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Worship at Home – Two activities for all ages
Fire and stone Materials: Candle and rock Let’s reflect on the picture in 1 Peter of living stones. As you come to him, the living Stone – rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him – you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house. for the construction of a sanctuary vibrant with…
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Advent Calendar 2018
Here is our free printable Advent Calendar for 2018. Enjoy!
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The Lyrebird Call to Worship
The traditional people of this land, the Kulin people, call this season in April – July ‘waring’ or wombat season. Temperatures are at their lowest. Rainy days follow misty mornings. Wombats emerge to bask and graze in the sunshine. The lyre birds perform their courtship dances. Their tail feathers stretching out and curling over. The…
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Mapping your week with God
A reflection for home or in a worship gathering that we shared in last Sunday. Materials: Paper and marker. How has being a Christ follower or someone who loves and respects Jesus shaped your week? What has his love meant for the people around you? How has Jesus shaped your decisions, the surprises, the joys,…
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Joy-Filled Advent Calendar – Begins this Wednesday!
Ideas for Living Joyfully into this Season 4o days of Celtic Advent and 12 days of Christmas 2017 In the 6th century, the Celtic Christians celebrated Advent during the 40 days before Christmas, as a mirror to the period of Lent before Easter. Join us in a longer, joyful preparation for Christ’s coming and let…
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morning and evening prayers for all ages
Evening Prayer of Examen Adapted for all ages by Toli Morgan Find a comfortable place and remind yourself that God is there with you. Now look back over your day. Were you at home? Were you at school? Were you somewhere else? What made you happy today? Did somebody say or do something that made…
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Opening to a Spring Celebration & Mandala
Intro Today is a special holiday celebration. Today we come together as church community to bless God for the season of Spring. For spring in creation, for spring times in our lives. For change and growth and new things. First, Let’s spend a moment or two in quietness. Consider the winter that is drawing to…
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Three Meditations from two moments in Jacob's life
Here are three prayer stations we shared in to conclude our Jacob series. They can be visited in any order. They can also be used for personal reflection at home. Meditation 1 Setup: Highlighters, jugs of oil, tray of sand and large river rocks in the centre of room. Dreams, dust. Genesis 28:10-19 Common English…
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the Lord's prayer stations
Here are four stations for worship and prayer that we enjoyed this week. They are simple and easy to set up and can be decorated more elaborately if you have time and space. Station 1 Extra set up: the word Father in italic print on the wall and coloured markers or pastels. Our…
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Two Communion Meal Liturgies
Saints Communion We will begin the morning in sharing the communion meal. This is something followers of Jesus have done all throughout time and will do in the future until we all eat and drink together again with Jesus. It is a beautiful thing to think that we share this meal with all the saints,…
