Author: Robin.Kyd

Evening Prayers Sunday, 26 April 2020

Hello, everyone. ‘Stay with us, for it is evening, and the day is almost over.’ So he went in to stay with them. And when he had sat down with them at the table, he took bread, and offered it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they recognised him! Luke 24: 29–31 As I...

Lockdown Service for Sunday, 26 April 2020 (Easter 3)

Call to Worship

Good morning, fellow pilgrims!

God is good!

All the time.

While two of the disciples were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with them, but their eyes were kept from recognising him. Lord, open our eyes, and travel with us, for you are risen indeed, hallelujah!

Alleluia! God is good.

How wonderful it is for God to make it possible for us to continue meeting together even without a physical contact; we thank you God. And because we are thankful, let us pause for a few seconds, gather our thoughts and begin to worship together.

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Sermon for Sunday, 26 April 2020 (Easter 3)

By Revd George Mwaura An Emmaus Experience Based on Luke 24: 13–35. Loving God open our ears to hear your word and know your voice. Open our eyes to recognise you even in the darkness of suffering. Speak to our hearts and strengthen our wills, that we may serve you today and always. Amen There’s a...

Prayer of the Week 26 April 2020

Loving God, whose blessed Son made himself known to his disciples in the breaking of bread:
Open the eyes of our faith, that we may behold him in all his redeeming work.
May we, too, open our doors to our neighbours, so that love and friendship can flourish, and all can enjoy the feast.
May the risen Christ walk by our side and never, ever leave us.
Amen

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Evening Prayers Saturday, 25 April 2020

A time for everything 1 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: 2 a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, 3 a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to...

Morning Prayers Saturday, 25 April 2020

  6 On this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare             a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine –             the best of meats and the finest of wines. 7 On this mountain he will destroy             the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations;                 8 he will...

Evening Prayer Friday, 24 April 2020

Good evening everyone. I hope you have had a fruitful day and can find some blessings that you can reflect on as we prepare for the night ahead. I have chosen a passage from St Luke this evening. It seemed appropriate to reflect on the fact that, however fearful we become because of the difficulties we...

Morning Prayers Friday, 24 April 2020

Good morning, everyone. I hope you had a restful night. I have chosen this morning’s Bible passage to reflect the fact that, although we cannot meet together in one place, nevertheless we are able to join together in our common faith and common concerns. I also wanted to remember that Friday is the day when we...

Evening Prayers Thursday, 23 April 2020

The Glory of the Lord in Creation O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is your name in all the earth! Psalm 8 begins and ends with that verse. The Psalmist speaks of the greatness of God, which assures the worth of mankind. God, the all-powerful Creator, cares for His most valuable creation – people. Then God...

Morning Prayers Thursday, 23 April 2020

God First But seek first the Kingdom of God and all these things shall be added unto you. Matthew 6: 33 God tested Abraham by telling him to take Isaac his only son, whom he loved, to Mount Moriah and sacrifice him as a burnt offering. They travelled to Mount Moriah and, just as Abraham was...

Music videos for Easter 3 (Sunday, 26 April 2020)

Instrumental Prelude: Movements 2 & 3 from Telemann’s Sonata in F major Performed by Rocío Sánchez López-Ibáñez (recorder) and Adrian Boynton (piano) at the ‘Amazing Grace’ Service held in the Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul, Olney, on Sunday, 15 September 2019 Hymn: Jesus, stand among us at the meeting of our lives Jesus,...

Evening Prayers Wednesday, 22 April 2020

Good Evening Living Stones.
Tonight we will take prayers from the Celtic tradition,
some from a book by David Adam, Edge of Darkness.
Join me in this song of praise from Psalm 136:

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Morning Prayers Wednesday, 22 April 2020

Good Morning, Living Stones.
God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that everyone who has faith in him may not perish but have eternal life. It was not to judge the world that God sent his Son into the world, but that through him the world might be saved.
We come to you this morning, Lord, like the disciples in the upper room:
locked in and fearful, dressed up with only downstairs to go to.
Strengthen our faith in your eternal love that we may be bold to pray.

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Evening Prayers Tuesday, 21 April 2020

Good evening, Living Stones. I trust that your day has been well spent in spite of the enforced isolation. So let us join with one another in this time of prayer to emphasise our togetherness. Christ the healer, thank you for the variety and richness of our individual stories and the weaving of your presence through...

Morning Prayers Tuesday, 21 April 2020

Good morning, Cornerstone friends. Let us draw aside together to give thanks for this new day. Be conscious of nothing except your own breathing: in — out          slowly,         in — out         a natural rhythm. I was on retreat many years ago in Lee Abbey,...