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Jan
28

Prayer of the Week: Tulip Café

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Tulip Café,
place of safety,
in the middle of town,
walking distance from my home.
Refuge of loneliness,
centre of friendship;
tea freshly brewed,
one cup in every seven free of charge,
Tulip Café,
balm for my soul.

People need people.
You said of Adam,
‘it is not good that the man should be alone.’
Friends share a smile,
waiters who have you as their model
in Tulip Café;
waitresses who listen with hearts that understand,
hearts that do not judge,
hearts that free me to be who I am,
share a cup of 70p tea
in Tulip Café.

(Taken from Petals of Prayer, by Siobhán O’Keeffe.)

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Jan
21

Prayer of the Week: Light of Jesus

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Light of Jesus surround us.
Light of Jesus guide us.
Light of Jesus be within us.
Light of Jesus protect us.
Light of Jesus enfold us.
Light of Jesus transform us,
that we may be children of the Light
and walk in your Light.

(Taken from Candle Prayers, by David Adam.)

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Jan
14

Prayer of the Week: An arrow prayer

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Give me the energy to prepare
and the preparedness to surprise.

(Taken from Prayers for Education, by Rupert Bristow.)

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Jan
07

Prayer of the Week: New beginnings

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Lord Jesus Christ,
we are not good at letting go of the past,
at recognising there are times when we need to move on in life;
to take a step forward in faith if we are ever truly to grow.
We prefer the security of the familiar,
the comfort of that
which does not stretch or challenge us too far,
and we are wary of the prospect of change,
afraid that it might ask more of us than we are willing to give.

We are not good at letting go of the old and putting on the new,
at turning away from our former way of life
and taking instead the way of the cross.
We are reluctant to abandon old habits,
fearful of being thought different,
unwilling to deny ourselves the pleasures of this world
for the promise of the world to come.

So we try to keep a foot in both camps,
to combine the old self with the new.
We think we can balance the two,
but, of course, we can’t,
and the result is that we compromise both
and embrace neither.
Help us to understand that, while the old has its place,
there are some areas in life where a complete break is needed,
a turning away from what has been,
before we are ready to receive what shall be.

Lord Jesus Christ,
you want to work within us
to finish the new creation you have begun.
Give us courage to trust you completely,
so that you may refashion our lives to your glory.
We ask it in your name.
Amen.

(Taken from 2000 prayers for public worship, by Nick Fawcett.)

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Dec
23

Prayer of the Week: Child in the manger

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Lord Jesus,
child in the manger,
man on the cross,
risen Saviour,
Lord of all,
be born in me today.
Amen.

(Taken from Prayerfully Yours, by Nick Fawcett.)

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Dec
17

Prayer of the Week: The promise fulfilled

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As we near the end of Advent the promise made to us is now to be fulfilled. The amazing thing is that the God who comes does not appear as the great king, judge, warrior or liberator we could have expected, but as a tiny baby. And this helpless baby is born in the most humble of situations – as a refugee in a borrowed stable.

It is a fitting parable that the basilica in in Bethlehem, where this mystery of the birth of Jesus is celebrated, can only be entered by stooping down. Pilgrims must bend low to greet their Saviour. Mary, the humble girl from Nazareth, was the first to welcome Jesus: ‘Ahalan vesahalan – My tent is your tent.’ We call this mystery the Incarnation, the astounding news that God is to be found no longer in the heavens but here, on earth in ordinary human events. This is Good News.

(Taken from Advent Adventure, by Clare and Hubert Richards.)

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Dec
14

Congratulations!!!

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We are delighted to hear that one of our composers, June Nixon, has a setting of The Holly and The Ivy which is being taken on by The King’s College Cambridge Choir. It will be broadcast on BBC 4 World Service on Christmas Eve, and BBC 3 on Christmas Day! Congratulations to June, we are very proud.

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Dec
10

Prayer of the Week: Third Sunday of Advent

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Blessed are you, Lord our God,
who has promised us your salvation
through the prophets,
and that in you we will find healing and peace.
We come to you,
for in our coming we turn away from the darkness
and enter into the light of your presence
and your love.

Mighty God and Saviour,
we pray for your Church throughout the world,
that it may witness to you
not only in word but also in deed.
May the Church reflect your love for the world
and show your acceptance and forgiveness
for all peoples.

Come, Lord,
for our hope is in you.
Amen.

(By David Adam, taken from Artwork and Additional Texts for the Lectionary.)

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Dec
03

Prayer of the Week: The hope of Advent

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Lord Jesus Christ,
we remember today
how so many looked forward to your coming,
but we remember also
how it became harder to go on believing
as the years went by;
how hope started to splutter and dreams began to die
until, finally, you came -
the fulfilment of prophecy,
the culmination of God’s purpose,
the definitive expression of his love.
Lord of all,
the Word made flesh,
bring hope to your world today.

(Taken from Prayers for all Seasons Book 2, by Nick Fawcett.)

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Nov
26

Prayer of the Week: First Sunday of Advent

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Lord,
it’s the beginning
of Advent.
I’ve got a choice:
to do nothing with my time
other than the usual and expected,
or instead
to think about what it all means,
why we celebrate Christmas at all,
what you being born all those years ago
means to me in the here and now.

It’s not really a difficult choice, Lord,
but I guess it’s going to require me
to put a little bit more effort in
than usual.
But it’s effort I want to put in, Lord.
I want to explore,
to learn,
to question,
to discover.
Not just at this time of year,
but throughout my life.

Help me this year, Lord,
to really look at your birth
and perhaps
find my own beliefs
and faith in you
given new life.

Amen.

(Taken from Adverts and Advent, by David Gatward.)

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