></span><span>). This is my photo so please feel free to use it for worship and related activities.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b>Lower Right</b>: This is another free image from the excellent Heartlight site - see my link column at left.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b>Bottom Left:</b> Another fantastic free image from Cerezo Barredo. <br /></span><span><br /></span><span><b>Listening Song: Let Every Breath </b></span><br /><span>by Jars of Clay. This goes very well with the Psalm. </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="149" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308147613654777090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-stNai_QmaMH4iegbzMi4su7U7mp3OkrSxtzaHu6I72-qV4wLzv4-wHFtiMpGA5PLKEV01Yoq2gJBrskCpUeIWHvJVk6c8yapxVmpDZB_UcoYmXz5vOBR7zCxr-huu5tI1eUJA/w151-h149/Iona+Beyond+these+Shores.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 198px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" width="151" /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;"><br />Listening Song: Edge of the World</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">On <span style="font-style: italic;">Beyond These Shores</span> by Iona, 1993 (pictured at left) The cover insert has some good i</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">nfo on St Brendon, who sailed away across the sea trusting that God wo</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">uld lead him into new places. </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">This song is about discipleship.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Story: The Chicken and</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7XX9txuxOoTiQb2leiw-Ih2ctPXHlQ40hyqG_anyJtM18OuhlpCTQlJDDofCEft9k86oN6t6W4N8r5_Fj1_9KyLONXPMrjhlhPa8tonzpuo4re0bimNV02gfppy9_Z45iu-0E/s1600/Hot+illustrations.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="129" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698032180154079298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7XX9txuxOoTiQb2leiw-Ih2ctPXHlQ40hyqG_anyJtM18OuhlpCTQlJDDofCEft9k86oN6t6W4N8r5_Fj1_9KyLONXPMrjhlhPa8tonzpuo4re0bimNV02gfppy9_Z45iu-0E/w124-h129/Hot+illustrations.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 192px;" width="124" /></a><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"> the Pig</span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Foun</span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">d in <span style="font-style: italic;">Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks</span> by Wayne Rice (ed.) Youth Specialities, 1994,<span style="font-weight: 700;"> </span></span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></em></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">I<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">SBN 0310402611, page 63 (pictured at right). This story illustrates the cost of true discipleship.</span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"></span></span></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Story: Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />Go to </span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong><a href="http://www.dbonhoeffer.org/node/3" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">http://w</a></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.dbonhoeffer.org/node/3" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">ww.dbonhoeffer.org/node/3</a><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> to find an amazing story of discipleship.</span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"></span></span></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Story: Life of St Brendan</span></span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />See <a href="http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/brendan.html" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/brendan.html</strong></a> and <a href="http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintb21.htm" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintb21.htm</a> for more info on St Brendan.</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"></span></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Discussion Questions:</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />What scares you most about being a disciple?<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />What are the characteristics of a disciple?</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Usef</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPupVHI-O6C23LFNk6Qnd4t60ydtoGDybs17gDg-d7LK15TlSx90I_YzSAUk9eNxoIrJuEF76_H6FbneyQECAkbN45iHZqMx16tTvI0L6aEnOr9BrSi5Smq2PutEhlyYf00Skw/s1600/Discipleship+-by-david-watson-paperback-religious-book-18372-p.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="155" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698035383505875074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPupVHI-O6C23LFNk6Qnd4t60ydtoGDybs17gDg-d7LK15TlSx90I_YzSAUk9eNxoIrJuEF76_H6FbneyQECAkbN45iHZqMx16tTvI0L6aEnOr9BrSi5Smq2PutEhlyYf00Skw/w106-h155/Discipleship+-by-david-watson-paperback-religious-book-18372-p.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 137px;" width="106" /></a><span style="font-weight: 700;">ul Quote: </span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><strong></strong></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">"Chris</span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">tians in the west have largely neglected what it means to be a disciple of Chr</span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">ist. The vast majority of Western Christians are church members, pew fillers, hymn singers, sermon tasters, Bible readers, even born again believers or spirit filled charismatics - but not true disciples of Jesus". Found in </span><em>Discipleship</em><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> by David Watson, Hodder and Stoughton, 1981, ISBN 0340265728, page 16 (pictured at left).</span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Another Useful Quote:</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">"For countless Christians in the West 'Discipleship' means little more than going to church regularly, giving a proportion of one's income -usually at best one tenth and often below that figure - and getting involved in a limited number of church activities". Also found in <em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Discipleship</em> by David Watson.</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTVfUuRDDsASK77SaxdaSaM-Jm4leMTS-0eOHJH_mDn4NzGcDyIzhpKKBE9yYaaohnxqbrGZhJT5UffeGues59ZCaEzYjMjJTH7oKJ28jC5qdprcVmeSItN9hq8A3ZadHCW-EIEQ/s1600-h/Plass+web.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="143" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308148332449245970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTVfUuRDDsASK77SaxdaSaM-Jm4leMTS-0eOHJH_mDn4NzGcDyIzhpKKBE9yYaaohnxqbrGZhJT5UffeGues59ZCaEzYjMjJTH7oKJ28jC5qdprcVmeSItN9hq8A3ZadHCW-EIEQ/w89-h143/Plass+web.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 124px;" width="89" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">N.B. A BIG thank you to Karen from California for replacing my lost copy of this book </span>:)</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Poem/Prayer: When I Became a Christian</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Cleaning Away the Rubbish</span> by Adrian Plass, Minstral, 1988, ISBN 1854240250, page 173 (pictured at right). A great modern poem about discipleship. </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Poem/Prayer: St Brendan's Prayer</strong></span> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found at </span><a href="http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/stb21001.htm">http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/stb21001.htm</a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXWs4Ouud14BqV9GwC2kN3sUl1Cq7whggGSFDeVniQqh4ciuUtV2pCzOqGpe09dWKBQ3tLd3-t86sx9ABI_6G2FV09EvU_u0RGtxCh4znWur0Zz_j-w6nDNiUQBaXULlVJP77qCXgeSvQEttWldrvqp2JaJoPXlxuUkLfZFNRzZpHlRGSfjQi7Bg/s89/eggs%20and%20ashes.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="89" data-original-width="63" height="89" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXWs4Ouud14BqV9GwC2kN3sUl1Cq7whggGSFDeVniQqh4ciuUtV2pCzOqGpe09dWKBQ3tLd3-t86sx9ABI_6G2FV09EvU_u0RGtxCh4znWur0Zz_j-w6nDNiUQBaXULlVJP77qCXgeSvQEttWldrvqp2JaJoPXlxuUkLfZFNRzZpHlRGSfjQi7Bg/s1600/eggs%20and%20ashes.jpg" width="63" /></a></div>Opening and Closing Responses for Lent</b></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">By Ruth Burgess and Chris Polhill in <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Eggs and Ashes</i>, Wild Goose Publications, 2004, page 77-79 (pictured at left) - two to choose from - the second one is a great blessing.</span></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Also:</strong></span><br /><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></strong></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK0KbEj-EKrFXJPuo9u6hyphenhyphenzjfHmWAk3AJbkLFoyKdJF45qYc5cSDm_DjBogmO2OzbTSV8PO-NypkZN16RMvcv9a7u81RWckFyZlMD8Tq0hS_E8vgAGfIiJVp9U4yNuv5B6IoxSOw/s1600/Bringing+the+Word++year+B_0001.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-right: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" height="82" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK0KbEj-EKrFXJPuo9u6hyphenhyphenzjfHmWAk3AJbkLFoyKdJF45qYc5cSDm_DjBogmO2OzbTSV8PO-NypkZN16RMvcv9a7u81RWckFyZlMD8Tq0hS_E8vgAGfIiJVp9U4yNuv5B6IoxSOw/w56-h82/Bringing+the+Word++year+B_0001.jpg" width="56" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">R<span>esponse Activity: The Good Fight</span></strong></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">From <em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Bringing the Word to Life Together Year B</em> by Andrew Collis and Dorothy McRae-McMahon, Mediacom, 2011, ISBN 9781921945038, page 51ff (pictured at left). This activity is based on the gospel reading.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtRvdO2Y0L5DRKp1wsVC0gGTaRAOFzSRDXo8Hse6sTgAkIhGvRaksTtCjM1AQhxc8IYBFDpJ-Q0WvvWnv2eXzc5swTgayUIwMhY2WZwYP0IKS315tc8Q9NsyqfJS7W4uF9OspFcw/s1600/Dad+and+Daughter.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" height="86" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtRvdO2Y0L5DRKp1wsVC0gGTaRAOFzSRDXo8Hse6sTgAkIhGvRaksTtCjM1AQhxc8IYBFDpJ-Q0WvvWnv2eXzc5swTgayUIwMhY2WZwYP0IKS315tc8Q9NsyqfJS7W4uF9OspFcw/w59-h86/Dad+and+Daughter.jpg" width="59" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj75ghxDXRXAPRt_mxGIa3UDBRii-a-SS7S4ks6A9EPBsOGvPyX8sltPNnrhyphenhyphensUBsQiaEE3QtcAW_YBIoYRSL2ciUsmS0MXukZXaW83CZCcX6EU8TkE0rrSM3ZjUIQQxDBDSL_RgA/s1600/2015+abingdon+41-Tkg37bbL._AC_UL320_SR246%252C320_.jpg" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: left; color: #0066cc; float: left; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-right: 16px; text-align: center;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj75ghxDXRXAPRt_mxGIa3UDBRii-a-SS7S4ks6A9EPBsOGvPyX8sltPNnrhyphenhyphensUBsQiaEE3QtcAW_YBIoYRSL2ciUsmS0MXukZXaW83CZCcX6EU8TkE0rrSM3ZjUIQQxDBDSL_RgA/s1600/2015+abingdon+41-Tkg37bbL._AC_UL320_SR246%252C320_.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Poem and prayer: get back</strong>.<o:p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></o:p></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Dad and Daughter</em> by Ron Gordon and Jennie Gordon, 2012, ISBN 9780646586601, page 83 (pictured at right). These are based on the gospel reading.</span><span><br /></span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Lots of Useful Stuff<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj75ghxDXRXAPRt_mxGIa3UDBRii-a-SS7S4ks6A9EPBsOGvPyX8sltPNnrhyphenhyphensUBsQiaEE3QtcAW_YBIoYRSL2ciUsmS0MXukZXaW83CZCcX6EU8TkE0rrSM3ZjUIQQxDBDSL_RgA/s1600/2015+abingdon+41-Tkg37bbL._AC_UL320_SR246%252C320_.jpg" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: left; color: #0066cc; float: left; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-right: 16px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="246" height="76" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj75ghxDXRXAPRt_mxGIa3UDBRii-a-SS7S4ks6A9EPBsOGvPyX8sltPNnrhyphenhyphensUBsQiaEE3QtcAW_YBIoYRSL2ciUsmS0MXukZXaW83CZCcX6EU8TkE0rrSM3ZjUIQQxDBDSL_RgA/w58-h76/2015+abingdon+41-Tkg37bbL._AC_UL320_SR246%252C320_.jpg" width="58" /></a></b><o:p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></o:p></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">The Abingdon Creative Preaching Annual 2015</em> by Jenee Woodard (Ed.), Abingdon Press, Nashville, 2014, page 38ff (pictured at left). These ideas are based on all of the readings. </span><br /><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Meditation: Bearing the Cross II</b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMp5dOMnictD7PIS_BCQQooCdo4fz4zINOPRfN6tNJRb2iSmhynzLsaZhjIcOYBjBxvHZOzcawkXUgXuuv0OqD3v2JZoK6V2b_B0GeCBmCeOdid6NyJf2FHuc_biAGglKqAwO4ag/s1600/meditations+from+the+iona+community.jpg" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: right; color: #0066cc; float: right; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 16px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="980" data-original-width="680" height="88" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMp5dOMnictD7PIS_BCQQooCdo4fz4zINOPRfN6tNJRb2iSmhynzLsaZhjIcOYBjBxvHZOzcawkXUgXuuv0OqD3v2JZoK6V2b_B0GeCBmCeOdid6NyJf2FHuc_biAGglKqAwO4ag/w62-h88/meditations+from+the+iona+community.jpg" width="62" /></a></span></span></span></div></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Meditations from the Iona Community</i> by Ian Reid, Wild Goose Publications, Trowbridge, 1998, ISBN 1901557022, page 92 (pictured at right). This goes well with the gospel reading.</span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAZDFDoT7xanVH_V0hOLtreYrILu1rzkQyzJOr8g_2G4iGvVsEtg_qLJuIyJzVeBjSmViqsyaak0j-A-NweohxkSZi-nc-bXLJrf5rDaay8ORN9Vbo1X212adPqSZYu2tlwgN9OQ/s2048/Worship+Feast.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1355" height="62" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAZDFDoT7xanVH_V0hOLtreYrILu1rzkQyzJOr8g_2G4iGvVsEtg_qLJuIyJzVeBjSmViqsyaak0j-A-NweohxkSZi-nc-bXLJrf5rDaay8ORN9Vbo1X212adPqSZYu2tlwgN9OQ/w41-h62/Worship+Feast.jpg" width="41" /></a></div>Taize Service: Losing Your Life</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;">Found in <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Worship Feast</i> by Taize, Abingdon Press, 2004 (pictured at left). This is based on the Mark reading.</span><br /><br /></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtXwIGahlJ0Qhth51c1MyV682aQa194rH_6p0FpGR36KgOfzZeXB-zqgds19PMe0rM36DwfykX1DjyY3vZDLMLCeLYvtbCjdiugysqKWf1OIMsKwdA944MSWdGEvZvJ8-RVEV1Qw/s335/worship+Experiences.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="335" data-original-width="260" height="85" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtXwIGahlJ0Qhth51c1MyV682aQa194rH_6p0FpGR36KgOfzZeXB-zqgds19PMe0rM36DwfykX1DjyY3vZDLMLCeLYvtbCjdiugysqKWf1OIMsKwdA944MSWdGEvZvJ8-RVEV1Qw/w67-h85/worship+Experiences.jpg" width="67" /></span></a></div><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Worship Activity: The Presence of God</b></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;">By Jim Burns and Robin Dugall in <i>Worship Experiences</i>, Gospel Light, 1999, ISBN, 0830724044, page 83 (pictured at right). This is based on the Psalm.</span></span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 700;">Drama: All or Nothing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRuWjrUJhV8CjmXq9jLXCaNIwyamqgXLqoyktgq9xWNxtFjP_ccjKmlGhbqUawE0i0y1SqNzGSYzH6-ssTyIRr3qG4QfDOYo4WQf_-IAK9c6tTnT4c6hLD7X2TrJsyh5hqF6z6hwPFPu96RuwOVjIRmgMBRAysDebdF_M8IRooytzCn52QOW2NUQ/s448/Mega%20Drama%203.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="333" height="139" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRuWjrUJhV8CjmXq9jLXCaNIwyamqgXLqoyktgq9xWNxtFjP_ccjKmlGhbqUawE0i0y1SqNzGSYzH6-ssTyIRr3qG4QfDOYo4WQf_-IAK9c6tTnT4c6hLD7X2TrJsyh5hqF6z6hwPFPu96RuwOVjIRmgMBRAysDebdF_M8IRooytzCn52QOW2NUQ/w104-h139/Mega%20Drama%203.jpg" width="104" /></a></div></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Mega Drama 3 </span>by Verona Johnson (ed) Openbook, 2002, ISBN 0859109178 (v.<em>3</em>), page 23 (pictured at right). This drama is based on the Gospel reading. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></div></div></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></span><div style="background-color: white; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Sermon ideas: The Cross is the Only Way</b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <i>Life on the Road</i> by Athol Gill, Herald Press, 1992, page 27. This is based on the Gospel reading. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Psalm 22</b></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Found in The Psalms: An Artist's Impression by Anneke Kaai and Eugene Peterson, Piquant, 1999, ISBN 0 9535757 0 5, page 10. </span></div></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></div></div></span></span></div></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b></b><i></i><u></u></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 16px;"><sub></sub><sup></sup></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><strike></strike><b></b><i></i><u></u></span><span style="font-family: verdana; 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float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="511" data-original-width="474" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhFZXjZY61ehaF2fyhvyhwwxvNnkOSCUmcCIJbdxk8CE4Qr0pbw0w4LI2eqYkBUgYeLmXQyS2eZ4xmJMvpf33adXM3HzRnvF-38sr_oGJUJvUiTrutrlnfH8FDe9ypPFVKCZ-7uOBLwP0fp1LESRZUOv2Yggawp-6oPjMdvawSxH1GuggYDKKfig/s320/Mark%2001_09-15%20Cerezo%20Barredo.jpg" width="297" /></a></div>B</strong></span><span style="font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">ible Readings</strong>: Genesis 9:8-17, Psalm 25:1-10, 1 Peter 3:18-22, Mark 1:9-15</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span> </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">About the Image</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">s:</span></span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Upper Left:</span> A rainbow on Australia's Highway No 1 at Kilmany - Kilmany is in the Wellington Shire (http://www.tourismwellington.com.au) but is too small to have a web page of its own.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Upper Right</span><span>:</span></b><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> This is a free Corel clipart with my text.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Middle Left</strong>: This is a modern day photo of the Judaean wilderness - I don't think it has changed all that much since Jesus' day. This is my photo so please feel free to use it for worship and related activities.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Middle Right</strong>: This is a wonderfully cross shaped plant (purslane I think) I found growing in the desert in Central Australia. This is my photo so please feel free to use it for worship and related activities.</span><br /><span><b>Lower Left</b>: This is a tiny bit of Australia's vast wilderness: the Painted Desert just out of Coober Pedy - http://www.thepainteddesert.com.au</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Lower Right</b>: a free image from the now defunct Scripturepics site. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Bottom Left</b>: Another amazing free image from Cerezo Barredo: this artist never fails to impress. The images can be used so many different ways: newsheet covers, meditative colouring, powerpoint slides, whatever fits for your service!!!<br /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">Worship Space Decor:</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong></strong><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Drape 4-6 metre shiny and bright lengths of material in the order and colours of the rainbow (six colours are sufficient - indigo was only chosen to make the number of colours equal seven a few centuries ago because seven was considered a more perfect number than six!)</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqIPZntL8yV3_6xurS8LmLzSEUxdEo0BTjpa9xvF3aBMTd_LiohaK0iRh0Id_BgrmZ951Sb4GydoVUi_3979XMn73jh86lFtYTui678DeWTjGNvY550AViq7MwrpOZctEVDtVNjQ/s1600/speechless.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqIPZntL8yV3_6xurS8LmLzSEUxdEo0BTjpa9xvF3aBMTd_LiohaK0iRh0Id_BgrmZ951Sb4GydoVUi_3979XMn73jh86lFtYTui678DeWTjGNvY550AViq7MwrpOZctEVDtVNjQ/w112-h112/speechless.jpg" width="112" /></span></a><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">Listening Song: Dive</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Sung by Steven Curtis Chapman on his album, <span style="font-style: italic;">Speechless</span>, Sparrow Records. 1999 (pictured at right) or on <span style="font-style: italic;">WOW </span><span style="font-style: italic;">2001 </span>and on other albums too. Following Jesus means diving deep and losing ourselves in the flood of living water.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong>Listening Song: Wh</strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNZpFQXAw2-_cabgZ8IKT0V-blqKXZcczjfp_6Z7Rwsjl6POAgHRCFzSkK2-Op5gtcyiarouwddXBZWUOgLH1cv2SgDmBBStzj5A2O7PoxGS2jFd08guBdF9N_K3ARuCWzX4AE/s1600/Caedmons+Call+In+the+Company+of+angels.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></a><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong>o You Are</strong><span style="font-weight: 700;">?</span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">(see clip below) Sung by Caedmon's Call on their album, <span style="font-style: italic;">In the Company of Angels </span>or on <span style="font-style: italic;">WOW 2003</span>. This song goes well with the gospel reading.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/s1IrUxb3kmA" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="420"></iframe><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">Kid's Story: Noah's Ark<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1xDDb1hc9fIBLl2L1Puqx_taRPNQdKTgWHNTLx-IIoD5F2AcbuC7hze1wCYvjpWP55qaXMEJrY5i3XsffFuimGlFBL63Em3oCbpqC0POpxctKKs97kdU-JT5TxycTqiKzMlNefQ/s435/Noahs+Ark+Arch_0001+web.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="336" height="34" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1xDDb1hc9fIBLl2L1Puqx_taRPNQdKTgWHNTLx-IIoD5F2AcbuC7hze1wCYvjpWP55qaXMEJrY5i3XsffFuimGlFBL63Em3oCbpqC0POpxctKKs97kdU-JT5TxycTqiKzMlNefQ/w27-h34/Noahs+Ark+Arch_0001+web.jpg" width="27" /></a></div></span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">by Jan Latourette and Sally Mathews, Lutheran Publishing House, 1982, ISBN 0859101959 (pictured at right).</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: 700;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiItlR65I1cBXglJa8nX0_mQO07Rkdny1MANhQafkaSX5gaYywhRc-wHCrgcIYg-vM-Xp3F_Pc5FCTqlKDO5HRlj3RCm17NiCYWZfgIsxeYReNysZUDTBYQD2puneFSZhFWCFMkMg/s1474/leunig+animated_0001.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1474" data-original-width="1050" height="58" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiItlR65I1cBXglJa8nX0_mQO07Rkdny1MANhQafkaSX5gaYywhRc-wHCrgcIYg-vM-Xp3F_Pc5FCTqlKDO5HRlj3RCm17NiCYWZfgIsxeYReNysZUDTBYQD2puneFSZhFWCFMkMg/w41-h58/leunig+animated_0001.jpg" width="41" /></a></div>Film C</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvVnZeeDHyeoE_ihqcc52PymMajrHdPhNsbtvTPVrLROMHY9uVyisakTbUX16xxRXK7sei10IR-T8RP2NGRAl9XB4Y4HNvAtzrhQcLueE_xTLJHQZpxcRk_m3oj8JXibQ7ZUPc1A/s1600-h/leunig+animated.jpg"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"></span></a><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: 700;">lip: Noah's Ark</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">On <span style="font-style: italic;">Leunig Animated</span>, Fruitcup Films, 2001 (pictured at left). This little clip is a great introduction to a prayer of confession.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Film Clip</strong>: <strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Toy Story</strong></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">When Woody reminds Buzz that his owner's name is written on the sole of his foot in indelible ink. Relate to how God has our names written on the palm of his hand.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hZVQTVC7etM" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="420"></iframe><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYpm2WFuAIu82omJ7vC1wLD4vN5tiR9XIE6_TMMcr-OXVohhSFTG47jIrvdsNvxVDFLda839tMAabLJ118XHw47rbP2ANLARZRBPSxUsYbHda9fXJaQRW6Aj17RYgp3wtcfiED_g/s1600/Mega+Drama+3.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="333" height="73" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYpm2WFuAIu82omJ7vC1wLD4vN5tiR9XIE6_TMMcr-OXVohhSFTG47jIrvdsNvxVDFLda839tMAabLJ118XHw47rbP2ANLARZRBPSxUsYbHda9fXJaQRW6Aj17RYgp3wtcfiED_g/w55-h73/Mega+Drama+3.jpg" width="55" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">Drama: It's a Sign</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Mega Drama 3 </span>by Verona Johnson (ed) Openbook, 2002, ISBN 0859109178 (v.<em>3</em>), page 46, (pictured at left). This drama is based on the Genesis reading. It looks at the definition of promise.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: 700;">Drama: Noah's Ark</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoz8_jsLpGiL7e1aWAC-KgY9m_vvJTelCtatQRP0pEdkH4S3EyYIlqobO4sFdeDy0T_KTJxmYxVdS73MFXstof7OKLFcn94eyUs6BE5awJKpWwwh_vYnpafKKBgulB9k1rgc3YMA/s1600-h/Clown+Ministry.jpg"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><img alt="" border="0" height="113" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305792284492474274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoz8_jsLpGiL7e1aWAC-KgY9m_vvJTelCtatQRP0pEdkH4S3EyYIlqobO4sFdeDy0T_KTJxmYxVdS73MFXstof7OKLFcn94eyUs6BE5awJKpWwwh_vYnpafKKBgulB9k1rgc3YMA/w71-h113/Clown+Ministry.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 126px;" width="71" /></span></a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Skit 21 in <span style="font-style: italic;">Clown Ministry </span>by Floyd Schaffer and Penne Sewell, Group Books, 1984, ISBN 0936664185, (pictured at right). This drama obviously goes with the Genesis reading.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIo0ifIO4qjUR0tKow8kbDx8sdXVwSf7WKusGCdafmFaUR2ocM_d6bTOAZbLJMo5KOiH-Hys7gB43Lfp30N7ShyqhQeD1yAYMneoeMCORSqcnS0291E9byaB_ZmB1bn6X08M39aA/s1600/Your+point+being.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="132" height="75" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIo0ifIO4qjUR0tKow8kbDx8sdXVwSf7WKusGCdafmFaUR2ocM_d6bTOAZbLJMo5KOiH-Hys7gB43Lfp30N7ShyqhQeD1yAYMneoeMCORSqcnS0291E9byaB_ZmB1bn6X08M39aA/w50-h75/Your+point+being.jpg" width="50" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Story: "What I want!"</strong><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />Found as story No 232 in <em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Your Point Being?</em> by Graham H. Twelftree,Monarch, 2003 (pictured at left)<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong>. This story is related to the gospel reading.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Discussion</strong>:</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Give a the congregation three pictures (via data-</span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">projector or handout) - one of an overwhelming sea, one of the ark all shut up and one of a rainbow - and ask them to think which best represents their relationship with God at this time. Ask them to share their responses in pairs or threes.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Response Activity:</strong></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Give each person a business card with a rainbow printed on one side with a blank back on the other side. Ask people to write one of God's promises which gives them encouragement on the blank side. Instead of passing the peace, greet someone by swapping the card. Read the new card and then swap it with somebody else.<span style="font-weight: 700;"> </span><span>Do thi</span>s a number of times so that each person will have read a number of promises.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Response Activity</strong>:</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Plait bracelets made of embroidery cotton in the colours of the rainbow - they look best if you combine red and orange, yellow and green and blue and purple to get the three plaiting strands. Encourage people to wear them as a prayer/reminder of God's promises to them. It's fun to do this by working in groups. If you have used the above discussion, then use those groups to build on the trust and comeraderie they will have established between themselves.</span><br /><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Also:</b></span><br /><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b></b><br /></span></span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Ey4XDnmqhtcT8Nz4ceS-esaaAIQF4u0aPre414qyYQ3YMaLdnMhCA6IIu-d2Seqdx8pcWYXlXMACZ4dBLCCLiAbnPGSbkHpQyfdXY_OpKWfmr5YHkoya-bNMprPhyphenhyphenmdU-QQc-A/s448/eggs+and+ashes.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="317" height="79" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Ey4XDnmqhtcT8Nz4ceS-esaaAIQF4u0aPre414qyYQ3YMaLdnMhCA6IIu-d2Seqdx8pcWYXlXMACZ4dBLCCLiAbnPGSbkHpQyfdXY_OpKWfmr5YHkoya-bNMprPhyphenhyphenmdU-QQc-A/w56-h79/eggs+and+ashes.jpg" width="56" /></a></div>Opening and Closing Responses for Lent</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">By Ruth Burgess and Chris Polhill in <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Eggs and Ashes</i>, Wild Goose Publications, 2004, page 74 (pictured at left) . </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="background-color: white; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Psalm 25<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIekMEA-esaAiCyEtskp34nyipGzez4I-36AOAsMLOgamCKncM2lsX12JjvY9-BjCdYNHnZ9EQ3Szj7_9ffQpanQNrij9v-eFnQdUDROroUwELw9yONKbr9u63r9Kj5lmH4n65-hKniFmRvz0aNxgzPdU12XD68G00oeG8Tlyorx_zMd6jGDw_mA/s474/The%20Psalms%20An%20Artists%20Impression.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="347" height="41" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIekMEA-esaAiCyEtskp34nyipGzez4I-36AOAsMLOgamCKncM2lsX12JjvY9-BjCdYNHnZ9EQ3Szj7_9ffQpanQNrij9v-eFnQdUDROroUwELw9yONKbr9u63r9Kj5lmH4n65-hKniFmRvz0aNxgzPdU12XD68G00oeG8Tlyorx_zMd6jGDw_mA/w30-h41/The%20Psalms%20An%20Artists%20Impression.jpg" width="30" /></a></div></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Found in <i>The Psalms: An Artist's Impression</i> by Anneke Kaai and Eugene Peterson, Piquant, 1999, ISBN 0 9535757 0 5, page 16 (pictured at right). </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy49-zvrTZGXfpRwurn1SuVk8300SbUggB4P8cfrwwhndaIZBGgQS08rUszzrdfWaOvpuan31dYrFUq3L_CSQlqxAcgLTjztmU02rLKT7kTschA7dS_XXI74gDLjn7TewSGsAEDzPXOMTptiC62nfFqlSi6qBCazzwYg3zcfHVdPNM41f_Ob3iHA/s320/The%20Gospel%20according%20to%20the%20Simpsons.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="207" height="92" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy49-zvrTZGXfpRwurn1SuVk8300SbUggB4P8cfrwwhndaIZBGgQS08rUszzrdfWaOvpuan31dYrFUq3L_CSQlqxAcgLTjztmU02rLKT7kTschA7dS_XXI74gDLjn7TewSGsAEDzPXOMTptiC62nfFqlSi6qBCazzwYg3zcfHVdPNM41f_Ob3iHA/w59-h92/The%20Gospel%20according%20to%20the%20Simpsons.jpg" width="59" /></a></div>Discussion Questions: What is a Soul?</b></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;">Found in Chapter 5 of <i>The Gospel According to the Simpsons Leaders Guide for Group Study</i> by Mark I Pinsky and Samuel F Parvin, Westminster John Knox Press, 2002, ISBN 0 664 22590 X (pictured at left). These questions are based on the </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Psalm.</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><b>Hymn: Forty Years the People Wandered<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYUA_5ADA1kZzxpZia4VbqDCKZDcX-9_hTER83BsSVyiIZryVWP13CYqcwky5Z13AADjuIacLmPqrH9vdtXdh8CTCOXEK7NCg0Ul-q-C2iUMJqTqDtBa8dzLhp3jGwD7pIrSV3jQX1mSLsOrBr5VekCdKFKQzI9UO0zP1NuGCN4K-FmZt1bXpWfg/s175/Before%20the%20Amen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="175" data-original-width="120" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYUA_5ADA1kZzxpZia4VbqDCKZDcX-9_hTER83BsSVyiIZryVWP13CYqcwky5Z13AADjuIacLmPqrH9vdtXdh8CTCOXEK7NCg0Ul-q-C2iUMJqTqDtBa8dzLhp3jGwD7pIrSV3jQX1mSLsOrBr5VekCdKFKQzI9UO0zP1NuGCN4K-FmZt1bXpWfg/w95-h138/Before%20the%20Amen.jpg" width="95" /></a></div></b></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">By Penelope J. Stokes and found in <i>Before the Amen</i> by Maren C Tirabassi and Maria I. Tirrabassi (Eds), Pilgrim Press, Cleveland, 2007, ISBN 978 0 8298 1750 8, page 64 (pictured at right). Based on the Mark reading.</span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b></span><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></div>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17995248220649884949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20931290.post-62285159102063796292024-02-04T13:58:00.002+11:002024-02-10T15:37:29.008+11:00Transfiguration B ( February 11): Staying Close to God, Being a Light in the Darkness<div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijgS4YBnqKKY-_3p72TbRUPgf-4ww8JYmuAbsroEzwMhloaxgSHXXKrmycufKtXDgkXlqn_As20L_F-CpKeXwjwBqkWgNAhxarPsbvsUIYP698td2R-O4kDmdXobVCrEhGZBo5DQ/s1600/B+Transfiguration+wikimedia+Chicago_Union_Station_1943+a.jpg" style="clear: right; 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margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCGwLe-rqYLVt-I5T3Su2cB3peNH8OkcDYcN4ChVSKEirWb0XY-ECgbYU1K62LFI4PpYlSPoMbx9JseMjCjfXJKTD7I3oH7EzO7yAAeKI1PrWPd7neVFslM3Znf839XMpaE5sf1Z6sl568ZKEB4ZfDS2nKGOfFflfbHsvd6HiItltpuouQdb3jLA/s709/Mark%2009_02-09%2020cuaresmaB2.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="709" data-original-width="519" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCGwLe-rqYLVt-I5T3Su2cB3peNH8OkcDYcN4ChVSKEirWb0XY-ECgbYU1K62LFI4PpYlSPoMbx9JseMjCjfXJKTD7I3oH7EzO7yAAeKI1PrWPd7neVFslM3Znf839XMpaE5sf1Z6sl568ZKEB4ZfDS2nKGOfFflfbHsvd6HiItltpuouQdb3jLA/s320/Mark%2009_02-09%2020cuaresmaB2.jpg" width="234" /></a></div>Bible Reading</strong></span><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">s</span></strong><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">:<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> </span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Psalm 50:1-6, Mark 9:2-9, 2 Corin</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">thians 4:3-6, 2 Kin</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">gs 2:1-12</span></div></strong></span><strong></strong></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">About the Images:</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Upper left and right</strong>: These are both copyright free and from Wikimedi</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">a.com. I thoug</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">ht they were both great examples of 2 Corinthians 4:6b - God, who said, "Let light shine out of the darkness" has shone in our hearts.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Middle Left</strong>: This is an image from the Church of the Transfiguration on Mt Tabor in the Holy Land. This is my image so please feel free to use it for worship and related activities.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Middle Right</strong>: This image is from the free Heartlight site - see my links column at left. </span><br /><span><b>Lower Left</b>: This is a free Microsoft image which illustrates the song Go Light Your Candle below which has the line - "so carry your candle".</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b>Lower Right</b>: Another Heartlight image</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b>Bottom Left</b>: A free image from Cerezo Barredo. <br /></span><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTZWsGDf-FSboaVuMITpuIQj892jwL4mUs_xlKuv08dYJnBULa8PkXi54R0tN6k0Jnclz-uidv_DPA6O02yxnzZWV6jNKL1L81hSDLqie7yXFQBYgW4LdIWW4iUs0tr4HhPlZjyQ/s1600-h/Kathy+Troccoli.JPG"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302915756610320370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTZWsGDf-FSboaVuMITpuIQj892jwL4mUs_xlKuv08dYJnBULa8PkXi54R0tN6k0Jnclz-uidv_DPA6O02yxnzZWV6jNKL1L81hSDLqie7yXFQBYgW4LdIWW4iUs0tr4HhPlZjyQ/s200/Kathy+Troccoli.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 155px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 155px;" /></span></a></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Listening Song: Go Light Your Candle</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">by Kathy Troccoli on </span><em>Sounds of Heaven</em><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> 1995, </span><em>Greatest Hits</em><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> 2003 (pictured at right) or </span><em>WOW 1996</em><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Kids Story:</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Make some flas</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">h</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> cards with different emotions (eg smily face, sad face etc). Give each flash card to a different child and then tell the story of the 2 Kings or Mark reading. Ask the kids to listen carefully as you tell the story and to hold</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> up their card when they think one of the characters feels like their card. Everybody then has to use their face to reflect </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">that card.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Youth Idea:</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />Get a few kids to play a short game of the theatre sport Space </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Jump (if you don't know how to play this find out at </span><a href="http://phillips.personal.nccu.edu.tw/improv/jump.html">http://phillips.personal.nccu.edu.tw/impr</a><a href="http://phillips.personal.nccu.edu.tw/improv/jump.html">ov/jump.html</a><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">) and then connect it to our lives and to the gospel story in t</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">hat we are often so busy going from thing to thing that life often feels like a game of Space Jump and the disciples must have felt very much like they were playing a game of Space Jump with Jesus on the day of the transfiguration.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Film Clip:</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9-k2LjhmJGRTKF0dQoJzq9StsB6_pbi3P70WPq6kSpfXH8Mra7fA5Hobk3aleMJLIh0vehBLaFsJBS3vX6pIjsduFEYV8VOHuq5YuUh_5fHDHgjYc6ZqQPCtYKS1Pcv2TY4cC/s1600/harry-potter-and-the-prisoner-of-azkaban.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></a><span style="font-weight: 700;"> Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Show the part wh</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">ere Dumbledore, in his welcome address, talks about turning on the light</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zYCx_7J1MDk" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="560"></iframe></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br />Discussi</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">on: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban</span> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />1. What does Dumbledore mean when he says "Turn </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">on the light"</span> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">?<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />2. How do we, as Christians, turn on the light in a dark world?</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Dram</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">a: Cleanliness is Next to Godliness</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQU3i7vVJup2Qlgnkf8tufnEcxYHgE53Go6zy-g39YxaOef96RlKeMLeT8Ndl00-_kau8RdGaoe5VjLrQaQrLX3UArNuyblMnwMS3sxrjjeTu1fLoAXbgpWSmaBYEatvu-F6xl/s1600/Mega+Drama+3.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="166" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697756078053425746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQU3i7vVJup2Qlgnkf8tufnEcxYHgE53Go6zy-g39YxaOef96RlKeMLeT8Ndl00-_kau8RdGaoe5VjLrQaQrLX3UArNuyblMnwMS3sxrjjeTu1fLoAXbgpWSmaBYEatvu-F6xl/w123-h166/Mega+Drama+3.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 148px;" width="123" /></a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Mega Drama 3 </span>by Verona Johnson (ed) Openbook, 2002, ISBN 0859109178 (v.</span><em>3</em><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">), page 92, (pictured at right).This drama is based on the Gospel reading.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">Discussion Questions:</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Alone: When has God's glory touched you?</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Brainstorm Together: How did it make you feel?</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Together: How does this effect you in your daily life?</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikyDtKkJIbCyyHrzQAM_MEAiSvLkboT4VUEE-pnTOzBJ1AxEQwFgbPjqngAsK8wwz_ovSlUm0Wc8aGjCGoqB8TRZQkcqtaEYmB6Vk4QaKgoKuvD0-jmqWvsOHxe2EfdKyie2qrug/s1600-h/Your+point+being.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="147" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302904265633601458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikyDtKkJIbCyyHrzQAM_MEAiSvLkboT4VUEE-pnTOzBJ1AxEQwFgbPjqngAsK8wwz_ovSlUm0Wc8aGjCGoqB8TRZQkcqtaEYmB6Vk4QaKgoKuvD0-jmqWvsOHxe2EfdKyie2qrug/w97-h147/Your+point+being.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 132px;" width="97" /></a><span style="font-weight: 700;">Story: Life</span> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />Story No 148</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> in <span style="font-style: italic;">Your Point Being</span> by Graham H. Twelftree, Monarch Books, 2003, ISBN 1854245929 (UK), (pictured at left)</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">. </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">This story f</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">its well with the Corinthians reading.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Story: A Candle in the Darkness</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghiD3-96OqjyF_hVL3ZecKP3WKVhMg8q07xiIhbOukzaMICi1NPF4fsbI11zqyilWQ9zhQISkphE_I_sbJYgZyLrcrcsKth_5eDyj4ntLIZy2NwKB57DwvRXvCY1OQsdHcJ23n/s1600/More+Hot.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="152" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697756794148109682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghiD3-96OqjyF_hVL3ZecKP3WKVhMg8q07xiIhbOukzaMICi1NPF4fsbI11zqyilWQ9zhQISkphE_I_sbJYgZyLrcrcsKth_5eDyj4ntLIZy2NwKB57DwvRXvCY1OQsdHcJ23n/w116-h152/More+Hot.