Posts tagged Sunday readings

Hope: Advent Adults Group 2.

Friday 7 December 2012

Last night was the second of our Advent group for adults. Alongside two of the readings for Sunday we were thinking about hope. We began with this poem by Chris Goan: A time to plant. There is a time for all things under heaven… So here am I With the little that I have Seeds […]

Faith: Advent Family Group 1

Friday 30 November 2012

Friday evening saw a few families gather at St Agnes for the second of our Advent groups. Faith was our theme for this week and after lighting candles and singing “Wait for the Lord” we thought about what went on inside us during Advent: When Mary was told she would be Jesus’ mother, he didn’t […]

Faith: Advent Adults Group 1.

Friday 30 November 2012

We have two Advent groups this year. Thursday evening (7:30pm)at the Bella Vista is the adults’ group and Friday (6:30pm) at St Agnes is the Family group. The materials from Arundel and Brighton this year take one of the readings, the Gospel and collect from each Sunday of Advent. We have another added element. At […]

“Thou”-For those who know each other.

Monday 23 July 2012

Listening to my Spanish CDs this weekend reminded me of something. The teacher introduced the informal way of talking by describing it as the “thou” form. Many years ago, when studying Medieval literature for my degree, I was taught that thou came to be used in informal or familiar circumstances. “Thou” form of pronouns were […]

Jairus’ Daughter: A guided meditation for families.

Monday 2 July 2012

Here is a meditation/ story based on yesterday’s gospel that can be used at a family prayer time. In this story, there is a real intimacy to Jesus’ interaction with both the woman in Jairus. It helps to speak Jesus’ words softly and allow children time to hear them and imagine the reaction in the […]

More than just the physical.

Sunday 1 July 2012

At the Tuesday Bible study at the Infant School, each week we look at the readings for the coming Sunday. This Sunday, we have a story with two healings. Jesus is on his way to the house of Jairus to see his sick daughter, when a woman with a haemorrhage touches the edge of his […]