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Seasonal worship from the countryside / the Staffordshire Seven.
Van Pelt - Yarnall Collection BV638 .S43 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rural churches.
- Liturgies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 239 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : SPCK, 2003.
- Summary:
- Faith and worship were born in the countryside. Whether in the Middle East or 'Middle England', our worship, learning, prayer and celebration are intricately linked to the seasons. Yet in many instances modern life has blurred or erased that link. This book is full of tried and tested prayers, liturgy and resources that will revitalize seasonal worship. There are service outlines and suggestions for a wide range of events and times -- such as Rogation, Lammas and the summer solstice -- as well as for the major festivals, including rich and original material for Easter, Christmas and Harvest. Seasonal Worship from the Countryside offers something for every church, and congregations of all ages, with a range of styles of worship, from the 'get up and have a go' to the quiet and reflective.
- Contents:
- Winter
- Advent 2
- Christmas tree festival 3
- Poem 5
- Christmas 7
- Play for children 9
- Street Nativity 13
- Activity for children 15
- Poems 15
- Hymns 18
- Plough Sunday 19
- Farm setting 25
- Hymns 26
- Blessing of Soil 28
- Spring
- Lambing Service 32
- Hymns 36
- Poems 38
- Clypping Service 40
- Palm Sunday 48
- A simple Palm Sunday procession 48
- Good Friday 50
- Procession of witness 53
- Cross, nails and crown of thorns 55
- A little play for Holy Week 56
- Easter Day 63
- Acclamations 63
- Prayers 65
- Hymn 66
- Eastern Orthodox Easter Customs 68
- Rogationtide 69
- 1. At the place of worship 70
- 2. At a meadow or pasture 73
- 3. At an orchard, fruit farm or vineyard 75
- 4. At a field of vegetables or roots 77
- 5. At a cornfield 78
- 6. At a rural workshop or enterprise 79
- 7. At a wild or uncultivated place 81
- 8. At a farmstead 82
- 9. At a place of hospitality 85
- 10. At the village green 86
- 11. At a house or cottage 87
- 12. In a garden 88
- Readings for a wild or uncultivated place 90
- Hymns 92
- Summer
- Trinity 96
- Praises and prayers 96
- Clover leaf 101
- A Celebration of God's World in Summer 105
- Theme 1 Each little flower that opens 106
- Theme 2 Each little bird that sings 107
- Theme 3 The ripe fruits in the garden 108
- Theme 4 The tall trees in the greenwood 109
- Theme 5 The sunset and the morning 110
- Theme 6 The Lord God made them all 111
- Hymn 114
- Lammastide 115
- Autumn
- Harvest 122
- Involvement of children 123
- A children's talk 125
- Harvest Festival Service 126
- Wild harvest 132
- Hymns 136
- St Francis of Assisi 140
- Open-air Animal Service 141
- Rejoicing with our Animals 146
- Stories of the Saints 147
- Hymn 149
- All Souls 151
- All Souls songs of praise 152
- Community Occasions
- Bell Ringers' Service 160
- Circle Dancing 165
- Moorland Evening Worship 167
- New Rural Venture 171
- Hymns 175
- Parish Councils of England 176
- Service for a new parish council 177
- Riders' Sunday 183
- Additional prayers 188
- Thanksgiving for Water 190
- Service at a well or spring 190
- History of well-dressing in Derbyshire 193
- Well-dressing: children's activity 194
- Village Cricketers' Songs of Praise 195
- Women's World Day of Prayer 198
- Times of Tragedy and Loss
- At a Time of Crisis 202
- Good Friday 2001 205
- Commemoration of the Death of an Animal 209
- Stillbirth or Infant Death 212
- Poems 219
- Passages from the Psalms 223
- Appendix 1 The Lord's Prayer 227
- Appendix 2 Christian Rural Organizations 228.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charlton Yarnall Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0281054460
- OCLC:
- 51781860
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