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 153px;" width="116" /></a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">More Hot Illustrations for Youth</span> by Wayne Rice, </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Zondervan, 1995, </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">ISBN 0310207681</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> (pictured at right). This story connects particularly with the 2 Corinthians reading but also with the others.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Prop for above story: </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Use a self igniting candle and explain: Daniel’s light shone very brightly (light candle) - sometime ours does too and at other times it is just a tiny glow. But, no matter what happens, once we have met God, there is no reason why</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> our light should ever go out (blow out self lighting candle and then p</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">ause while candle reignites). The trick is to stay close to God.</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong>Response Activity</strong><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">:</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />Ask kids to hand out a small birthday candle to each member of the congregation. Encourage everybody to light their candle each dinner time this week to remind them of the light of God.</span></span><br /><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b></b><br /></span></span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipbLR7szrO-nW8VEjHaM9rE_ow2a4DRejcCtj6IzxE5JmzLdu6wBPIjHX4B9bWzRV_gG74SQEncndcs7jqqi-01kZzE31arhzMVF1YNA9HZnXOING2zieKBxHGpYaur_f5DXheTw/s329/Prayer+Heart+of+the+Pilgrimage.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="329" data-original-width="260" height="75" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipbLR7szrO-nW8VEjHaM9rE_ow2a4DRejcCtj6IzxE5JmzLdu6wBPIjHX4B9bWzRV_gG74SQEncndcs7jqqi-01kZzE31arhzMVF1YNA9HZnXOING2zieKBxHGpYaur_f5DXheTw/w59-h75/Prayer+Heart+of+the+Pilgrimage.jpg" width="59" /></a></div>Prayer Exercise: Making and Taking the Time to Pray</b></span></span></div></div><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Prayer: Heart of the Pilgrimage </i>by Jenny Youngman, Upper Room Books, Nashville, 2007, ISBN 0835898369, page 40 (pictured at left) . This is based on the Gospel reading.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Also:</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Sermon ideas: The Cross is the Only Way to Glory<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi16mCS97PQ_5KckthRv0w4RZnBwM0quq8iF-ZUtM7Lr75y5NsOYy6EZUah3yK-oZ41oU639qhBCmbz8tuY1vamOM975J9fv7gmaZWUeavxWAEKmdb6drUoauQd-jg3A9Dlgqc38d11-913K0YA2IRmGplkMe5sRQEJgAsVvWxFIjlNnF0NZja3CA/s92/Life%20on%20the%20road%20tight.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="92" data-original-width="57" height="92" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi16mCS97PQ_5KckthRv0w4RZnBwM0quq8iF-ZUtM7Lr75y5NsOYy6EZUah3yK-oZ41oU639qhBCmbz8tuY1vamOM975J9fv7gmaZWUeavxWAEKmdb6drUoauQd-jg3A9Dlgqc38d11-913K0YA2IRmGplkMe5sRQEJgAsVvWxFIjlNnF0NZja3CA/s1600/Life%20on%20the%20road%20tight.jpg" width="57" /></a></div></b></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <i>Life on the Road</i> by Athol Gill, Herald Press, 1992, page 55 (pictured at right). This is based on the Gospel reading. </span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></div></span></div></div></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><b></b><i></i><u></u></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 16px;"><sub></sub><sup></sup></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><strike></strike></span><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; 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clear: left; color: #0066cc; float: left; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="410" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd7kzftt6uRK47urRdw4N6mxU-dJfxozfuewYdjuOwKUU98aU82cXXLPl-aolFgIuKoS5j0BDXah6Cuo23-1pHJGdrhQKBkGNu9JaVzU2x3h3j-gSkAvY4b3wjtKPnJaBi-JUo3w/s320/B+Epiphany+5+Cerezo+Barredo.jpg" width="241" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXm0omfpzPdfh1mYtGmWcIzT7520OASX8hNyZ-XmrHHnjZQ0rq6pAGRFVSyw6dBsAWvLWxVO56MgETH6ge3LS56sF2mc5_oMNfefzeMsENd4KxaKibo3puXKA_bRRQijURsUUn9QSD5pTQGv7yOvYNucTRtWEvdg6xAipvK0qtf3qURgwTZe-hXg/s595/Mark%2001_29-39%209_gif.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="220" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXm0omfpzPdfh1mYtGmWcIzT7520OASX8hNyZ-XmrHHnjZQ0rq6pAGRFVSyw6dBsAWvLWxVO56MgETH6ge3LS56sF2mc5_oMNfefzeMsENd4KxaKibo3puXKA_bRRQijURsUUn9QSD5pTQGv7yOvYNucTRtWEvdg6xAipvK0qtf3qURgwTZe-hXg/s320/Mark%2001_29-39%209_gif.jpg" width="118" /></a></div><br />Bible readings</strong></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">: Isaiah 40:21-31, Psalm 147:1-11,20c, 1 Corinthians 9:16-23, Mark 1:29-39.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b></b><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">About the Images:</span><br /><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b>Upper Left:</b><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400;"> We all need clues for coping with the heat. A few years ago we had a record number of days over 43C (that's about 110F). This photo is of my husband, Joe, giving my car some tender loving care so it copes - even if he doesn't :-).</span></span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Upper Right:</span> This image comes from Image b</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">ank - http://www.imagebank.org.uk . This is an excellent free image site and well worth bookmarking.</span><br /><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Middle Left and Middle Right</strong>: These are free images is from Heartlight (see my link column at left)</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Lower left</strong>: This is a free image from Cerezo Barredo (see my links column at left).</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Lower Right</b>: A campfire (bush telly) and a nice cup of tea or coffee are great clues for coping. This is my stick billy and my campfire and my photo, so please feel free to use for worship and related activities. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Bottom Left</b>: This is a free image from </span><span lang="en-us" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Maria d.c. Zamora, Claretian Resources, Philippines.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0o9sZ1vhlAViuzKvQpBA7g_973cvrxThR0ec1kqqJFN6f_BfQ3uwemE9DuFJl6QOGCs7q7lQXiJ2uBprkRTipe8B8IDSqQ10eshsuWaYARQRRiEqlJJqBOjXZdIVXdN2vRSPwng/s1600-h/the+dish_cd.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="143" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297259063732761346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0o9sZ1vhlAViuzKvQpBA7g_973cvrxThR0ec1kqqJFN6f_BfQ3uwemE9DuFJl6QOGCs7q7lQXiJ2uBprkRTipe8B8IDSqQ10eshsuWaYARQRRiEqlJJqBOjXZdIVXdN2vRSPwng/w143-h143/the+dish_cd.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 166px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 166px;" width="143" /></a><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Listening Song: On The Wings of An Eagle</strong></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">By Russell Morris on the soundtrack of <span style="font-style: italic;">The Dish</span> (pictured at left). </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">This goes well with the Isaiah reading.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Drama: The Things You Do To Get a </strong></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjusOVpOcAkm7gCgrZGv0H5iAJH6WrwShiiRr3Nl8rR-ZyBa6CvQnOdBBtr4PeODlPwAKdmwkR7lZg90nAJaMKYBcn5QCljdmGhMZZzigFxmjfO22gXGmb97MDnrRjmEAY6DhGN/s1600/Mega+Drama+3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="167" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696337585180414082" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjusOVpOcAkm7gCgrZGv0H5iAJH6WrwShiiRr3Nl8rR-ZyBa6CvQnOdBBtr4PeODlPwAKdmwkR7lZg90nAJaMKYBcn5QCljdmGhMZZzigFxmjfO22gXGmb97MDnrRjmEAY6DhGN/w124-h167/Mega+Drama+3.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 148px;" width="124" /></a><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Decent M</strong></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">eal</strong></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Mega Drama </span>3, Open Book, 2002, ISBN 0859109178, page 52, (pictured at the right).</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> This is based on the gospel reading.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">Discussion: In age groups</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">What sort of things add stress to our lives these day</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">s?</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Story: Alive and Present</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />By Steve Goodier and found at http://sweetpovertyflats.savingadvice.com/family-ramblins/</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">This talks about the objective in life being the journey, not the </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">goal.</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeYr9G_B1bMObaawxXfkDXhYr8mCeLblTIsuunl145OFlcSGPoZJLVIov2RWyLq92wx5Hd6xm7p1SZDJtXZ9kbf502tt8kgOwhbN-vCucYEHDRkW7p8WQJ0xXj3g2s8PZuqPvClg/s350/Hot+illustrations.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="336" height="66" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeYr9G_B1bMObaawxXfkDXhYr8mCeLblTIsuunl145OFlcSGPoZJLVIov2RWyLq92wx5Hd6xm7p1SZDJtXZ9kbf502tt8kgOwhbN-vCucYEHDRkW7p8WQJ0xXj3g2s8PZuqPvClg/w63-h66/Hot+illustrations.jpg" width="63" /></a></div>Story: Sharpen</strong></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> your Ax</strong></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">e</strong></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <span><em>Hot illustrations for Youth</em></span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><em> Talks</em></span>, Youth Specialties Inc, ISBN 0310402611,</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> 1994, pages 180-181 </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">(pic</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">tured at left)</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">. </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">This story is about the importance of prayer and staying in touch with God.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Prayer</strong>:</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrFuDGRSi8S5Zt2mZdL2Ol-5uDbH9Tkmg7483E6txzb_YFkVNwqGOdYql6sLpeGMEZ_XJI6HRLQ-G_hBsNNpWz9PL-DllNkUiJnfpd-wJywgW1vaVBN4o6hCgrDg9Os_M6UQJeeQ/s250/enya+watermarks.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="250" height="110" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrFuDGRSi8S5Zt2mZdL2Ol-5uDbH9Tkmg7483E6txzb_YFkVNwqGOdYql6sLpeGMEZ_XJI6HRLQ-G_hBsNNpWz9PL-DllNkUiJnfpd-wJywgW1vaVBN4o6hCgrDg9Os_M6UQJeeQ/w110-h110/enya+watermarks.jpg" width="110" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Give people the opportunity to find a quiet resting place with God by presenting the Isaiah reading (either as a data projection or as a printed </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">leaflet - use both words and pict</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">ures) wh</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">ile </span><span>playing some reflective </span><span>music. </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikm9uu8RNYWoWbLHuohUhurPpNCvEZ_nY-qZl8RlkksuvtzuM-dwQ80wu70SYtAniF1EBsBY8dmiz51Llz6vdu-rIhEq4ewTi15ZbjOLAc1rr0QPZZujUR0v55QnQi4QFwXSS4HA/s102/enya-a-day-without-rain.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="101" data-original-width="102" height="103" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikm9uu8RNYWoWbLHuohUhurPpNCvEZ_nY-qZl8RlkksuvtzuM-dwQ80wu70SYtAniF1EBsBY8dmiz51Llz6vdu-rIhEq4ewTi15ZbjOLAc1rr0QPZZujUR0v55QnQi4QFwXSS4HA/w104-h103/enya-a-day-without-rain.jpg" width="104" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Watermarks</strong></em><span style="font-weight: 700;"> </span><span>o</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">n</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">the </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">album<span style="font-weight: 700;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Waterm</span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic;">arks</span><span style="font-weight: 700;"> </span>(pictured at righ</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">t)<span style="font-weight: 700;"> </span>or <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">T<em>he First of Autum</em></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;"><em>n</em></span> on the albu</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">m <span style="font-style: italic;">A Day Without Rain</span> (pictur</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">ed at left), both by Enya, both work well and are about the right length. Encourage people to watch, read and listen, and hear what God is saying to them to them.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT1NkOcbANj_sjcI73eG9TPGrMVnOMIYqefrvbW0ck05jpZWKAtKuDQlsRnJ1QCXSEa4LplcCWv9I6E7nUqh5bAf1oymuTbS569bHmTDOrQqMNHmU0-l0ixXN7emNZE6q_N6qelg/s1600/meditations+from+the+iona+community.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="980" data-original-width="680" height="67" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT1NkOcbANj_sjcI73eG9TPGrMVnOMIYqefrvbW0ck05jpZWKAtKuDQlsRnJ1QCXSEa4LplcCWv9I6E7nUqh5bAf1oymuTbS569bHmTDOrQqMNHmU0-l0ixXN7emNZE6q_N6qelg/w46-h67/meditations+from+the+iona+community.jpg" width="46" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Meditation: Withdrawal for Prayer</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Meditations from the Iona Community</i> by Ian Reid, Wild Goose Publications, Trowbridge, 1998, ISBN 1901557022, page 12 (pictured at left). This goes well with the gospel reading.</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></strong></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br /></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Prayer Exercise: A Life of Prayer is a Holy Rhythm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLBYh5cN6O27DnxqwShDyneQ26QB_f9GDaY7jbJB40F37tCn3z639zjn3XDtmXk-y_Apg18qBKX1bbam8yaik_l793TGcJCh8ZWcHgmPdCfuqedyVkpA3TACqmzHu_2mOO8fkKlw/s329/Prayer+Heart+of+the+Pilgrimage.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="329" data-original-width="260" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLBYh5cN6O27DnxqwShDyneQ26QB_f9GDaY7jbJB40F37tCn3z639zjn3XDtmXk-y_Apg18qBKX1bbam8yaik_l793TGcJCh8ZWcHgmPdCfuqedyVkpA3TACqmzHu_2mOO8fkKlw/w89-h113/Prayer+Heart+of+the+Pilgrimage.jpg" width="89" /></a></div></b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Prayer: Heart of the Pilgrimage </i>by Jenny Youngman, Upper Room Books, Nashville, 2007, ISBN 0835898369, page 24 (pictured at right). This is based on the Gospel reading.</span><br /><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Also:</b><br /></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Prayer Exercise: Singing our Prayers</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></div><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Prayer: Heart of the Pilgrimage </i>by Jenny Youngman, Upper Room Books, Nashville, 2007, ISBN 0835898369, page 68 (pictured at above right). This is based on the Psalm reading.</span><br /><span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZU1nAssgmQrfpHG81cUN02P3sMwIMXnkTLlg4hfzceeCYpboQ1cKDPzOggIfEbVpe03iCnzatpzxhGOa8HcnyuYKK11fp8JA_Zr6xJDFVznwPP6voqdhlTE1D9iOqEbgNIP060A/s499/Multi-sensory+prophets.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="364" height="79" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZU1nAssgmQrfpHG81cUN02P3sMwIMXnkTLlg4hfzceeCYpboQ1cKDPzOggIfEbVpe03iCnzatpzxhGOa8HcnyuYKK11fp8JA_Zr6xJDFVznwPP6voqdhlTE1D9iOqEbgNIP060A/w58-h79/Multi-sensory+prophets.jpg" width="58" /></a></div>Creative Ideas: Isaiah: The Messianic Prophet</b></span></span></span></div></div><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <i>Multi-Sensory Prophets </i>by Mike Law, Scripture Union, 2007, ISBN 9781844272587, page 25 (pictured at left). This is based on the Isaiah reading.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Drama: Among the Women Jesus Met<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9paWJE_XhEzDVZxqTK5wN4iiHlkxiQF92sdpmqiTMKUspRsRy3ePJOzmPtk9mvAoGHfP0bPh3HEgnyudd7YVJhc2iwqy44wtJ5b44xfVfT7vz9cDV5o2pUcditFC99u2kxes7APZHVYAJg2FxHUziebcjg0hpstXeMTuab95D6zOpy7YtTiefWw/s1386/Present%20on%20earth.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1386" data-original-width="942" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9paWJE_XhEzDVZxqTK5wN4iiHlkxiQF92sdpmqiTMKUspRsRy3ePJOzmPtk9mvAoGHfP0bPh3HEgnyudd7YVJhc2iwqy44wtJ5b44xfVfT7vz9cDV5o2pUcditFC99u2kxes7APZHVYAJg2FxHUziebcjg0hpstXeMTuab95D6zOpy7YtTiefWw/w119-h176/Present%20on%20earth.jpg" width="119" /></a></div></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333333;">Found in </span><span style="color: #333333;"><i>Present on Earth by </i>Wild </span><span style="color: #333333;">Goose Worship Gro</span><span style="color: #333333;">up, Wild Goose Publications, 2002, ISBN 0 901557 64 2, page 69ff (pictured at right). This is based on the Mark reading.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Meditation: Disciples of Christ</b></span></div><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333333;">Found in </span><span style="color: #333333;"><i>Present on Earth by </i>Wild </span><span style="color: #333333;">Goose Worship Gro</span><span style="color: #333333;">up, Wild Goose Publications, 2002, ISBN 0 901557 64 2, page 76ff (pictured at right). This is based on the Mark reading.</span></span></div><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Reading: The Calling of Peter</b></span></div><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333333;">Found in </span><span style="color: #333333;"><i>Present on Earth by </i>Wild </span><span style="color: #333333;">Goose Worship Gro</span><span style="color: #333333;">up, Wild Goose Publications, 2002, ISBN 0 901557 64 2, page 114ff (pictured above right). This is based on the Mark reading.</span></span></div><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj_XzK6u2tHcXRu5AHODTfMinQ8_QL9i5tqqma6bEmodPdMtfJM5zVvLxPWMKMMQb_7i4OED-w2abP97AwuER4nTk8u4ShSGmn_PM5N1uiD4N55YJp8gurlaYkCfHJ56VYo-Q827EVdtvMk6xz4DqFbMbkkDOPkHD6rnEWHfpKm-Moc7_IcMBC7Q/s1752/multi.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1752" data-original-width="1204" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj_XzK6u2tHcXRu5AHODTfMinQ8_QL9i5tqqma6bEmodPdMtfJM5zVvLxPWMKMMQb_7i4OED-w2abP97AwuER4nTk8u4ShSGmn_PM5N1uiD4N55YJp8gurlaYkCfHJ56VYo-Q827EVdtvMk6xz4DqFbMbkkDOPkHD6rnEWHfpKm-Moc7_IcMBC7Q/w92-h134/multi.jpg" width="92" /></a></div>Prayer: The Globe</b></span></div><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Found in <em>Multi-Sensory Prayer</em> by Sue Wallace, Scripture Union, 2001, ISBN 1859994652, page 20 (pictured at left) and based on the Isaiah reading.</span></div><div><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></span></div></div></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></span></div></div></div></span></span></div>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17995248220649884949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20931290.post-23992405094545227052024-01-22T13:52:00.005+11:002024-01-22T14:15:50.451+11:00Epiphany 4 B (January 28): Power and Authority<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh4LOGqw9VkOoSgksjCTZkBWXbwOuF7u3tpepfKHR1ClR3D5vMxlBmJbgPZyqfrqutd6D8X5k06MB1lo7_g0G3m-cTjgW55Qjvl8g0PGLh4CqTJKXsxGKucxLiImou3KvHJdGqPg/s1600/B+Epiphany+4+Psalm+111_03.jpg" style="clear: right; 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margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">ible Readings:</span></strong><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Deuteronomy 18:15-20, Psalm 111, 1 Corinthians 8:1-13, Mark 1:21-28</span><strong></strong></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">About the Images:</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Upper Left:</span> Lake Tyers beach early in the morning, East Gippsland, Australia (http://www.caravanparkphotos.com.au/lake_tyers_camp/index.htm). Nothing like a stormy sunrise to remind you of God's power and authority. This is my photo - so feel free to use it for worship and related activities.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Upper Right:</span> A compilation of microsoft free clipart.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Middle Left</strong>: This is the first line of a lovely Aussie Hymn by Elizabeth J. Smith (Together in Song 188) which I think goes really well with ideas of God's creative power. The image of the Simpson desert French line is mine so please feel free to use it for worship and related activities. For more info on the Simpson Desert please visit <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson_Desert" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson_Desert</a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Middle Right and Lower Left</strong>: These images both come from the Heartlight site - see my link column at left. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Lower Right</b>: The synagogue in Capernaum - the remains of the synagogue Jesus preached in are the dark stones at the base of the 3rd century building ruins. These are both my images so please feel free to use them for worship and related activities. If you would like to use the two images separately, please email me and I will email them to you. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Bottom Left</b>: This is a free Cerezo Barredo image based on the gospel reading. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVvhPxez-uvD3VuiOuKqU5bRj4wseaRkVqwf1bOkpzYqmBtR3cYeVOzkmioTZ8kcSSevCbrgXzZBNqt4OSmsoslzdtX3H4uW5AfQP5nhGa56tOxI1JXNZ2yhcnGdxsBMJMMGo_7g/s1600-h/Michael+w+smith+healing+rain.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="104" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296891355730929394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVvhPxez-uvD3VuiOuKqU5bRj4wseaRkVqwf1bOkpzYqmBtR3cYeVOzkmioTZ8kcSSevCbrgXzZBNqt4OSmsoslzdtX3H4uW5AfQP5nhGa56tOxI1JXNZ2yhcnGdxsBMJMMGo_7g/w105-h104/Michael+w+smith+healing+rain.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 199px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" width="105" /></a><span style="font-weight: 700;">Listening Song: Healing Rain</span> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />By Michael W Smi</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">th on his album, <span style="font-style: italic;">Healing Rain</span>, or on <span style="font-style: italic;">WOW 2006</span> (pictured at left). This song goes nicely with the gospel reading.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Kids Story: W</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">here the Wild </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtfFuunZVoiJGLY16Q3ttsuzrHGsvuYdm-DvZr-c_RCn_yWkVyOlshltV-I4bLWwgPNrlAeq5F2OgSxVwTgCeRX6shq540Mq-uQQN_fKdOvZiF0nQLwU3WdCHu2EWeIAjcXny8XA/s1600-h/Where+the+Wild+things+are.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="138" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295006989922786978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtfFuunZVoiJGLY16Q3ttsuzrHGsvuYdm-DvZr-c_RCn_yWkVyOlshltV-I4bLWwgPNrlAeq5F2OgSxVwTgCeRX6shq540Mq-uQQN_fKdOvZiF0nQLwU3WdCHu2EWeIAjcXny8XA/w158-h138/Where+the+Wild+things+are.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 175px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 200px;" width="158" /></a><span style="font-weight: 700;">Thing</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">s </span><span style="font-weight: 700;">A</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">r</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">e</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">by Maurice Sendak, Randon House, 1963 (pi</span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">c</span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">tured at right)</span></span>.<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">This story fits in very well with the gospel reading,</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Image: Th</span></strong></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">e <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Scream by Edvard Munch</span></strong><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">.</span></span> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />Great picture portraying the demon of loneliness, </span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">social isolation etc etc.</span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH80eT7XGa1oIO8bzCFNG5eIT7CU_pEUCuXDxAiVZiMz-uvjkL4fQFcDh7NILxLlZDZC3655TdZOh41p97R0T9DDKnKEUkGgSnPew9GhLdFID4h-ogb2EIqoHcfCDWiWhA8vYGaw/s348/arthur+and+the+invisibles.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="348" data-original-width="244" height="94" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH80eT7XGa1oIO8bzCFNG5eIT7CU_pEUCuXDxAiVZiMz-uvjkL4fQFcDh7NILxLlZDZC3655TdZOh41p97R0T9DDKnKEUkGgSnPew9GhLdFID4h-ogb2EIqoHcfCDWiWhA8vYGaw/w66-h94/arthur+and+the+invisibles.jpg" width="66" /></a></div>Film Cli</span></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimv0adMV-4s81M7DmQe-BPI4JfcrvkVF6YlexIfyXyrBkyoxbT1RL0AIOFXBwIwaHg58PEXfOLxqoyYf1VWJGAXw0HO6boSWVQmQmHn8CSdT5p6Vk2hKmDsUa7iHn3eXC8tVpF/s1600/arthur+and+the+invisibles.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></a><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">p: Arthur a</span></span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">nd the Invisibles</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />There is a great clip when Art</span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">hur has his 10th birthday which portrays the demon of parental neglect.</span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Discussion: Arthur and the Invisibles</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />1. What makes Arthur really sad?<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />2. What happens when we are hurt badly by something someone does or says to us?<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />3. As Christians, how can we cope?</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Drama: Not Everyone Knows This</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuIDbqXwTDwN7KPooQvTSGGEwJ5HjpM0B5OLt10qv621vbaBvTchrmZGa3wqehfGqE-TmVUKdhMmkcXYOoOLkM73gTktdPnwe4DZgHIfNb9ck0ccP3yfh6zzMLhj8f1AhHFFO7/s1600/Mega+Drama+3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="139" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695969513829266914" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuIDbqXwTDwN7KPooQvTSGGEwJ5HjpM0B5OLt10qv621vbaBvTchrmZGa3wqehfGqE-TmVUKdhMmkcXYOoOLkM73gTktdPnwe4DZgHIfNb9ck0ccP3yfh6zzMLhj8f1AhHFFO7/w103-h139/Mega+Drama+3.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 148px;" width="103" /></a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Mega</span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"> Dra</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic;">ma 3</span>,</span> </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Verena Johnson (ed), Openbook 2002</span>,</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">ISBN 0859109178 (v.</span><em>3</em><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">)</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> page 34 (pictured a</span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">t right</span>)</span>. <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">This drama is based on the Corinthians reading.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Quote: Etty Hillesum</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />My battles are fought out inside with my own demons (from <span style="font-style: italic;">An Interrupted Life)</span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: 700;">Quote: Frederick Buechner</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />God does not give us neat answers, he gives us himself.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="font-weight: 700;">Quote; Frederick Buechner</span></span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />It suddenly dawned on them that their wildest dreams hadn't been half wild enough.</span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEissRCtRtWAKtfYzWiqMyDS-cbJXkXODa1-zbQqxC5U24fNO9InMPUZEfOl264nBDKbORaGsxAmevSGl08HeDBD0Sa_g_I4Zd4m3rszCEdlRoe7ZWCpLMv_F2uY55Cji92E0Q_F/s1600/Max+Lucado+in+the+eye+of+the+storm0849943256.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="100" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695971160914462626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEissRCtRtWAKtfYzWiqMyDS-cbJXkXODa1-zbQqxC5U24fNO9InMPUZEfOl264nBDKbORaGsxAmevSGl08HeDBD0Sa_g_I4Zd4m3rszCEdlRoe7ZWCpLMv_F2uY55Cji92E0Q_F/w67-h100/Max+Lucado+in+the+eye+of+the+storm0849943256.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 134px;" width="67" /></a><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><strong>St</strong><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong></span><strong>ory: Sarah Windchester's Story</strong> </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">In</span> </span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic;">th</span>e <span style="font-style: italic;">Eye of the Storm</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> by Max Lucado, Wo</span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">rd, 1991, pp. 193-195 (pictured at left)</span>.<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> A good example of the demon of guilt.</span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span><span style="font-weight: 700;">Story: Aristotle's Claims</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Find this story at http://onelifeministries.org/PathOfSpirit/090507_TruthClaimsandDiscernment.asp under the heading Wisdom. This story makes a good contrast with Jesus' authority in the gospel reading.</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">Story: Jesus Walks His Talk</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">This story is found at http://net.bible.org/illustration.php?id=4708 under the heading Need for Godly Leaders but I like my title better :-)</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Story: No One Stops Them Ringing Their Bells</span> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />This story is found at http://www.calvaryriverton.org/sermons/debbie/s-012906.html when you type "Alexander Solzhenitsyn" in Find. It is about the meaning of authority. This story is actually embedded in this site in a sermon on the Corinthians reading.</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="font-weight: 700;">Adult response:</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />Give everyone a piece of paper and a pencil. Ask: What is bothering you most? Is their something specific in your life or is there someone you love who needs the healing touch of Jesus? What ever it is, write it down on the piece of paper and lay it at the foot of the cross to signify that you want Jesus to have the authority from now on in that situation from now on.</span></span><br /><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Also:</b></span></span><br /><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b></b><br /></span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFRoIgooEQW-VpqtuRT6UMGVBY1DvHQyGHS-Bw_eB4WSkRfE57UpdvHrZRDtzyytqMmMjTwj4P3kwKDwmgFltGzj-JJnORC4e_zwEOBYuutpotjXy56DzdezwV0NnkikQGw6xuIg/s499/Multi-sensory+prophets.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="364" height="85" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFRoIgooEQW-VpqtuRT6UMGVBY1DvHQyGHS-Bw_eB4WSkRfE57UpdvHrZRDtzyytqMmMjTwj4P3kwKDwmgFltGzj-JJnORC4e_zwEOBYuutpotjXy56DzdezwV0NnkikQGw6xuIg/w62-h85/Multi-sensory+prophets.jpg" width="62" /></a></div>Creative Ideas: Moses: The Pattern of a Prophet</b></span></span><br /><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <i>Multi-Sensory Prophets </i>by Mike Law, Scripture Union, 2007, ISBN 9781844272587, page 7 (pictured at left) . This is based on the Deuteronomy reading.</span></span></span></div>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17995248220649884949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20931290.post-55395587672541133402024-01-14T15:41:00.007+11:002024-01-14T16:05:56.350+11:00Epiphany 3 B (January 21): God Gives Second Chances/Following God<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOA758AVRXG48QUylcPpA0c7q2f4A8sK5AMyKa_aMSFl99DHTT5V2VuVbOz5qwy4fAieq9js6BbHHW8IACvmlvVB1-Dho7QUqm4c9uC6KivpNT56OJlVebHYoIp_h1H3LT7wJqeQ/w288-h216/B+Epiphany+3.jpg" width="288" /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivIWuhYw548Yqg-jqq9wBWFFsR7OQnE2kcAWTCXIAlBtcJJHGx5Y23qKvR7wprqrPh_rrqT4r7i5lzoTdfmfjI9ckN0ANt5pvfhp4C-z-0E7zxsU39-h-J58qxDv7EW18nD_2M5w/s1600/B+Epiphany+3+following.jpg" style="clear: right; display: inline; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivIWuhYw548Yqg-jqq9wBWFFsR7OQnE2kcAWTCXIAlBtcJJHGx5Y23qKvR7wprqrPh_rrqT4r7i5lzoTdfmfjI9ckN0ANt5pvfhp4C-z-0E7zxsU39-h-J58qxDv7EW18nD_2M5w/w296-h189/B+Epiphany+3+following.jpg" width="296" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; 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margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">ible reading</span></strong></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">s:</strong> </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">J<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">onah 3:1-5, 10, Psalm 62:5-12</span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">, </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">1 Corinthians 7:29-31, Mark 1:14-20</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">About the imag</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">es:</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Upper Left:</span> I took this photo up at Hervey Bay (http://www.hervey.com.au) a few years ago - two whales were so interested in us and the boat we were on that they hung around for ages popping out of the water beside us to </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">get a closer look. </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Feel free to use this image for worship and related activities. </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Upper Right</span>: A free Microsoft clipart image with my text.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Middle Left</strong>: My image of Uluru with Biblical text. Please feel free to use for worship and related activities.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Middle Right</strong>: A free Heartlight image - see my links column at left</span><br /><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Lower Left</b>: This is my photo of middle eastern fisherman. Please f<b></b><b></b><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">eel free to use this image for worship and related activities. </span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Lower Right</b>: Once again, my image. Please f<b></b><b></b><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">eel free to use this image for worship and related activities. </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Very Bottom Left:</b> A free image from the amazing Cerezo Barredo.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="font-weight: 700;">Listenin</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqH0iSJmw75fmYxJLj2YDn-Tr9e06U-T3zsJaCYZH6YpxsX3DWHiVtYhHIH8tWeogRBDkvBw42vxgnN82Jlqweu5584aBmSvP8Z2O5LrVvvsErwPkuAq6NA7R3tEVOPXsdUVPGkw/s1600-h/Matthew+West+Happy.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="140" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292496582872512610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqH0iSJmw75fmYxJLj2YDn-Tr9e06U-T3zsJaCYZH6YpxsX3DWHiVtYhHIH8tWeogRBDkvBw42vxgnN82Jlqweu5584aBmSvP8Z2O5LrVvvsErwPkuAq6NA7R3tEVOPXsdUVPGkw/w137-h140/Matthew+West+Happy.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 196px;" width="137" /></a><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">g</span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"> Song: More</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />By Matthew West on his album, <span style="font-style: italic;">Happy</span>, universal South/Sparrow Records,or on <span style="font-style: italic;">WOW Hits 2005</span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> (pictured at left).</span> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">This goes well with the Jonah reading.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong></strong></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Listening Song: I Am</span></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4r4r9vXCt_GnkvX-E4Y1iEVHobrDNj5iMgCwI3pKbc8lJ40cEbFrnuaeWkZiJ1QyHLlJWarz7SCDgXy_i3m1DDKNMwfg0TCtuMn9k13jF58NmPM1MIZBlXUeQSQrspby4KJVX/s1600/Jill+Phillips+-+Copy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="160" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695576230431576242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4r4r9vXCt_GnkvX-E4Y1iEVHobrDNj5iMgCwI3pKbc8lJ40cEbFrnuaeWkZiJ1QyHLlJWarz7SCDgXy_i3m1DDKNMwfg0TCtuMn9k13jF58NmPM1MIZBlXUeQSQrspby4KJVX/w161-h160/Jill+Phillips+-+Copy.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 199px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 200px;" width="161" /></a><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />By Jill Phillips on her self titled album and on <span style="font-style: italic;">WOW 2000</span>. (pictured at right). This goes well with the Jonah reading.</span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Image</span></strong><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">: </span><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">"<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Jonah and the Whale" by He Qi (2001).</span></strong></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Look at the painting. Notice the face looking over the whole s</span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">cene in the top left hand corner.</span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong></span><span style="font-weight: 700;">Film Clip: </span><span style="font-weight: 700;">The Colour Purple</span> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />Sh</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">ugs father refuses to speak to her but when she returns to the church with all her friends singing "Listen, God's trying to Tell You something" he realises he has been given a second chance her back as his daughter.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong></span><span style="font-weight: 700;">Discussion: The Colour Purple</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">1. Who was given a second chance in this film clip?</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">2. Do you t</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">hink God has anything to do with it?</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">3. How does it feel when someone gives you a second chance?</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Film Clip: Veggie Tails: Jonah</strong></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">I can never work out who usually enjoys Veggie Tales the most - the kids or the adults.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2qLhAdA5ZXI" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="560"></iframe><br /><br /><span><b>Film Clip: Wild Stories about Jesus by the Australian Bible Society</b></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><br /></b></span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bAeyW-BV5cY" width="560"></iframe></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKSeozBSTO4lMmnbx0dLyLY_kEyrQDXrYYZAf7VpW1VuqTstm7COELFiUUOXPr4PGozxDRK0LSNz0Krt6D4sYJGthzdBpkAm6bBp0KJITdwXiBUIWd9y-DCm3S0xPCaIiZUfxwSA/s1600/jonah+and+the+whale.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="496" height="123" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKSeozBSTO4lMmnbx0dLyLY_kEyrQDXrYYZAf7VpW1VuqTstm7COELFiUUOXPr4PGozxDRK0LSNz0Krt6D4sYJGthzdBpkAm6bBp0KJITdwXiBUIWd9y-DCm3S0xPCaIiZUfxwSA/w122-h123/jonah+and+the+whale.jpg" width="122" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong>For Children: Jonah and the Whale</strong></span><br /><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">By Andrew McDonough, Lost Sheep Resources, 2006, ISBN 1921229020 (pictured at left). I cannot recommend these books highly enough. They are excellent and engage all ages. The website also has numerous extra activities - some free and some at a small cost including each book in powerpoint and apple format. </span></span><br /><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong><i><br /></i></strong></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong>Drama</strong><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">: </span><strong>Has God Been Talking To You </strong></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQL_6LeeflRyculdqJ190ov7nZfLmDq-6nmEaVJnRKOsZeOXqqef5vz2KXqb37OJLUYd-ptOCy6v14bMOL5C65yKxfetXOHcb9DbatGvATpnRZSFjKaAwrAhf5p3bIqI2z4jLvnw/s1600-h/Mega+Drama+2.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="117" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291889883045613554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQL_6LeeflRyculdqJ190ov7nZfLmDq-6nmEaVJnRKOsZeOXqqef5vz2KXqb37OJLUYd-ptOCy6v14bMOL5C65yKxfetXOHcb9DbatGvATpnRZSFjKaAwrAhf5p3bIqI2z4jLvnw/w84-h117/Mega+Drama+2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 144px;" width="84" /></a><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong>Lately?</strong></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in in Mega Drama 2 edited by Verena Johnson, Open Book, 2001, page 27 </span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">(pictured at right). This drama is based on the Jonah reading.</span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong face="verdana" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Discussion:</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />What is it in the story of Jonah that tells us that God is the God of second chances.