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Lent-Easter Worship Resources!
Worship Resources for Lent through Easter are now posted! You can find them... read more
January 11th–Human Trafficking Awareness Day Resources
Please check out the new resources under the Special Resources page for Human... read more
Tuesday Top Ten Post–Top Ten Things You Should Know About My Retreats
A lot of blogs out there have Top Ten Tuesday posts, or Ten on Tuesday posts.... read more
How did Rev-o-lution begin?
As I’ve been updating this site, adding some new links to blogs by fellow... read more
Tag Archives: Special services
Worship Resources for January 15, 2011–Martin Luther King Jr. Sunday
Revised Common Lectionary: 1 Samuel 3:1-20; Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18; John 1:43-51; 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 As we honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Call of the Prophet Samuel is an appropriate reading for today. In reading Samuel’s …
January 11th–Human Trafficking Awareness Day Resources
Please check out the new resources under the Special Resources page for Human Trafficking Awareness Day. Many people are unaware of the thousands of young women and children who are sold into slavery around the world, but also in our …
New resource added to the Advent/Christmas resources!
I just added a new Christmas Eve resource called What Can I Give? This short dramatic dialogue I wrote in 2002 involves the children and helps to bring in Christmas Day through the journey of Advent’s themes of hope, peace, …
Top Ten Tuesday Ways of doing Intergenerational Church
Intergenerational is my thing. Intergenerational is technically not a word according to spell check but I’ve been using the term on my professional profile since I graduated seminary in 2002. Intergenerational, to me, means the whole family of God. All …
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Tagged hospitality, learning, ministry, Special services
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Check out the Advent and Christmas Resources Page!
Hover over the “Special Resources” page and you’ll see a page for Advent and Christmas Resources. Advent Candle-Lighting Liturgies, a special Lessons and Carols service and ideas for worship are all posted there. Additionally, I have written three Christmas pageants …
Worship Resources for September 11, 2011
This is the ten year anniversary of September 11, 2011. Besides my usual commentary and resources based on the Revised Common Lectionary, I have offered a worship resource for commemorating 9/11/01, and also, in the aftermath of Irene, a call …
Prayer in a time of terror and loss (for Oslo and others)
Holy One, We come to You in our shock and sadness. We grieve this sudden loss of lives in senseless acts of violence. Strong Deliverer, we seek Your protection, strength and comfort in this time. May Your presence be made …
A Prayer for Abused and Neglected Children
In the days following the Casey Anthony murder trial, though I didn’t follow the trial closely I think with a lot of people I have felt some shock and numbness that we, the public, still have no answers as to …
What is a Christian response to the death of Osama bin Laden? A prayer
This is a tricky, touchy subject. I’ve seen plenty of friends and colleagues attempt to tackle this via Facebook today. I’ve been surprised that for some this has been a time of gloating and cheering. Every time I begin to …
Special Prayer for Tuscaloosa and all tornado victims for May 1 2011
God of Creation, Your ways are mysterious to us. We know that we were created by You out of love, as part of the whole of creation, called into being by Your voice, and You pronounced “It is good.” The …
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