By Liturgical Element
Christ’s Threads: A Litany for WCS
Here is a litany written for World Communion Sunday, 2018. It could easily be adapted for your setting and/or for another occasion. Leader: According to John’s Gospel, when Jesus was facing death, he took time to imagine unity and to pray using these words: Response: That they may all be one. Leader: Jesus’ vision was not for unity between some, but between all, and with God. Response: That they may all be one. Leader: It’s true: the unity Jesus imagined and sacrificed to make real, has not been fully...
read moreBlessing of the Backpacks 2018
Here is a cartoon drawn by Rev. Kurt Shaffert that contains a blessing of the backpacks written by Chrissy Rivers. Here is a link to .jpg file as well. KURT REQUESTS THAT YOU LET HIM KNOW WHEN YOU USE IT AT: shaffert@cartoonstudies.org © Rev. Kurt Shaffert (cartoon) & Chrissy Rivers (prayer), 2018 Kurt grew up in Vermont and has a real heart for small Vermont churches. When he was about 12 years old and active in the Castleton UCC, he...
read more2018 Blessing of the Sunday School
Below is a short and easily adaptable blessing for Sunday School students and teachers to be used at the start of a new school year, or whenever appropriate. 2018 Blessing of the Sunday School Curriculum ordered and received. Classrooms organized. Bulletin board updated. Paper, scissors and sticky glue ready at a moment’s notice. Christian Education team is on top of things. A new Sunday School year is about to begin. Some teachers here may be a bit nervous about what is being asked of them. Some students may be a bit nervous about...
read moreTo Be a Doer of the Word
Here are hymn lyrics by Rev. Thomas Cary Kinder set to the hymn tune: Tallis’ Canon (composed by Thomas Tallis). The lyrics are a reflection on James 1:17-27 and were written to be used in Sunday morning worship at the United Church of Strafford, VT on September 2nd, 2018. You can also find the music and lyrics here formatted to print as a bulletin insert TOM REQUESTS THAT YOU CREDIT HIM AND THAT YOU LET HIM KNOW WHEN YOU USE IT AT: rev.thomas.cary.kinder@gmail.com To Be a Doer of the Word (L.M. Tallis’ Canon) text: James 1:17-27...
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