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="font-weight: 700;">Story:</span></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR6SeRnFu-KuFadMHzNpCyw4Jc8sI69NR6jWHrzqUnk6ZIu_GW-FtSHXkwtgXEQv1nA2KJ3N4cJuq0UUdZrR7vt_bc9Py7f4tMEC8IMGnS7Bn9fkQfUWnoNeHR0ZWFColYpXGNvg/s1600-h/Illustrations+Stories+and+Quotes.jpg" style="font-weight: 700;"><img alt="" border="0" height="116" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291889443415765538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR6SeRnFu-KuFadMHzNpCyw4Jc8sI69NR6jWHrzqUnk6ZIu_GW-FtSHXkwtgXEQv1nA2KJ3N4cJuq0UUdZrR7vt_bc9Py7f4tMEC8IMGnS7Bn9fkQfUWnoNeHR0ZWFColYpXGNvg/w87-h116/Illustrations+Stories+and+Quotes.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 150px;" width="87" /></a><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"> When The Tag Was Changed</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Illustrations, Stories and Quotes</span> by Jim Burns and Greg McKinnon, Gospel Light, 1997, </span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">ISBN 0830718834, </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">page 201 (pictured at left). This story goes well with the Jonah reading.</span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong>Adult Respo</strong></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong>nse: Prayer Stations:</strong></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Station 1: A Mirror and Card:</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">The card reads: Ask yourself: Do you need a second chance from God?</span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Are you also hard on yourself - do you need to give yourself a second chance as well?</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Look at yourself in the mirror and remind yourself that it is you that God loves.</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Read these words from Isaiah 43:4</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">. God says:</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> “You are precious and honoured in my sight and …I love you”</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> What do these words say to you about God’s love for you?</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="font-weight: 700;">Station 2: Christ candle, tapers and card</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">The card reads: </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Think of somebody who you need to give a second chance to. </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Think about that person now.</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Light a taper as a symbol, that just as God is willing to give you a second chance, you will give them a second chance.</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="font-weight: 700;">Station 3: Map, tea lights and card</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">The card reads: Think of a part of the world that needs a second chance – a place where there is need or a war or natural or man made disaster.</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Think about that place now and place a lighted tea light on the location of that place on the map.</span></span><br /></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Also:</b></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></b></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Meditation: Difficult Choices<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1wewpaUzZt-onqGcXelm06Vw6oWdT6SMAxaF5_mHkYKOKXW7Kn8hLYMcNKD98abGGZsbCrZc6lohsEVgLFgt-9E-J9zSUtwYLPLmPSfazsIiBM-Ewk5NFS0R-SQp5Eq15o14SQw/s980/meditations+from+the+iona+community.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="980" data-original-width="680" height="72" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1wewpaUzZt-onqGcXelm06Vw6oWdT6SMAxaF5_mHkYKOKXW7Kn8hLYMcNKD98abGGZsbCrZc6lohsEVgLFgt-9E-J9zSUtwYLPLmPSfazsIiBM-Ewk5NFS0R-SQp5Eq15o14SQw/w51-h72/meditations+from+the+iona+community.jpg" width="51" /></a></div></b></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>Found in <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Meditations from the Iona Community</i> by Ian Reid, Wild Goose Publications, Trowbridge, 1998, ISBN 1901557022, page 85. This goes well with the gospel reading.</span><br /><span><br /></span><span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Po<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-rXAP4qjXzrGjPZKEDRkGrG2FaEdfDj4y9RbgxDHv4-stECrztRliFIKoRmQ1y5QVPQ_ziYtws11G8iQd0KV16IHcFc6iX0Xps_IKBFzhH8lXaXtVfDnloCETU_kWu6pDopB3/s1600/Dandelions+and+Thistles_NEW.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: #0066cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><img alt="" border="0" height="167" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592997837761312354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-rXAP4qjXzrGjPZKEDRkGrG2FaEdfDj4y9RbgxDHv4-stECrztRliFIKoRmQ1y5QVPQ_ziYtws11G8iQd0KV16IHcFc6iX0Xps_IKBFzhH8lXaXtVfDnloCETU_kWu6pDopB3/w119-h167/Dandelions+and+Thistles_NEW.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 142px;" width="119" /></span></a></b><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">em/Meditation: Jonah</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />By Ruth Burgess in <span style="font-style: italic;">Dandelions and Thistles: Biblical Meditations from the Iona Community</span> by Jan Sutch Pickard (ed.) Wild Goose Publications, 1999, ISBN 1901557146, page 32 (pictured at left). This goes well with the Jonah reading (duh!).</span></span></span></span><br /><br /><b>Po<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-rXAP4qjXzrGjPZKEDRkGrG2FaEdfDj4y9RbgxDHv4-stECrztRliFIKoRmQ1y5QVPQ_ziYtws11G8iQd0KV16IHcFc6iX0Xps_IKBFzhH8lXaXtVfDnloCETU_kWu6pDopB3/s1600/Dandelions+and+Thistles_NEW.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: #0066cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"></span></a></b><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">em/Meditation: Follow Me</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />By Ruth Burgess in <span style="font-style: italic;">Dandelions and Thistles: Biblical Meditations from the Iona Community</span> by Jan Sutch Pickard (ed.) Wild Goose Publications, 1999, ISBN 1901557146, page 47 (pictured at left). This goes well with the Mark reading.</span><br /><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Various Ideas: The Message for the Least Deserving<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhayVh04FZEeCBJMMeRk64NwezNRd_rYubWFMPh75YYHQcXR_XG8nnki4GoKahDGCuHgriGq3sutU9abNgpobyDKcNihK8hemuELjni5nbfhnbuJ9TXYky69lCt3S2q99SAK8_S18sejkh7oCmJhlxG5jIHRDMy75Fo8WbYS4cmHRjBxc_Thqp-wQ/s400/Multi%20sensory%20Message.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="282" height="48" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhayVh04FZEeCBJMMeRk64NwezNRd_rYubWFMPh75YYHQcXR_XG8nnki4GoKahDGCuHgriGq3sutU9abNgpobyDKcNihK8hemuELjni5nbfhnbuJ9TXYky69lCt3S2q99SAK8_S18sejkh7oCmJhlxG5jIHRDMy75Fo8WbYS4cmHRjBxc_Thqp-wQ/w34-h48/Multi%20sensory%20Message.jpg" width="34" /></a></div></span></b></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; background: none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box white; color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Found in <i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Multi-Sensory Message </span></i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none;">by Dave MacLure, Scripture Union, 2008, ISBN 9781844272730, page 17 (pictured at right). Connected with the Jonah reading. </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; background: none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box white; color: black;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; background: none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box white; color: black;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none;"><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjirsFeihnRf7ZtYD9kMwzh02mIALKzchicrh4_zFBBa2oV7oSdcfFE0vdubf6j03vxu63mLd57Um34MF-Z9FahpiDXWDNHeIWxKUSF41Ev26D8hiA_ZRTXkTzrOhmzg9w61vR96gZ8zQFmzE39x5ORtQUNFuuKYyeq__Bui6meiUTjRCr9OaymWA/s448/Mega%20Drama%203.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="333" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjirsFeihnRf7ZtYD9kMwzh02mIALKzchicrh4_zFBBa2oV7oSdcfFE0vdubf6j03vxu63mLd57Um34MF-Z9FahpiDXWDNHeIWxKUSF41Ev26D8hiA_ZRTXkTzrOhmzg9w61vR96gZ8zQFmzE39x5ORtQUNFuuKYyeq__Bui6meiUTjRCr9OaymWA/w97-h131/Mega%20Drama%203.jpg" width="97" /></a></div>Drama: The Motivator</span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Mega Drama 3</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> by Verena Johnson (Ed.), Open Book, 2002, </span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">ISBN 085910917</span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">8 (v.3), page 19 (pictured at left). </span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">T</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">his drama matches up very well with the gospel reading.</span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Sermon ideas: The Call to Follow Jesus</b></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <i>Life on the Road</i> by Athol Gill, Herald Press, 1992, page 27. This is based on the Gospel reading. </span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Service Outline: Peter, This is Your Life</span></b></div><span style="color: #333333; font-size: medium;"></span><div style="color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGdkk-sRnkbpieXU0_pJ-wR2eAATe7i4L8eSKxeQ707WmyH50iCX1uR6e4rd0O6PGmFSHxsBwAG0RQ7Hi_cyH3dnzg6mwSm6OEPTAPMPszojmAgmIygKqQc7CQ00ua3_mXijzTBg/s205/the+all+age+service+annual+4.jpg" style="clear: right; color: #d52a33; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="clear: right; float: right; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="205" data-original-width="150" height="122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGdkk-sRnkbpieXU0_pJ-wR2eAATe7i4L8eSKxeQ707WmyH50iCX1uR6e4rd0O6PGmFSHxsBwAG0RQ7Hi_cyH3dnzg6mwSm6OEPTAPMPszojmAgmIygKqQc7CQ00ua3_mXijzTBg/w106-h122/the+all+age+service+annual+4.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="106" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Based on the Mark reading, this is found in <i>The All-Age Service Annual Volume 4</i>, published by Scripture Union, 2010, ISBN 9781844275199, page 110 (pictured at right).</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Service Starter: Larger Than Life</span></b></div><span style="color: #333333; font-size: medium;"></span><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Based on the Jonah reading, this is found in <i>The All-Age Service Annual Volume 4</i>, published by Scripture Union, 2010, ISBN 9781844275199, page 33 (pictured at right).</span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Service Starter: New way of Life</span></b></div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Based on the Mark reading, this is found in <i>The All-Age Service Annual Volume 4</i>, published by Scripture Union, 2010, ISBN 9781844275199, page 51 <span style="background-color: transparent;">(pictured at right)</span><span style="background-color: transparent;">.</span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: medium;"><div style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Psalm 62</b></span></div><div style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Found in The Psalms: An Artist's Impression by Anneke Kaai and Eugene Peterson, Piquant, 1999, ISBN 0 9535757 0 5, page 28. </span></div></span></div></div></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; 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margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 700;"><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbl3BjVYKL3KkzIs64-lCFIgG_zJeedvh-_dtlIy2K-JJ2yUqflYG7H8l1DuM8a7SxNsdxTANF5B068pIG11Edho5e6jHomtvNOx5mwDdHZQgEaxaEa8X3EQCNkP15XJO-5P167w/s2000/B+Epiphany+2.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1137" data-original-width="2000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbl3BjVYKL3KkzIs64-lCFIgG_zJeedvh-_dtlIy2K-JJ2yUqflYG7H8l1DuM8a7SxNsdxTANF5B068pIG11Edho5e6jHomtvNOx5mwDdHZQgEaxaEa8X3EQCNkP15XJO-5P167w/s320/B+Epiphany+2.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Bible readings: </span>1 Samuel 3:1-20, Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18, 1 Corinthians 6:12-20, John 1:43-51</span></div></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />About the images:</strong></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Upper Left:</span> Old northern Tasmanian jetty - my photo so feel free to use it for worship and related activities. For more info about this part of Australia, visit http://visit.northerntasmania.com.au</span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><strong>Upper Right</strong>: My photo so please feel free to use it for worship and related activities. This is part of Ninety Mile Beach. For more info on this part of Australia, please visit <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninety_Mile_Beach_%28Victoria%29">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninety_Mile_Beach_%28Victoria%29</a></span></strong></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong>Middle Left and Lower left</strong>: These are free images from the Heartlight site (see my links column at left)</span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><strong>Middle Right</strong>: Infant Samuel by Joshua Reynolds found <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Samuel#mediaviewer/File:InfantSamuel.jpg">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Samuel#mediaviewer/File:InfantSamuel.jpg</a>. <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain </span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">work of art. The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "<i>faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain.</i></span></span></strong></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Lower Right<i style="font-weight: 400;">: </i><span style="font-weight: 400;">A copyright free image from Bing with the St Bernard quote from below.</span></span></span></strong></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxEGtIzeDL03NRVaMUAB-n9rbVXqcIrBujftjosubd-XbE3f782s-cPNl2OQOxbQ_tzb1TgTAIqQZumCWonDKSDuRRXWm1umcILNFlNhcAHPPaDgEDq5xS47qXM54V-x08dm6EDQ/s200/third+day+time.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="44" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxEGtIzeDL03NRVaMUAB-n9rbVXqcIrBujftjosubd-XbE3f782s-cPNl2OQOxbQ_tzb1TgTAIqQZumCWonDKSDuRRXWm1umcILNFlNhcAHPPaDgEDq5xS47qXM54V-x08dm6EDQ/w44-h44/third+day+time.jpg" width="44" /></a></div>Listening Song: </strong></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">I've always loved You</span><br />By Third Day from their album, <span style="font-style: italic;">Time </span>(pictured at left). This song is particularly appropriate for the psalm.</span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QOIjO4NwLeqIZWpyVZk7D1dpPB0XDZv1nPJt-OpNq2qH4BVwkt8KD0PsC3hHhEfd6dw2dqFZA8G2T-JKSH8B9rkNWlO3etqTswr7V3bagolVyingXnnFkedg95oTFzTssh2iAA/s200/Sons+of+Korah+rain.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QOIjO4NwLeqIZWpyVZk7D1dpPB0XDZv1nPJt-OpNq2qH4BVwkt8KD0PsC3hHhEfd6dw2dqFZA8G2T-JKSH8B9rkNWlO3etqTswr7V3bagolVyingXnnFkedg95oTFzTssh2iAA/w54-h54/Sons+of+Korah+rain.jpg" width="54" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Listening song: Psalm 139</strong></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">By Sons of Korah </span><span style="font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">on their album, Rain (pictured at right).</span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Kid's Tal</strong></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_CRnH67X3yLaBY6A7EXA03nJDDLZ1uTJjOTu2e6DRmXSy7wNRx3svAUzvWpOigPpdbhzqn8sEkWxqGQqWJJYqpbBjtnsptu59-m6DbkuSBGhV2zY2_M5-a6WA6JG_3MS31Tge/s1600/Quick+Children%2527s+Sermons+2+Why+did+God+make+mosquitoes.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="112" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693749744743904866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_CRnH67X3yLaBY6A7EXA03nJDDLZ1uTJjOTu2e6DRmXSy7wNRx3svAUzvWpOigPpdbhzqn8sEkWxqGQqWJJYqpbBjtnsptu59-m6DbkuSBGhV2zY2_M5-a6WA6JG_3MS31Tge/w73-h112/Quick+Children%2527s+Sermons+2+Why+did+God+make+mosquitoes.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 157px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 102px;" width="73" /></a><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">k: How Does God Know the Future</strong></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></strong></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Quick Children's Sermons 2: Why Did God make Mosquitoes?</span>, Group Publishing, 1998, ISBN 0764420526, page 22 (pictured at left). This talk is very much based on the Psalm.</span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Kid's Talk</span><br />Give five kids a simply drawn face each, one happy (for Samuel), one sad (for Eli), one sleepy (for Samuel when he is asleep), one exhausted (for all the times Samuel runs) and one awestruck (for when God is mentioned). Then tell the story from the Samuel reading and get kids to hold aloft the face appr</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">opriate to the part of the story they hear.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: 700;">Congregational Voice Drama: Samuel's Call</span><br />Tell or read the story based on the 1 Samuel read</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">ing for the day. Have the congregation respond to various words in the story. For example every time they hear the word "Samuel" have them shout "Yes, Lord!". Other responses to include might be: for the word "God" - Woah!; for the word "run" - puff, puff, puff; for the word "sleep" get t</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">hem to snore and for the word "Eli" h</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">ave them all say "I can't control my kids!" This is obviously a kid's talk when it is done like this, but the rest of the congregation really enjoys the activity and they seem to have almost more fun than the kids.</span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong></span><span style="font-weight: 700;">Film Clip: Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring</span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Show the clip below where Frodo accep</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">ts the call to destroy the ring.</span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; font-weight: 700;">Discussion: Lord of the Rings</span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">How is this film clip an analogy of Samuel's story.</span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiohnAOUuSV-cqNHV23yz0hVjTzXjtBDAZPG4Oq9bzKxC9dmdM0LWX86GnAee4NSLKPJkesNqMVNWSJp-aT9nx91Ik3_9l1LDhYAiBZbjLNoEt-bI7cCKdZjE55nZAQULtTC4Stiw/s475/simon+Birch.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="335" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiohnAOUuSV-cqNHV23yz0hVjTzXjtBDAZPG4Oq9bzKxC9dmdM0LWX86GnAee4NSLKPJkesNqMVNWSJp-aT9nx91Ik3_9l1LDhYAiBZbjLNoEt-bI7cCKdZjE55nZAQULtTC4Stiw/w108-h153/simon+Birch.jpg" width="108" /></a></div>Film Clip</strong></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">: Si</strong></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">mon Birch.</strong></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">(pictured at left)</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">The readings</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> this week are about being called by God. In this film, Simon struggles with his sense of call, he has issues with th</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">e difficulty of his call (he has a disability) and tries to determine exactly what God wants him to do and be. He is not helped by h</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">is minister when he goes to him for advice. There is a great scene in his minister's office - the scene asks all the right questions without providing neat answers and therefore provides lots of op</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">portunity for </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">discussion and reflection. </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">This film is based on the book, <span style="font-style: italic;">A Prayer for Owen Meany</span> by John Irving. This film clip goes particularly well with the Gospel reading. </span><br /><span><br /></span><span><b>Film Clip: Psalm 139 by Leigh Newton</b></span><br /><span><iframe allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AZrloocavLU" width="560"></iframe></span><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiToOUAmDY9s1JTG2ScBXlhqSV-YLNlP3W9reshPYjhG2nkrhV5Y_dk-J9xDv_sXs4HW4Aj-P6-PPfA1AiqT9QbjryVBH7f_27ZqgY3hGL1Zw_NXI82jmbLTrT_r8BjM2NZzOUEAg/s1600/Mega+Drama+3.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" height="90" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiToOUAmDY9s1JTG2ScBXlhqSV-YLNlP3W9reshPYjhG2nkrhV5Y_dk-J9xDv_sXs4HW4Aj-P6-PPfA1AiqT9QbjryVBH7f_27ZqgY3hGL1Zw_NXI82jmbLTrT_r8BjM2NZzOUEAg/w66-h90/Mega+Drama+3.jpg" width="66" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /><span style="font-weight: 700;">Drama: A Hearing Problem</span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Mega Drama 3</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> by Verena Johnson (Ed.), Open Book, 2002, </span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">ISBN 085910917</span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">8 (v.3), page 48-49 (pictured at right). </span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">T</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">his drama matches up very well with the Samuel reading.</span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkWm9wRg4OGcBXOBqfZnNYTczU_65n3EbuJtIx1fbXwsG_nXEjN_wMycOCsyyN3k_-kaUBhQVVANOAdKk4eOqUNdua_FkVZC-h4VHl4gwnE1nDhkATtSgdZwhGgw91mg24wWaP4Q/s1600/Drama+Resources+2.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #0066cc; float: left; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1072" height="72" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkWm9wRg4OGcBXOBqfZnNYTczU_65n3EbuJtIx1fbXwsG_nXEjN_wMycOCsyyN3k_-kaUBhQVVANOAdKk4eOqUNdua_FkVZC-h4VHl4gwnE1nDhkATtSgdZwhGgw91mg24wWaP4Q/w77-h72/Drama+Resources+2.jpg" width="77" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><b>Drama: </b><b>Yes, Lord, I Believe</b></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Drama Resources 2</em> prepared by the Commission for Worship, Lutheran Church of Australia, 1986 (pictured at left). This is a good introduction to Psalm 139.</span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">Voice Drama: Called as God's</span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found at the Mucky Paws site (see my links column at left) under epiphany 2 B 13th January 2006. This fits very well with all the readings.</span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Quote: St Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)</strong></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br />If you wish to see: listen. Hearing is a step towards vision.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: 700;">Quote: Soren Kierkegaard</span><br />To pray does not mean to listen to oneself speaking. Prayer involves becoming silent, and being silent, and waiting until God is heard.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: 700;">Artwork: Psalm 139</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5cYJMzTYmb0mrNplqt5Cu94eYMUePxZym4l15L_AAkhXWOPCK6MXkq7g4-HVBjX8zwKet6_QW0o460CDM9WN-0gmgncVawye757paJ_smNcQDJ-JceO5N8Suo5DkVF5J7gkGmMQ/s1600/The+Psalms+An+Artists+Impression.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="347" height="49" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5cYJMzTYmb0mrNplqt5Cu94eYMUePxZym4l15L_AAkhXWOPCK6MXkq7g4-HVBjX8zwKet6_QW0o460CDM9WN-0gmgncVawye757paJ_smNcQDJ-JceO5N8Suo5DkVF5J7gkGmMQ/w37-h49/The+Psalms+An+Artists+Impression.jpg" width="37" /></a></span></span></strong></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">The Psalms: An Artist's Impression</span> by Anneke Kaai, Piquant, 1999, ISBN 0953575705 (pictured at right). This is a breathtakingly beautiful book.</span><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEkIkedgFyaSMq21NSUUhYkrg5wUyLm0IiyBo9-SosPPzGFktR1wvHDEaguSrPtr2Y1RvkYkLVkOjG00KtVK495GIqAlQz7nWQRSONM4coUt2NT8UWRHp8kCuqlLNf45H2xeeUfg/s448/Resources+4+preachn+n+worship++b.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="302" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEkIkedgFyaSMq21NSUUhYkrg5wUyLm0IiyBo9-SosPPzGFktR1wvHDEaguSrPtr2Y1RvkYkLVkOjG00KtVK495GIqAlQz7nWQRSONM4coUt2NT8UWRHp8kCuqlLNf45H2xeeUfg/w79-h116/Resources+4+preachn+n+worship++b.jpg" width="79" /></a></div>Story: Have We Heard</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">?<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />By Helmust Thielicke and found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Resources For Preaching and Worship Year B </span>compiled by Hannah Ward and Jennifer Wild, Westminster John Knox Press, 2002, ISBN 10 0664224776, pp51 (pictured at left). This story goes very well with the Corinthians reading.</span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></strong></span><span style="font-weight: 700;">Story: She knows Her Own<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9LcW17iuPQO_SV-IgIQ0SIEr7iMPvdhp9JQqfrPDPKPucYfAwYNF9c6ajr1BjRVnMNPrtOkBYafRlDwgCS8mCDUmTw6ECPAWCioqww8seQugjAqkDEVZaZTmZVE8GFG5hAY2SNJ1ZJoFAB-VsfShkGY_SCSg3aB-37OCD_JNvIr1wt_TdXdxHaQ/s446/Illustrations%20Stories%20and%20Quotes.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="446" data-original-width="336" height="51" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9LcW17iuPQO_SV-IgIQ0SIEr7iMPvdhp9JQqfrPDPKPucYfAwYNF9c6ajr1BjRVnMNPrtOkBYafRlDwgCS8mCDUmTw6ECPAWCioqww8seQugjAqkDEVZaZTmZVE8GFG5hAY2SNJ1ZJoFAB-VsfShkGY_SCSg3aB-37OCD_JNvIr1wt_TdXdxHaQ/w38-h51/Illustrations%20Stories%20and%20Quotes.jpg" width="38" /></a></div></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Found</span> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">in <em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Illustrations, Stories and Quotes to Hang Your Message On</em> by Jim Burns and Greg McKinnon, Gospel Light, 1997, ISBN 0830718834, page 33 (pictured at right).</span> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">This story exemplifies how God knows us and is therefore a good match with the psalm.</span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOtQRV3s5olgedf8HqvlrpESISBsHwRh8-gYDkK4hmIuuGVwGynMEunBWEtil3bCFQlxfMbTuabeeYWmBNe9hJXYf7AKW43bQ2pwA9_nz948l43yvi9ETrKpfI6tkbSnpu-TQ0aIq2ilqu55fFaz7GZwlEKc62ccYIHwgvYgHpIisOsuQ0HXNA7Q/s1642/Hot%20Illustrations%20for%20youth%20Talks%204.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1642" data-original-width="1204" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOtQRV3s5olgedf8HqvlrpESISBsHwRh8-gYDkK4hmIuuGVwGynMEunBWEtil3bCFQlxfMbTuabeeYWmBNe9hJXYf7AKW43bQ2pwA9_nz948l43yvi9ETrKpfI6tkbSnpu-TQ0aIq2ilqu55fFaz7GZwlEKc62ccYIHwgvYgHpIisOsuQ0HXNA7Q/w108-h147/Hot%20Illustrations%20for%20youth%20Talks%204.jpg" width="108" /></a></div>Story: Do You Know Me</span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">In</span><em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks Book 4</em> </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">by Wayne Rice, Zondervan, 2001, ISBN 0310236193,page 68 (pictured at left). This story goes very well with the Psalm.</span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">Story: Where Did I Come From</span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Still More Hot Illustrations For Youth Talks</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> by Wayne Rice, Zondervan, 1999, ISBN 0310224640, page 46 (pictured in an earlier blog). This story also goes well with the Psalm. </span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">Testimonies: A Sense of Call</span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Ask one or two members of the congregation to share how they feel called to the particular ministry they are involved in.</span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Taize Service: Fearfully and Wonderfully Made</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Worship Feast</i> by Taize, Abingdon Press, 2004, page 16. This is based on the Psalm reading.</span></div></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Response Activity:</span> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />Give everyone a card with the following three options printed on it</span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">1. I am not sure about God's call to me</span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">a) I would like to talk to somebody about this</span> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />b) I would be interested in finding out more about my spiritual gifts, talents and abilities</span> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />c)I need some encouragement</span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">2. I have an idea of what God's call to me is but for various reasons I am a little hesitant about it all.</span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">a) I would like to talk to somebody about this</span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">b) I would be interested in finding out more about my spiritual gifts, talents and abilities</span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">c) I would appreciate some training in this area</span> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />d)I need some encouragement</span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">3. I know what God has called me to do</span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">a) I would like to talk to somebody about this</span> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />b) </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">I would appreciate some training in this area</span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">c <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">)I need some encouragement</span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Tell people they have a choice whether to keep this activity to themselves or to share it. Ask people to consider the three options and to circle the one that is most like where they are at. After a time, tell them to consider carefully the three or four options in the section which they have chosen and to tick the one that speaks to them the most. If they would like to think more about it, suggest they take it home with them. If they would like some follow up on what they have ticked, suggest that they put the</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">ir name on their card and put it in the offering plate when it comes around.</span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="font-weight: 700;">Response Activity: Offering More</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />Ask people: What message about your faith and what it means to you might you like to pass on to the groups who use the church building each week.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />Have them write their answer down on a scrap of paper and put it in with their offering. After worship, collate all the messages on to a bulletin <br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">sized sheet and have enough to share with all those who come in contact with your church in the following week.</span></span><br /><br /></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Also:</b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Meditation: Listening</b></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>Found in <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Meditations from the Iona Community</i> by Ian Reid, Wild Goose Publications, Trowbridge, 1998, ISBN 1901557022, page 34. This is based on the Samuel reading.</span><br /><br /></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Kids: Jesse</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">By Tim Winton, Penguin Books Australia, with lots of ideas for a whole worship service found in <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Worship is For Everyone</i> by Julie Pinazza, Openbook Publishers, 2000, ISBN 0859109259, page 49. This goes well with the Psalm reading.</span></div></div><span><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Prayer Exercise: Prayer as Listening to God</b></span><br /><span>Found in <i>Prayer: Heart of the Pilgrimage </i>by Jenny Youngman,Upper Room Books, Nashville, 2007, ISBN 0835898369, page 14, Thisis based on the Old Testament reading.</span><br /><br /></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Prayer Exercise: Silence and Solitude</b></span></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></div><span><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>Found in <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Prayer: Heart of the Pilgrimage </i>by Jenny Youngman, Upper Room Books, Nashville, 2007, ISBN 0835898369, page 52. This is based on the Psalm reading.</span><br /><br /></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Creative Ideas: Samuel: The Listening Prophet</b></span></span></span></span></span></div><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>Found in <i>Multi-Sensory Prophets </i>by Mike Law, Scripture Union, 2007, ISBN 9781844272587, page 11. This is based on the 1 Samuel reading.</span><br /><span><br /></span><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span></span></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>For Children and Families: God is Forever</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">Found in <i>Rewind </i>by Beth Barnett, SUVictoria, 2011, ISBN987098710035, navigate from page 5. This is based on the Psalm reading. </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="background-color: white; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Sermon ideas: Come and Meet the Messiah</b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <i>Life on the Road</i> by Athol Gill, Herald Press, 1992, page 43. This is based on the Gospel reading. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Service Starter: Listen Right, Do Right<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGdkk-sRnkbpieXU0_pJ-wR2eAATe7i4L8eSKxeQ707WmyH50iCX1uR6e4rd0O6PGmFSHxsBwAG0RQ7Hi_cyH3dnzg6mwSm6OEPTAPMPszojmAgmIygKqQc7CQ00ua3_mXijzTBg/s205/the+all+age+service+annual+4.jpg" style="clear: right; color: #d52a33; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="205" data-original-width="150" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGdkk-sRnkbpieXU0_pJ-wR2eAATe7i4L8eSKxeQ707WmyH50iCX1uR6e4rd0O6PGmFSHxsBwAG0RQ7Hi_cyH3dnzg6mwSm6OEPTAPMPszojmAgmIygKqQc7CQ00ua3_mXijzTBg/w85-h116/the+all+age+service+annual+4.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="85" /></a></div></span></b></div><span style="color: #333333; font-size: medium;"></span><div style="color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Based on the 1 Samuel reading, this is found in <i>The All-Age Service Annual Volume 4</i>, published by Scripture Union, 2010, ISBN 9781844275199, page 17 (pictured at right).</span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Poem and Painting: We Are His Mates</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Found in <i>A Bloke Called Jesus</i> by Pro Hart and Norman Habel, Rigby, 1982, ISBN 0 7270 1758 6, page 8. These are based on the John reading. <br /></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></div><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></span></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Bible Readings:</strong> Genesis 1:1-5, Psalm 29, Acts 19:1-7 Mark 1:4-11</span> <span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;"><br />About the Images:</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Upper Left:</span> In rural (and increasingly suburban) Australia, when the water pours out of the top of our rainwater tanks like this, there is cause for rejoicing. It means the dust is gone and all around us everything is washed clean - the very leaves and blades of grass sparkle. It also means that we don't have to worry about our household water supply for a while. This is my photo, and our tank, so feel free to use it for worship and related activities.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Upper Right</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">: This is my photo from the front of our place at dawn (for more info visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gippsland_Lakes) with a line from the song below by Caedmon's Call. Please feel free to use this image for worship and related activities.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Middle Left</strong>: A free Heartlight image - see my links column at left</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Middle Right</strong>: Beaches never fail to remind me of God's creative power. This is Hervey Bay in NSW (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hervey_Bay" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hervey_Bay</a>). This is my photo so please feel free to use it for worship and related activities. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Lower Left:</b> This is another free Heartlight image - see my link column at left. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Lower Right: another lovely Ceredo Barredo image - see my link column at left. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Liste</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">ni</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">ng</span><span style="font-weight: 700;"> Son</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">g: W</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">ho Y</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeJK93vf72Z4UZXNcdqV0aMWk_f3iM_ZoECAGDQH2KzDM3wWJXnkvmUAdwXkznPekhtH4keJZSAVWFHrz55NB53IubRD3zdxI7-H5fhljevfWgsuM3pDKseQj5m5m3patJB2TYTw/s1600-h/Caedmons+Call+In+the+Company+of+angels.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="134" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287298121182519314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeJK93vf72Z4UZXNcdqV0aMWk_f3iM_ZoECAGDQH2KzDM3wWJXnkvmUAdwXkznPekhtH4keJZSAVWFHrz55NB53IubRD3zdxI7-H5fhljevfWgsuM3pDKseQj5m5m3patJB2TYTw/w134-h134/Caedmons+Call+In+the+Company+of+angels.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" width="134" /></a><span style="font-weight: 700;">ou </span><span style="font-weight: 700;">Are</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">By Caedmon's Call on </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">their album, <span style="font-style: italic;">In t</span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic;">he Company of Angels </span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">(pictured at left)</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> or on <span style="font-style: italic;">WOW 2003</span></span> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span>.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Children's activity during the service: Rainsticks</span> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />Have the children quietly make rainsticks as you worship - use them towards the end of the service </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">during a reaffirmation of baptismal vows or the benediction or during a hymn or song. A rainstick is made from a tube of cardboard with a handful of rice inside with both ends sealed with sticky tape. They can be decorated any way the kids wish.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Dramas and Prayers: Baptism of Jesus</b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Found in <i>Hay and Stardust</i> by Ruth Burgess, Wild Goose Publications 2005, ISBN 1 905010 00 1, pages 228ff.</span></div></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> </span> <span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOoYMVYLOCso7CK8G1F-zG3qVq8Y0c2APqpOXkKdVW2c1lnloeNTtbxnZngcbU2F-wDn-CWCaRyOH5UTuE0tMI6m-uUFkbZJg4uGCGDnipClLQvRULkmjdtbTb6cyf2yFM1f_w/s1600/When+Zachary+Beaver+came+to+Town.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="147" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692546667142513138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOoYMVYLOCso7CK8G1F-zG3qVq8Y0c2APqpOXkKdVW2c1lnloeNTtbxnZngcbU2F-wDn-CWCaRyOH5UTuE0tMI6m-uUFkbZJg4uGCGDnipClLQvRULkmjdtbTb6cyf2yFM1f_w/w104-h147/When+Zachary+Beaver+came+to+Town.png" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 198px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 140px;" width="104" /></a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Film Clip: When Zac</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">hary Beaver Came to Town</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">(pictured at right) There is a great scene in this film where Zachary and one of the boys discusses the meaning of baptism. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">Discussion: When Zachary Beaver Came to Town</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">1. </strong>Is Zachary Beaver right about baptism?<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />2. What does it mean for you to be baptised?<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />3. Do we change when we are baptised? If so, how?</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguOmN0g6tCCKCszuN59emu5BJTLjU2gljENsiFDts_rWw5BJFND8Hqdf6hu17zqbnTHG-ThMX2x1mkm3A9gLHwEJz9WiweQo_3ARV6ThZ5jmFTNk2b5cr5noShQn0w05zRB0-r/s1600/Lets+make+a+Scene+too.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="138" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692544527250092626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguOmN0g6tCCKCszuN59emu5BJTLjU2gljENsiFDts_rWw5BJFND8Hqdf6hu17zqbnTHG-ThMX2x1mkm3A9gLHwEJz9WiweQo_3ARV6ThZ5jmFTNk2b5cr5noShQn0w05zRB0-r/w98-h138/Lets+make+a+Scene+too.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 178px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 126px;" width="98" /></a><span style="font-weight: 700;">Drama: In the Beginning</span> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Lets Make a Scene To</span>o by Verena Johnson, Lutheran Publishing House, 1991, ISBN 085910608X, page 7ff (pictured at left</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">).This voice/reader drama is based on Genesis 1.