Many Northern-Hemisphere people are part of the community around this site. And you are very welcome here. And we hold much in common. One thread of resources on this site is to try and translate practices of worship and spirituality which originated in the Northern Hemisphere, into our Southern Hemisphere context. The connection of the
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Many people like, from time to time, to add a badge to their website or blog. There has been positive interest and a lot of use of the Advent 1 , 2 & 3 wreath images – so here is Advent 4. If you like the idea – send your friends the URL of this
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I THINK this badge has been fixed now! Thanks to the person who let me know it wasn’t working! I always appreciate being told parts of the site are not going properly – I am still very much a learner in HTML etc. 🙂 Many people like, from time to time, to add a badge
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Many people like, from time to time, to add a badge to their website or blog. There was positive interest and a lot of use of the Advent 1 wreath image – so here is Advent 2. If you like the idea – send your friends the URL of this blog post. The HTML for
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Many people like, from time to time, to add a badge to their website or blog. So if there is interest in this I will produce a new badge each week of Advent. If you like the idea – send your friends the URL of this blog post. The HTML for adding this badge to
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Recently I provided resources for Blessing the Advent Wreath, including a new Advent Wreath hymn/song. Common Worship provides prayers at the Advent Wreath related to the lectionary: Advent 1 The Patriarchs Advent 2 The Prophets Advent 3 John the Baptist Advent 4 The Virgin Mary Christmas Day The Christ The prayers reproduced below reflect these
Lord our God, we praise you for your Son, Jesus Christ. He is Emmanuel, the hope of all peoples; he is the wisdom that teaches and guides us; he is the Saviour of every nation. O God, let your blessing come upon our community gathered here before you. Bless us (+) and our advent wreath
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An open letter to Anglican and Roman Catholic Bishops (with some helpful images for reflection generally – Bosco Peters, Liturgy webmaster) Dear Friends Warm greetings. I write to affirm the combined liturgies we share and for on-going observance of our practice of joining together, especially with regard to Ash Wednesday and Advent Liturgies. You will
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