Wild Goose Worship Group - Böcker

A wealth of worship resources for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany from the Wild Goose Worship Group. These litanies, meditations, monologues, poems, prayers, readings, scripts and symbolic actions aid the rediscovery of the stories of Christ's birth through adult eyes.  Contents include: ADVENT RESOURCES Behind the corridors of space (responses) Waiting (meditation) In the beginning of creation (responses)  The people who walked (meditation)  Among the poor (litany) A story of light & darkness (meditation) Open our eyes (prayer) The desert will sing and rejoice (responses) Lucky day (script) Prepare the way of the Lord (responses) Mary and the angel (script) The Magnificat (meditation) Mary, pondering (reading)Mary and Lizzie (script) We suspect angels (prayer) God of the watching ones (blessing)Pinning our hopes on Jesus (i) (intercessions) Pinning our hopes on Jesus (ii) (symbolic action) Into our world as into Mary's womb (responses) The village gossips (script) The census (script) How far is it? (symbolic action) Registering hope (symbolic action) Mary's journey (reading) The diaries of Joseph and Theodore (script) The Bethel Inn (script)Cloth for the cradle (symbolic action)In hope, the universe waits (responses) CHRISTMAS RESOURCESIt was to older folk that Jesus came (reading)Light looked down (responses)This, tonight, is the meeting place (prologue)The journey of Jesus (reading)The Incarnation (script)Litany of the Incarnation (litany)When the world was dark (intercessions)The shepherd (script)And did it happen? (reading)They have heard it on the hills (proclamation)The Word (meditation)A perfect disgrace (script)Michael Mouse (script)A special baby (script)Once in Judah's least known city (reading)A boy has been born for us (responses)In the face of the Gospel (intercessions)Anna and Simeon (script)Women weeping (meditation) EPIPHANY RESOURCESThe wise man's journey (reading)The gatekeepers (script)The soldiers  (script)God of God, Light of Light (responses)God bless us and disturb us (reading)

Spirituality is not a permanent high, a continual blissed out state. To experience the heights, one has also to know the depths. In this book based on speeches and sermons delivered in marquees, cathedrals and local churches, John Bell deals with issues as diverse as private devotion and public debt. The picture of God that emerges is not one of a 'celestial sadist' but rather a compassionate being who asks that we do only what we can, starting from where we are, to be just and compassionate too.John Bell is a minister of the Church of Scotland and a member of the Iona Community. He lectures and preaches throughout the English-speaking world. With his colleagues in the Wild Goose Worship Group he has produced several books of congregational songs and collections of anthems, and is an occasional broadcaster on radio and television.

This is the second 'book of bits' for worship produced by the Wild Goose Worship Group. Its predecessor, Cloth For the Cradle, was received with great enthusiasm by clergy and laity alike.This book traces Jesus' road to the cross through Lent, Holy Week and Easter. Its prime purpose is to resource worship that enables people to sense the hope, apprehension and joy of Easter as felt by Jesus' friends. The range and diversity offers a unique source of elements for lay and clergy worship planners and enablers. All of the material has been used in celebrations and services of public worship, but little has been previously published.

A completely revised and expanded edition of this collection of liturgies for morning, day, evening, Holy Communion and healing services and there are revised liturgies from the original edition. Aimed primarily at participative worship with shared leadership, it includes optional methods of scriptural reflection and prayer with symbolic acction. There is also a preface of comments on leading worship, dealing with all the issues which ordained clergy never tell lay people but presume they should know.