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Drama: Someone Really Great</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguid4ye-F2jIVeL-34db47OBUP0O_7rivhyai89s7vVdQzZMfVgba7G-SO8NK8fEq4wMfwP6JatCmwr-9dTlTUtAb0UTEuBnZViLg7pyZsiiHIC-NxDtStrrsO3XH9AiAOZw8a/s1600/Mega+Drama+3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="167" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692544974878094914" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguid4ye-F2jIVeL-34db47OBUP0O_7rivhyai89s7vVdQzZMfVgba7G-SO8NK8fEq4wMfwP6JatCmwr-9dTlTUtAb0UTEuBnZViLg7pyZsiiHIC-NxDtStrrsO3XH9AiAOZw8a/w124-h167/Mega+Drama+3.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 148px;" width="124" /></a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Mega Drama 3</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> by Verena Johnson (Ed.), Open Book, 2002, </span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">ISBN 0859109178 </span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">(v.3), page 50-51 (pictured at right)</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">.</span></span> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">This puppet or people drama matches up very well with the gospel reading.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br />Discussion Questions:</span> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />1.When did you first realise that the life God has given you was good and valuable, that God was pleased with you.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">2. What changed for Jesus when he was baptised?</span> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />3. What changed fro the world when jesus was baptised.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">4. What is the blessing for us in baptism?</span> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />5. How are we changed in baptism?</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">6. What is the significance of baptism </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">for us?</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Testimonies:</span> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />Instead of having everyone discuss the above questions, ask one or two people beforehand to prepare a three minute answer to one or a couple of the questions as part of the sermon or teaching time. An added bonus to this exercise is that it is a great way to encourage people to discover their preaching and leadership gifts within the congregation.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Story: Baptism</span> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />A modern story about baptism found at http://www.gobinumc.org/new_page_6.htm - scroll down to Case 2.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTbc2rEEaPR5dv0MrRedUpDsfmC3Vc1qLk2OZcRn1PAjZQuUJ_6oxASKhB8dZKH5Wiszp99Jt2T1QZ6dVtrz-wa_EekooAN-TNTqURmGdd9sBBJpqfau5N1aZy6YCt2a5xY6693A/s1600/Building+worship+together.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-right: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTbc2rEEaPR5dv0MrRedUpDsfmC3Vc1qLk2OZcRn1PAjZQuUJ_6oxASKhB8dZKH5Wiszp99Jt2T1QZ6dVtrz-wa_EekooAN-TNTqURmGdd9sBBJpqfau5N1aZy6YCt2a5xY6693A/w79-h140/Building+worship+together.jpg" width="79" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiheYuv6YaJDN5eu5L8w-G1TUUCweVrSQpoWiyu6aqlq_QQSj6_40UX1wg6B3r7v9hduHYFF9-lz3B_se1VbX7hvX9q0aB3y-qt74tnyV9HtoMM01KfLAgvlAk8_U2iG7C21gbWFA/s1600-h/mobysongs.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="158" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287300118056815234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiheYuv6YaJDN5eu5L8w-G1TUUCweVrSQpoWiyu6aqlq_QQSj6_40UX1wg6B3r7v9hduHYFF9-lz3B_se1VbX7hvX9q0aB3y-qt74tnyV9HtoMM01KfLAgvlAk8_U2iG7C21gbWFA/w158-h158/mobysongs.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 200px;" width="158" /></a><span style="font-weight: 700;">Meditation: The Creator's Meditation</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">By Grace Krag and found in <em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Building Worship Together</em> by Martha K</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">eys Barker and the Fisherfolk, Celebration, 1983, ISBN 0906309212, page 92ff (picture</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">d at left). This goes very well with the Genesis reading. This reading goes very well with selected images and the following music: Grace by Moby from his album, <span style="font-style: italic;">Songs</span> (pictured at right).</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Poem:</b> a Summers day by Mary Oliver</div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Read the poem and then use the last words of the poem as follows: These words are a brilliant reassurance and challenge to each one of us as we consider our baptisms and our journey through life – wherever we are on that journey! Have a reassurance card with the words "Your one wild and precious life" on it. <span style="background-color: transparent;">Words to this effect were probably running around in Jesus’ head as he was baptised.</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span>He knows he is loved and belongs to God who is pleased with him – just as do we when are baptised. Have a second challenge card with the words "What will you do with your one wild and precious life" on it. Jesus also knows he is about to start his ministry – a big ask! The dove signifies the reassuring presence of the Holy Spirit. A h<span style="background-color: transparent;">uge reassurance for us as well as we live </span><span style="background-color: transparent; text-indent: 48px;">our wild and precious lives. </span>Get people to choice either one or both cards to take home with them.</div></span></span></div></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">Response Activity:</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Set up three stations around your worship space. Encourage people to visit all three stations but in any order they wish.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="font-weight: 700;">Station 1:</span> Have a stack of printed creeds or affirmations of baptism or your church's baptism service available. Encourage people to softly say the reading aloud at their own pace. Reassure people ahead of time that they will not be a distraction to others - they will make a gentle worshipful hum. If you really think people will be bothered, either play soft music in the background or encourage them to go outside to read it. </span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br />Station 2: </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Have a sand bowl, the Christ candle and tapers available and a note of instruction </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">in a dim part of the worship space</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">. Ask people to light a taper from the Christ candle and sit and watch the flame for awhile remembering that just as the flame is a light in the dark, so too, they can, with God's help, be lights of hope, peace and justice in a dark world. </span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br />Station 3: </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">This station is very similar to the benediction activity below. Stand beside the baptismal font and as each person comes up to you, mark their foreheads with a cross and say..."Name (whatever it is) God is pleased with you." After doing this, ask them to sit in a quiet space and think about/pray about what these words mean to them. </span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /><br />Benediction:</span> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />Have the font near the exit (if a movable font) or have the congregation exit past the font and as each one passes, pour a little water over their hands and say their name and the words "God is pleased with you". </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Alternatively have people do this to each other as they leave.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Also:</strong></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYQ-RE5TGzsXaNecu1_xdlj3zH0WUOiW4ygOrMt4WH1FIKtCyghxosfvyQdrQrRfr9-pxortSuOQFEa5t0y2APLIrWuj7xx15y2tWqok-uT92AgLjnRra1hzyyyJgVJGinBWZB-A/s1600/Dad+and+Daughter.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-right: 16px;"><img border="0" height="95" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYQ-RE5TGzsXaNecu1_xdlj3zH0WUOiW4ygOrMt4WH1FIKtCyghxosfvyQdrQrRfr9-pxortSuOQFEa5t0y2APLIrWuj7xx15y2tWqok-uT92AgLjnRra1hzyyyJgVJGinBWZB-A/w65-h95/Dad+and+Daughter.jpg" width="65" /></a><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Poem and prayer: by the Jordon</strong></span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="246" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ARxGVBv1ArJVhK5mHVUm9nGCWhYqcufG8wYl57xvdl8lCSfkmC723dK0roO1sVQNknfULmjPIj6YPxnp-ZoQqm15rEBpmRKccEUlqjM-_U-okuQBpsyD0s-1mmp5bMDdKuMNVw/w96-h126/2015+abingdon+41-Tkg37bbL._AC_UL320_SR246%252C320_.jpg" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;" width="96" /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <i>Dad and Daughter</i> by Ron Gordon and Jennie Gordon, 2012, ISBN 9780646586601, page 68 (pictured at left). These are based on the gospel reading.</span></span><br /><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Lots of Useful Stuff</b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ARxGVBv1ArJVhK5mHVUm9nGCWhYqcufG8wYl57xvdl8lCSfkmC723dK0roO1sVQNknfULmjPIj6YPxnp-ZoQqm15rEBpmRKccEUlqjM-_U-okuQBpsyD0s-1mmp5bMDdKuMNVw/s1600/2015+abingdon+41-Tkg37bbL._AC_UL320_SR246%252C320_.jpg" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: right; color: #0066cc; float: right; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 16px; text-align: center;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ARxGVBv1ArJVhK5mHVUm9nGCWhYqcufG8wYl57xvdl8lCSfkmC723dK0roO1sVQNknfULmjPIj6YPxnp-ZoQqm15rEBpmRKccEUlqjM-_U-okuQBpsyD0s-1mmp5bMDdKuMNVw/s1600/2015+abingdon+41-Tkg37bbL._AC_UL320_SR246%252C320_.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span><b></b><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <em style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">The Abingdon Creative Preaching Annual 2015</em> by Jenee Woodard (Ed.), Abingdon Press, Nashville, 2014, page 5ff (pictured at right). </span></span><br /><span><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd2js-mBgYIcWLqWcTaVDFV_Z1Shwq9pYmRNZ5Gdc4SRFPIVgs5Twc8G02K1DxzPBNCc0MKeEiSp1TvzKCcdTeaXQ4bUXtnpnGDQ4lqvKjv3iPevsChZFoYW3ttYfh4CEM1TDjNQ/s964/Dandelions+and+Thistles_NEW.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="682" height="81" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd2js-mBgYIcWLqWcTaVDFV_Z1Shwq9pYmRNZ5Gdc4SRFPIVgs5Twc8G02K1DxzPBNCc0MKeEiSp1TvzKCcdTeaXQ4bUXtnpnGDQ4lqvKjv3iPevsChZFoYW3ttYfh4CEM1TDjNQ/w57-h81/Dandelions+and+Thistles_NEW.jpg" width="57" /></a></div>Po<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-rXAP4qjXzrGjPZKEDRkGrG2FaEdfDj4y9RbgxDHv4-stECrztRliFIKoRmQ1y5QVPQ_ziYtws11G8iQd0KV16IHcFc6iX0Xps_IKBFzhH8lXaXtVfDnloCETU_kWu6pDopB3/s1600/Dandelions+and+Thistles_NEW.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"></span></a></span></b><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">em/Meditation: The Cheerful Unrepentant Weeds</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />By Ruth Burgess in <span style="font-style: italic;">Dandelions and Thistles: Biblical Meditations from the Iona Community</span> by Jan Sutch Pickard (ed.) Wild Goose Publications, 1999, ISBN 1901557146, page 13 (pictured at left).Based on the Genesis reading.</span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13M5h_0NC7QW54HCzJNTucDEuH_CCe50iiWBj-edslSeKt3NTgT3Tq38UlOMR_cqOcJeOHzKJ-fdFyaLD9sjiupxvRXCE76_Hxv7O0qhi9DX-nUu-0DEBmwganydVnnnoBxTZ4Q/s400/Multi+sensory+Message.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="282" height="81" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13M5h_0NC7QW54HCzJNTucDEuH_CCe50iiWBj-edslSeKt3NTgT3Tq38UlOMR_cqOcJeOHzKJ-fdFyaLD9sjiupxvRXCE76_Hxv7O0qhi9DX-nUu-0DEBmwganydVnnnoBxTZ4Q/w57-h81/Multi+sensory+Message.jpg" width="57" /></a></div>Various Ideas: Creation - the Message of Love</span></b></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; background: none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box white; color: black;">Found in <i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Multi-Sensory Message </span></i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none;">by Dave Maclure, Scripture Union, 2008, ISBN 9781844272730, page 7 (pictured at right). Connected with the Genesis reading. </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; background: none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box white; color: black;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none;"><br /></span></span></div></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; background: none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box white; color: black;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Drama: Our Good Fridge</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Mega Drama 3 </span>by Verona Johnson (ed) Openbook, 2002, ISBN 0859109178 (v.<em>3</em>), page 43 (pictured above) . This drama is based on the Genesis reading. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></div></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="display: inline; float: none; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span><div><span><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: bold;">Poem: </span><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: bold;">It is Shed<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUygmTCUCU_mlYou5dzB1Vd6xuu_D2URvXBjTVoZTGTWqBgO4ikbkEcutkaBDO5wV-LXkKPNLT7SOHjiwHRQiFlv81HM9AmxaH2yv4H87N0uBnrPio-di-YYdmlFoULUsWQ2HHDoYd0tVfwSDqPlWElQC_mgQbejN9DcAqU8LSs5Sau1ZwRKBHYg/s448/in%20due%20season.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="317" height="42" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUygmTCUCU_mlYou5dzB1Vd6xuu_D2URvXBjTVoZTGTWqBgO4ikbkEcutkaBDO5wV-LXkKPNLT7SOHjiwHRQiFlv81HM9AmxaH2yv4H87N0uBnrPio-di-YYdmlFoULUsWQ2HHDoYd0tVfwSDqPlWElQC_mgQbejN9DcAqU8LSs5Sau1ZwRKBHYg/w30-h42/in%20due%20season.jpg" width="30" /></a></div></span><span style="color: #333333;">Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">In Due Season</span> by Herbert F Brokering, Augsburg Publishing, 1966 (pictured at right) in the Summer</span><span style="color: #333333;"> section and based on the Mark reading.</span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: #333333;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjUHI0rrvXmXiuIb1GdqeOGK0TVhaJy-7jPQ0zz8twv5ZC-TjxhCBq5riDV5wNYl1nacSVwHtehuBVvqlZIuuUVwbfbXaocf3GuBk7NCEMwsLaeSF1RzazOfZdeC5v8dUOhrCsiZ7LclECsI-KloB2ccG5dHhyphenhyphen3waLVmvvBgQccVbiXfby6EHADA/s216/The%20Electric%20Bible.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="216" data-original-width="150" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjUHI0rrvXmXiuIb1GdqeOGK0TVhaJy-7jPQ0zz8twv5ZC-TjxhCBq5riDV5wNYl1nacSVwHtehuBVvqlZIuuUVwbfbXaocf3GuBk7NCEMwsLaeSF1RzazOfZdeC5v8dUOhrCsiZ7LclECsI-KloB2ccG5dHhyphenhyphen3waLVmvvBgQccVbiXfby6EHADA/w95-h136/The%20Electric%20Bible.jpg" width="95" /></a></div>Poem: Creation Out of Nothing</b></span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: #333333;">Found in <i>The Electric Bible</i> by Peter Dainty, Kevin Mayhew Ltd, 2003, ISBN 1 84417 041 1, page12 (pictured at left). This poem is based on the Genesis reading. </span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: #333333;"><div style="color: black;"><span><span style="color: #333333;"><b>Poem: God's Week</b></span></span></div><div style="color: black;"><span><span style="color: #333333;">Found in <i>The Electric Bible</i> by Peter Dainty, Kevin Mayhew Ltd, 2003, ISBN 1 84417 041 1, page 14 (pictured at left). This poem is based on the Genesis reading. </span></span></div><div style="color: black;"><span><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: black;"><span><span style="color: #333333;"><div style="color: black;"><span><span style="color: #333333;"><b>Poem: Let There Be Light</b></span></span></div><div style="color: black;"><span><span style="color: #333333;">Found in <i>The Electric Bible</i> by Peter Dainty, Kevin Mayhew Ltd, 2003, ISBN 1 84417 041 1, page 17 (pictured above left). This poem is based on the Genesis reading. </span></span></div><div style="color: black;"><span><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: black;"><span><span style="color: #333333;"><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-eU8aUX_ARKv6s1CN7GsL4cecM69VyJCdEdpcg6wO_jvuSor8Gj2NsPCZgzRRtbBieCCad-3X8JbI19n35JSUwC92m6mJBB4l53-FJhjK7gY_1yabadg3m9Se31l7HtSGiH4xnelsfMd0YI-yrQgIgrW-h7YlImmacFRzhTEQ4teuyNrNr-lJtw/s561/all%20ages%20sketches%20for%20the%20christian%20year%209781841014586-l.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="561" data-original-width="369" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-eU8aUX_ARKv6s1CN7GsL4cecM69VyJCdEdpcg6wO_jvuSor8Gj2NsPCZgzRRtbBieCCad-3X8JbI19n35JSUwC92m6mJBB4l53-FJhjK7gY_1yabadg3m9Se31l7HtSGiH4xnelsfMd0YI-yrQgIgrW-h7YlImmacFRzhTEQ4teuyNrNr-lJtw/w94-h143/all%20ages%20sketches%20for%20the%20christian%20year%209781841014586-l.jpg" width="94" /></a></div>Drama: Fathers Anonymous</b></span></div><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: #333333;">Found in </span><span style="color: #333333;"><i>All Age Sketches for The Christian Year </i>by Peter Shaw</span><span style="color: #333333;">, The Bible Reading Fellowship, 2006, ISBN 10 1 984101 458 3, page 146ff (pictured at left). This is based on the Mark reading.</span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></div></span></span></div></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></div></div>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17995248220649884949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20931290.post-77051326448983738562023-11-29T10:26:00.009+11:002023-12-31T13:42:25.098+11:00Christmas 1 B ( December 31): Overjoyed<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCRmCimH6hBL-Z3vuuC-7kCAXr9rM29teVLF64SNsNzSZPZA7OH31SqcR-wwdZYdPX3fnFTJfUpCaIlUBxLaMrTg7xWWFDo_FZ3resB8gDMHeWm93uYnWVA7CKp2WA18CEk43Bsw/s1600/B+Christmas+1.jpg" style="clear: right; 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margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></strong></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: verdana; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></strong></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: verdana; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></strong></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: verdana; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></strong></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Bible Reading</span></strong></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span>s: </span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Isaiah 61:10-62:3, Psalm 148, Galatians 4:4-7, Luke 2:22-40.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">About the images</span>:</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Upper Left:</span> This is a microsoft free clip art</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> image with my text. I apologise to all the font police out there who hate comic sans but I made this slide way before I knew it was such a graphic crime to use this particular font :)</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Upper Right:</span> This figure is from the Hermano Leon free clip art site (see my links column at left).</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Middle Left:</strong> This is a Microsoft free clip art image and goes well with Galatians 4:4 - "when the time was right...."</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Middle Right</strong><span>: Simeon in the Temple by Rembrandt. The copyright note with this image from Wikipedia Commons states: <span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Public_domain" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" title="Public domain"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">public domain</span></a></span></span><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> work of art. </span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "<i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain</i>". This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain. </span><br /><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Lower Left and Right:</b> These are free Heartlight images - see my link column at left.</span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Responsive Reading: Gathering</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSOKsidXD7p8HvDB4YnmEbupzApltuh32HKXFlv_U83k1Zw17ogduzpQA_GweshVhiNJrY1MUEqO0rES7kjPF08ltY4NCNJ-cHDes7HwDJySi9eiIIF7okfmlBDGUD7uybpDGp/s1600/Ideas+for+worshhip.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="114" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690762285814759794" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSOKsidXD7p8HvDB4YnmEbupzApltuh32HKXFlv_U83k1Zw17ogduzpQA_GweshVhiNJrY1MUEqO0rES7kjPF08ltY4NCNJ-cHDes7HwDJySi9eiIIF7okfmlBDGUD7uybpDGp/w90-h114/Ideas+for+worshhip.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 139px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 110px;" width="90" /></a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Ideas for Worship, July - December</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> 1996, JBCE, page 54 (pictured at right).</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdG4k9tfX3aSKkPD3gYKW213_5XfU8lQXqGMDyqJFxAXnxlZt_NusqOmtqMpdJQHLA-DV1NAN9s3JHwYDYfrXmIFNXYYBn-7ocrsApOhD1ZWwUcl60zYgXkMkCaOzpm1QoqBncZw/s1600-h/Jars+of+Clay+Much+Afraid.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="112" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278804606106906258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdG4k9tfX3aSKkPD3gYKW213_5XfU8lQXqGMDyqJFxAXnxlZt_NusqOmtqMpdJQHLA-DV1NAN9s3JHwYDYfrXmIFNXYYBn-7ocrsApOhD1ZWwUcl60zYgXkMkCaOzpm1QoqBncZw/w112-h112/Jars+of+Clay+Much+Afraid.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 146px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 146px;" width="112" /></a><span style="font-weight: 700;">Listening Song: Overjoyed</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">By Jars of Clay on their album, <span style="font-style: italic;">Much Afraid</span> (pictured at left).</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga6OPCWZa1eF3KGvw55l5Yc7BJyj8kwLR8wvp8f6u-n_WBkdgBnr0tIql8hOiY2WvuFk8rGVQAhOU3_6th-Qi_4ZLoDmSMGKSLvUULGX87G8TknYQWNf_XIZqkxpYYDi-vfXZ1/s1600/The+blue+Butterfly.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 16px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="158" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690763229808136050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga6OPCWZa1eF3KGvw55l5Yc7BJyj8kwLR8wvp8f6u-n_WBkdgBnr0tIql8hOiY2WvuFk8rGVQAhOU3_6th-Qi_4ZLoDmSMGKSLvUULGX87G8TknYQWNf_XIZqkxpYYDi-vfXZ1/w116-h158/The+blue+Butterfly.jpg" style="float: right; height: 158px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 116px;" width="116" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Film Clip: The Blue Butterfly</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">(pictured at right) There is a great clip in this film wher</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">e Pete and a young girl </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">have a discussion about the meaning of the word </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">"miracle".</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;"><br />Discussion: The Blue Butterfly</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">1. What does the girl try to teach Pete about his understanding of a miracle?<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />2. </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">How can we turn Christmas from a one day miracle into a year round miracle?</span><br /><span></span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; clear: both; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdfYq6HZ9plzmLJN2snpRXRaMsJz137Vv9mFifaVvRwlJx_tNxtYCVsGWD3QhjNWKSTwHHYYakfKDPaD2ON61qOi1zcz0kibAi7A6GmPfeOdntb95vn05KU9uOwftBVHAROBAiZA/s1600/Cloth+for+the+cradle.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-right: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdfYq6HZ9plzmLJN2snpRXRaMsJz137Vv9mFifaVvRwlJx_tNxtYCVsGWD3QhjNWKSTwHHYYakfKDPaD2ON61qOi1zcz0kibAi7A6GmPfeOdntb95vn05KU9uOwftBVHAROBAiZA/w100-h144/Cloth+for+the+cradle.jpg" width="100" /></span></a></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">Drama: Anna and Simeon</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">From <span style="font-style: italic;">Cloth for the Cradle</span> by Wild Goose Worship Group, Wild Goose Publications, 1997, ISBN 1901557014, page 116ff (pictured at left)</span>.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Discussion: On the Galatians</span> <span style="font-weight: 700;">reading.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">What are the promises to us given in these verses?</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">Discussion: On the Luke reading</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">1. What is a God moment/"God stuff"?</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">2. How do we remind ourselves that Jesus walks with us?</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">3. How do we encourage each other to notice the "God stuff" in our lives?</span> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />4. How do we encourage each other to respond to the "God stuff"?</span> <span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /><br />Poem: Mary's Gift</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYakCOgDjbbKCgZn3j-r4iEgvLsqcbt5kdQAtlkRl6H1SCRAOYxc4pOSPBO85aVRVUNkqnPyMcnP5lS69c3I49XSs4zpGCWVsGn1SiGIk_FCrjP7D2yupvuNWX8ctaSZTkREFC/s1600/outback+christmas.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690764119109777474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYakCOgDjbbKCgZn3j-r4iEgvLsqcbt5kdQAtlkRl6H1SCRAOYxc4pOSPBO85aVRVUNkqnPyMcnP5lS69c3I49XSs4zpGCWVsGn1SiGIk_FCrjP7D2yupvuNWX8ctaSZTkREFC/s200/outback+christmas.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 172px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Outback Christmas</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> by Pro Hart and Norman Habel, Luther</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">an P</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">u</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">blishing House, 1990, ISBN </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">0859105628, page 30 (pictured at right). </span><span>This is based on the Luke reading</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">Poem: Simeon's Farewell</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Outback Christmas</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> by Pro Hart and Norman Habel, Lutheran Publishing House, 1990, ISBN </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">0859105628, page 32 (pictured at right)</span>. <span>This is based on the Luke reading</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">Poem: Anna'a Song</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Outback Christmas</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> by Pro Hart and Norman Habel, Lutheran Publishing House, 1990, ISBN </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">0859105628, page 34 (pictured above right)</span>.<span>This is based on the Luke reading</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Story: Cleaning up the Mess</span> <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />Found at http://broadwayunitedmethodist.com/node/86 - second paragraph.</span><br /><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVu0hl96tj5iJN2bPh3rPu1t8c_fZ-5Pw3ibQMoZCx0FFKviPPv0kqwRva7F_Q3QP7JnurRaKMrwmQbnY-Ekr_xqEyDqZZZzmS4sWxJeaPFctX7p5hAp2HC5gAUVSV3ZvqP4oatA/s1600-h/Imaging+the+Word+3.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" border="0" height="159" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278804003119364370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVu0hl96tj5iJN2bPh3rPu1t8c_fZ-5Pw3ibQMoZCx0FFKviPPv0kqwRva7F_Q3QP7JnurRaKMrwmQbnY-Ekr_xqEyDqZZZzmS4sWxJeaPFctX7p5hAp2HC5gAUVSV3ZvqP4oatA/w127-h159/Imaging+the+Word+3.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 160px;" width="127" /></span></a></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Story: Grandfather Listens to God</span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />Story by Helen Flexner found in Imaging the Word Volume 3 edited by Susan A Blain, Sharon Iverson Gouwens, Catherine O'Callagan, and Grant Spradling, United Church Press, 1996, ISBN 0829810862, page 104 (pictured at right</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">).<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="font-weight: 700;">Response Activity:</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />Give everyone a short piece of tinsel or a tree decoration of some sort to take home as a reminder that the God stuff/moments can be found on any day of the year, not just Christmas day. An extra option would be to give each person a small white card on which they could write a few words to remind them of the miracle of Christmas which could them be attached to the tinsel or ornament.</span><br /><span><br /></span><span><b>Also:</b></span><br /><br /></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLn6NAmH4q3MSP11mpg9-6oZys_qr9eWK4myaDvH8cSkw4CicdTCEz4kjkkVRFG-w8O6_4-UuNvP1RacTwe2Y0st2ZPVoI1PPUXgzD5yvpte6CGncIog3KsYfNTHyA9Ja5wbqzIQ/s980/meditations+from+the+iona+community.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="980" data-original-width="680" height="78" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLn6NAmH4q3MSP11mpg9-6oZys_qr9eWK4myaDvH8cSkw4CicdTCEz4kjkkVRFG-w8O6_4-UuNvP1RacTwe2Y0st2ZPVoI1PPUXgzD5yvpte6CGncIog3KsYfNTHyA9Ja5wbqzIQ/w54-h78/meditations+from+the+iona+community.jpg" width="54" /></a></div>Meditation: Freedom</b></span></span></span></div></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>Found in <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Meditations from the Iona Community</i> by Ian Reid, Wild Goose Publications, Trowbridge, 1998, ISBN 1901557022, page 71 (pictured at left). This goes well with the Galatians reading.</span><br /><span><br /></span><span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Various Ideas: The Message in Person - Jesus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9VraPp6Nzyprb5AZ5Vum80oACmvvJT7ouhL-Gdv87_B1B2qopLMPk5is8gW3eBTSQ32t8OYyDkrcePcpQjywINZLYyEOOZhyphenhyphenBh1AuMko0F-rHfjb4AIlGv6z7Ja_toBFMVlLc6g/s400/Multi+sensory+Message.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="282" height="45" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9VraPp6Nzyprb5AZ5Vum80oACmvvJT7ouhL-Gdv87_B1B2qopLMPk5is8gW3eBTSQ32t8OYyDkrcePcpQjywINZLYyEOOZhyphenhyphenBh1AuMko0F-rHfjb4AIlGv6z7Ja_toBFMVlLc6g/w32-h45/Multi+sensory+Message.jpg" width="32" /></a></div></span></b></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; background: none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box white; color: black;">Found in <i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Multi-Sensory Message </span></i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none;">by Dave Maclure, Scripture Union, 2008, ISBN 9781844272730, page 21 (pictured at right). This is well connected with the Luke reading. </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto; background: none 0% 0% / auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box white; color: black;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNsn04pTV7iSVoapV0d0IqnZ4eusfFWu_-3CcgGeWO3e-tZCcRgATGXfEh5F6f23uRqF0AR5a8zo3w7JpuL9saHMyfIaoy4kpJeo_cxFaGtjnc1E9adN1d1NTRyAKb2Jd18XaScI-RUTevYsw6zKDdpqpj5dHjfa2rNSLALEPn7EopRNliRGruPQ/s1624/Mega%20drama%204.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1624" data-original-width="1184" height="60" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNsn04pTV7iSVoapV0d0IqnZ4eusfFWu_-3CcgGeWO3e-tZCcRgATGXfEh5F6f23uRqF0AR5a8zo3w7JpuL9saHMyfIaoy4kpJeo_cxFaGtjnc1E9adN1d1NTRyAKb2Jd18XaScI-RUTevYsw6zKDdpqpj5dHjfa2rNSLALEPn7EopRNliRGruPQ/w44-h60/Mega%20drama%204.jpg" width="44" /></a></div>Drama: Anna</b><div><span>Found in <i>Mega Drama 4 </i>by Verena Johnson (Ed.), Open Book, 2002, ISBN 0859109186, page 99 (pictured at left). This is based on the Luke reading. </span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqJJaWVgKaQK60hCARj1MqwfeicKhjERcBOvqhM2I7g5InFuHF5prQOVP6ox_n_NiaR4xsLq0b0Ld26KznVAhUY0bDJZtsdrUHJA0ronJm4BU90oJOQ7m0aiMrebhj-XD-bYhoi7NVtMvcAoamfKb5Nom06ElGxRoxFOayec26nXsxnLiF5Gv1rw/s505/Jesus%20Through%20Middle%20Eastern%20Eyes.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="505" data-original-width="336" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqJJaWVgKaQK60hCARj1MqwfeicKhjERcBOvqhM2I7g5InFuHF5prQOVP6ox_n_NiaR4xsLq0b0Ld26KznVAhUY0bDJZtsdrUHJA0ronJm4BU90oJOQ7m0aiMrebhj-XD-bYhoi7NVtMvcAoamfKb5Nom06ElGxRoxFOayec26nXsxnLiF5Gv1rw/w36-h54/Jesus%20Through%20Middle%20Eastern%20Eyes.jpg" width="36" /></a></div>Brilliant Comments on the Gospel <br /></b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span>Found in <i>Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes</i> by Kenneth E. Bailey, SPCK, 2008, ISBN 9780281059751, pages 56-64 (pictured at right).</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkERceLpx7eZn6KM8lpgu1ivH33aNcz0FlmwlfV_yIwkj82B2ZO1JUPTJvDpkf54MiQEuykhKVkJJ_6Y-5XouN6HHWyD3Rekikbdnn8yLNEbgtx5i5eKspF_RpsU_SF8KBYsLqaoXdQu9oDa9uMj-zxvcIpDzF-XyJmnBAMsrNR2ePyiHWUREA1Q/s1427/Hay%20and%20stardust.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1427" data-original-width="989" height="55" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkERceLpx7eZn6KM8lpgu1ivH33aNcz0FlmwlfV_yIwkj82B2ZO1JUPTJvDpkf54MiQEuykhKVkJJ_6Y-5XouN6HHWyD3Rekikbdnn8yLNEbgtx5i5eKspF_RpsU_SF8KBYsLqaoXdQu9oDa9uMj-zxvcIpDzF-XyJmnBAMsrNR2ePyiHWUREA1Q/w38-h55/Hay%20and%20stardust.jpg" width="38" /></a></div>Reading: How Old Were the Angels</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <i>Hay and Stardust</i> by Ruth Burgess, Wild Goose Publications 2005, ISBN 1 905010 00 1, pages 21 (pictured at left) with lots of other great Christmas stuff.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div><span><span style="color: #333333;"><b>Poem: Nunc Dimittis<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW9G2hlAjtYGEAxuyFDV-A_z_5B_UTayHf_ec2bcxQW2-aQjujCfLLWMNAtb_ftFT-SKKILcdwOF-E-YQiZwBRCcvoqjaARFczodm5d4NvRnTTcBmUB4I0MNM_da3heQ9Zy80A1Gv2Eb7TQmy-z-vNf40a41C34OvUN_O-3HsP1IRhdCOltAS6cg/s216/The%20Electric%20Bible.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="216" data-original-width="150" height="48" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW9G2hlAjtYGEAxuyFDV-A_z_5B_UTayHf_ec2bcxQW2-aQjujCfLLWMNAtb_ftFT-SKKILcdwOF-E-YQiZwBRCcvoqjaARFczodm5d4NvRnTTcBmUB4I0MNM_da3heQ9Zy80A1Gv2Eb7TQmy-z-vNf40a41C34OvUN_O-3HsP1IRhdCOltAS6cg/w33-h48/The%20Electric%20Bible.jpg" width="33" /></a></div></b></span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: #333333;">Found in <i>The Electric Bible</i> by Peter Dainty, Kevin Mayhew Ltd, 2003, ISBN 1 84417 041 1, page 82 (pictured at right). This poem is based on the Luke reading. </span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: #333333;"><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><div style="color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="color: black;"><span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: black;"><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span><div><span><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnjLJtSN4kilQwQGrREfGpCcsHR8R7JJeR5Jea_aoV2ojKBziFBdGNs8tEFckB3th_FjZ4g5a3Is_LM_ZcPyFrVTPaVxNJCiZwJ0MViTczk7cK3PErmKAcvvOMGs6MJQHSiKRtmHMXZtJssf2Wgh68UzZiUUbWcMAhmRVjwNrvpxpW9YBOEtncRA/s1346/Galatians.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="901" height="56" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnjLJtSN4kilQwQGrREfGpCcsHR8R7JJeR5Jea_aoV2ojKBziFBdGNs8tEFckB3th_FjZ4g5a3Is_LM_ZcPyFrVTPaVxNJCiZwJ0MViTczk7cK3PErmKAcvvOMGs6MJQHSiKRtmHMXZtJssf2Wgh68UzZiUUbWcMAhmRVjwNrvpxpW9YBOEtncRA/w38-h56/Galatians.jpg" width="38" /></a></div>Useful Stuff: Growing into Freedom</b></span></div><div><span>Found in <i>Galatians: </i></span><span><i>Experiencing Freedom in Jesus</i> by Groups Biblesense, Group, 2007, ISBN 13 978 0 7644 3244 6, page 38 Pictured at left)</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><b>Mediation: Behold the Lamb of God<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9vV0NUxXuggiElCAJzQT_u4kHB_FQz1cG2OEt8cXaZEW1E2lHTOXCs0aRzG9zcte1Gz5T64xi06YInOYY_ou5ucYsJUJqTr9aeGWHVRgqlNhdz9RiSGf4XYU8a4Lwx5UhQhHso2B8J1MKtUrx27mEH5GSX8ubniKg752bqpNOWEqKSjWGeFs/s1386/Present%20on%20earth.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1386" data-original-width="942" height="83" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9vV0NUxXuggiElCAJzQT_u4kHB_FQz1cG2OEt8cXaZEW1E2lHTOXCs0aRzG9zcte1Gz5T64xi06YInOYY_ou5ucYsJUJqTr9aeGWHVRgqlNhdz9RiSGf4XYU8a4Lwx5UhQhHso2B8J1MKtUrx27mEH5GSX8ubniKg752bqpNOWEqKSjWGeFs/w56-h83/Present%20on%20earth.jpg" width="56" /></a></div></b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;">Found in </span><span style="color: #333333;"><i>Present on Earth by </i>Wild </span><span style="color: #333333;">Goose Worship Gro</span><span style="color: #333333;">up, Wild Goose Publications, 2002, ISBN 0 901557 64 2, page 21ff (pictured at right). This is based on the Luke reading.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><b>Mediation: Disciples of Christ</b></span></div><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;">Found in </span><span style="color: #333333;"><i>Present on Earth by </i>Wild </span><span style="color: #333333;">Goose Worship Gro</span><span style="color: #333333;">up, Wild Goose Publications, 2002, ISBN 0 901557 64 2, page 76ff (pictured at right). This is based on the Luke reading.</span></div><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><b>Drama: Candles in the Bin</b></span></div><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: #333333;">Found in </span><span style="color: #333333;"><i>All Age Sketches for The Christian Year </i>by Peter Shaw</span><span style="color: #333333;">, The Bible Reading Fellowship, 2006, ISBN 10 1 984101 458 3, page 51ff. This is based on the Luke</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> reading.</span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></span></span></div></div></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></div></div></span></span></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></span></div><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br /></span><span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">Poem: Coming Home</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Outback Christmas</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> by Pro Hart and Norman Habel, Lutheran Publishing House, 1990, ISBN </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">0859105628, page 46 (pictured above right). This is based on the Luke reading.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: medium;"><b>Call to Worship: Galatians 4:4-7</b></span></div></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">By Maria I. Tirrabassi and found in <i>Before the Amen</i> by Maren C Tirabassi and Maria I. Tirrabassi (Eds), Pilgrim Press, Cleveland, 2007, ISBN 978 0 8298 1750 8, page 28</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><b>Service: Remembering With Mary</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <i>Hay and Stardust</i> by Ruth Burgess, Wild Goose Publications 2005, ISBN 1 905010 00 1, page 100 with lots of other great Christmas stuff. This service uses different readings but suits the date.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><b>A Series of Responses</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <i>Hay and Stardust</i> by Ruth Burgess, Wild Goose Publications 2005, ISBN 1 905010 00 1, pages 174 with lots of other great Christmas stuff.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Reflection and Prayer:</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">By David Coleman and Zam Walker and found in <i>Going Home Another Way</i> by Neil Paynter, Wild Goose Publications, 2008,pages 47ff and based on the Luke reading. </span></div></div></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></span></div></span></div>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17995248220649884949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20931290.post-23019428474090169872023-11-29T10:06:00.004+11:002023-12-04T15:39:08.345+11:00Christmas Day B: Glorious Light<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPStI7Ub2O2l9zicosxV1-mtpQIzyI235N3HU1B0JdERM8M7N7Hya_jvWVjOEhApxbSG45JaHhv8eytzfW1PTE2EwE6mTWshMVpomOuepyuENF7WPsbBZZRZ7kfJLErqAvuWFWpA/s1600/B+Christmas+day+corel.jpg" style="clear: right; 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margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></strong></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></strong></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></strong></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></strong></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></strong></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></strong></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></strong></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></strong></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></strong></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "verdana"; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></strong></span></div><h2 style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></h2><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Bible Readings: </strong></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Isaiah 9:2-7, Hebrews 1:1-4, 5-12, Luke 2:1-20, Psalm 98</span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;"><br />About the Images</span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Upper Left:</span> Winter sunrise, Swan Reach, Victoria, Australia (for more info visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan_Reach,_Victoria).</span><span style="font-weight: 700;"> </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">This is my photo so please feel free to use it for worship and related activities.</span><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br />Upper Right: </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">This is a Corel free clipart with text from the Michael Card song, Immanuel.