Resource theme: Community
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Good News Workshop
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What You’ll Need This SCM workshop aims to help us explore our understanding of Good News, and in particular the Good News that Jesus speaks about. You’ll need to allow at least 80 minutes to go through all the activities in this workshop. You will need newspaper articles (see below), paper and pens and print…
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Christians in Politics Workshop
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What You’ll Need You might like to print out the Bible quotes and discussion statements or display them on a screen. Make sure there are Bibles available for the group and paper and pens for those who like to take notes. Introduction (5 minutes) Make sure the room is arranged in such a way that…
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Jesus and Mary at the Cross (John 19:25-27)
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Opening Prayer Dear God, Please draw us deeper into the relationships and communities you want us to be in, and breathe the Spirit of your Son into us now so that we can love one another as you have loved us, in the name of Jesus, Amen Exegesis None of the other gospels have this…
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The Beatitudes (Matthew 5)
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Opening Prayer God, as we give thanks for your love, we also pray that our minds will be open to learning about you and our hearts will be open to people that we come in contact with. May your love and life shine through us. Amen. Exegesis The Sermon on the Mount gives us a…
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The Rich and the Kingdom of God (Mark 10: 17-31)
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Opening Prayer Gracious God, in the example of your son, Jesus, you call us to be solidarity with all your people, especially those who are poor and are on the margins. Help us to remain vigilant of our class prejudices lest we conform to the snobbery that undermines our witness. Amen. Exegesis In this gospel…