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Middle Left</strong>: Decoration in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. This is my image so please feel free to use it for worship and related activities.</span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Middle Right</strong>: This is a free image from Heartlight (see my links column at left) </span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Lower Left:</b> <span style="display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">This is a free image from Heartlight (see my links column at left). </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><b>Lower Right</b>: This is a typical first century house in Bethlehem: two stories with the upper story with a guest room and a living area and the lower story for cooking and for the animals. Because of the census the guest room would have been full so Mary and Joseph would have taken up the offer of a bit of space in the lower room with the animals. This is my image so please feel free to use it for worship and related activities. </span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">Proclamation: They Have Heard It On the Hills</span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdfYq6HZ9plzmLJN2snpRXRaMsJz137Vv9mFifaVvRwlJx_tNxtYCVsGWD3QhjNWKSTwHHYYakfKDPaD2ON61qOi1zcz0kibAi7A6GmPfeOdntb95vn05KU9uOwftBVHAROBAiZA/s1600/Cloth+for+the+cradle.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 16px;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" height="40" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdfYq6HZ9plzmLJN2snpRXRaMsJz137Vv9mFifaVvRwlJx_tNxtYCVsGWD3QhjNWKSTwHHYYakfKDPaD2ON61qOi1zcz0kibAi7A6GmPfeOdntb95vn05KU9uOwftBVHAROBAiZA/w28-h40/Cloth+for+the+cradle.jpg" width="28" /></span></a></span><span style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">From <span style="font-style: italic;">Cloth for the Cradle</span> by Wild Goose Worship Group, Wild Goose Publications, 1997, ISBN 1901557014, page 97 (pictured at right).</span></span></div><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjHenxNvyosClkyGJFMeGg_dF4fPeQTq9KSc24Yv2Bbz4_nYn2RYsfoUC3dwBlIiU7xEBL0W9VTXERXoVKKHTp82vrlK5lhZIcd8QjzWDrxG07PFVz7-GwoHGNd9fsxwJZPBUCErs-TsgBvBE7iUkyCdHiB-atDpVg_CE_XFYE5Bq42jQRcdZrew/s1948/peace%20On%20earth_NEW.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1948" data-original-width="1865" height="30" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjHenxNvyosClkyGJFMeGg_dF4fPeQTq9KSc24Yv2Bbz4_nYn2RYsfoUC3dwBlIiU7xEBL0W9VTXERXoVKKHTp82vrlK5lhZIcd8QjzWDrxG07PFVz7-GwoHGNd9fsxwJZPBUCErs-TsgBvBE7iUkyCdHiB-atDpVg_CE_XFYE5Bq42jQRcdZrew/w28-h30/peace%20On%20earth_NEW.jpg" width="28" /></a></div>Listening Song: G</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2KulxYfJRF-xUSlGIRw3gGb_lJZD4aNU5E2Rv6MHB0ZzWHNhQrPyh-HuxKVMlSbd52u3vNNnv4TOz45WdPs4fK_MJiRv8aayKXjQLU1EIRqU6sGm5a9yo_WS4y6U-jwdh-Eut/s1600/peace+On+earth_NEW.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></a><span style="font-weight: 700;">audete</span></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">By Cantillation on the</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> compilation CD, <span style="font-style: italic;">Peace on Earth </span><span>(p</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">ictured at left).</span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXwbdtTDdTqcxzuAib6188AjJdGXOYj4Y2koE5hWktgqUgQsvMGe9OzVnSNJlNwhyLGFLm_xVdeAKnkOmpXJVg9IU_SfqRgaZQYXHVpCDLxAN12dcy-V_6X52oJwyPSQqdZgJ3nc1xnORKGSJOg1CWs0ScxD4azg3j95GTa4wzHcAn_1IifGK3KQ/s693/Michael%20card%20the%20final%20word.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="693" data-original-width="690" height="69" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXwbdtTDdTqcxzuAib6188AjJdGXOYj4Y2koE5hWktgqUgQsvMGe9OzVnSNJlNwhyLGFLm_xVdeAKnkOmpXJVg9IU_SfqRgaZQYXHVpCDLxAN12dcy-V_6X52oJwyPSQqdZgJ3nc1xnORKGSJOg1CWs0ScxD4azg3j95GTa4wzHcAn_1IifGK3KQ/w69-h69/Michael%20card%20the%20final%20word.jpg" width="69" /></a></div></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Listening S</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">ong: Immanuel</span></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">By Michael Card on his album, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Final Word </span><span>(pictured at right).</span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"></span><span style="color: black;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUCK2C2xsx0XJSdBRDk-KjGs9SB_T65vQ80zax98LkAC5DWYwDWOfUrWd7x3wJ87TLJ8HkhVSBCatqIHaNQyoHepiyMGsWT7DNV4d8Mr32c84mKw6wxZKZ-NENT67lUTFxHdjO/s1600/The+Fox%2527s+Story.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 1em 1em 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685121014042398370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUCK2C2xsx0XJSdBRDk-KjGs9SB_T65vQ80zax98LkAC5DWYwDWOfUrWd7x3wJ87TLJ8HkhVSBCatqIHaNQyoHepiyMGsWT7DNV4d8Mr32c84mKw6wxZKZ-NENT67lUTFxHdjO/s200/The+Fox%2527s+Story.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 104px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 89px;" /></a><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Kid's Sto</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">ry: The Fox's Story</span></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">By Nick Butterworth and Mick Inkpen, Marshal Pickering, 1988, ISBN 0551015802; (pictured at left).</span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"></span><span style="color: black;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3FUa6_Il-nmLs9ouGW3kMHE95ZEcLoriKIHcbQuwGiaqql5FJ3Ybc6avT2kK0B3f53_49YMlESVmvr68c_0Tz7-WJTsIK7kpIZ-gp1uTkWdL1BZTVZzpz4qbKGR3ojQnDgt4Q3g/s1600-h/The+Grumpy+Shepherd.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1em 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="113" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278784265732909074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3FUa6_Il-nmLs9ouGW3kMHE95ZEcLoriKIHcbQuwGiaqql5FJ3Ybc6avT2kK0B3f53_49YMlESVmvr68c_0Tz7-WJTsIK7kpIZ-gp1uTkWdL1BZTVZzpz4qbKGR3ojQnDgt4Q3g/w79-h113/The+Grumpy+Shepherd.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 181px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 127px;" width="79" /></a><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Kids:</span><span style="font-weight: 700;"> The Grumpy Shepherd</span></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">By</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> Paddy Devon, Scripture Union, 1995, ISBN 1859993265</span> (<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">pictured at right)</span>.</span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"></span><span style="color: black;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM9JQG9PlSFvf5AMQkN63AxnoAyQDqy4bE7fzsO_LKEKLNQMZ3IhrIh0-UgTpMcMh3NhnPqvPM_as4UJEi5Enu3d4iQdIMbhASiblHuF6w9tpMFkZYefLTHXyGflVefxsKuwRuMw/s1600-h/Jed+and+roy.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 1em 1em 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="79" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281846450911515026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM9JQG9PlSFvf5AMQkN63AxnoAyQDqy4bE7fzsO_LKEKLNQMZ3IhrIh0-UgTpMcMh3NhnPqvPM_as4UJEi5Enu3d4iQdIMbhASiblHuF6w9tpMFkZYefLTHXyGflVefxsKuwRuMw/w62-h79/Jed+and+roy.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 105px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 83px;" width="62" /></a><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Kids: Jed and Roy McCoy</span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">by Andrew McDonough, Lost Sheep, 2007 ISNB 9781921229121. Visit lostshee</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">p.com.au for downloads of this book (pictured at left).</span></span></span><br /><span><br /></span><span><br /></span><span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz_pKhyphenhyphen0djH7IyiU-FPG6EQdETZ_bljhfRY-5F0Aziu2Sh4g-Bz4maet6OEGhRYEMAlny1twf_JnInH7Vs6zPYN-MdA6lYONNd8HSjFilArd9o_-Er_RGLwYQ8FbVw8KpnwOJrvA/s300/Tonight+in+the+Palace.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="296" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz_pKhyphenhyphen0djH7IyiU-FPG6EQdETZ_bljhfRY-5F0Aziu2Sh4g-Bz4maet6OEGhRYEMAlny1twf_JnInH7Vs6zPYN-MdA6lYONNd8HSjFilArd9o_-Er_RGLwYQ8FbVw8KpnwOJrvA/w142-h144/Tonight+in+the+Palace.jpg" width="142" /></a></div>Kids: </b></span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><b>Tonight in the Palace</b></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">This is another brilliant book by Andrew McDonough, Lost Sheep Resources, 2016 (pictured at right). This goes with the Luke reading. The great thing about these books is that they only around $A7 and for a further $A12 (or instead of) you can buy on line the story in any format you need to project the pictures in church. There are also free activity sheets and for a cost activity books for both teachers and children. Visit </span><a href="http://www.lostsheep.com.au/" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">www.lostsheep.com.au</a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> to check out all the excellent resources.</span></span></div></span><span><br /></span><span><b>Film Clip: Meet all of us/Hope</b></span><br /><span><b><br /></b></span><span><iframe allow="encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" gesture="media" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VOL5K1Mqxn4" width="560"></iframe></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"></span><span style="color: black;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">Film Clip: Bethlehemian Rhapsody</span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/pW1pbuyGlQ0?rel=0" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="420"></iframe></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"></span><span style="color: black;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">Film Clip: The Journey of the Shepherds</span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">From the amazing Bethlehem Bible College</span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #0000ee; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">https://youtu.be/dVWIP3uWatA</span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">Drama: A Special Baby</span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">From <span style="font-style: italic;">Cloth for the Cradle</span> by Wild Goose Worship Group, Wild Goose Publications, 1997, ISBN 1901557014, page 111ff (pictured above).</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"></span><span style="color: black;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">Drama: The Incarnation</span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">From <span style="font-style: italic;">Cloth for the Cradle</span> by Wild Goose Worship Group, Wild Goose Publications, 1997, ISBN 1901557014, page 86ff (pictured above).</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhduV1nx1F1XgqAn0gJFC9J2zFOdlCiB9csEQ00_fO5gDrHMJP3D36lKeb6ZaCzZln1eqt6uRd-0WVvWFJe55U58kwwOMXx5ApQTm_JsI9zvJJOfa5bmprHxqWDKLRZjCQpuVXiQQ/s1600-h/Plass+Growing+up+pains.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" border="0" height="134" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278786218204084290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhduV1nx1F1XgqAn0gJFC9J2zFOdlCiB9csEQ00_fO5gDrHMJP3D36lKeb6ZaCzZln1eqt6uRd-0WVvWFJe55U58kwwOMXx5ApQTm_JsI9zvJJOfa5bmprHxqWDKLRZjCQpuVXiQQ/w84-h134/Plass+Growing+up+pains.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 125px;" width="84" /></span></a></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Story:</span> <span style="font-weight: 700;">I Did</span></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">By Adrian Plass in <span style="font-style: italic;">The Growing Up Pains of Adrian Plas</span>s, Harper Collins,1986, ISBN 0551013850, page 7ff (pictured at right).</span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span><span style="color: #eeeeee;"></span><span style="color: black;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: 700;">Story: Out and About</span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">There was once a European monarch who worried his court by often disappearing and walking incognito amongst his people. When he was asked not to do this for security reasons, he said, “I cannot rule my people unless I know how they live". I c</span><span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">annot source this tiny story but it is found in a number of places on the web.</span></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b><i><u><sub><sup><strike><span style="color: black;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></strike></sup></sub></u></i></b><span style="font-weight: 700;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjslq-4TVnrAuQ7lpYKFUZR-cRSWo07ilpVcWA3oG94DCpwF5oP8p0uiaX03Nf8Q-PTppZyylrgxrq-3sp0WKHfraIMZAWaOpwxjxHPePtQu9HJBdpNFMQ7EmCfLLreRQS0DnQdYQ/s1600/Still+More+Hot+Illustrations.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-right: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1228" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjslq-4TVnrAuQ7lpYKFUZR-cRSWo07ilpVcWA3oG94DCpwF5oP8p0uiaX03Nf8Q-PTppZyylrgxrq-3sp0WKHfraIMZAWaOpwxjxHPePtQu9HJBdpNFMQ7EmCfLLreRQS0DnQdYQ/w101-h132/Still+More+Hot+Illustrations.jpg" width="101" /></span></a><b><span style="color: black;">Story: Come Home</span></b></span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Still More Hot Illustrations For Youth Talks</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> by Wayne Rice, Zondervan, 1999, ISBN 0310224640, page 125ff (pictured at left).</span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="font-weight: 700;">Story: Dian Fossey and Gorillas in the Mist</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />Find this story at www.elbourne.org/sermons/index.mv?illustration+1446<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="font-weight: 700;">Story: With Skin On!</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Find this story at www.elbourne.org/sermons/index.mv?illustration+1445. This site seems to be closed at the moment so here is the story:</span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal">We read of a father putting his four-year-old son to bed. Having finished prayers, stories, and all the little bedtime things, he kissed his son and turned the light off. His son started sobbing, "Don't leave me. I'm scared and don't want to stay here alone." The father tried to encourage the little boy by reminding him of God's presence and reminding him that they had just prayed together.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The little boy said, "I want somebody with skin on." </p></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5EWbD4hEP4JuS-qgBJeziAdvpSufNk6EkTht3Pa35MYa9JqzOf5BFacWnkkVo0Youst6CpNtrBWDoE38oFGFF7ct-JLeQnl_o8wjtz69iLqR38umL1tk1Q9QmtRyxQaiGaqGr7HZvrvOtdfQN-S84jXSVIEa6i7v3i-zGVd4sxQ2x0-AV4bFJAw/s3416/Dad%20and%20Daughter.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3416" data-original-width="2332" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5EWbD4hEP4JuS-qgBJeziAdvpSufNk6EkTht3Pa35MYa9JqzOf5BFacWnkkVo0Youst6CpNtrBWDoE38oFGFF7ct-JLeQnl_o8wjtz69iLqR38umL1tk1Q9QmtRyxQaiGaqGr7HZvrvOtdfQN-S84jXSVIEa6i7v3i-zGVd4sxQ2x0-AV4bFJAw/w93-h136/Dad%20and%20Daughter.jpg" width="93" /></a></div>Poem and Prayer : leaving the fields</b></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Found in <i>Dad and Daughter</i> by Ron Gordon and Jennie Gordon, 2012, ISBN 9780646586601, page 70 (pictured at left). These are based on the Luke reading.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="font-weight: 700;">Prayer for Others: In the Face of the Gospel</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">From <span style="font-style: italic;">Cloth for the Cradle</span> by Wild Goose Worship Group, Wild Goose Publications, 1997, ISBN 1901557014, page 115 (pictured above).</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">Responsive Reading: A Boy Has Been Born to Us</span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">From <span style="font-style: italic;">Cloth for the Cradle</span> by Wild Goose Worship Group, Wild Goose Publications, 1997, ISBN 1901557014, page 114 (pictured above).</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"></span><span style="color: black;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">Responsive reading: Light Looked Down</span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">From <span style="font-style: italic;">Cloth for the Cradle</span> by Wild Goose Worship Group, Wild Goose Publications, 1997, ISBN 1901557014, page 82 (pictured above).</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"></span><span style="color: black;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: 700;">Responsive Reading: Litany of the Incarnation</span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">From <span style="font-style: italic;">Cloth for the Cradle</span> by Wild Goose Worship Group, Wild Goose Publications, 1997, ISBN 1901557014, page 91 (pictured above).</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div><br /></div></span></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Response Activity: Candy Canes</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />Give everyone a red and white striped candy cane and tell the congregation the meaning of the shape, the stripes, the flavour, etc. For information, see http://ww2.netnitco.net/~legend01/candycane.htm</span></span><br /><br /></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Also:</b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Meditation: Quiet Remembering</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Meditations from the Iona Community</i> by Ian Reid, Wild Goose Publications, Trowbridge, 1998, ISBN 1901557022, page 16.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Drama: Heavenly Revelry</b><div><span>Found in <i>Mega Drama 4 </i>by Verena Johnson (Ed.), Open Book, 2002, ISBN 0859109186, page 83. This is based on the Luke reading. </span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><b>Drama: Knock Knock</b><div><span>Found in <i>Mega Drama 4 </i>by Verena Johnson (Ed.), Open Book, 2002, ISBN 0859109186, page 89. This is based on the Luke reading. </span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><b>Brilliant Comments on the Gospel</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span>Found in <i>Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes</i> by Kenneth E. Bailey, SPCK, 2008, ISBN 9780281059751, pages 25-37.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Drama: The News</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">A dialogue between two excited shepherds b</span>ased on the gospel reading and found in <i>Let's Make a Scene</i> by Verena Johnson, Open Book Publishers, 1995, page 21.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="font-weight: 700;">Drama</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">: I shouldn't Complain.........</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Let's Make A Scene Too</span> by Verena Johnson, </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Lutheran Publishing, 1991, ISBN 085910608,</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> page 72</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">.</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">This drama is linked to the Luke reading.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><b>Christmas Day Resources</b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <i>Hay and Stardust</i> by Ruth Burgess, Wild Goose Publications 2005, ISBN 1 905010 00 1, pages 15-22.</div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Drama: Where's the Baby?</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="105" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLzokeYwlybXhff4Pbc2CWfrVl2G9rk0fvk8ALB_9Hehx0JZaip-Zx2DnqEFGXAL2y_Yi937unDFKbgs1MquRpPPVvhWopbXlP-WA5sZW2ivB4owTmU6IgAtBv2ikY0Jbqiewp/w88-h105/Let+make+a+scene+for.jpg" width="88" /></span><span>Found in <i>Let's Make a Scene for....</i>. by Verena Johnson, Open Book, 1998, ISBN 0859108937, page 101 (pictured at right). This goes well with the Luke reading. </span></div><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><b>Drama: Whose Been Sleeping in MY Manger?</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: #333333;">Found in </span><span style="color: #333333;"><i>All Age Sketches for The Christian Year </i>by Peter Shaw</span><span style="color: #333333;">, The Bible Reading Fellowship, 2006, ISBN 10 1 984101 458 3, page 18ff. This is based on the Luke</span></span><span style="color: #333333;"> reading.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Poems: From <span style="font-style: italic;">Outback Christmas</span></span><br />By </span><span style="color: black;">Pro Hart and Norman Habel, Lutheran Publishing House, 1990, ISBN 0859105628, page 32. </span><span style="color: black;">If you want to give your service a real Australian flavour the following poems and their corresponding artwork go very well with the Luke reading for today: The Ride to Bethlehem (vs1-5), Jesus' Birth (6), The Bethlehem Pub (7), The Stockmens' Story (8-14), Report of the Stockmen (15-20)</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: black;"><div><span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><b>Call to Worship: Luke 2</b></span></div></span></div><div><span>By Ann B Day and found in <i>Before the Amen</i> by Maren C Tirabassi and Maria I. Tirrabassi (Eds), Pilgrim Press, Cleveland, 2007, ISBN 978 0 8298 1750 8, page 23</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Reflection and Prayer: </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvflXnM-OQhBmFtoZ6sOLhxwwgEACUPAGCN_oAALX9Qp2bNCBVTJ94LSzpYQvQ_tNyBzjmfN64DgvQAwfWMvJTovTASSRF_j5JO_WECZGvcEyMBNeUtdF6WqOSn_M_77c61OdN/s1600/advent+readings+from+iona.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="150" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679559499931791986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvflXnM-OQhBmFtoZ6sOLhxwwgEACUPAGCN_oAALX9Qp2bNCBVTJ94LSzpYQvQ_tNyBzjmfN64DgvQAwfWMvJTovTASSRF_j5JO_WECZGvcEyMBNeUtdF6WqOSn_M_77c61OdN/w127-h150/advent+readings+from+iona.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 167px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 141px;" width="127" /></a><br /><span>Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Advent Readings from Iona</span> by Brian Woodcock and Jan Sutch Pickard, Wild Goose Publications, 2005, ISBN 1901557332 (pictured at right)</span><span>. These are based on the Psalm and found under the heading: December 1st.</span></span></div><div><span><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Reflection and Prayer: </span><br /><span>Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Advent Readings from Iona</span> by Brian Woodcock and Jan Sutch Pickard, Wild Goose Publications, 2005, ISBN 1901557332 (pictured at right)</span><span>. These are based on the Luke reading and found under the heading: December 25th.</span></span></span></div></span></span></div></span></div></div></div></span></span></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span><span style="font-family: "verdana"; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b><br /></b></span></div></span><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></div>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17995248220649884949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20931290.post-52149794695296692042023-11-28T20:01:00.009+11:002023-12-31T13:32:24.350+11:00Christmas Eve B: Rejoice/Light of the World<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim2gywklvPH_eYQjght8t2PbgoV53mRcjGwsb42gYgNXO-spzHCLXiPwhUDB4G8WLTnYE48uQF3hjGu_TNtqdndI1Y-uS7_PWxivhmwcfvmv4J8ev8NuBK3hnBaLOvAP11gjH9lA/s1600/B+Christmas+Eve+Shepherd.jpg" style="clear: right; 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Please only use for worship or related activities.</span><br /><span><strong>Middle Left</strong>: This is a free Microsoft clipart image</span><br /><span><strong>Middle Right</strong>: This image comes from www.sundaygraphx.blogspot.com. This site no longer updates (you will see the sad reason why when you visit) however the artist, Don da Silva, has left a legacy of wonderful images and templates via the site archives.</span><br /><span><b>Lower Left </b>: This is a free Heartlight image - see my link column at left</span><br /><b>Lower Right: </b>This is<b> </b>my image of an ancient house similar to the one described in the Bethlehem Town book below. I took this photo in the Old City of Bethlehem near where we we lived very close to the Church of the Nativity. Originally the animals would have lived in a stable under and behind the stairs in the lower part of the house and there would have been a vent in the roof allowing the animal warmed stable air to rise in to the living quarters above to keep everyone warm. </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Please use for worship or related activities</span><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Decor: </span><br /><span>White and gold cloth and floating tea lights in clear glass bowls.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Call to Worship/</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">P</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">roclamation: This, To</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">night is the Meetin</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">g </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pl</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">ace<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2lOhbzThR3gdOszBlmKyZGsVE-talAbPEiliRaIB9heU7_9GxttuGIrj7i-eDT13-zE339MAK4fLxYXBJmr5TTIR1fa4rPmTxqvKa4Z3vlZYhxnZPgnuTZh2XmGQzOAFT5GkJIQ/s300/powaqqatsi.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="297" data-original-width="300" height="48" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2lOhbzThR3gdOszBlmKyZGsVE-talAbPEiliRaIB9heU7_9GxttuGIrj7i-eDT13-zE339MAK4fLxYXBJmr5TTIR1fa4rPmTxqvKa4Z3vlZYhxnZPgnuTZh2XmGQzOAFT5GkJIQ/w48-h48/powaqqatsi.jpg" width="48" /></a></div></span><span>From <span style="font-style: italic;">Cloth for the</span></span><span><span style="font-style: italic;"> Cradle</span> by Wild Goose Worship Group, Wild Goose Publications, 1997, ISBN 1901557014, page 83 (pictured below).</span><span> </span><span>We r</span><span>ead this </span><span>while playing Anthem Part 3 from the CD <span style="font-style: italic;">Powaqquatsi</span> (pictured at right) in the bac</span><span>kground.</span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4njJzWOa_GI2TYuv5jABRl2E3Tgvw6PZDpv_6cKKdAN87lnA7i-WOFVKqH5gbYtpN9WoGJmUL-Neu4nDOqVAWMMqDncwddJ96WhN7solu32KrM3e_eqEU_gjgi6Nq7W_2X5islA/s240/The+Prayer+Cycle.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="240" height="92" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4njJzWOa_GI2TYuv5jABRl2E3Tgvw6PZDpv_6cKKdAN87lnA7i-WOFVKqH5gbYtpN9WoGJmUL-Neu4nDOqVAWMMqDncwddJ96WhN7solu32KrM3e_eqEU_gjgi6Nq7W_2X5islA/w92-h92/The+Prayer+Cycle.jpg" width="92" /></a></div>Listening Song: Hope</span><br /><span>Found on Jonathan Elias's compilation album, <span style="font-style: italic;">Prayer Cycle</span> (pictured at left).</span><br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYb2f0KPNG00ViI5DdxpKKy6xWllikRveldmOVPy2Cy67z3pk_v7sZNPPukZX8k9ztdYpwmf_zo5SNcGRSLjTY38caBrDSv11OiWdDoZv1U5G37OtFSKjUn8NHn20qojDweDCQ/s1600/WOW+Orange+Christmas.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="94" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685105980585718770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYb2f0KPNG00ViI5DdxpKKy6xWllikRveldmOVPy2Cy67z3pk_v7sZNPPukZX8k9ztdYpwmf_zo5SNcGRSLjTY38caBrDSv11OiWdDoZv1U5G37OtFSKjUn8NHn20qojDweDCQ/w94-h94/WOW+Orange+Christmas.jpg" style="float: right; height: 163px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 163px;" width="94" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Listening Song: A Holy Night</span><br /><span>By Point of Grace on the album, <span style="font-style: italic;">WOW Christmas</span> (pictured at right).</span><br /><span><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Listening Song: Mary, Did You Know?</span><br /><span>By Kathy Mattea on the album, <span style="font-style: italic;">WOW Christmas </span></span><span>(pictured at right)</span><span>. One year we used this song as the framew</span><span>ork for the whole Christmas eve service.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi86NWqwN6METkZqWWqcaj9Kz42c7xHuKBdeSCzmGB_pyz8H7FByFONdVgzeMa083it66Z0c_q707I9pZXAbOruNEOzSNf2RJCxkpyNQ1WfRqcpHdDTSUN2ZHFkzbfnG6Ir4JKs0qL29WqzzjBF1rqlVA6x4553RUJ47NkabGuQZ3zNPETyKEoU9Q/s1440/Jewel%201.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1380" data-original-width="1440" height="78" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi86NWqwN6METkZqWWqcaj9Kz42c7xHuKBdeSCzmGB_pyz8H7FByFONdVgzeMa083it66Z0c_q707I9pZXAbOruNEOzSNf2RJCxkpyNQ1WfRqcpHdDTSUN2ZHFkzbfnG6Ir4JKs0qL29WqzzjBF1rqlVA6x4553RUJ47NkabGuQZ3zNPETyKEoU9Q/w82-h78/Jewel%201.jpg" width="82" /></a></div>Listening Song: Life </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Uncommon</span><br /><span>By Jewel on her album, <span style="font-style: italic;">Spirit</span> (pictured at left). </span><br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQgaT7mbCFgh4QhOF37M2HhutXaxdtc71Njcrluj1f-qoqEskVHJPJLGomg48wYfKpVBWTEA3EZhwM9bkewWvuua6jI7RQVmfNpcPYeChwlAXC9gK_Y_cYGMf80nRfcUZM54GsOg/s1600/peace+On+earth_NEW.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" height="39" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQgaT7mbCFgh4QhOF37M2HhutXaxdtc71Njcrluj1f-qoqEskVHJPJLGomg48wYfKpVBWTEA3EZhwM9bkewWvuua6jI7RQVmfNpcPYeChwlAXC9gK_Y_cYGMf80nRfcUZM54GsOg/w37-h39/peace+On+earth_NEW.jpg" width="37" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Listening Song: Gaudete</span><br /><span>By <span style="font-style: italic;">Cantillation</span> on the compilation CD, <span style="font-style: italic;">Peace on Earth (pictured at right)</span>.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg85-kePaaFzt5nrHZPVUtaClPvbJgYz8VsMAvA7sJ3U25TTqZzhI98Tjsm_wSr9SpFJlBpnINp4Vmcr8x4OJr4GptHwiYfbP1pj5J1xIfW-257PhH5PvYDYsRqaSxZ9U6gIL8FLJ1Oocl0_Tzi24XwleoCl-hTHd6PSO_uFrrWc6NdOR2fm1YYZA/s514/so%20fresh%20songs%20for%20christmas%202007.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="514" data-original-width="513" height="92" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg85-kePaaFzt5nrHZPVUtaClPvbJgYz8VsMAvA7sJ3U25TTqZzhI98Tjsm_wSr9SpFJlBpnINp4Vmcr8x4OJr4GptHwiYfbP1pj5J1xIfW-257PhH5PvYDYsRqaSxZ9U6gIL8FLJ1Oocl0_Tzi24XwleoCl-hTHd6PSO_uFrrWc6NdOR2fm1YYZA/w91-h92/so%20fresh%20songs%20for%20christmas%202007.jpg" width="91" /></a></div>Listening Song: The First Noel/Mary Mary</span><br /><span>by Sarah McLachlan on the compilation album, <span style="font-style: italic;">So Fresh: Songs For Christmas 2007</span><span> (pictured at left).</span> </span><br /><span><br /></span><span><b>Film Clip: Hallelujah</b></span><br /><span>This is an amazing little film clip by Chris Monson. The trumpeter is Chris Botti and the music is, of course, by the great Leonard Cohen</span><br /><span><br /></span><span><iframe allow="encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" gesture="media" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/K5ji1uZYZIQ" width="560"></iframe></span><br /><span><br /></span><span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtnw3xSb0ueeaUR4Xjc6BrOceejxXSq4xYNJAieqCANvSW76rQ1_o08kD8zTLutt6xtdsUBRoHmds_25-bV4wFp6bM_vPv2CFaawbA1pd6efGtDnh1gaHhgVne5s5rCQoZT1cCTv7-qg10NgOOnTd8q2vjAi6vBv9ddW6T4mxwkbCzfDSPuyXIHg/s500/Bethlehem%20Town.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="497" height="139" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtnw3xSb0ueeaUR4Xjc6BrOceejxXSq4xYNJAieqCANvSW76rQ1_o08kD8zTLutt6xtdsUBRoHmds_25-bV4wFp6bM_vPv2CFaawbA1pd6efGtDnh1gaHhgVne5s5rCQoZT1cCTv7-qg10NgOOnTd8q2vjAi6vBv9ddW6T4mxwkbCzfDSPuyXIHg/w137-h139/Bethlehem%20Town.jpg" width="137" /></a></div>Kids: </b></span></span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><b>Bethlehem Town</b></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">This is another brilliant book by Andrew McDonough, Lost Sheep Resources, 2016 (pictured at left). This goes with the Luke reading. The great thing about these books is that they only around $A7 and for a further $A12 (or instead of) you can buy on line the story in any format you need to project the pictures in church. There are also free activity sheets and for a cost activity books for both teachers and children. Visit </span><a href="http://www.lostsheep.com.au/" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;">www.lostsheep.com.au</a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"> to check out all the excellent resources.</span></span></div></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnKbGptptb9JbGdRGOu7XM_72zab1oN8Fqu9xTyY7NMgYieV5ZLOuFHM69zvdbvCQuCfTmkSuAucrnT6kaLf7a9uvOJkkl7XIClzQVb4Js7aRuuN9Fkb6BR9XUOM17PUvlGzLvSw/s1600/Cloth+for+the+cradle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwyNi_xUPoCL1aXe2crd86wgLqMo90OxvCDHO-Zcx8Nj1yqaHMjpvh0ieghNU0u74jbzY29J0d4Hi3CYNPCfY5Rx8olnhqZ7Aw3lIXXJpg68mGXymJpbBerivpf4BWJPZlGoMenQ/s1600/Mega+Drama+2.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="324" height="94" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwyNi_xUPoCL1aXe2crd86wgLqMo90OxvCDHO-Zcx8Nj1yqaHMjpvh0ieghNU0u74jbzY29J0d4Hi3CYNPCfY5Rx8olnhqZ7Aw3lIXXJpg68mGXymJpbBerivpf4BWJPZlGoMenQ/w68-h94/Mega+Drama+2.jpg" width="68" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Drama: In their Shoes</span><br /><span><span>Found in </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Mega Drama 2</span><span> by Verena Johnson (Ed.), Open Book, 2001, </span></span><span><span>ISBN 085910916Xv2, page 98 (pictured at left).</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><b>Drama: The Incarnation</b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnKbGptptb9JbGdRGOu7XM_72zab1oN8Fqu9xTyY7NMgYieV5ZLOuFHM69zvdbvCQuCfTmkSuAucrnT6kaLf7a9uvOJkkl7XIClzQVb4Js7aRuuN9Fkb6BR9XUOM17PUvlGzLvSw/s1600/Cloth+for+the+cradle.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1408" data-original-width="984" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnKbGptptb9JbGdRGOu7XM_72zab1oN8Fqu9xTyY7NMgYieV5ZLOuFHM69zvdbvCQuCfTmkSuAucrnT6kaLf7a9uvOJkkl7XIClzQVb4Js7aRuuN9Fkb6BR9XUOM17PUvlGzLvSw/w79-h113/Cloth+for+the+cradle.jpg" width="79" /></a></span><br /><span>From <span style="font-style: italic;">Cloth for the Cradle</span> by Wild Goose Worship Group, Wild Goose Publications, 1997, ISBN 1901557014, page 86ff (pictured at right).</span><span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Stories/Sermon: Four Shoes For the Nativity</span><br /><span>By Roddy Hamilton and found on his blog, <span style="font-style: italic;">Mucky Paws</span> (see link at left) in his December 2005 archive</span>.<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht_ZWoVr0T-9a2ZHk9wz6xeceqQJvyGXzppr-lJyUJWlZR0PRv0MT0zrMuH0lkIKcx1B8D036u1WPZQLHOOL1OWbusAc-fzL8bk8eAQajyttToGYPOlAmEkN73k0DwAkB758BALg/s1600/Good+King+wenceslas+9780735812000-us.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="352" height="75" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht_ZWoVr0T-9a2ZHk9wz6xeceqQJvyGXzppr-lJyUJWlZR0PRv0MT0zrMuH0lkIKcx1B8D036u1WPZQLHOOL1OWbusAc-fzL8bk8eAQajyttToGYPOlAmEkN73k0DwAkB758BALg/w56-h75/Good+King+wenceslas+9780735812000-us.jpg" width="56" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Story/Sermon: Good King Wenceslas</span><br /><span>Use this carol as a parable. A great source for this is Good King We</span><span>nceslas by John Mason Neale and Christopher Manson, North South Books, 1994, ISBN 1558583211 (pictured at left).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLHfhPDz5_M7h8pQ-VsJC92Ozi_q836tocLKKgQyOwbS72Qv-IjalVB__awAX3p-Fnf34EfbAy8kLHDbx5qbpKPP_4df0Js5QtQXQfFMLaQrUfu1K67FmfJGPGf_Rv41DNQZqz1w/s1138/Christmas+Stories+of+the+heart.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1138" data-original-width="775" height="68" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLHfhPDz5_M7h8pQ-VsJC92Ozi_q836tocLKKgQyOwbS72Qv-IjalVB__awAX3p-Fnf34EfbAy8kLHDbx5qbpKPP_4df0Js5QtQXQfFMLaQrUfu1K67FmfJGPGf_Rv41DNQZqz1w/w46-h68/Christmas+Stories+of+the+heart.jpg" width="46" /></a></div>Story: Take Hold of Love</span><br /><span>By Henry Carter in <span style="font-style: italic;">Christmas Stories of the Heart</span> by Alice Gray (Ed.) Multnomah Books, 1997, ISBN 1576731847, page 28. </span><br /><br /><span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_U3Lx-QGHKucHBP-oQwm4hoJizuNTMt7SNUFyZjDwG5Nhb5Ce_E9-eyIWLp_aWmnGjq7fxdOn0xIBEoZUt20vbaze4bCUGqZXKnxgdBhL69w5A9i9WIroNvXwKXfG_Kt-QU4PYT9kOuenYtaexpeG1QIn7Ab6ryoH4ETVJcdRmzyHiTW4XN_klg/s1453/outback%20christmas.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1251" data-original-width="1453" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_U3Lx-QGHKucHBP-oQwm4hoJizuNTMt7SNUFyZjDwG5Nhb5Ce_E9-eyIWLp_aWmnGjq7fxdOn0xIBEoZUt20vbaze4bCUGqZXKnxgdBhL69w5A9i9WIroNvXwKXfG_Kt-QU4PYT9kOuenYtaexpeG1QIn7Ab6ryoH4ETVJcdRmzyHiTW4XN_klg/w197-h170/outback%20christmas.jpg" width="197" /></a></div>Poems: From <span style="font-style: italic;">Outback Christmas</span></span><br />By </span><span>Pro Hart and Norman Habel, Lutheran Publishing House, 1990, ISBN 0859105628, page 32 (pictured at left). </span><span>If you want to give your service a real Australian flavour the following poems and their corresponding artwork go very well with the Luke reading for today: The Ride to Bethlehem (vs1-5), Jesus' Birth (6), The Bethlehem Pub (7), The Stockmens' Story (8-14), Report of the Stockmen (15-20)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Poem: Mary's Song</span><br /><span>By Lucy Shaw</span>. <span>I used the words of this poem with images and played Psalmus Ode by Vangelis from his CD, Reprise as a backing.</span> <span>I can't remember which of her books this poem </span><span>comes from but you can find the poem at</span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>http://maggidawn.typepad.com/maggidawn/2006/12/poems_for_chris_2.html. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Meditation: Image of the Invisible God</span><br /><span>By Adrian Plass in his book <span style="font-style: italic;">And Jesus Will Be Born</span>, Zondervan, 2003, ISBN 0007130511, page 123ff. I matched each line with an image and played Aeterna Lux by Libera on their self titled album, as backing.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Meditation: Comfort My People</span><br /><span>By Roddy Hamilton and found on his blog, <span style="font-style: italic;">Mucky Paws</span> (see link at left) in his December 2005 archive</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Prayer for Others: In the Face of the Gospel</span><br /><span>From <span style="font-style: italic;">Cloth for the Cradle</span> by Wild Goose Worship Group, Wild Goose Publications, 1997, ISBN 1901557014, page 115 (pictured above right).</span><span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Response Activity: Four Corners</span><br /><span>By Roddy Hamilton on his site <i>Mucky Paws </i>(see my links column at left) archived under December 2010. This is suitable for any part of the service. Roddy also suggests using the Sarah McLachlan song mentioned above. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Response Activity:</span><br /><span>It would not be a Christmas Eve Service at our church if we did not light the Christ Candle on the stroke of midnight, light out tapers from it and then sing Joy to the World together in the candle light. </span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Also:</b></span></div><span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Meditation: Quiet Remembering</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Meditations from the Iona Community</i> by Ian Reid, Wild Goose Publications, Trowbridge, 1998, ISBN 1901557022, page 16.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Drama: Christmas Is?</span></b><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Found in <i>Mega Drama 4 </i>by Verena Johnson (Ed.), Open Book, 2002, ISBN 0859109186, page 95. This is based on the John reading. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><b>Messy Christmas</b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;">Found in Lucy Moore, <i>Messy Church</i>, The Bible Reading Fellowship, 2006, ISBN 978 1 84101 503 3, page 131ff</span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><b>Advent Poem</b></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">By Mary Taylor and found in <i>Before the Amen</i> by Maren C Tirabassi and Maria I. Tirrabassi (Eds), Pilgrim Press, Cleveland, 2007, ISBN 978 0 8298 1750 8, page 2</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Angel Rap:</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">By Jean Mortimer in <i>Doing December Differently</i> by Nicola Slee and Rosie Miles (Eds.),Wild Goose Publications, 2006, ISBN 1 905010 23 0, page 189 and based on the Luke reading. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Night Service:</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">By John Harvey and found in <i>Going Home Another Way</i> by Neil Paynter, Wild Goose Publications, 2008,pages 11ff and based on the Gospel readings. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: verdana; font-size: 16px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></div></span></div></div></div></div>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17995248220649884949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20931290.post-24468767534825526462023-11-28T18:38:00.004+11:002023-11-28T18:46:33.538+11:00Blue Christmas B (for anytime in Advent): For those who find it difficult to celebrate at Christmas for all sorts of reasons<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5148QQWp-o2dUn3QfQW8ILY1is7aXTngSY4tHQwD1MZ0u_Ln7HWNb9WsKNUB6_MPzCBv52uGVMBW_Qs4BvHhcFGXcClozfe41_ntKpQmS6ld81XaUxsaJxDWBUCiDFnIr3O9eSw/s1600/B+Blue+Christmas+be+with+us.jpg" style="clear: right; 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margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU6_M3Yzr-EOJyQ-tqGh-NlHa5UBxdjQP66E1ag7PQ9EXotlJVns7YAYGnRB5YkglkABndtXzu8vxrgDP5Rd2PLOUkS25tXSKbSzQs2KiwqiJBd-9RymWz1EYo2X-gUNl-8KDv-A/s320/Psalm+121_02+free+church+galleries.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><strong><br /></strong></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong>Bible readings:</strong><span> Isaiah 9:2,6-7, Isaiah 40:8-9, John 1:4-5, Luke 2:1-20, Psalm 121,</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">About the Image</span>:</span><br /><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Upper Left</span>: This image comes from www.visualparadox.com - a great site for images</span>.<br /><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Upper Right</span>: This is my image. Please feel free to use it for worship and related activities.</span><br /><span><strong>Middle Left:</strong> A free image from Heartlight (see my link column at left)</span><br /><span><strong>Middle Right:</strong> A free Microsoft clipart image.</span><br /><span><b>Lower Left</b>: A free internet image with the copyright details attached.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b>Lower Right</b>: This is a free clipart from the Churchgalleries site which is no longer operating. <br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Listening Song: Im</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD4S0Bh7rjMmfttQylYr95pIPocGhg4PUcDitpf39fj8Fzf7FBa05x4FzADB3a9ioU3NKM6Tx9ovbakDk7ZDiTtYXRiFHjdFiZBnPe6rXDGjR3qX1k0mxr4Ec2JrlV8LbEWNEF/s1600/Michael+card+the+final+word.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684745582042682978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD4S0Bh7rjMmfttQylYr95pIPocGhg4PUcDitpf39fj8Fzf7FBa05x4FzADB3a9ioU3NKM6Tx9ovbakDk7ZDiTtYXRiFHjdFiZBnPe6rXDGjR3qX1k0mxr4Ec2JrlV8LbEWNEF/s200/Michael+card+the+final+word.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 118px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 117px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">manuel</span><br /><span>By Michael Card on h</span><span>is CD, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Final Word</span></span> <span>(pictured at left).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Listening Song: Vespura</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAYF5HyS1Zt-iNq-8GBMuitEo7AxbTioPg83nelz-wDLINygQVyiVIzeTb0S3KMmPSHbZ7t5Vk37jXB60t1zjTla4honuswcXFxiyLJ9dahMZTfLKEPBQzP1pV9MOvlbYQULRtRw/s1600-h/aled.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277423554056776386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAYF5HyS1Zt-iNq-8GBMuitEo7AxbTioPg83nelz-wDLINygQVyiVIzeTb0S3KMmPSHbZ7t5Vk37jXB60t1zjTla4honuswcXFxiyLJ9dahMZTfLKEPBQzP1pV9MOvlbYQULRtRw/s200/aled.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 145px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 145px;" /></a><br /><span>By Aled on his album, <span style="font-style: italic;">Aled Jones</span> (pictured at right).</span><br /><span><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqehgNLmrSCyZDaxjNZ2oQPhusI2fnApxXqJ2FkWjiwAMH79dwi_k9kP5HkSt3IaMRxHnQvYz8vsIsHtIBpvzTB0dQHb6hWRxTVuxam5jwD4ZEvLXc8tGCsIgvJrIhEBJ8P3QQ9w/s1600/kneeling+in+bethlehem-ann-weems.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqehgNLmrSCyZDaxjNZ2oQPhusI2fnApxXqJ2FkWjiwAMH79dwi_k9kP5HkSt3IaMRxHnQvYz8vsIsHtIBpvzTB0dQHb6hWRxTVuxam5jwD4ZEvLXc8tGCsIgvJrIhEBJ8P3QQ9w/s1600/kneeling+in+bethlehem-ann-weems.jpg" width="123" /></a>Reading: Into </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">thi</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">s Silent Night</span><br /><span>From <em>Kneeling in Bethlehem</em> by Ann Weems, </span><span>Westminster John Knox Press. (pictured at left)</span><br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb4UjOa23KoXKYKvc6ncQaO7mg1p_XX1mvclhaJc5pPTQndNCjlbtx5IuzwlWAY7OLOtpaNH38wIl1YL3xUHfdJV9JJjKL90YvF8_A0cve7O8hGHo6pFIPB82SW2Px403UqCnVRg/s1600-h/King+of+Kings.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277427559151052562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb4UjOa23KoXKYKvc6ncQaO7mg1p_XX1mvclhaJc5pPTQndNCjlbtx5IuzwlWAY7OLOtpaNH38wIl1YL3xUHfdJV9JJjKL90YvF8_A0cve7O8hGHo6pFIPB82SW2Px403UqCnVRg/s200/King+of+Kings.jpg" style="float: left; height: 105px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 128px;" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">S</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">tor</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">y: King of Kings</span><br /><span>By Sus</span><span>an Hill and John Lawrence, Walker Books, 1993, ISBN 0744543266</span><span> (pictured at right)</span><span>. </span><span>Although this is a children's book it makes a lovely reflection for adults.</span><br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0c1V_UV1LLgmpA6pGOe42AGu7jrFmFSP0qQ1ZgscxM6Zq77K_-BXJfngVKAZpVyDzKILmHZeu6hXpaN1MGTm7r_jbSbkmxYPBMSpWBsNG-J1C6xkPjN5hdQIVzJ6Ldyh9mBfc/s1600/Cloth+for+the+cradle.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684746590462061570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0c1V_UV1LLgmpA6pGOe42AGu7jrFmFSP0qQ1ZgscxM6Zq77K_-BXJfngVKAZpVyDzKILmHZeu6hXpaN1MGTm7r_jbSbkmxYPBMSpWBsNG-J1C6xkPjN5hdQIVzJ6Ldyh9mBfc/s200/Cloth+for+the+cradle.jpg" style="float: right; height: 200px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 140px;" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Prayer for Others: When the World was Da</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">rk</span><br /><span>From <span style="font-style: italic;">Cloth for the Cradle</span> by Wild Goose Wors</span><span>hip Group, W</span><span>ild Goose Publications, 1997, ISBN 1901557014, page 92 (picture</span><span>d at left).</span><span> I projected the words of this prayer with matching images and th</span><span>e music of </span><span>Pie<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-sxeJmRLuZhD3OW5uIFLucgceliOKRQ8_8fYzudrfRX6Xab9-Ii9U8PLLyKv7uspjdWRdo9yz1CMjVkjfcClpSTtv5KsO5k451jPoHD9bnwdvoX1shVypIZfHhgTYW1pQX0q2/s1600/Andrew+Lloyd+webber+Gold_0001.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684746305038919106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-sxeJmRLuZhD3OW5uIFLucgceliOKRQ8_8fYzudrfRX6Xab9-Ii9U8PLLyKv7uspjdWRdo9yz1CMjVkjfcClpSTtv5KsO5k451jPoHD9bnwdvoX1shVypIZfHhgTYW1pQX0q2/s200/Andrew+Lloyd+webber+Gold_0001.jpg" style="float: left; height: 128px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 121px;" /></a> Jesu by Sarah Brightman and Paul Miles-Kin</span><span>gston on Andrew Lloyd Webber's album, </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Gold</span><span> (pictured at right)</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Response Activity: Taper or tea light lighting</span><br /><span>Light the Christ candle somewhere near the beginning of the service and then throughout the service give a number of opportunities for people to light a taper in response to the following:</span><br /><span>1. In memory of a loved one who had died</span><br /><span>2. To acknowledge a loss - any kind of loss, not just a death</span><br /><span>3. In thankfulness for family and/or friends</span><br /><span>4. To acknowledge the hope that the birth of Jesus gives to each one of us. </span><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b>Also:</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: medium;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnzVgvns93o18oeO2CXFtlVFYS42es0kGNQzsiMI2B7Z5A0HHkEjdMCOoU3JBdVABnUwID4fujT3PCLjUoXK4IczDOaCIKjpdxBaJqtGp4w0dKbNxxfDsKTmdGy3w-qIzN6n7ORN65k9g0sJsVqOu4jKpz9zqZqFzKUshjGYB74k53Czx94QJGSw/s175/Before%20the%20Amen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="175" data-original-width="120" height="117" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnzVgvns93o18oeO2CXFtlVFYS42es0kGNQzsiMI2B7Z5A0HHkEjdMCOoU3JBdVABnUwID4fujT3PCLjUoXK4IczDOaCIKjpdxBaJqtGp4w0dKbNxxfDsKTmdGy3w-qIzN6n7ORN65k9g0sJsVqOu4jKpz9zqZqFzKUshjGYB74k53Czx94QJGSw/w80-h117/Before%20the%20Amen.jpg" width="80" /></a></div>Whole Service</b></span></div></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">By Sharon N. Fennema and found in <i>Before the Amen</i> by Maren C Tirabassi and Maria I. Tirrabassi (Eds), Pilgrim Press, Cleveland, 2007, ISBN 978 0 8298 1750 8, page 12-15 (pictured at right). </span></div>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17995248220649884949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20931290.post-80261548890183660492023-11-28T17:11:00.010+11:002023-12-11T16:17:14.168+11:00Advent 4 B (December 24): Love<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOEDFfSF_zRzm_Gy2tQUC49tvChjTkHFJy0Lukg3JreKNxaeq-0QR79J9WbDf_HXNZg8bUWGS040ufSyxbdq8ii8bNrLSw-LUIkAJ66mG5NEnlKQJKW1vpfxIjSP-Hj-FVrAfWLg/s1600/B+Advent+4.jpg" style="clear: right; display: inline; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOEDFfSF_zRzm_Gy2tQUC49tvChjTkHFJy0Lukg3JreKNxaeq-0QR79J9WbDf_HXNZg8bUWGS040ufSyxbdq8ii8bNrLSw-LUIkAJ66mG5NEnlKQJKW1vpfxIjSP-Hj-FVrAfWLg/s1600/B+Advent+4.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj47fhYK_Xmhm5_AVWJdUBtaXvN3siOREe4C726-yMR36urzrEH8t-cJ2UkdgpJIOMGOwRLmWo4JuMnUJ1CX5MeKpsB3FINpFHKH-TKMJvegJ6fPn12KEeOr2QyrbHAjnWRYn36mA/s1600/B+Advent+4+Luke+01_50.jpg" style="clear: left; 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margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ewXX36T3lePEf6mjTbFQuQGTgVPX-tZss8ySsIqEh9JlU7wC-HrKnPVl2v4ZrZ2lZFWkUgBI2CNIRpDASHiAainEENner_JG4-Md6dCoNqTCUhMRlHWUZo9RXNilNZwV25ul3Q/w305-h203/Luke+01_45-48+Heartlight+3824.jpg" width="305" /></a><br /><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span>Bible readings:</span></span><span> 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16, Luke 1:47-55 or Psalm 89:1-4, 19-26, Romans 16:25-27, Luke 1:26-38.</span></div></span></span><span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">About the Images</span>:</span><br /><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Upper Left</span>: This is a free microsoft clipart with text</span>.<br /><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Upper Right</span>: This is my image with text. It is of a sunset about ten minutes by slow boat from my place on the Gippsland Lakes (for more info on this area please visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gippsland_Lakes). Please feel free to use this image for worship and related activities.</span><br /><span><strong>Middle Left:</strong> An image from Heartlight (see my link column at left).</span><br /><span><strong>Middle Right</strong>: An image from Cerrezo Barredo's page (see my link column at left)</span><br /><span><b>Lower Left</b>: This is a free Imagebank image - see my link column at left.</span></span></span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Lower Right</b>: </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Another image from Heartlight (see my link column at left).</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span></span><br /><span><strong>Film Clip</strong>:</span><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PrLoWt2tfqg" width="560"></iframe><br /><br /><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><b>Film Clip: My Soul Rejoices</b></span><br /> <iframe frameborder="0" height="348" scrolling="no" src="https://www.ignitermedia.com/embed/5618-mary-s-song-of-praise-luke-1-46-50" type="text/html" width="618"></iframe><br /><br /><b>Film Clip: We are Bethlehem</b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A visual </span><span style="font-family: arial;">benediction b</span><span style="font-family: arial;">y Alana Levandoski found on the Work of the People site and well worth paying the little they ask. See my link column at left. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b></b><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"></span><b></b><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Drama: T</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcjdSiPiJxRdV-FS5s0pI34Lm3GvC5x5ymgUlY8aXdQOOa34-Ch_M9ev9uYay0B0tgFpQbu2WYgnkcki3U-m8n5D5FONYLoMVZKaAd9uwqqsWNyaYHr17SwOATCbjsSP3nsuOx/s1600/Cloth+for+the+cradle.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684720853892543794" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcjdSiPiJxRdV-FS5s0pI34Lm3GvC5x5ymgUlY8aXdQOOa34-Ch_M9ev9uYay0B0tgFpQbu2WYgnkcki3U-m8n5D5FONYLoMVZKaAd9uwqqsWNyaYHr17SwOATCbjsSP3nsuOx/s200/Cloth+for+the+cradle.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 200px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 140px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">he Village Gossips</span><br /><span>From <span style="font-style: italic;">Cloth for the Cradle</span> by Wild Goose Worship Group, Wild Goose Publications, 1997, ISBN 1901557014, page 58ff (pictured </span><span>at left).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Drama: Mary and the Angel</span><br /><span>From <span style="font-style: italic;">Cloth for the Cradle</span> by Wild Goose Worship Group, Wild Goose Publications, 1997, ISBN 1901557014, page 42ff. (pictured at left).</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Drama: Mary</b></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">A monologue in which Mary talks about her feelings as she awaits the birth of Jesus found in <i>Let's Make a Scene</i> by Verena Johnson, Open Book Publishers, 1995, page 21.</span></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Reading: Mary Pondering</span><br /><span>From <span style="font-style: italic;">Cloth for the Cradle</span> by Wild Goose Worship Group</span><span>, Wild Goose Publications, 1997, ISBN 1901557014, page 47 (pic</span><span>tured at above left).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Discussion: On Luke readings</span><br /><span>1. When is it hardest for us to say yes to God?</span><br /><span>2. What makes Mary able to say it?</span><br /><span>3. How can we follow her example?</span><br /><span>4. What is one way w</span><span>e can show God's love this Christmas?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Story: Gabriel's Questions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-5-yQT0iqhYk71fQRSryKr_PiX-5uwrPIZh7ChHa_IygSUUCGQJKUYEF0gJLJ-5STj8A3PiyuDLwud3dALy_h3Trwt5jNpTQMwKZXAU-QwlfzE3t5DvMOIJOgah2m4U85CkdmLw/s1258/max+Lucado.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1258" data-original-width="794" height="80" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-5-yQT0iqhYk71fQRSryKr_PiX-5uwrPIZh7ChHa_IygSUUCGQJKUYEF0gJLJ-5STj8A3PiyuDLwud3dALy_h3Trwt5jNpTQMwKZXAU-QwlfzE3t5DvMOIJOgah2m4U85CkdmLw/w51-h80/max+Lucado.jpg" width="51" /></a></div></span><span>Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">When God Whispers Your Name</span> by Max Lucado, Wo</span><span>rd, 1996, ISBN 0849913241, page 58 (pictured at right)</span>. This goes with the gospel reading.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheRpBWkGAP9TRdQTRA27Uaf7NXpMg0KkgYecwc_C0tZFudu-THXda7WcX1pY1wCsBqJw4jRZTxwTYHu-NBv9QUtUCKi44hyCJEskghd5L8tYgIECFfL5tNDcY9iqDKKDn4guHW2Q/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="137" data-original-width="88" height="71" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheRpBWkGAP9TRdQTRA27Uaf7NXpMg0KkgYecwc_C0tZFudu-THXda7WcX1pY1wCsBqJw4jRZTxwTYHu-NBv9QUtUCKi44hyCJEskghd5L8tYgIECFfL5tNDcY9iqDKKDn4guHW2Q/w46-h71/image.png" width="46" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Story: Th</span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">e H</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">ornbill</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span>Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">T</span></span><span><span style="font-style: italic;">he Manger is Empty: Stories in Time</span> by Walter Wangerin, Hodder and Stoughton, 1989, ISBN 0340555548, page 21 (pictured at left).</span> <span>This goes exceptionally well with the gospel reading. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Poem: Mary's Fear</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5a1F1WfSuMskoeb6apwRazB5z-jFCGWmEowOoGbZgczQwMNN_nX_uinObA_XJ_euBOG2aILRaKbS9GI887HR7kXgUulPwzu9sfVXPG-tavwWCWvXbbBBL-JYPCme5EYfJbevfQg/s1600-h/outback+christmas.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277406790026288850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5a1F1WfSuMskoeb6apwRazB5z-jFCGWmEowOoGbZgczQwMNN_nX_uinObA_XJ_euBOG2aILRaKbS9GI887HR7kXgUulPwzu9sfVXPG-tavwWCWvXbbBBL-JYPCme5EYfJbevfQg/s200/outback+christmas.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 104px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 120px;" /></a><br /><span>Found</span><span> in </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Outback Christmas</span><span> by Pro Hart </span><span>and Norman Habel, Lutheran Publishing House, 1990, ISBN </span><span>0859105628, page 14 (pictured at right) This goes with the gospel reading. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Meditatio</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVtHH4t7kaPlYV36veiNsjIIjHMaX-Glyrga5uMHi7zmtosQqghddgEehnAUrtK_FuOTWfUVHMFTz07MkQOWMAKRiRkB1Ybjv6cJHS9HxtGLwAQj3ig7-_gnXTclUKR0nYR35e/s1600/Dandelions+and+Thistles_NEW.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="103" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684722209648895570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVtHH4t7kaPlYV36veiNsjIIjHMaX-Glyrga5uMHi7zmtosQqghddgEehnAUrtK_FuOTWfUVHMFTz07MkQOWMAKRiRkB1Ybjv6cJHS9HxtGLwAQj3ig7-_gnXTclUKR0nYR35e/w75-h103/Dandelions+and+Thistles_NEW.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 132px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 96px;" width="75" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">n: Sightings</span> <span><br />By Kathy Ga</span><span>lloway in <span style="font-style: italic;">Dandelions and Thistles: Biblical Meditations from the Iona Community</span> </span><span>by Jan Sutch Pickard (ed.) Wild </span><span>Goose Publications, 1999, ISBN 1901557146, page 44ff (pictured at left). </span><span>This is based on the gospel reading.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Response Activity:</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Hornbill</span><br /><span>Print some of the questions from the last part of this story on to cards for people to take home.</span><br /><br /><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Response Activity</span>:</span><br /><span>Give everyone the following prayer, a pen or pencil, and a silent space to write their response:</span><br /><span>Lord, help me to marvel at Gabriel's message when I am</span><span>.............................</span><br /><span>Lord, give me courage like Mary to tell you about........................................</span><br /><span>to ask questions when I feel.................................................................... and to confidently give you my ................................................................<br />Help me to see the Christmas story with new eyes and to thank you for........................................................................................................<br />Amen.</span><br /></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Also:</span></span><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Qqge3GOwUY7PkS-eoJ8jdZ6O8OrpRY63qCFj7_gjJVxK8XkyF5qH9eHUAVqxEghkh1BN589uciwRdTIb7T6Qn_lesMyKNerC0O9xcJhD6ITkeUZ4DPwuW5Kev-Iu7l3-tpQFbw/s561/all+ages+sketches+for+the+christian+year+9781841014586-l.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="561" data-original-width="369" height="77" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Qqge3GOwUY7PkS-eoJ8jdZ6O8OrpRY63qCFj7_gjJVxK8XkyF5qH9eHUAVqxEghkh1BN589uciwRdTIb7T6Qn_lesMyKNerC0O9xcJhD6ITkeUZ4DPwuW5Kev-Iu7l3-tpQFbw/w51-h77/all+ages+sketches+for+the+christian+year+9781841014586-l.jpg" width="51" /></a></div>Drama: Thinking Outside the Box</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Found in </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;">All Age Sketches for the Christian Year</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> by Peter Shaw, Bible Reading fellowship, 2006, ISBN 101841014583, pages11ff (pictured at left). This is an advent 4 drama based on the gospel reading. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0XKkXn0TnN2Tyw53duBWgD5_NohsZeeLAkLeQJZg-vYU5KlIpIurTRjVP6dtvmlFf4Wwqey-3qZ92zam6ONaiHGr0y374EleljZ5A4xtBP6yVGElRcM9IeNbD3-gyyE4h17ZtwA/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="75" data-original-width="54" height="75" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0XKkXn0TnN2Tyw53duBWgD5_NohsZeeLAkLeQJZg-vYU5KlIpIurTRjVP6dtvmlFf4Wwqey-3qZ92zam6ONaiHGr0y374EleljZ5A4xtBP6yVGElRcM9IeNbD3-gyyE4h17ZtwA/w54-h75/image.png" width="54" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Adult Response: My Soul Gives Glory to my God</span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br />Found in </span><span><span style="font-style: italic;">Bring</span></span><span><span style="font-style: italic;">ing the Word to Life Together</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Year B </span>by Andrew Collis and Dorothy McRae-McMaho</span><span>n, Mediacom, 2011, ISBN 9781921945038, page 20ff (pictured at right). This is based on the gospel reading. </span></span></span></div><div><strong><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_XIwxE_5z0BLo5s1kjJpsMz4E5PiuUxsfF0TyaNX6PQGIg2ErVeWL8IlLbzOhyEai3BqyrT4yXKrroHCBmbEsPcxUTND81qp9qD7ovkNNwE8dzcQfXF_VV0Njkz8Rz-slscD74A/s2048/Dad+and+Daughter.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1398" height="51" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_XIwxE_5z0BLo5s1kjJpsMz4E5PiuUxsfF0TyaNX6PQGIg2ErVeWL8IlLbzOhyEai3BqyrT4yXKrroHCBmbEsPcxUTND81qp9qD7ovkNNwE8dzcQfXF_VV0Njkz8Rz-slscD74A/w35-h51/Dad+and+Daughter.jpg" width="35" /></a></div>Poem and prayer: nothing will be impossible.</span></strong></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Found in <i>Dad and Daughter</i> by Ron Gordon and Jennie Gordon, 2012, ISBN 9780646586601, page 68 (pictured at left). These are based on the gospel reading.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span><strong>Lots of Useful Stuff<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMLFvNiOP8nP1l6VHDqM9HHX7_HTebR6kj6-wz9kchGnXITz0_eIIiILKhWWtxaAan_waAKDjTqMcryVC9RajU7xUiq3SmStSjFAW3zrZ9FXsagpaLtqM5PF4Jvri4r5gIURElGsgSsFvsObbNPyYWzZHNepc6Eu8CNUt8SCfNpofnCA26ZzKcXw/s337/2014%20Abingdon%20Creative%20Preaching.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="260" height="129" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMLFvNiOP8nP1l6VHDqM9HHX7_HTebR6kj6-wz9kchGnXITz0_eIIiILKhWWtxaAan_waAKDjTqMcryVC9RajU7xUiq3SmStSjFAW3zrZ9FXsagpaLtqM5PF4Jvri4r5gIURElGsgSsFvsObbNPyYWzZHNepc6Eu8CNUt8SCfNpofnCA26ZzKcXw/w99-h129/2014%20Abingdon%20Creative%20Preaching.jpg" width="99" /></a></div></strong></span><span>Found in <em>The Abingdon Creative Preaching Annual 2014</em> by Jenee Woodard (Ed.), Abingdon Press, Nashville, 2013, page 263ff (pictured at right). </span></span></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Taize Service: Sing Out My Soul</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Worship Feast</i> by Taize, Abingdon Press, 2004, page 32. This is based on the Luke reading.</span><br /><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Prayer Exercise: Singing our Prayers</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></div><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Prayer: Heart of the Pilgrimage </i>by Jenny Youngman, Upper Room Books, Nashville, 2007, ISBN 0835898369, page 68. This is based on the Psalm reading.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Drama: Just a Simple Girl</b><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Found in <i>Mega Drama 4 </i>by Verena Johnson (Ed.), Open Book, 2002, ISBN 0859109186, page 82. This is based on the Luke reading. </span></div></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Digital Worship Experiences: Let It Be</span><br />From <span style="font-style: italic;">Fresh Out of the Box</span> by Lumicom Digital Productions, Abingdon Press, 2003, ISBN 0687036720, page 70ff (pictured at left) . Some good ideas here based on the gospel reading.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Drama: Mary</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">A monologue in which Mary talks about her feelings as she awaits the birth of Jesus found in <i>Let's Make a Scene</i> by Verena Johnson, Open Book Publishers, 1995, page 21.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Service Resources: Angels of Proclamation : God's Messengers</b></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <i>Angels</i> by Robert and Ro Willoughby, Scripture Union, 2006, ISBN 1 84427 223 0, pages 36ff. These resources are based on the Luke reading. </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Service Outline: Gifts Galore<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGdkk-sRnkbpieXU0_pJ-wR2eAATe7i4L8eSKxeQ707WmyH50iCX1uR6e4rd0O6PGmFSHxsBwAG0RQ7Hi_cyH3dnzg6mwSm6OEPTAPMPszojmAgmIygKqQc7CQ00ua3_mXijzTBg/s205/the+all+age+service+annual+4.jpg" style="clear: right; color: #d52a33; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="205" data-original-width="150" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGdkk-sRnkbpieXU0_pJ-wR2eAATe7i4L8eSKxeQ707WmyH50iCX1uR6e4rd0O6PGmFSHxsBwAG0RQ7Hi_cyH3dnzg6mwSm6OEPTAPMPszojmAgmIygKqQc7CQ00ua3_mXijzTBg/w85-h116/the+all+age+service+annual+4.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="85" /></a></div></b></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"></span><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;">Based on the Luke reading this is found in <i>The All-Age Service Annual Volume 4</i>, published by Scripture Union, 2010, ISBN 9781844275199, page 78 (pictured at right).</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Service Starter: David: A King Forever</b></div><span style="color: #333333;"></span><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;">Based on the Matthew reading, this is found in <i>The All-Age Service Annual Volume 4</i>, published by Scripture Union, 2010, ISBN 9781844275199, page 44.</div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><b>Meditation: Disciples of Christ<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9vV0NUxXuggiElCAJzQT_u4kHB_FQz1cG2OEt8cXaZEW1E2lHTOXCs0aRzG9zcte1Gz5T64xi06YInOYY_ou5ucYsJUJqTr9aeGWHVRgqlNhdz9RiSGf4XYU8a4Lwx5UhQhHso2B8J1MKtUrx27mEH5GSX8ubniKg752bqpNOWEqKSjWGeFs/s1386/Present%20on%20earth.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1386" data-original-width="942" height="83" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9vV0NUxXuggiElCAJzQT_u4kHB_FQz1cG2OEt8cXaZEW1E2lHTOXCs0aRzG9zcte1Gz5T64xi06YInOYY_ou5ucYsJUJqTr9aeGWHVRgqlNhdz9RiSGf4XYU8a4Lwx5UhQhHso2B8J1MKtUrx27mEH5GSX8ubniKg752bqpNOWEqKSjWGeFs/w56-h83/Present%20on%20earth.jpg" width="56" /></a></div></b></span></div><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;">Found in </span><span style="color: #333333;"><i>Present on Earth by </i>Wild </span><span style="color: #333333;">Goose Worship Gro</span><span style="color: #333333;">up, Wild Goose Publications, 2002, ISBN 0 901557 64 2, page 76ff (pictured at left). This is based on the Luke reading.</span></div><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><b>Meditation: I Sang For Him</b></span></div><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;">Found in </span><span style="color: #333333;"><i>Present on Earth by </i>Wild </span><span style="color: #333333;">Goose Worship Gro</span><span style="color: #333333;">up, Wild Goose Publications, 2002, ISBN 0 901557 64 2, page 78ff (pictured at left). This is based on the Luke reading.</span></div><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #333333;"><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><b>Prayer: The Annunciation</b></span></div><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;">Found in <em>Multi-Sensory Prayer</em> by Sue Wallace, Scripture Union, 2001, ISBN 1859994652, page 8 and based on the Luke reading.</span></div><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><b>Call to Worship: Psalm 89</b></span></div></span></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;">By Maria I. Tirrabassi and found in <i>Before the Amen</i> by Maren C Tirabassi and Maria I. Tirrabassi (Eds), Pilgrim Press, Cleveland, 2007, ISBN 978 0 8298 1750 8, page 19</span></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><b>Opening Prayer for a Season of Sorrow</b></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">By Jamie Norwich McLennan and found in <i>Before the Amen</i> by Maren C Tirabassi and Maria I. Tirrabassi (Eds), Pilgrim Press, Cleveland, 2007, ISBN 978 0 8298 1750 8, page 55. Based on the Luke reading.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Reflection and Prayer: </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvflXnM-OQhBmFtoZ6sOLhxwwgEACUPAGCN_oAALX9Qp2bNCBVTJ94LSzpYQvQ_tNyBzjmfN64DgvQAwfWMvJTovTASSRF_j5JO_WECZGvcEyMBNeUtdF6WqOSn_M_77c61OdN/s1600/advent+readings+from+iona.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="150" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679559499931791986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvflXnM-OQhBmFtoZ6sOLhxwwgEACUPAGCN_oAALX9Qp2bNCBVTJ94LSzpYQvQ_tNyBzjmfN64DgvQAwfWMvJTovTASSRF_j5JO_WECZGvcEyMBNeUtdF6WqOSn_M_77c61OdN/w127-h150/advent+readings+from+iona.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 167px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 141px;" width="127" /></a><br /><span>Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Advent Readings from Iona</span> by Brian Woodcock and Jan Sutch Pickard, Wild Goose Publications, 2005, ISBN 1901557332 (pictured at right)</span><span>. These are based on the Romans reading and found under the heading: December 19th.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Reflection and Prayer: </span><br /><span>Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Advent Readings from Iona</span> by Brian Woodcock and Jan Sutch Pickard, Wild Goose Publications, 2005, ISBN 1901557332 (pictured at right)</span><span>. These are based on the Luke reading and found under the heading: December 21st.</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><b>Theotokos - Broken Dreams</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <i>Hay and Stardust</i> by Ruth Burgess, Wild Goose Publications 2005, ISBN 1 905010 00 1, pages 39 with lots of other great Christmas stuff.</div></span></span></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></span></div></span></div></span></div></div></div></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br style="background-color: white;" /></span></span></div></div></div></span></span></span></span></span><b></b></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i></i><u></u></span><span style="font-family: verdana; 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margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC5JwsfLhxE4d3mIiX8j08wxV5Bma1f78Ur_aW1e-9uBCADWuZazZGaczZT9mgJt6NNRrdmp9oIL1zfqi3kConR1jxkdlbKHhXnI8YaKOjXWA2wmJ2VJEa8s64mTlvUaFoLndntA/s320/justin-young--s_1UGgL8aY-unsplash.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><u>I</u>saiah 61:1-4,8-11, Psalm 126 or Luke 1:47-55, 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24, John 1:6-8,19-28.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">About the images</span><span>:</span></span><br /><span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Upper Left</span>: Such a joy filled little face! </span></span>My image - please feel free to use for worship and related activities<br /><span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Upper Right:</span> From <a href="http://www.wordle.net/">www.wordle.net</a></span></span><br /><span><span><strong>Middle Left</strong>: </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;"> </span>A free image from the excellent Heartlight site - see my link column at left.<br /><span><span><strong>Middle Right</strong>: My image - please feel free to use for worship and related activities </span></span><br /><span><span><b>Lower Left</b>: This is my image of </span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Hezekiah’s
tunnel from 2 Kings 20:20. A bus load of tourists with every light and torch imaginable went through ahead of us and then my husband and I went through. We had forgotten about a light and managed to buy a 20 cent torch shaped like a tiny green plastic turtle. It was all we had against the dark. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">One
feels so vulnerable in the dark. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">We
can lose our sense of direction. At Christmas Johns gospel reminds us that Jesus is the light which dispels all the dark.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b>Lower right</b>: </span><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #111111; text-wrap: nowrap;">Photo by </span><a href="https://unsplash.com/@shaka?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; outline: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto; text-wrap: nowrap; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, opacity 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;">Justin Young</a><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #111111; text-wrap: nowrap;"> on </span><a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/kids-leaves?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText" style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #767676; text-decoration-skip-ink: auto; text-wrap: nowrap; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out 0s, opacity 0.1s ease-in-out 0s;">Unsplash</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Call to worship: Streamers</span></span><br /><span><span>Have lots of 60cm (2') pieces of very brightly coloured streamer and safety pins at the door as people arrive. Ask them to take a </span><span>pin and to choose two different coloured streamers to take into church with them. During the start of the service ask people to think of something</span><span> that gives them great joy. On your count, tell them to shout out their reason for joy and wave their streamers about. Do it a couple of times to get everyone in the mood. After praying, thanking God for all the reasons for joy which we have, encourage people to pin their streamers on to their clothing somewhere as a reminder of the joy that God gives each one of us. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thought starter: The Blues</span><br /><span>20% of teenagers f</span><span>eel emotionally empty</span><br /><span>20% feel confused most of the time</span><br /><span>61% feel extremely sad or depressed at least ten times during their teenage</span><span> years</span><br /><span>60% admit they worry a lot about all sorts of things: poor school results, death, accident etc.</span><br /><span>30% experience moderate to severe depression</span><br /><span>(can't remember where I got these stats from other than scribbled on a scrap of paper - if anyone knows, please let us all know via the comment section below this post).</span></span><span><br /></span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTRybpyi4vM-XhyphenhyphenyR4NHYj0rgaJkuYLv364q1f9XtRLUne-7LR6xwy518qMJF31orFpwLSSyNqWqhHFhE11vhpoBfQeVehIzRzgKi6_xL9pTJfzEZtJ4-Cf3MfF3qLAftvD6pbtw/s1600/Sons+of+Korah+Redemption+Songs.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="240" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTRybpyi4vM-XhyphenhyphenyR4NHYj0rgaJkuYLv364q1f9XtRLUne-7LR6xwy518qMJF31orFpwLSSyNqWqhHFhE11vhpoBfQeVehIzRzgKi6_xL9pTJfzEZtJ4-Cf3MfF3qLAftvD6pbtw/w100-h100/Sons+of+Korah+Redemption+Songs.jpeg" width="100" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span><b>Listening Song: Psalm 126: Men Who Dream</b> </span><br /><span>By Sons of Korah on their album, Redemption Songs (pictured at left). I have a little talk before playing this about how this is a literal translation and I slot it into its cultural context so that I can emphasise that women have every right to dream too. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Story: Corrie Ten Boom and Thankfulness</span><br /><span>Found at http://www.tagnet.org/clarkston/Illustrations4.htm. Put the word "Corrrie" into your Find to save some time - the page (not the story) is very long. This story fits well with the Thessalonians reading. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Quote:</span><span> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Alaskan Road Sign (and could easily be Australian too)</span><br /><span>"Choose your rut carefully, you'll be in it for the next two hundred miles". This matches up with the Thessalonians verses about discernment. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Adult Input: Based on the Thessalonians Reading</span><br /><span>Label four corners of the worship space "Prayer", "Thankfulness", "Listening to the Spirit" and "Discernment". Ask people to move to the corner that interests them the most and then give everyone the same question to talk about:</span><br /><span>How do we put t</span><span>his into practice so that we can dare to rejoice - even in the hard times?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Response Activity: Isaiah reading</span><br /><span>Read together Isaiah 61:1-3a (projected) but substitute the personal pronouns (I and/or me depending on your translation) with a space. Encourage people to </span><span>fill the space with their own names as they read and to use the reading as a personal challenge with respect to their ministry.<br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii6KEqEGpbpipt0HdoUeexBAaEAqFpO_9b_qxhezl5Nau47o7KIc3q5dMJcvLo6xg9Rs74DiIJGx_VuhNms-qDnm151TlpSdF3DL5m-gi3GaP9ju2S-6kDtW_ay1ldTNhWySF1/s1600/Advent+Chtmas+Epiph+Brian+Wren_0001.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="109" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681437584305821362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii6KEqEGpbpipt0HdoUeexBAaEAqFpO_9b_qxhezl5Nau47o7KIc3q5dMJcvLo6xg9Rs74DiIJGx_VuhNms-qDnm151TlpSdF3DL5m-gi3GaP9ju2S-6kDtW_ay1ldTNhWySF1/w73-h109/Advent+Chtmas+Epiph+Brian+Wren_0001.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 153px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 103px;" width="73" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><br /></b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Prayers: Based on the Isaiah Reading</span></span><span><span><br /></span><span>From <span style="font-style: italic;">Adven</span></span><span><span style="font-style: italic;">t, Christmas</span></span><span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span><span><span style="font-style: italic;">and Epiphany</span> by Brian Wren, Westminster John Knox Press, 2008, ISBN 978066423309, page 60 (pictured at right).</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvflXnM-OQhBmFtoZ6sOLhxwwgEACUPAGCN_oAALX9Qp2bNCBVTJ94LSzpYQvQ_tNyBzjmfN64DgvQAwfWMvJTovTASSRF_j5JO_WECZGvcEyMBNeUtdF6WqOSn_M_77c61OdN/s1600/advent+readings+from+iona.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="background-color: white; clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="127" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679559499931791986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvflXnM-OQhBmFtoZ6sOLhxwwgEACUPAGCN_oAALX9Qp2bNCBVTJ94LSzpYQvQ_tNyBzjmfN64DgvQAwfWMvJTovTASSRF_j5JO_WECZGvcEyMBNeUtdF6WqOSn_M_77c61OdN/w107-h127/advent+readings+from+iona.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 167px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 141px;" width="107" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: bold;">Reflection and Prayer: </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Advent Readings from Iona</span> by Brian Woodcock and Jan Sutch Pickard, Wild Goose Publications, 2005, ISBN 1901557332 (pictured at left)</span><span style="background-color: white;">. These are based on the Isaiah reading and found under the heading: December 6th.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span><b>Also:</b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Prayer of <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeAaWqDN03WDPwz6y84z6BAvREp-pEpaCuhMENhniL2pNFJvHNnc5j8dNZDngU1-731JLVaaxQFu-D5pkKaQ0_32eykP7LNVqLdxAjM4tyWOO-ibLufdTTIZMiBtRNSldHmu0rBQ/s175/Before+the+Amen.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="175" data-original-width="120" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeAaWqDN03WDPwz6y84z6BAvREp-pEpaCuhMENhniL2pNFJvHNnc5j8dNZDngU1-731JLVaaxQFu-D5pkKaQ0_32eykP7LNVqLdxAjM4tyWOO-ibLufdTTIZMiBtRNSldHmu0rBQ/w64-h93/Before+the+Amen.jpg" width="64" /></a></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Confession: Based on the Psalm</span><br /><span>By Channice E Charles</span><span> and found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Before the Amen: Creative Resources for Worship</span> by Marin C and Maria I Tirabassi (Eds), The Pilgrim Press, 2007, ISBN 9780829817508, pages 126 (pictured at left).</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Response Activity: Bearin</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">g Witness<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7uTl4bh4miRlOw6RhDpj8QVlT03FM2yxVk4yNRrE26jNCSzrlZAWTF9RrHxoUdk9sPyIAQ7v76yKMlID4a3nep4ZR6HZ1rkSMPTqiQvFWvMXxBDTDgeV0jIQrcvt_A2mvBXpNkA/s1024/Bringing+the+Word++year+B_0001.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="732" height="50" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7uTl4bh4miRlOw6RhDpj8QVlT03FM2yxVk4yNRrE26jNCSzrlZAWTF9RrHxoUdk9sPyIAQ7v76yKMlID4a3nep4ZR6HZ1rkSMPTqiQvFWvMXxBDTDgeV0jIQrcvt_A2mvBXpNkA/w36-h50/Bringing+the+Word++year+B_0001.jpg" width="36" /></a></div></span><span>From <span style="font-style: italic;">Bring</span></span><span><span style="font-style: italic;">ing the Word to Life Together</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Year B </span>by Andrew Collis and Dorothy McRae-McMaho</span><span>n, Mediacom, 2011, ISBN 9781921945038, page 18ff (pictured at right)</span><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfMeJsCoZ2L_oHew-oQBJzI3lLgZXigwCoIwd2TE4C0KMwMLMHeNFmjr1EVlw2Il36JBWkY2mjkv8d6VPwzMSuvibE8V4VujNFHHsBCFOtr2qMByD7H6yKFO-ar-VpuKkRu6MBzQ/s1600/Dad+and+Daughter.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" height="75" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfMeJsCoZ2L_oHew-oQBJzI3lLgZXigwCoIwd2TE4C0KMwMLMHeNFmjr1EVlw2Il36JBWkY2mjkv8d6VPwzMSuvibE8V4VujNFHHsBCFOtr2qMByD7H6yKFO-ar-VpuKkRu6MBzQ/w50-h75/Dad+and+Daughter.jpg" width="50" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span><strong>Poem and prayer: one among you.</strong></span><br /><span><span lang="EN-AU"><span><span><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Found in <i>Dad and Daughter</i> by Ron Gordon and Jennie Gordon, 2012, ISBN 9780646586601, page 67 (pictured at left). These are based on the gospel reading.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span><br /></span><span><strong>Lots of Useful Stuff</strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJVPTzERB5i-gVnMgsfBTXYfOkYvzaHTBZPoItJMkUTd0hg-fEQDV9Qt32yt4sDUYT7RK5VY1MqvcnwOEs26foCLrlOlLTklayqMapkkEvwf-UcrOwpJzyB1QW4tjd_Z2Yar-s9A/s1600/The+abingdon+creative+preaching+annual+Mark+2.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="61" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJVPTzERB5i-gVnMgsfBTXYfOkYvzaHTBZPoItJMkUTd0hg-fEQDV9Qt32yt4sDUYT7RK5VY1MqvcnwOEs26foCLrlOlLTklayqMapkkEvwf-UcrOwpJzyB1QW4tjd_Z2Yar-s9A/w46-h61/The+abingdon+creative+preaching+annual+Mark+2.jpg" width="46" /></a></span><br /><span>Found in <em>The Abingdon Creative Preaching Annual 2014</em> by Jenee Woodard (Ed.), Abingdon Press, Nashville, 2013, page 259ff (pictured at right).</span> <br /></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ21ZQgJ9i7A5C7lNC1jLAfqAHEF0ne2KooMnaKHjOXAM8TFGPED45z8cs06EAgZ3U-OOG3lJaftn4V3ppD9oTOzyiTjfix2pWO00QnT7Cg2E8VTjsecMMip-CFwBgHaVYYXvwPA/s980/meditations+from+the+iona+community.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="980" data-original-width="680" height="73" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ21ZQgJ9i7A5C7lNC1jLAfqAHEF0ne2KooMnaKHjOXAM8TFGPED45z8cs06EAgZ3U-OOG3lJaftn4V3ppD9oTOzyiTjfix2pWO00QnT7Cg2E8VTjsecMMip-CFwBgHaVYYXvwPA/w51-h73/meditations+from+the+iona+community.jpg" width="51" /></a></div>Meditation: Bread</b></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Meditations from the Iona Community</i> by Ian Reid, Wild Goose Publications, Trowbridge, 1998, ISBN 1901557022, page 80 (pictured at left). This goes well with the gospel reading.</span></span><br /><br /></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Taize Service: Sing Out My Soul<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZqrwixV3UIjIdIw9xXbF_eydIzMABJbIdbIq9Y9HTXHHpxEsO9nB433W0jtoqjJEQcV0DuSvPMr7IXnrn__0kQ5vMR90TtrivlGeRG-bXok0deQu0CdFR2_BnXw1ZIvWI9GzdVA/s400/Worship-Feast-Taize-With-Split-Track-CD-9780687741915.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="259" height="45" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZqrwixV3UIjIdIw9xXbF_eydIzMABJbIdbIq9Y9HTXHHpxEsO9nB433W0jtoqjJEQcV0DuSvPMr7IXnrn__0kQ5vMR90TtrivlGeRG-bXok0deQu0CdFR2_BnXw1ZIvWI9GzdVA/w28-h45/Worship-Feast-Taize-With-Split-Track-CD-9780687741915.jpg" width="28" /></a></div></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></div><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Worship Feast</i> by Taize, Abingdon Press, 2004, page 32 (pictured at right). This is based on the Luke reading.</span><br /><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"></span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; 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margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM1jRdtq0ph9OWYku7RRzw2pFlmozYxkpZkggrn2-x2Gkg6SURPchpQIqNbUdy1bh5_hjEiAx8COL4PxWI6GdunB0Qkuq5hZzLDb27V0_RsSasaxxEq6WxRsLANwGGtVqYQw3bQw/s283/Rewind.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="283" data-original-width="200" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM1jRdtq0ph9OWYku7RRzw2pFlmozYxkpZkggrn2-x2Gkg6SURPchpQIqNbUdy1bh5_hjEiAx8COL4PxWI6GdunB0Qkuq5hZzLDb27V0_RsSasaxxEq6WxRsLANwGGtVqYQw3bQw/w124-h177/Rewind.jpg" width="124" /></a></div>For Children and Families: God is True</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in Rewind by Beth Barnett, SUVictoria, 2011, ISBN987098710035, navigate from page 5 (pictured at left). This is based on the gospel reading. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br /></span></div><div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>For Children and Families: God is Knowable</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>Found in Rewind by Beth Barnett, SUVictoria, 2011, ISBN987098710035, navigate from page 5 </span>(pictured at left). This is based on the gospel reading. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Drama: Guess who's Coming To Christmas Dinner<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjiKUk_bBuGgKoEVZYIa6oN1mDOrTjLgYPBky1W5cPQ1E7RNF0euJzTxnRMDypwKfIpRHKS4G-0LxA24h9a8k0Ma6DjlE828JUEAyGXVPUBYj7sL7hCXsJ5SjUiGXyGXZJd5lWqg/s1624/Mega+drama+4.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1624" data-original-width="1184" height="45" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjiKUk_bBuGgKoEVZYIa6oN1mDOrTjLgYPBky1W5cPQ1E7RNF0euJzTxnRMDypwKfIpRHKS4G-0LxA24h9a8k0Ma6DjlE828JUEAyGXVPUBYj7sL7hCXsJ5SjUiGXyGXZJd5lWqg/w32-h45/Mega+drama+4.jpg" width="32" /></a></div></span></b><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Found in <i>Mega Drama 4 </i>by Verena Johnson (Ed.), Open Book, 2002, ISBN 0859109186, page 79 (pictured at right). This is based on the John reading. <br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-_uxChoFjiDdVoesK0HRs8iFiKx5hgHl0Row8uURQFcO2QPjqWVmsn6r6T703hQi5mK2LcCiodh70IAr9INjq-je3B4DwZML7FLQA_ltBra-tBHAA4-qyspUU9NeumeKJP46QHrJD-QFoU-AdwqmCB07qqQH8EMqi-gdfa9vsXAWHeTeUl3r5g/s602/The%20gospel%20according%20to%20John.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="368" data-original-width="602" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_-_uxChoFjiDdVoesK0HRs8iFiKx5hgHl0Row8uURQFcO2QPjqWVmsn6r6T703hQi5mK2LcCiodh70IAr9INjq-je3B4DwZML7FLQA_ltBra-tBHAA4-qyspUU9NeumeKJP46QHrJD-QFoU-AdwqmCB07qqQH8EMqi-gdfa9vsXAWHeTeUl3r5g/w209-h128/The%20gospel%20according%20to%20John.jpg" width="209" /></a></div>Beautiful Illustrations of John's Gospel connected to the Australian Outback</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Found in <i>The Gospel According to John Illuminated </i>by Fiona Pfennigwerth, Tien Wah Press, Singapore, 2013, ISBN 9780646912462, page 4 (pictured at left). </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Complete Service: Service for a Battered Woman</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <i>In this Hour</i> by Dorothy McRae-McMahon, Desbooks, 2001, ISBN 094982433X, page 37ff. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Service Starter: Running Thread<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGdkk-sRnkbpieXU0_pJ-wR2eAATe7i4L8eSKxeQ707WmyH50iCX1uR6e4rd0O6PGmFSHxsBwAG0RQ7Hi_cyH3dnzg6mwSm6OEPTAPMPszojmAgmIygKqQc7CQ00ua3_mXijzTBg/s205/the+all+age+service+annual+4.jpg" style="clear: right; color: #d52a33; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="205" data-original-width="150" height="63" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGdkk-sRnkbpieXU0_pJ-wR2eAATe7i4L8eSKxeQ707WmyH50iCX1uR6e4rd0O6PGmFSHxsBwAG0RQ7Hi_cyH3dnzg6mwSm6OEPTAPMPszojmAgmIygKqQc7CQ00ua3_mXijzTBg/w55-h63/the+all+age+service+annual+4.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="55" /></a></div></b></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"></span><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;">Based on the Isaiah reading, this is found in <i>The All-Age Service Annual Volume 4</i>, published by Scripture Union, 2010, ISBN 9781844275199, page 12 (pictured at right).</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><b>Mediation: Disciples of Christ<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9vV0NUxXuggiElCAJzQT_u4kHB_FQz1cG2OEt8cXaZEW1E2lHTOXCs0aRzG9zcte1Gz5T64xi06YInOYY_ou5ucYsJUJqTr9aeGWHVRgqlNhdz9RiSGf4XYU8a4Lwx5UhQhHso2B8J1MKtUrx27mEH5GSX8ubniKg752bqpNOWEqKSjWGeFs/s1386/Present%20on%20earth.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1386" data-original-width="942" height="83" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9vV0NUxXuggiElCAJzQT_u4kHB_FQz1cG2OEt8cXaZEW1E2lHTOXCs0aRzG9zcte1Gz5T64xi06YInOYY_ou5ucYsJUJqTr9aeGWHVRgqlNhdz9RiSGf4XYU8a4Lwx5UhQhHso2B8J1MKtUrx27mEH5GSX8ubniKg752bqpNOWEqKSjWGeFs/w56-h83/Present%20on%20earth.jpg" width="56" /></a></div></b></span></div><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;">Found in </span><span style="color: #333333;"><i>Present on Earth by </i>Wild </span><span style="color: #333333;">Goose Worship Gro</span><span style="color: #333333;">up, Wild Goose Publications, 2002, ISBN 0 901557 64 2, page 76ff (pictured at right). This is based on the Luke reading.</span></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Drama: In For A Penny</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #333333;">Found in </span><span style="color: #333333;"><i>All Age Sketches for The Christian Year by Peter Shaw</i></span><span style="color: #333333;">, The Bible Reading Fellowship, 2006, ISBN 10 1 984101 458 3, page 104ff. This is based on the Isaiah reading.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: medium;"><div style="background-color: white; color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><b>Prayer: Prisoners</b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;">Found in <em>Multi-Sensory Prayer</em> by Sue Wallace, Scripture Union, 2001, ISBN 1859994652, page 48 and based on the Isaiah reading.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><b>Prayer: Using Candles</b></span></div><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;">Found in <em>Multi-Sensory Prayer</em> by Sue Wallace, Scripture Union, 2001, ISBN 1859994652, page 18 and based on the Isaiah reading.</span></div><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><b>Prayer: Reviewing the Day</b></span></div><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;">Found in <em>Multi-Sensory Prayer</em> by Sue Wallace, Scripture Union, 2001, ISBN 1859994652, page 35 and based on the 1 Thessalonians reading.</span></div><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><div style="color: black; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Musical Response Following Psalm 126</b></span></span></div></span></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;">By Channice E. Charles and found in <i>Before the Amen</i> by Maren C Tirabassi and Maria I. Tirrabassi (Eds), Pilgrim Press, Cleveland, 2007, ISBN 978 0 8298 1750 8, page 126. Based on the Psalm reading.</span></div><div style="color: black;"><br /></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Reflection and Prayer: </span><br /><span>Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Advent Readings from Iona</span> by Brian Woodcock and Jan Sutch Pickard, Wild Goose Publications, 2005, ISBN 1901557332 (pictured above left)</span><span>. These are based on the John reading and found under the heading: December 12th.</span></span></span></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Reflection and Prayer: </span><br /><span>Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Advent Readings from Iona</span> by Brian Woodcock and Jan Sutch Pickard, Wild Goose Publications, 2005, ISBN 1901557332 (pictured above left)</span><span>. These are based on the 1 Thessalonians reading and found under the heading: December 17th.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Prayer/Action: Thank you</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: black;">Found in </span><i style="color: black;">Going Home Another Way</i><span style="color: black;"> by Neil Paynter, Wild Goose Publications, 2008,pages 128 and based on the 1 Thessalonians reading. </span> </span></span></div></span></span></span></span></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17995248220649884949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20931290.post-12592687897060851982023-11-23T19:44:00.015+11:002023-12-05T18:45:45.471+11:00Advent 2 B (December 10): Preparing A Way Through the Wilderness/Peace<div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZRNrvgOMYE9OUY_NyieWx1xYY7XSWcYzeQ_pMY8H-EulrfAvifzyuITqiddQMmtE7RpfYIBKrexD_In3uoVS_mAdG058wJ-z2hkh5S77xkH20YmBC6PJMOiBTg4a9UuG8RZ_WaQ/s1600/B+Advent+2.jpg" style="clear: left; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIsbTcEuvLVw_9PJ-XKru79v84NuKipHDsRLa23qKTREqxFNEuzQ2k04Uv1q6BfnnH72TsL_Yvw1vI9NNq6AWUPCFRE5BAYuofvkXpeg-DucaSHKjt4h2mAZTKEDtjBImdah0XJQ/s1600/B+Advent+2+wikicommons.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="391" data-original-width="695" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIsbTcEuvLVw_9PJ-XKru79v84NuKipHDsRLa23qKTREqxFNEuzQ2k04Uv1q6BfnnH72TsL_Yvw1vI9NNq6AWUPCFRE5BAYuofvkXpeg-DucaSHKjt4h2mAZTKEDtjBImdah0XJQ/w264-h149/B+Advent+2+wikicommons.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguHCl-X-0tDePGXFKawKtg1JiCN4hLrmFsZh2VfIStL0pZjsQjU9EcxbVBfx7f_JNZHCPM2utzUluNjQgyO5gcFv5tdSUnuCpu7JnUrALkoLTJ6R-WauDu1FLNs1rl_bMO_2viAw/s2000/B+Advent+2+my+photo.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1201" data-original-width="2000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguHCl-X-0tDePGXFKawKtg1JiCN4hLrmFsZh2VfIStL0pZjsQjU9EcxbVBfx7f_JNZHCPM2utzUluNjQgyO5gcFv5tdSUnuCpu7JnUrALkoLTJ6R-WauDu1FLNs1rl_bMO_2viAw/s320/B+Advent+2+my+photo.jpg" width="320" /></a><strong><br /></strong></span><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><strong>Bible Readings:</strong></span><span> Isaiah 40:1-11, Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13, 2 Peter 3:8-15a, Mark 1:1-8</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">About the Images:</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Upper Left</span><span>: This is the Oodnadatta track just out of William Creek in Central Australia (for more info please visit http://www.pleasetakemeto.com/australia/oodnadatta-track/information). This is my photo so please feel free t</span><span>o use it for worship and other related activities.</span><br /><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Upper Right</span>: This file is licensed under the </span><a class="extiw" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Creative_Commons" title="w:en:Creative Commons">Creative Commons</a><span> </span><a class="external text" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en" rel="nofollow">Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported</a><span> license by </span><span>Luc Viatour</span><span> (www.Lucnix.be</span>).<span> Please let Luc know if you use it (l.viatour@gmail.com). I put the text on to this most beautiful of images. </span><br /><span><strong>Middle Left</strong>: An Image from the Hermano Leon site - see my links column at left.</span><br /><span><strong>Middle Right</strong>: An image from Image bank - see my links column to the left - with words from the Isaiah reading. </span><br /><span><b>Lower Left</b>: </span><span style="color: #20124d;"><span><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Curioso_elemento_el_tiempo.jpg">This Photo</a></span><span> </span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"> is by an unknown author and is licensed under</span><span> </span><span><u><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/">CC BY-SA</a>.</u> <span>I added the text</span>.</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><b>Lower Right:</b> My image of the desert just out of Dubai so please feel free to use it for worship and related activities.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #20124d;"><div style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXjD6gLs3fuExuw1AGF6b7jVOAiBqGKc-POvSINuuqxpfjl5NZKZmJrIg_0Kfs77ZjXfNWYsUjM_9RWVpCt6Qvv15GjHoEqBJfk2sXzV33kgsL3KT326BLbuPCCq5oz5saRnG0Acwv2RhXP9LRiqEXs8crBJbV_gMPgaXwmVzfUZPJ81FAwbm5LQ/s175/Before%20the%20Amen.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; font-size: large; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="175" data-original-width="120" height="89" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXjD6gLs3fuExuw1AGF6b7jVOAiBqGKc-POvSINuuqxpfjl5NZKZmJrIg_0Kfs77ZjXfNWYsUjM_9RWVpCt6Qvv15GjHoEqBJfk2sXzV33kgsL3KT326BLbuPCCq5oz5saRnG0Acwv2RhXP9LRiqEXs8crBJbV_gMPgaXwmVzfUZPJ81FAwbm5LQ/w61-h89/Before%20the%20Amen.jpg" width="61" /></a><span style="color: #333333; font-size: medium;"><b>Call to Worship: Isaiah 40:1-11</b></span></div></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">By Maria I. Tirrabassi and found in <i>Before the Amen</i> by Maren C Tirabassi and Maria I. Tirrabassi (Eds), Pilgrim Press, Cleveland, 2007, ISBN 978 0 8298 1750 8, page 3 (pictured at right). </span></div></span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><u><b></b><i></i><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br /></u></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmQyCdQo1emS1hwEeFo3x6_bp7KqF7e_uSO5PDoAPJ5qKWkuwzt3C4Ku6i7R7U_HhnXOur-clkOwnJm0duGkvbjbMMg0ju6UxM4siVh8kdxobnZozKccw7RDkEpkezdAbe-ZufWlImR6zfNa9ovw9g4nSDxMq3Y_gPj0zyKqNHA_F8a5Jbjyl6Tw/s700/dc%20talk%20Jesus%20freak.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="698" height="81" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmQyCdQo1emS1hwEeFo3x6_bp7KqF7e_uSO5PDoAPJ5qKWkuwzt3C4Ku6i7R7U_HhnXOur-clkOwnJm0duGkvbjbMMg0ju6UxM4siVh8kdxobnZozKccw7RDkEpkezdAbe-ZufWlImR6zfNa9ovw9g4nSDxMq3Y_gPj0zyKqNHA_F8a5Jbjyl6Tw/w80-h81/dc%20talk%20Jesus%20freak.jpg" width="80" /></a></div>Listening Song: Je</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">sus Freak</span> <span><br />By dc Talk on their album, <span style="font-style: italic;">Jesus Freak</span> (pictured at left). This song goes well with the gospel reading. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Film Clip: The Lion </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kin</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjab2TXYx36LchvCnUhPOh-BWuUdtrvliaOu4EbReVMYtWkSXUga0pyRc0xnnQsc8CconFdMKQ_ft2rTvijRIYQcJaTZSqB415LzYSTLJHZKCh9ZmPM6k9kitTOyN8wmYvbKJ1Hzd_QL08StvkH1CMPESeRDBtGBBRaAJ10HigXGPMiN-LnZ3j70g/s375/The%20Lion%20King%20DVD.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="277" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjab2TXYx36LchvCnUhPOh-BWuUdtrvliaOu4EbReVMYtWkSXUga0pyRc0xnnQsc8CconFdMKQ_ft2rTvijRIYQcJaTZSqB415LzYSTLJHZKCh9ZmPM6k9kitTOyN8wmYvbKJ1Hzd_QL08StvkH1CMPESeRDBtGBBRaAJ10HigXGPMiN-LnZ3j70g/w119-h161/The%20Lion%20King%20DVD.jpg" width="119" /><span style="text-align: left;">g</span></a></div></span><span>(pictured at right) Show the clip which follows the section where Simba, because of his huge feeling of guilt, runs away from his home and the role he was born for. He has made a new life for</span><span> himself outside the kingdom. He knows he does not belong </span><span>there but he has convinced himself that he canno</span><span>t change the past. Sh</span><span>ow Raffiki, who has the role of priest/prophet in the film, going out to find Simba, and telling Simba he has forgotten who he is. Raffiki then calls Simba home. </span><span>T</span><span>his is a great clip for teaching kids (and adults) that a prophet is someone who reminds us and tells us to return to and depend on God.</span> <br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Discussion:</span><span> </span><span><br />Thin</span><span>k of the</span><span> rough places and the hard times in your </span><span>life.</span><span> </span><span><br />What are good ways of coping with these?</span><span> </span><span><br />What have you found helpful?</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Song: Hills and Valleys by Tauren Wells</span><br /><span>visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4rRCjrAyCs</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Prayer:</span><br /><span>Jesus, come to my house this Christmas.</span><br /><span>Come to my country.</span><br /><span>Come to the world of men and women.</span> <span><br />And first of all, come to my heart.</span> <span><br />Anonymous, Argentina, 1970.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Meditation: </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjOlFVO_cISG45m4N1WgLd2nLHGQayvNAGrzGAsxqh5-X0kLmFfgJto3MldC1wabvfXz5_Hrd3DLRiWXrGkAyyeJAjtcOls46HtjomWwJ-hBBvuebiLKvJuIUoXO-EI5yMOpDU/s1600/Cloth+for+the+cradle.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679523066846995314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjOlFVO_cISG45m4N1WgLd2nLHGQayvNAGrzGAsxqh5-X0kLmFfgJto3MldC1wabvfXz5_Hrd3DLRiWXrGkAyyeJAjtcOls46HtjomWwJ-hBBvuebiLKvJuIUoXO-EI5yMOpDU/s200/Cloth+for+the+cradle.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 200px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 140px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">A Story of Light and Darkness</span> <span><br />From <span style="font-style: italic;">Cloth for the Cradle</span> by Wild</span><span> Goose Worship Group, Wild Goose Publications, 1997, ISBN 1901557014, page 32ff. (pictured at left).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Responses: Prepare the Way of the Lord</span><br /><span>From <span style="font-style: italic;">Cloth for the Cradle</span> by Wild Goose Worship Group, Wild Goose Publications, 1997, ISBN 1901557014, page 41. (pictured at left).</span><span> </span><span>This is based on the Isaiah reading.</span><span> </span><span>It is written as a spoken response but also works well with music and images.</span><br /><span><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Also:</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Reflection and Prayer: </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvflXnM-OQhBmFtoZ6sOLhxwwgEACUPAGCN_oAALX9Qp2bNCBVTJ94LSzpYQvQ_tNyBzjmfN64DgvQAwfWMvJTovTASSRF_j5JO_WECZGvcEyMBNeUtdF6WqOSn_M_77c61OdN/s1600/advent+readings+from+iona.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="150" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679559499931791986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvflXnM-OQhBmFtoZ6sOLhxwwgEACUPAGCN_oAALX9Qp2bNCBVTJ94LSzpYQvQ_tNyBzjmfN64DgvQAwfWMvJTovTASSRF_j5JO_WECZGvcEyMBNeUtdF6WqOSn_M_77c61OdN/w127-h150/advent+readings+from+iona.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 167px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 141px;" width="127" /></a><br /><span>Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Advent Readings from Iona</span> by Brian Woodcock and Jan Sutch Pickard, Wild Goose Publications, 2005, ISBN 1901557332 (pictured at right)</span><span>. These are based on the Psalm and found under the heading: December 5th</span><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw-yFST0doWHEMWWW-UaNHt1Zk11wAngKqW7AA7nuUb8CUcXCPTFvrqQpq-O-ygIonr2lC8rGtYMOqxHvWH37hvBuREQ2DoclrMDjcVjq415e-nhqz7PNTuT_etmIvQc3HEa1oiA/s1600/Bringing+the+Word++year+B_0001.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="732" height="111" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw-yFST0doWHEMWWW-UaNHt1Zk11wAngKqW7AA7nuUb8CUcXCPTFvrqQpq-O-ygIonr2lC8rGtYMOqxHvWH37hvBuREQ2DoclrMDjcVjq415e-nhqz7PNTuT_etmIvQc3HEa1oiA/w79-h111/Bringing+the+Word++year+B_0001.jpg" width="79" /></a><b>Response Activity: Wilderness and return</b></span><br /><span>Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Bringing the Word To Life Together<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">: Year B</span></span> by Andrew Collis and Dorothy McRae-McMahon, Mediacom, Adelaide, 2011, ISBN 9780949656919, page 16ff (pictured at left). This is based on the all four readings. </span><span><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span></span><br /></span><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCsnfyrYRJOPCkKJKeiaJiyon2lvASSW5lbGcOx1yQ-uxRK1EcsRD9TZuWNK09aAYC2GIU5uLc_fqiO_XbhmGtG-eFddGMnImHrc6CA5sJhhREVkLcfLPffn3nmIet2DT8bfXawg/s1600/Dad+and+Daughter.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="98" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCsnfyrYRJOPCkKJKeiaJiyon2lvASSW5lbGcOx1yQ-uxRK1EcsRD9TZuWNK09aAYC2GIU5uLc_fqiO_XbhmGtG-eFddGMnImHrc6CA5sJhhREVkLcfLPffn3nmIet2DT8bfXawg/w66-h98/Dad+and+Daughter.jpg" width="66" /></a></span><span><span><span><strong>Poem and prayer: wilderness of longing.</strong></span><br /><span><span lang="EN-AU"><span><span><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Found in <i>Dad and Daughter</i> by Ron Gordon and Jennie Gordon, 2012, ISBN 9780646586601, page 66 (pictured at right). These are based on the gospel reading.</span></span></span></span></span></span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span></span><br /></span><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi09ArUdkl0tzDgPJ82-AnYNaAYLzP5-3qpXoP8TBIOfjQacADbSa3kHDvnaCDe3T73XtMKBStzbE8eWym6LdbHvLTF4PsA_Vx_XGAgRPU5IzXAlj7dDzU6t0vBFBcgtbVJ9FkRXw/s1600/The+abingdon+creative+preaching+annual+Mark+2.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="325" data-original-width="250" height="101" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi09ArUdkl0tzDgPJ82-AnYNaAYLzP5-3qpXoP8TBIOfjQacADbSa3kHDvnaCDe3T73XtMKBStzbE8eWym6LdbHvLTF4PsA_Vx_XGAgRPU5IzXAlj7dDzU6t0vBFBcgtbVJ9FkRXw/w77-h101/The+abingdon+creative+preaching+annual+Mark+2.jpg" width="77" /></a><b>Lots of Useful Stuff</b></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Found in <em>The Abingdon Creative Preaching Annual</em> by Jenee Woodard (Ed.), Abingdon Press, Nashville, 2013, page 255ff (pictured at left).</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></b></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGVnxkt2ka4EC3181yC9SRZ9AP2EbNvNu_wsv1TBqe0lAfYTgWAZC_zUzC1riV3Xzwaz1jMXV4vUKC_ZbhSl_X3GqlGQWs35JNEgjqdQG18KfWrSQHqdiO0sJNoStdAdYU7ve48A/s980/meditations+from+the+iona+community.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="980" data-original-width="680" height="71" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGVnxkt2ka4EC3181yC9SRZ9AP2EbNvNu_wsv1TBqe0lAfYTgWAZC_zUzC1riV3Xzwaz1jMXV4vUKC_ZbhSl_X3GqlGQWs35JNEgjqdQG18KfWrSQHqdiO0sJNoStdAdYU7ve48A/w49-h71/meditations+from+the+iona+community.jpg" width="49" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Meditation: God is Coming</b><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Meditations from the Iona Community</i> by Ian Reid, Wild Goose Publications, Trowbridge, 1998, ISBN 1901557022, page 38 (pictured at right). </span><span>This is based on the Isaiah reading.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv0CMeprBQ6GanJhOSOQ-RAhswifaJRxD7gTRUXZGsb8d1P0tG-fa0VoUIxTf-2BP6yqK23EOUhEA-QkT3hxJlTFcSQurVHI-jNSG2RTwtuR_XYCsElwzlRH2TORUt93ExJUmmNA/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="89" data-original-width="64" height="63" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv0CMeprBQ6GanJhOSOQ-RAhswifaJRxD7gTRUXZGsb8d1P0tG-fa0VoUIxTf-2BP6yqK23EOUhEA-QkT3hxJlTFcSQurVHI-jNSG2RTwtuR_XYCsElwzlRH2TORUt93ExJUmmNA/w46-h63/image.png" width="46" /></a></div>Creative Ideas: Isaiah: The Messianic Prophet</b></div></span></div></div><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <i>Multi-Sensory Prophets </i>by Mike Law, Scripture Union, 2007, ISBN 9781844272587, page 25 (pictured at left). This is based on the Isaiah reading.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Drama: I'm Speechless <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBFWj7ZaZLwLR-iDfd1CIkzFs_yA7jXDeMXRvKv3YSHggGiy3PTmEWtGfay1PmeG9SUZg0lk3qq7mG_Y_IzF4Xt7EGnyQ6LCVsVDgLeHzJFJep4sQ1C2ikND5Ylt0jVZJNR2vTMQ/s1624/Mega+drama+4.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1624" data-original-width="1184" height="40" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBFWj7ZaZLwLR-iDfd1CIkzFs_yA7jXDeMXRvKv3YSHggGiy3PTmEWtGfay1PmeG9SUZg0lk3qq7mG_Y_IzF4Xt7EGnyQ6LCVsVDgLeHzJFJep4sQ1C2ikND5Ylt0jVZJNR2vTMQ/w29-h40/Mega+drama+4.jpg" width="29" /></a></div></span></b><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Found in <i>Mega Drama 4 </i>by Verena Johnson (Ed.), Open Book, 2002, ISBN 0859109186, page 63 (pictured at right). This is based on the gospel reading. <br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilXf_IjBmgk8ssHbJMMPgKyD7tPfkmlU7_8Exu6jdGqDdwnpD6GgfEl5UyCRpmICGJ3sZjMFKPaxmtPH4uwFfmOl1JuFfpjcEurcFST59mpvytaUbzj8H4XyytJq0UDC-XIt8FZxP5iHQiVpvEIHlygCn-IBz9q3xl2Gpmz9CaKbS3sx_pVrdgxg/s1517/Lets%20make%20a%20Scene%20too.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1517" data-original-width="1072" height="60" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilXf_IjBmgk8ssHbJMMPgKyD7tPfkmlU7_8Exu6jdGqDdwnpD6GgfEl5UyCRpmICGJ3sZjMFKPaxmtPH4uwFfmOl1JuFfpjcEurcFST59mpvytaUbzj8H4XyytJq0UDC-XIt8FZxP5iHQiVpvEIHlygCn-IBz9q3xl2Gpmz9CaKbS3sx_pVrdgxg/w43-h60/Lets%20make%20a%20Scene%20too.jpg" width="43" /></a></div>Drama</span><span style="font-weight: 700;">: Advent is.........</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Let's Make A Scene Too</span> by Verena Johnson, </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Lutheran Publishing, 1991, ISBN 085910608,</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> page 70 (pictured at left)</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">.</span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">This drama is linked to the Isaiah reading.</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: medium;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCu0_mmAnDHizT7nMFnrPb-wKEkVktzZoURXv7qG6Jo6XE1m7LvZ2WIqystvL1Aw42XcQenkzmjWHGZ5nXYgoLaHjUVOblFA-gAW1pigob0U-OiQAmnQZa3b9etnZ9VJ0FHo3T7IhW4QqBLApmZwI5ByXpI4Nly8SNrsJfqwlBl-Q8locTHBXeWg/s1752/multi.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1752" data-original-width="1204" height="60" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCu0_mmAnDHizT7nMFnrPb-wKEkVktzZoURXv7qG6Jo6XE1m7LvZ2WIqystvL1Aw42XcQenkzmjWHGZ5nXYgoLaHjUVOblFA-gAW1pigob0U-OiQAmnQZa3b9etnZ9VJ0FHo3T7IhW4QqBLApmZwI5ByXpI4Nly8SNrsJfqwlBl-Q8locTHBXeWg/w41-h60/multi.jpg" width="41" /></a></div>Prayer: Advent<br /></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: medium;">Found in <em>Multi-Sensory Prayer</em> by Sue Wallace, Scripture Union, 2001, ISBN 1859994652, page 18 (pictured at right) and based on the Isaiah reading.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><div style="color: black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvflXnM-OQhBmFtoZ6sOLhxwwgEACUPAGCN_oAALX9Qp2bNCBVTJ94LSzpYQvQ_tNyBzjmfN64DgvQAwfWMvJTovTASSRF_j5JO_WECZGvcEyMBNeUtdF6WqOSn_M_77c61OdN/s1600/advent+readings+from+iona.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="150" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679559499931791986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvflXnM-OQhBmFtoZ6sOLhxwwgEACUPAGCN_oAALX9Qp2bNCBVTJ94LSzpYQvQ_tNyBzjmfN64DgvQAwfWMvJTovTASSRF_j5JO_WECZGvcEyMBNeUtdF6WqOSn_M_77c61OdN/w127-h150/advent+readings+from+iona.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 167px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 141px;" width="127" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Reflection and Prayer: </span><br /><span>Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Advent Readings from Iona</span> by Brian Woodcock and Jan Sutch Pickard, Wild Goose Publications, 2005, ISBN 1901557332 (pictured at left)</span><span>. These are based on the Isaiah reading and found under the heading: December 7th</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></span></div></span></span></div></span></div></span></span></div></div></span></div>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17995248220649884949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20931290.post-18608805620082284452023-11-15T21:32:00.006+11:002023-12-04T15:19:13.548+11:00Advent 1 B (December 03): Hoping/Waiting/Anticipation<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-M3-kYlTQiBN56tVPe4hBgzpfhwKSPYPM5QyhinU7Tt5o5pr2V69YjiGwn9coyWa_1HUhEHSUE3F2gp1tFyaInc_3GZty3iSGSJthizoYyuk-uTzW4ThAeB6JUjaQkIU_q8JLAQ/s1600/B+Advent+1+Now.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-M3-kYlTQiBN56tVPe4hBgzpfhwKSPYPM5QyhinU7Tt5o5pr2V69YjiGwn9coyWa_1HUhEHSUE3F2gp1tFyaInc_3GZty3iSGSJthizoYyuk-uTzW4ThAeB6JUjaQkIU_q8JLAQ/s1600/B+Advent+1+Now.jpg" width="280" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjObQF8VJF3uo-CZHqfIeixji1NWAkcqLBnJ7isTxAnf9CptHIWC8Oj9yttCRkeX6Dw4JHW8yV6ZLJjBW3F7bVrvGErNHprlTJndrNaJvnCLUYgqgJs1vu0zpS4avlMdKjitN4R_A/s1600/B+Advent+1.jpg" width="227" /></span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjObQF8VJF3uo-CZHqfIeixji1NWAkcqLBnJ7isTxAnf9CptHIWC8Oj9yttCRkeX6Dw4JHW8yV6ZLJjBW3F7bVrvGErNHprlTJndrNaJvnCLUYgqgJs1vu0zpS4avlMdKjitN4R_A/s1600/B+Advent+1.jpg" style="clear: right; 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font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">About the Images:<br /></span></span><span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Upper Left:</span> This is a free Microsoft clipart image with text.<br /></span></span><span><span><strong>Upper Right</strong>:This is my photo of Southern Cross Station in Melbourne, Australia (for more info visit: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SouthernCrossrailwaystation,Melbourne">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SouthernCrossrailwaystation,Melbourne</a>). Please feel free to use this image for worship and related activities. <br /></span></span><span><span><strong>Middle left</strong>: </span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">This free clipart with my text comes from <a href="http://www.scripturepics.org/">http://www.scripturepics.org</a> - a useful site which seems to have been in recess for some time.<br /></span></span><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><strong>Middle Right</strong>: A good hymn to sing today would be There's a Light Upon The Mountain... this image is of the light on a snowy day at Danny's Lookout near Mt Hotham. Please feel free to use this image for worship and related activities.<br /></span></span><span><span><b>Lower Left and right</b>: Free images from the Heartlight site - see my link column at left. </span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Candle Lighting Liturg</span></span></span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4FdItXEj7KEfomMeiaZEFH6DyJ-na7gfMVss1d7GxJsNu__Y4-C0WickvKgFEtcatujnD_uiRPXIErq9FvUh7JV4_jeWPB2H-4k6yHt867T5kcm0etHVWqJ5fZ59eho8zxN8b/s1600/Ideas+for+worshhip.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-weight: bold;"><img alt="" border="0" height="180" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676185909636244402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4FdItXEj7KEfomMeiaZEFH6DyJ-na7gfMVss1d7GxJsNu__Y4-C0WickvKgFEtcatujnD_uiRPXIErq9FvUh7JV4_jeWPB2H-4k6yHt867T5kcm0etHVWqJ5fZ59eho8zxN8b/w128-h180/Ideas+for+worshhip.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 200px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 142px;" width="128" /></a></span><span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">y</span></span></span><br /><span><span>Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Ideas For Worship, July to December</span> 1996, JBCE (pictured at left).</span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kids' Talk</span><br /><span>One enjoyable thing to do for the four Sundays of Advent is to turn the whole Christmas story into a serial telling a sm</span><span>all </span><span>part of the story each week - or act it out (see below). Start this week with the story of Mary and the Angel.</span><br /><br /><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Drama: Mary and the Angel</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioIonog4vSAmPwd-h_Hjeua1dngRSey5wnbnhxwt4qQIsbtfWxd9vWFEtpLZ597zTx3zGXVsb8mT0bVNEbu7ibJwRiT3QR8NxjsV2I5hODz9vIpoPKU1vPEyRRvjfqoEY35gpt/s1600/Cloth+for+the+cradle.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="137" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676187599568660322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioIonog4vSAmPwd-h_Hjeua1dngRSey5wnbnhxwt4qQIsbtfWxd9vWFEtpLZ597zTx3zGXVsb8mT0bVNEbu7ibJwRiT3QR8NxjsV2I5hODz9vIpoPKU1vPEyRRvjfqoEY35gpt/w96-h137/Cloth+for+the+cradle.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 200px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 140px;" width="96" /></a><br /><span>From <span style="font-style: italic;">Cloth From the Cradle</span> by Wild Goose Worship Group, Wild Goose Publications, 1997, ISBN 1901557014, page 42ff (pictured at right) </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Discussion: On the Isaiah reading</span><br /><span>1. What was Isaiah hoping and waiting for?</span><br /><span>2. What are you h</span><span>oping and waiting for: for yourself? for your church? for the community in which you live? for the world?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Story: God's Answer</span><br /><span>There is a story told about a faithful old deacon whose oft repeated prayer expression was, "O Lord, touch the unsaved with Thy finger." One prayer meeting night he was leading in prayer when as he intoned this petition, as he so often did, he abruptly stopped praying. Supposing he had b</span><span>een taken suddenly ill, someone went to him and asked if there was anything wrong, if he were ill. "No," he replied, "I’m not ill. But something seemed to say to me, ’Thou art the finger’."</span><br /><span><i>I cannot find a specific copyright for this story (please let me know if you know) but if you google the first line it pops up all over the place on the net and can be found in the now out of print Bible Illustrator under the above title. </i></span><br /><br /><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Meditation: Waiting</span><br />From <span style="font-style: italic;">Cloth From the Cradle</span> by Wild Goose Worship Group, Wild Goose Publications, 1997, ISBN 1901557014, page 20ff (pictured above) </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Adult Response:</span><br /><span>Give everyone a marking pen (or access to one) and a 2" (5cm) wide strip of green cloth,. Ask them to write on the strip one of </span><span>the things that they hope for. T</span><span>hese can be displayed in any number of ways. If you do a similar activity each week of advent (connecting the writing and the colour with the theme of each week), you will have the resources to finish in Advent 4 with the symbolic action Cloth for the Cradle found in</span><span> </span><span><span style="font-style: italic;">Cloth for the Cradle</span> by Wild Goose Worship Group, Wild Goose Publications, 1997, ISBN 1901557014, page 74ff (pictured above).</span><br /><span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUdP7MMFLaMSviXj3ZUZ2qyjxdJfgRaWN7FHPIcYV7pmmiF5UdeXB3YdYzoKE6ow8xU3YX9N49FZo-ngeuKIjYbXU2Bn7itUvmcN5JbjBvUnKMHTyIPmI9hJPEfYVkU_vR5VSCyQ/s1024/Bringing+the+Word++year+B_0001.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="732" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUdP7MMFLaMSviXj3ZUZ2qyjxdJfgRaWN7FHPIcYV7pmmiF5UdeXB3YdYzoKE6ow8xU3YX9N49FZo-ngeuKIjYbXU2Bn7itUvmcN5JbjBvUnKMHTyIPmI9hJPEfYVkU_vR5VSCyQ/w97-h135/Bringing+the+Word++year+B_0001.jpg" width="97" /></a></div>Adult Res</span></span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">ponse: Wilderness and Return</span><br />From <span style="font-style: italic;">Bring</span></span><span><span style="font-style: italic;">ing the Word to Life Together</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Year B </span>by Andrew Collis and Dorothy McRae-McMaho</span><span>n, Mediacom, 2011, ISBN 9781921945038, page 13ff (pictured at left)</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blessing: One Day at a Time</span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_wouerU5FGAi9O4OH3s77pZ5dXJUr-C1tRG-npa4HsJ22lapj93hFje5A38u3w1bs5uxnvu6D-Pjfo4wSJHPvoEsV9UiinOr7g0uIfN9WT39q3jZJ8cbe7HacFzrLLH0Ai2cX/s1600/Advent+Chtmas+Epiph+Brian+Wren_0001.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="144" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678520595888478786" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_wouerU5FGAi9O4OH3s77pZ5dXJUr-C1tRG-npa4HsJ22lapj93hFje5A38u3w1bs5uxnvu6D-Pjfo4wSJHPvoEsV9UiinOr7g0uIfN9WT39q3jZJ8cbe7HacFzrLLH0Ai2cX/w96-h144/Advent+Chtmas+Epiph+Brian+Wren_0001.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 200px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 133px;" width="96" /></a><br /><span>From <span style="font-style: italic;">Advent, Christmas</span></span><span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span><span><span style="font-style: italic;">and Epiphany</span> by Brian Wren, Westminster John Knox Press, 2008, ISBN 978066423309, page 56 (pictured at right).</span><br /><span><br /></span><span><b>Also:</b></span><br /><b><span><br /></span></b><span><b><span>Po<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-rXAP4qjXzrGjPZKEDRkGrG2FaEdfDj4y9RbgxDHv4-stECrztRliFIKoRmQ1y5QVPQ_ziYtws11G8iQd0KV16IHcFc6iX0Xps_IKBFzhH8lXaXtVfDnloCETU_kWu6pDopB3/s1600/Dandelions+and+Thistles_NEW.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="color: #0066cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><img alt="" border="0" height="155" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592997837761312354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-rXAP4qjXzrGjPZKEDRkGrG2FaEdfDj4y9RbgxDHv4-stECrztRliFIKoRmQ1y5QVPQ_ziYtws11G8iQd0KV16IHcFc6iX0Xps_IKBFzhH8lXaXtVfDnloCETU_kWu6pDopB3/w110-h155/Dandelions+and+Thistles_NEW.jpg" style="float: left; height: 200px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 142px;" width="110" /></span></a></span></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">em/Meditation: The Cup</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" />By Ruth Burgess in <span style="font-style: italic;">Dandelions and Thistles: Biblical Meditations from the Iona Community</span> by Jan Sutch Pickard (ed.) Wild Goose Publications, 1999, ISBN 1901557146, page 38 (pictured at left). This goes well with the Isaiah reading.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxQZUA1R9LvjmkaZpDjlgDRq8tniLF7NdN6exixyM_FJ36TZLZpnKYwP1t1hSGyKGjrsDkno8AwPAgU0Tl-WMEOqZq4tZvCflbT6ui3T0KmMVx0JSv0IrXq3VHyCQUcjbTJIxwBA/s1624/Mega+drama+4.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1624" data-original-width="1184" height="75" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxQZUA1R9LvjmkaZpDjlgDRq8tniLF7NdN6exixyM_FJ36TZLZpnKYwP1t1hSGyKGjrsDkno8AwPAgU0Tl-WMEOqZq4tZvCflbT6ui3T0KmMVx0JSv0IrXq3VHyCQUcjbTJIxwBA/w55-h75/Mega+drama+4.jpg" width="55" /></span></a><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Drama: Just Like Lightening </span></b><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Found in <i>Mega Drama 4 </i>by Verena Johnson (Ed.), Open Book, 2002, ISBN 0859109186, page 48 (pictured at right). This is based on the gospel reading. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMOnESfd86fXlZZSAehZBUfJIsW71Idg4tE-GxkhuvPgcQevZoMTquOTpoX7c0F02pDtZtVq_qyRwvCnAqxh4FfUJGMon9Epp14_U499B5tDYZnqjV4AKgBuh5DvEZD4XPdyh6dYnBNmDQrthPDhqd2iGCVDiCW2dYDDl3j5yVh1OUQlcrVUtE3A/s300/in%20this%20hour.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="209" height="55" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMOnESfd86fXlZZSAehZBUfJIsW71Idg4tE-GxkhuvPgcQevZoMTquOTpoX7c0F02pDtZtVq_qyRwvCnAqxh4FfUJGMon9Epp14_U499B5tDYZnqjV4AKgBuh5DvEZD4XPdyh6dYnBNmDQrthPDhqd2iGCVDiCW2dYDDl3j5yVh1OUQlcrVUtE3A/w38-h55/in%20this%20hour.jpg" width="38" /></a></div>Four Advent Meditations:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Found in <i>In this Hour</i> by Dorothy McRae-McMahon, Desbooks, 2001, ISBN 094982433X, page 46ff (pictured at left). </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8kKvBOUS03o4qpeyw5e3iUFclnAMyw0lItlctIo5ltk37XBJCFtZnh9DU_aJ7pFd2o4-Xqrjitxe8tE0_7cUnVR66ft4bE3b15njWu6DgY8dr3J7GvsICNwDVSI_eXZEnEGIdYqxN_q6XH5jGRNcdiU2wCtrjp13YS7E2Ghi1mY28cJHg5c-Log/s561/all%20ages%20sketches%20for%20the%20christian%20year%209781841014586-l.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="561" data-original-width="369" height="78" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8kKvBOUS03o4qpeyw5e3iUFclnAMyw0lItlctIo5ltk37XBJCFtZnh9DU_aJ7pFd2o4-Xqrjitxe8tE0_7cUnVR66ft4bE3b15njWu6DgY8dr3J7GvsICNwDVSI_eXZEnEGIdYqxN_q6XH5jGRNcdiU2wCtrjp13YS7E2Ghi1mY28cJHg5c-Log/w52-h78/all%20ages%20sketches%20for%20the%20christian%20year%209781841014586-l.jpg" width="52" /></a></div>Drama: Up, Up and Away<br /></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #333333;">Found in </span><span style="color: #333333;"><i>All Age Sketches for The Christian Year </i>by Peter Shaw</span><span style="color: #333333;">, The Bible Reading Fellowship, 2006, ISBN 10 1 984101 458 3, page 113ff (pictured at right). This is based on the Mark reading.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #333333;"><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCLbl9VzY8n7QBFWSFjzbzP3SI586fbFH8sC93uoE6o0nXOZ6geYOtQYHS2CIlv9q_42DiBO9cqpv8Sqfsfjb4wk2UySoouBuRK2N8ND1_O78IKFtFJD6sS6AgXcXpkrJhAtiQaMUiTknPsDo-98UhdOlVOtwJroXN5WCPDRIoUrIlrNaZqH2cw/s1752/multi.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1752" data-original-width="1204" height="76" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCLbl9VzY8n7QBFWSFjzbzP3SI586fbFH8sC93uoE6o0nXOZ6geYOtQYHS2CIlv9q_42DiBO9cqpv8Sqfsfjb4wk2UySoouBuRK2N8ND1_O78IKFtFJD6sS6AgXcXpkrJhAtiQaMUiTknPsDo-98UhdOlVOtwJroXN5WCPDRIoUrIlrNaZqH2cw/w53-h76/multi.jpg" width="53" /></a></div>Prayer: Pray Dough</b></span></div><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;">Found in <em>Multi-Sensory Prayer</em> by Sue Wallace, Scripture Union, 2001, ISBN 1859994652, page 19 (Pictured at left) and based on the Isaiah reading.</span></div><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGrWvv9OsXEB6VVUSnQiFm_lzJHG4RliETgbWmBESX_j4nvhvimFmulmg2kju9GiNHPkFlAoPn7sjaEBs6hKeuvdfMpQ8DMYb8HzOQp-xKaUPP1aRCNpcGs313sgrNEfkPrKfo6ovwirwOYx69ht7QLsNm9q5uBdsmy41YKyE64ccZg7Wvo7t4iA/s175/Before%20the%20Amen.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="175" data-original-width="120" height="139" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGrWvv9OsXEB6VVUSnQiFm_lzJHG4RliETgbWmBESX_j4nvhvimFmulmg2kju9GiNHPkFlAoPn7sjaEBs6hKeuvdfMpQ8DMYb8HzOQp-xKaUPP1aRCNpcGs313sgrNEfkPrKfo6ovwirwOYx69ht7QLsNm9q5uBdsmy41YKyE64ccZg7Wvo7t4iA/w95-h139/Before%20the%20Amen.jpg" width="95" /></a></div>Call to Worship: Isaiah 64:1-9<br /></b></span></div></span></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;">By Maria I. Tirrabassi and found in <i>Before the Amen</i> by Maren C Tirabassi and Maria I. Tirrabassi (Eds), Pilgrim Press, Cleveland, 2007, ISBN 978 0 8298 1750 8, page 6</span></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvflXnM-OQhBmFtoZ6sOLhxwwgEACUPAGCN_oAALX9Qp2bNCBVTJ94LSzpYQvQ_tNyBzjmfN64DgvQAwfWMvJTovTASSRF_j5JO_WECZGvcEyMBNeUtdF6WqOSn_M_77c61OdN/s1600/advent+readings+from+iona.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="150" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679559499931791986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvflXnM-OQhBmFtoZ6sOLhxwwgEACUPAGCN_oAALX9Qp2bNCBVTJ94LSzpYQvQ_tNyBzjmfN64DgvQAwfWMvJTovTASSRF_j5JO_WECZGvcEyMBNeUtdF6WqOSn_M_77c61OdN/w127-h150/advent+readings+from+iona.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 167px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 141px;" width="127" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Reflection and Prayer: </span><br /><span>Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Advent Readings from Iona</span> by Brian Woodcock and Jan Sutch Pickard, Wild Goose Publications, 2005, ISBN 1901557332 (pictured at right)</span><span>. These are based on the Isaiah and found under the heading: November 28. </span></span></div></span></div></span></span></div></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana";"><br /></span></div></div>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17995248220649884949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20931290.post-42776299799720892582023-11-13T14:57:00.009+11:002023-11-13T16:51:00.438+11:00Christ the King A (November 26): How Shall We Live?<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj5zB237DVNAZ_CojbQhyphenhyphenOXQaZh_Lht-R-N2ANVFPS-TfLC4laE2x6ZMALsyUlTc6VChPCyv2IBvALhC6IpdzHRJwCSoDIM8Ys6i9acN6tK5NTq4dnKEIchVWXBITpREiJErFsyQ/s1600/A+Christ+the+King+How+shall+we+live.jpg" style="clear: right; display: inline; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj5zB237DVNAZ_CojbQhyphenhyphenOXQaZh_Lht-R-N2ANVFPS-TfLC4laE2x6ZMALsyUlTc6VChPCyv2IBvALhC6IpdzHRJwCSoDIM8Ys6i9acN6tK5NTq4dnKEIchVWXBITpREiJErFsyQ/w281-h211/A+Christ+the+King+How+shall+we+live.jpg" width="281" /></a></p><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAhQ0IrYywRfdq-wHAl5FDTwofy40OCeJhiLRnDJ4KxBLbHF-246HMwJOaUqPNVw_W4fnA-Z0IPkssKFc0ae9kMjeFNLAs7F_fQt_hwvTjU3e6KlKr-IxKKVVB4fYkc3saDgNx9Q/s1600/A+Christ+the+King+Chambers.jpg" style="clear: left; 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font-size: medium;"><span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">About the Images:</span></span><br /><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Upper Left:</span> This is my photo taken near Chambers Pillar in Central Australia (for more info on this area please visit http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/parks/find/chamberspillar.html) with Nathan Nettleton's translation of Psalm 100:4a.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Upper Right: </span>This is my photo of the walkway beside the railway line at Sawtell in New South Wales, Australia (for<br />more info on this area please visit http://www.sawtellnsw.com.au/).<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">You</span> may use either of these images for worship and related activities.</span><br /><span><b>Middle Left</b> <b>and Right</b> : These are free Heartlight images - see my link column at left.</span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b>Lower Left</b>: A free clipart from the Hermano Leon site - see my link column at left. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Lower Right</b>: a free image from Cerezo Barredo<br /><span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">List</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtLUTQSPsvJ9AqqmzTr9XyzHju6FR5MJ4TBo85CXn3XGjLijvKG2TUo21maOaG-2dofAX_vEi6DIiCQ5O_4CTa8AjH9Tr6fI4iIGcAW6pvFx86LLhlCxmhIC7H5DCskzydUe51fQ/s1600-h/Michael+W+Smith+200px-The_Second_Decade.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="169" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270998769490239970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtLUTQSPsvJ9AqqmzTr9XyzHju6FR5MJ4TBo85CXn3XGjLijvKG2TUo21maOaG-2dofAX_vEi6DIiCQ5O_4CTa8AjH9Tr6fI4iIGcAW6pvFx86LLhlCxmhIC7H5DCskzydUe51fQ/w169-h169/Michael+W+Smith+200px-The_Second_Decade.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 200px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" width="169" /></a><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">ening Song: Above All </span><br />By Michael W. Smith on his album, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Second Decade</span>, or on <span style="font-style: italic;">W</span><span style="font-style: italic;">OW 2003</span> (pictured at left). This goes well with the Ephesians reading.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kid's Story: Popa Panov</span><br /><span>By Leo Tostoy - a classic and found in innumerable publications.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Story: Kindness</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpgqyAQ1ucsceSYDZZivtftIGiLxB9dYwi2d7zr8OeTwbKWRymz5brIQFnPQfXATwQXNr0KAcj7zGY4jeU3jgYHN6FFhu8qyH42f1QZi27GuJppjG2ZLMSWyfcSY8NNKbI1riw/s1600/750+engaging+illustrations.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="137" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673664399786892834" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpgqyAQ1ucsceSYDZZivtftIGiLxB9dYwi2d7zr8OeTwbKWRymz5brIQFnPQfXATwQXNr0KAcj7zGY4jeU3jgYHN6FFhu8qyH42f1QZi27GuJppjG2ZLMSWyfcSY8NNKbI1riw/w89-h137/750+engaging+illustrations.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 200px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 130px;" width="89" /></a><br /><span>Based on the Matthe</span><span>w reading</span><span>; </span><span>Story No. 355 </span><span>in <em>75</em></span><span><em>0 Engaging Illustrations for Preacher</em></span><span><em>s, Teachers and Writers</em> edited by Craig Brian Larson and Leadership Journal, </span><span>Baker Books, 2002, ISBN 0801091551 (pictured at right). </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Story:</span><br /><span>The legend is told of a desert wanderer who found a crystal spring of unsurpassed freshness. The water was so pure he decided to bring some to his king. Barely satisfying his own thirst, he filled a leather bottle with the clear liquid and carried it many days beneath the desert sun before he reached the pala</span><span>ce. When he finally laid his offering at the feet of his sovereign, the water had become stale and rank due to the o</span><span>ld container in which it had been stored. But the king would not let his faithful subject even imagine that it was unfit for use. He tasted it with expressions of gratitude and delight, and sent away the loyal heart filled with gladness. After he had gone, others sampled it and expressed their surprise that the king had even pretended to enjoy it. "Ah!" said he, "it was not the water I tasted, b</span><span>ut the love that prompted the offering." Many times our service is marked by multiple imperfections, but the Master looks at our motives and says "It is good." </span><br /><span>This story is found at http://associate.com/library/www.christianlibrary.org/authors/Grady_Scott/makemeservant.htm </span><span><br />Co</span><span>pyright 2000 by Grady Scott may be reproduced for non-commercial purposes at no cost to others.</span><span> </span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D-VT9t5nnrMa9tmJyTzRlazajB5QSIBabpr7-r5bGx7MSMGi8L95HhSV-eTzJA6DVeit2wvibwWuNq7IGQnDfD6Bcs5CFRYREcW6YVyqQHnAocy9wnPSZ_izO9RfRaaTptmW1w/s1600/Imaging+the+Word+3.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1565" data-original-width="1251" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D-VT9t5nnrMa9tmJyTzRlazajB5QSIBabpr7-r5bGx7MSMGi8L95HhSV-eTzJA6DVeit2wvibwWuNq7IGQnDfD6Bcs5CFRYREcW6YVyqQHnAocy9wnPSZ_izO9RfRaaTptmW1w/w107-h136/Imaging+the+Word+3.jpg" width="107" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Meditatio</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">n/Prayer: As You Did to the </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Leas</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">t </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">o</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">f These, My Brethren</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGEbbwgAZGkCWq_OGIPCx8PcoB6hBlX_DEky1JvJZnzu7vtAJLk8eo9OyE0ry-2yrO3Ky0O1ZHDJeNKhkFr0B6f759jzIMrywNy8bUOoKe6aAG26p50TD1q0JkKRHW2Q50p2-u/s1600/Andrew+Lloyd+webber+Gold_0001.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="156" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673665759843360290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGEbbwgAZGkCWq_OGIPCx8PcoB6hBlX_DEky1JvJZnzu7vtAJLk8eo9OyE0ry-2yrO3Ky0O1ZHDJeNKhkFr0B6f759jzIMrywNy8bUOoKe6aAG26p50TD1q0JkKRHW2Q50p2-u/w149-h156/Andrew+Lloyd+webber+Gold_0001.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 200px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 191px;" width="149" /></a><br /><span>by Robert W Castle in </span><span><span style="font-style: italic;">Imaging the Word Volume 3 </span>by Susan A Blain, Sharon Iverson Gouwens, Catherine O'Callagan and Grant Spradling, (Eds.), Uni</span><span>ted Church Press, 1996, ISBN 0829801862, page 66ff (pictured at left)</span><span>. I put images with these words. Musical suggestion to back it: </span><span> Pie Jesu by Sarah Brightman and Paul Miles-Kingston on Andrew Llyod Webber's album, </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Gold</span><span> (pictured at right )</span><br /><span><br /></span><span><b>Me</b><span style="font-weight: bold;">diatio</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">n: How</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhit2gqLa739u85LW5aFsnYd-TTp-N5QQvZTJbjm73zurktGi-IqXAvEshqkcrwmI6UyeKrdgxuBPsTqtITYZ0WJ6bi7f2mOc6Sfp4seSUyEUU4r8gFwfjy6qMu2Cwav_a07Ehtgw/s1600-h/Ideas+for+worshhip.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="158" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266634573921551666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhit2gqLa739u85LW5aFsnYd-TTp-N5QQvZTJbjm73zurktGi-IqXAvEshqkcrwmI6UyeKrdgxuBPsTqtITYZ0WJ6bi7f2mOc6Sfp4seSUyEUU4r8gFwfjy6qMu2Cwav_a07Ehtgw/w112-h158/Ideas+for+worshhip.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 200px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 142px;" width="112" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Was I To Know?</span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>Based on the Matthew reading and found in <span style="font-style: italic;">I</span><span style="font-style: italic;">deas for Worship, July - December</span> 1996, JBCE, page 44 (pictured at left).</span><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike><br /></strike></span></div><div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b>Also:</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b></b><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1QM7wRLDrPLakTy_vz4TLyesXA-VJAlKkb7IASD0tBOnA9kAO-sAvBgo3JBnUikwezKMIUzdKhOqS2tcsrY5hbIZ7gGAb0pqvgEtv5bGLHuvldcb4FdhLRKzkKG789OYgaz2u_A/s980/meditations+from+the+iona+community.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="980" data-original-width="680" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1QM7wRLDrPLakTy_vz4TLyesXA-VJAlKkb7IASD0tBOnA9kAO-sAvBgo3JBnUikwezKMIUzdKhOqS2tcsrY5hbIZ7gGAb0pqvgEtv5bGLHuvldcb4FdhLRKzkKG789OYgaz2u_A/w98-h142/meditations+from+the+iona+community.jpg" width="98" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Meditation: Worship </b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>Found in </span><i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Meditations from the Iona Community</i><span> by Ian Reid, Wild Goose Publications, Trowbridge, 1998, ISBN 1901557022, page 19 (pictured at right).This goes well with the Psalm. </span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span><span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Meditation: The Shepherd and the Sheep </b></span></span></span></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Found in <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Meditations from the Iona Community</i> by Ian Reid, Wild Goose Publications, Trowbridge, 1998, ISBN 1901557022, page 66 (pictured at right). This goes well with the Ezekiel reading.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSB-Wi6chDNKffX1My1CXa0-FBcNH1zTXLgNz4D2hnUit7ZIqZowtRj3cVEqfnFXz_Wg3K0WfVinXqB9T_EgBXJrWPS5HxlGWR4fGHMa_nHIqu2dSZFeEalhVHId8a_N-weVB3Zw/s2048/Worship+is+for+everyone.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1433" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSB-Wi6chDNKffX1My1CXa0-FBcNH1zTXLgNz4D2hnUit7ZIqZowtRj3cVEqfnFXz_Wg3K0WfVinXqB9T_EgBXJrWPS5HxlGWR4fGHMa_nHIqu2dSZFeEalhVHId8a_N-weVB3Zw/w92-h133/Worship+is+for+everyone.jpg" width="92" /></a></div>Kids: Oi Get Off Our Train</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">By John Burningham, Random House, with lots of ideas for a whole worship service found in <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Worship is For Everyone</i> by Julie Pinazza, Openbook Publishers, 2000, ISBN 0859109259, page 42 (pictured at left). This goes well with the Matthew reading.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGyeqcqjpy_2JMYj8ALI9_EUDxKQYu8MJyPOvitY9LnoOO1oaNStEAdAURliAnH4PKgV0jRbToRRqkDdYbqsOesvxiXMmtyaxtZG5VsneI6uhTU3-LapB5EFWw3PqJqtIRZjI-ow/s400/Worship-Feast-Taize-With-Split-Track-CD-9780687741915.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="259" height="71" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGyeqcqjpy_2JMYj8ALI9_EUDxKQYu8MJyPOvitY9LnoOO1oaNStEAdAURliAnH4PKgV0jRbToRRqkDdYbqsOesvxiXMmtyaxtZG5VsneI6uhTU3-LapB5EFWw3PqJqtIRZjI-ow/w46-h71/Worship-Feast-Taize-With-Split-Track-CD-9780687741915.jpg" width="46" /></span></a><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Taize Service: Loving the Least</span></b><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>Found in <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Worship Feast</i> by Taize, Abingdon Press, 2004, page 14 (pictured at right). This is based on the Matthew reading.</span><br /><br /></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtpoE3DIyj4E57qz0kXcVH1y-f-x0lSbnaePUDPboI3USM-VkN6LN4ODI5HkReEXrcIGnGX9V89leEkD38XYNWpQwtnABDzCA2qPUhNytR9PJBvZGQlLFLxbdl68RNaivT2xIwFw/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="155" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtpoE3DIyj4E57qz0kXcVH1y-f-x0lSbnaePUDPboI3USM-VkN6LN4ODI5HkReEXrcIGnGX9V89leEkD38XYNWpQwtnABDzCA2qPUhNytR9PJBvZGQlLFLxbdl68RNaivT2xIwFw/w107-h138/image.png" width="107" /></a></div>Worship Activity: On Your Knees</b></span></span></span></span></span></div><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></span></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>By Jim Burns and Robin Dugall in <i>Worship Experiences</i>, Gospel Light, 1999, ISBN, 0830724044, page 38 (pictured at left). This is based on the Psalm.</span><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Worship Activity: Power Praying</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">By Jim Burns and Robin Dugall in <i>Worship Experiences</i>, Gospel Light, 1999, ISBN, 0830724044, page 42 (pictured at left). This is based on the Ephesians reading.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Service Starter: Sheep and Goats<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGdkk-sRnkbpieXU0_pJ-wR2eAATe7i4L8eSKxeQ707WmyH50iCX1uR6e4rd0O6PGmFSHxsBwAG0RQ7Hi_cyH3dnzg6mwSm6OEPTAPMPszojmAgmIygKqQc7CQ00ua3_mXijzTBg/s205/the+all+age+service+annual+4.jpg" style="clear: right; color: #d52a33; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="205" data-original-width="150" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGdkk-sRnkbpieXU0_pJ-wR2eAATe7i4L8eSKxeQ707WmyH50iCX1uR6e4rd0O6PGmFSHxsBwAG0RQ7Hi_cyH3dnzg6mwSm6OEPTAPMPszojmAgmIygKqQc7CQ00ua3_mXijzTBg/w45-h54/the+all+age+service+annual+4.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="45" /></a></div></b></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"></span><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;">Based on the Matthew reading, this is found in <i>The All-Age Service Annual Volume 4</i>, published by Scripture Union, 2010, ISBN 9781844275199, page 37 (pictured at right).</div></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Drama: The Final Judgement</span></b></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Found in <i>Mega Drama 2</i> by Verena Johnson (Ed.), Open Book, 2001, ISBN 085910916Xv2, page 25 This is based on the gospel reading.</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicu4bWheMIacAq3-4FWqNK-zaJK4Bn6urKRaTnEasfavcyaUkQ9R324NkAsOofiaqYYE08fs7Z9E-ugUGf4u3kHZbUcMAt3xk-C38TWUfMaobFRsmzePKkv7gm1ALHzloyBzb1/s1600/in+due+season.jpg" style="background-color: white; clear: right; color: #d52a33; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" border="0" height="49" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555263971730980114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicu4bWheMIacAq3-4FWqNK-zaJK4Bn6urKRaTnEasfavcyaUkQ9R324NkAsOofiaqYYE08fs7Z9E-ugUGf4u3kHZbUcMAt3xk-C38TWUfMaobFRsmzePKkv7gm1ALHzloyBzb1/w36-h49/in+due+season.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 148px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; padding: 8px; position: relative; width: 105px;" width="36" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-weight: bold;">Poem: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-weight: bold;">I thirst</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">In Due Season</span> by Herbert F Brokering, Augsburg Publishing, 1966 (pictured at right) in the Summer</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> section.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>Drama: Coffee Break?</strong></span><br style="color: black;" /><span style="color: black;"><span>Found in </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Let's Make A Scene For...</span><span>by Verena Johnson, Open Book Publishers, 1998, ISBN 0859108937, page 10 . </span><span>This drama is based on Psalm 100.</span></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="color: black;"><span><div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Poem: A Prayer to the Trinity</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">The Electric Bible</span> by Peter Dainty, Kevin Mayhew, 2003, ISB<span>N 1844170411, page 112 and based on the Ephesians reading. </span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><div style="color: #333333; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: 700;">Drama: The Complaints Department</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="105" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLzokeYwlybXhff4Pbc2CWfrVl2G9rk0fvk8ALB_9Hehx0JZaip-Zx2DnqEFGXAL2y_Yi937unDFKbgs1MquRpPPVvhWopbXlP-WA5sZW2ivB4owTmU6IgAtBv2ikY0Jbqiewp/w88-h105/Let+make+a+scene+for.jpg" width="88" /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Found in <i>Let's Make a Scene for....</i>. by Verena Johnson, Open Book, 1998, ISBN 0859108937, page 63 (pictured at right). This goes well with the Psalm reading. </span></span></div></div></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #333333;"><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><b>Meditation: The Day of Judgement</b></span></div><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;">Found in </span><span style="color: #333333;"><i>Present on Earth by </i>Wild </span><span style="color: #333333;">Goose Worship Gro</span><span style="color: #333333;">up, Wild Goose Publications, 2002, ISBN 0 901557 64 2, page 209ff. This is based on the Matthew reading.</span></div><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><b>Poem: Ash Sitter</b></span></div></span></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;">By Maria I. Tirrabassi and found in <i>Before the Amen</i> by Maren C Tirabassi and Maria I. Tirrabassi (Eds), Pilgrim Press, Cleveland, 2007, ISBN 978 0 8298 1750 8, page 48. Based on the Matthew reading.</span></div></span></div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></b></div></span></span></div></span></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: medium;"><b>A Time to Care</b></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">By Maria I. Tirrabassi and found in <i>Before the Amen</i> by Maren C Tirabassi and Maria I. Tirrabassi (Eds), Pilgrim Press, Cleveland, 2007, ISBN 978 0 8298 1750 8, page 52. Based on the Matthew reading.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></div></span></span></span></span></div></span></div></div></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17995248220649884949noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20931290.post-43183016130968330422023-11-13T13:04:00.005+11:002023-11-28T16:38:40.683+11:00Proper 28 A (November 19): Risk/Encouragement/Gifts<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK1HbsPovtuFKf51r8AE_zoTD02tcwjOfgQFcnzqffnvsMSzvNCsUHnVFdr_QyottH20XCM-Ofexv-4wNd0GoRtbrhGeeAExgEm8U4Jhyphenhyphen9fkOEvaLr13xuYz8tpMBZCPKE3URBuw/s1600/A+Proper+28.jpg" style="clear: right; display: inline; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK1HbsPovtuFKf51r8AE_zoTD02tcwjOfgQFcnzqffnvsMSzvNCsUHnVFdr_QyottH20XCM-Ofexv-4wNd0GoRtbrhGeeAExgEm8U4Jhyphenhyphen9fkOEvaLr13xuYz8tpMBZCPKE3URBuw/w276-h182/A+Proper+28.jpg" width="276" /></a></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhOnAlrK7N2hJPxUEIohSekrz-bkNBETCrXiKvC22FbR-Qdsb-J0lfePXjvJJ7YTWeLnPGGEE_jEtRXmVg5rwoKUUhpF4c2bvhjNltaQfcfRikGTDK5s4JwSXPzU7xcfsvfMv86w/s1600/A+Proper+28+Risk.jpg" style="clear: left; 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margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="766" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlGSKXckXWgHGLP7MUbbuBUUQVQi50AECmgIfC0hq6IasvFqz2mwXtAECRtGKHjUBPMPCDbx1cDyL82aznVYtTFFMfALCG9EhJ39aApmlDOVj96w9Y6c0yhTwzKYFESoP4ZTlhA/s320/A+Proper+28+free+clip+art.jpg" /></a><br /><strong style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></strong></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><strong style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Bible readings:</strong><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Judges 4:1-7. Psalm 123, 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11, Matthew 25:14-30</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;">About the Images:</span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Upper Left:</span> This is a free microsoft clipart image onto which I placed text.</span><br /><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Upper Right:</span> This is my photo taken in the Simpson Desert in Central Australia (for more info on this area visit <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimpsonDesert">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimpsonDesert</a>) with a bit of a line from the meditation below. Please feel free to us this image for worship or related activities. </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Middle Left: </span><span>This is an istock image with words from the dc Talk song below.</span><br /><span><b>Middle Right</b>: Another free image from the excellent Heartlight site - see my link column at left</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b>Lower Left</b>: A free clipart with wikicommons copyright attached. </span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b>Lower Right:</b> another ripper free illustration from Cerezo Barredo<br /></span><b></b><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Call to Worship:</span><br /><span>Talk about taking risks. Then ask for people who have never taken an up front part in a service before to volunteer to do some of the things in your </span><span>service on the spot eg take up the collection, do the Bible readings, pray, take part in a drama, whatever. Make sure they have plenty of instructions and help eg print the bible readings out in large print, have a prayer that can be read</span><span>, print out the dramas </span><span>w</span><span>ith each actors parts clearly highlighted. Emphasise to the rest of the congregation that these people are taking a bigger risk than usual and that understanding is needed and that they are not "perfor</span><span>ming" but worshipping. You may have to word up the people on the roster that you will not need them this week.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">List</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirUEbs6MRlCjxu0aSG5-a82FDnqaa7R6VegJxMoEOO-iXrkB86g-wBueq1Bvrtt13B64Pw8QlC3lw9c0Z_O7PNhUTEdQrzNyYeoGF3FsauWDq2lbsHG0dOP1zHPrBTIZNj2liDGA/s1600-h/DC-Talk-Supernatural-cover.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="108" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266246666414291938" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirUEbs6MRlCjxu0aSG5-a82FDnqaa7R6VegJxMoEOO-iXrkB86g-wBueq1Bvrtt13B64Pw8QlC3lw9c0Z_O7PNhUTEdQrzNyYeoGF3FsauWDq2lbsHG0dOP1zHPrBTIZNj2liDGA/w108-h108/DC-Talk-Supernatural-cover.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 85px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 85px;" width="108" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">ening Song: Fearless</span><br /><span>By d</span><span>c Talk on their album, <span style="font-style: italic;">Supernatural</span> (pictured at left).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmthEX9z1-V2l-krMJpbqICLyLlQng-1LQBtMOFma0Ttn-EtSefizPKJHn5uQJ9_YwWVRQA-hgKFMk2_huhSeADpl8rEc7jvhNQMMmWjA1BnjiaOh0Vh6NzSbjlxlzHDSOgGsySg/s453/Dead+Poet%2527s+Society+poet.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="354" height="87" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmthEX9z1-V2l-krMJpbqICLyLlQng-1LQBtMOFma0Ttn-EtSefizPKJHn5uQJ9_YwWVRQA-hgKFMk2_huhSeADpl8rEc7jvhNQMMmWjA1BnjiaOh0Vh6NzSbjlxlzHDSOgGsySg/w68-h87/Dead+Poet%2527s+Society+poet.jpg" width="68" /></a>Film Clip: Dead Poets Society </span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span>(pictured at right) Show the clip below where Robi</span><span>n Williams character </span><span>encourages his students to seize the day. </span><br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">F</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwCSSVZw7-OxE0FY2km2Rnf9red1wsFg2ymUdkOW_7LcW4UW6ik79lkS4QGHP-tPL0NBwpHRmbJj1EAXHl8uKivLbayvBxu63y8MXVgJGugRKL3IsD6bEwYplNv31lKAedkrfniw/s1600-h/lord+of+the+riings.jpg"></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">ilm Clip: </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">L</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">ord of the Rings 1</span><br /><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVgZVoFuKxVbBIqhbLQALJmSriVzLLzbpvJOnH-7j9gtwGolULMH_Zr1FeUTSJwjp8C6no-HNpUlKqsO9DNeRYSepm8nuPgTSdeN7FIBuQvJpFXr_gUxwEfRuzlHnjl5USSjW4g/s1144/lord+of+the+riings.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1144" data-original-width="668" height="118" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYVgZVoFuKxVbBIqhbLQALJmSriVzLLzbpvJOnH-7j9gtwGolULMH_Zr1FeUTSJwjp8C6no-HNpUlKqsO9DNeRYSepm8nuPgTSdeN7FIBuQvJpFXr_gUxwEfRuzlHnjl5USSjW4g/w68-h118/lord+of+the+riings.jpg" width="68" /></a></div>(pictured at left) Show the c</span><span>li</span><span>p below where Frodo and Sam have not long started out on their quest. Sam stops and Frodo walks </span><span>o</span><span>n. When Frodo asks Sam what he is doing, Sam replies that he is standing at the farthest point from h</span><span>ome that he has ever stood without turning round and going back home. and that his next step will take him into the unknown. Frodo has to encourage Sam to keep going.</span><span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Discussi</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">on: L</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">ord of the Rings 1</span><br /><span>1. Why do you think people are afraid to take risks?</span><br /><span>2. How can we be like Frodo encouraging </span><span>Sam, and encourage each other to go </span><span>further in our walk with God?</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Drama: The Ringmaster's Gift</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ_yOU05LBCf6gwdycuH2HnxVvLQ9TFcPfe9_oxXKDHHt61f5NEOirqgfrk8bxuSdh9JZtShPQlvbjfyHl4tx_yPUOvCGH7nNc3E80dmcpDXnEajL9xzZIMOefYiR4BovAV9zX/s1600/Mega+Drama+2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="136" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670995839723016322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ_yOU05LBCf6gwdycuH2HnxVvLQ9TFcPfe9_oxXKDHHt61f5NEOirqgfrk8bxuSdh9JZtShPQlvbjfyHl4tx_yPUOvCGH7nNc3E80dmcpDXnEajL9xzZIMOefYiR4BovAV9zX/w98-h136/Mega+Drama+2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 200px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 144px;" width="98" /></a><span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br />Found in </span><span><span style="font-style: italic;">Mega Drama</span></span><span><span style="font-style: italic;"> 2</span> by Verena Johnson (Ed.), Open Book, 2001, ISB</span><span>N 085910916Xv2, page 48 (pictured at right). This is based on the gospel reading.</span><br /><span><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrPNX7IKclJp3oCxbWTF-XqyP69ZiXaPIu_LbuSPVVNMsHgFRwMPGMlvdO5YkFw3uL3lleG7GF8ylSy3eaPATyEfQaUqgAjabLSNW_5xY_EFVtOqldjbrL8mnucuWxw26AULIwmw/s1600/Let's%2BMake%2Ba%2BScene.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrPNX7IKclJp3oCxbWTF-XqyP69ZiXaPIu_LbuSPVVNMsHgFRwMPGMlvdO5YkFw3uL3lleG7GF8ylSy3eaPATyEfQaUqgAjabLSNW_5xY_EFVtOqldjbrL8mnucuWxw26AULIwmw/w106-h149/Let's%2BMake%2Ba%2BScene.jpg" width="106" /></span></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Drama: The Talents</span><span><br /></span><span>Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Let's Make a Scene</span> by Verena Johnson, Lutheran Publishing House, page 49ff (pictured at left). </span><span><span> This drama is based on the gospel reading.</span></span><br /><br /><span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;">Drama : Using our Gifts</span><br /><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Narrator and three people to mime plus others.</span><br /><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Narrator: God has given us certain gifts - things we are good at, or things that we have the potential to be good at, if only we step out and be a bit courageous with Him.</span><br /><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">1st p</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">erson (with others):</span></span><br /><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Narrator: </span>(points to Bill or whoever) It's like this guy here is good at cooking. (Bill pretends to cook a meal). His mother was a great cook and he is too. He could even make the pizza for tonight except that we have already ordered it. He has continued to use this gift of </span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">preparing and cooking food, and he now helps with the Secondary College breakfasts and is always helping with the catering at the church.<br />2nd person mimes with others:<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Narrator:</span> This guy here (name) is really good at helping others - especially listening to people if they have a problem. He is also part of the prayer team. He doesn't always have the answers, but people feel better for talking to him.</span><br /><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;">3rd person </span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;">(by himself)</span><br />This person here is great at selling things in a nice way without being pushy. He would be the ideal person to work in retail or to help out in our Op shop. But somehow over time, he didn’t use this special gift God had given him. He couldn’t be bothered making any effort to use his talent. But it’s not too late…..</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Narrator sums up</span></span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"> (all stop and listen) You see God gives us time, gifts and other resources</span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"> according to our abilities, and he expects us to use them wisely until he returns. We are responsible to use what God has given us. The issue is not how much we have but how well we use what we have.</span><br /><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Copyright: Prue Taylor </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Story: The</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Survey</span><br /><span>A survey was taken recently of people who are over 95. The people were asked one </span><span>question. It was an open ended question they could answer any way they wished. The </span><span>question was: If you could live your life over again, what wo</span><span>uld you do differently? </span><span>Among all </span><span>the differen</span><span>t answers, these three answers came back most frequently:</span><br /><span>1. If I could live my life over again, I would reflect more.</span><br /><span>2. I would risk more.</span><br /><span>3. I would do more things that would live on after I'm dead.</span><br /><span>Found at http://www.cvillechurch.com/BibleClasses/DanielLesson4RebuildSoYourEffortsWillLast.pdf</span></span></div><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Group Dis</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">cussion:</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> The Survey</span><br /><span>What are some of the things which stop us doing what the surveyed elderly think are important?</span><br /><span>What are some of our excuses?</span><br /><span>What do we need to</span><span> know or do so that we do grab the opportunities that God gives us?</span><br /><span>What can we do for each other?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Poem: Risk</span><br /><span>As far as I know the author is unknown although more than one person on the net claims to be. Find the poem at http://www.coolfunnypoems.com/inspirational-poems/risk/</span><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5hEHDVEIvy-bAOYylQMPF1doppVRw9ijZiSlCDU8YzfjQYYxTIuu5xWVVbp0JKIgQyHjXkSkCMu9MnYMQytQffBeNuIjLz4lElGwvpc14JtCxZnaxE3Tp76cEBWKBnpf5jV4oSw/s1600/Imaging+the+Word+3.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1565" data-original-width="1251" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5hEHDVEIvy-bAOYylQMPF1doppVRw9ijZiSlCDU8YzfjQYYxTIuu5xWVVbp0JKIgQyHjXkSkCMu9MnYMQytQffBeNuIjLz4lElGwvpc14JtCxZnaxE3Tp76cEBWKBnpf5jV4oSw/w115-h145/Imaging+the+Word+3.jpg" width="115" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Meditation/Poem: Our Deepest Fear</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68DEjpqTDZ7oqPITjWHGFq-8Bni2aHX91ZTyDlByGsmeb2nJ7oF6HwgncSaCRylO7X5q45QfwtkOyGu-MaWMEdUJXZXZIH7_aU-fzO9FyIwDm04-peby1BuD48lzh2XHOjx-pXw/s1600-h/Queen+Kat_0001.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="143" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266253594103608162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68DEjpqTDZ7oqPITjWHGFq-8Bni2aHX91ZTyDlByGsmeb2nJ7oF6HwgncSaCRylO7X5q45QfwtkOyGu-MaWMEdUJXZXZIH7_aU-fzO9FyIwDm04-peby1BuD48lzh2XHOjx-pXw/w144-h143/Queen+Kat_0001.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 198px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px;" width="144" /></a><br /><span>Found in <span style="font-style: italic;">Imaging the Word Volume 3 </span>by Susan A Blain, Sharon Iverson Gouwens, Catherine O'Callagan and Grant Spradling, (Eds.), United Church Press, 199</span><span>6, ISBN 0829801862, page 72 (pictured at left). You could put images with these words and back them with the following </span><span>music: End Titles from the Sound Track of <span><i style="font-style: italic;">Queen Kat, Carmel and St Jude </i>(pictured at right). </span></span><br /><i></i><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Adult Response</span><br /><span>Before the service I laid out large numbers of cards depicting different gifts and abilities which people may have. I made them slightly bigger than a business card and used clip art picture - the possibilities and variety are therefore endless. I made four per person (making a rough guess as to how many people would turn up) and then asked people as they arrived to take three which best described their gifts. I asked people to consider the cards they had chosen during my sermon on the parable of the talents and then at the end I asked people to get in to groups of four or five and</span><span> share why they had chosen the cards that they had. </span><span>Then they discussed the following:</span><br /><span>Which talents in your group would be useful for</span><br /><span>* developing a welcoming church community</span><br /><span>* being involved in leading the worship service</span><br /><span>* sharing God's Good News in the wider community.</span><br /><span><br /></span><span><b>Also:</b></span><span><br /></span><span></span><br /></span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"></div><span><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaUimE3R4ipSnlbit6UPC0FSDC8kHyTIvQVavBEIulPEHrtTndJjQ92gq8UoOMpbn73hgcFRmD2kiv-ClIFOHD8AwbHmx0BZB0HA_ooA-zX8ay3Wr-OcEuqyLCyHKVt8I27__WXg/s2048/Worship+is+for+everyone.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1433" height="114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaUimE3R4ipSnlbit6UPC0FSDC8kHyTIvQVavBEIulPEHrtTndJjQ92gq8UoOMpbn73hgcFRmD2kiv-ClIFOHD8AwbHmx0BZB0HA_ooA-zX8ay3Wr-OcEuqyLCyHKVt8I27__WXg/w80-h114/Worship+is+for+everyone.jpg" width="80" /></a></div>Kids: The Pig in the Pond</b></span></span></div><span style="color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;"><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">By Martin Waddell and Jill Barton, Walker Books, with lots of ideas for a whole worship service found in <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Worship is For Everyone</i> by Julie Pinazza, Openbook Publishers, 2000, ISBN 0859109259, page 35 (pictured at left). This goes well with the Matthew reading.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_dmfbj0qN3BjMUafrEu3lh1hCdRc0SL1becbCndNVbZZ4o7Mn_nTcpzByPpIBsKNRvLejJ3E6aFCwPnoyggOGP5YR3qPPPgiaKTn_fFoN7J_kf0pGr01jOVIHL8RZjRluPqKdHA/s133/Multi-sensory+Parables.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="133" data-original-width="94" height="76" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_dmfbj0qN3BjMUafrEu3lh1hCdRc0SL1becbCndNVbZZ4o7Mn_nTcpzByPpIBsKNRvLejJ3E6aFCwPnoyggOGP5YR3qPPPgiaKTn_fFoN7J_kf0pGr01jOVIHL8RZjRluPqKdHA/w54-h76/Multi-sensory+Parables.jpg" width="54" /></span></a><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">All Sorts of Useful Stuff: Active Service</span></b><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">By Ian Birkinshaw in <i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;">Multi-Sensory Parables</i>, Scripture Union, 2006, ISBN 9781844272310, page 65 (pictured at right) . This is based on the Gospel. </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGdkk-sRnkbpieXU0_pJ-wR2eAATe7i4L8eSKxeQ707WmyH50iCX1uR6e4rd0O6PGmFSHxsBwAG0RQ7Hi_cyH3dnzg6mwSm6OEPTAPMPszojmAgmIygKqQc7CQ00ua3_mXijzTBg/s205/the+all+age+service+annual+4.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #d52a33; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="205" data-original-width="150" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGdkk-sRnkbpieXU0_pJ-wR2eAATe7i4L8eSKxeQ707WmyH50iCX1uR6e4rd0O6PGmFSHxsBwAG0RQ7Hi_cyH3dnzg6mwSm6OEPTAPMPszojmAgmIygKqQc7CQ00ua3_mXijzTBg/w45-h54/the+all+age+service+annual+4.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="45" /></a></div>Service Starter: Talents</b></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"></span><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;">Based on the Matthew reading, this is found in <i>The All-Age Service Annual Volume 4</i>, published by Scripture Union, 2010, ISBN 9781844275199, page 36 (pictured at left).</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; margin: 0px;"><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;"><b>Confession and Assurance<br /></b></span></div></span></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;">By Wesley Brian Jamison and found in <i>Before the Amen</i> by Maren C Tirabassi and Maria I. Tirrabassi (Eds), Pilgrim Press, Cleveland, 2007, ISBN 978 0 8298 1750 8, page 108. Based on the Psalm reading.</span></div></div></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i></i><u></u></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 16px;"><sub></sub><sup></sup></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><strike></strike></span><br /></span></div></div></span></span></div>annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17995248220649884949noreply@blogger.com0