Resource theme: The Bible
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Isaiah’s Commission (Isaiah 6:1-31)
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Opening Prayer Grant, Lord God, as we approach the Scriptures, that we may have receptive hearts and seeking minds to discern your presence and your truth. In Jesus’ name, Amen. Exegesis Isaiah lived in troubled times. Judea (the southern Hebrew kingdom) was a small nation caught up in the perpetual struggle for power and dominion in the…
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Body Image 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) Without talking, participants must stand in a line, in order of various things…
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Bible Workshop
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This workshop aims to be a simple (and sometimes silly) way to get groups thinking and talking about the Bible. It is in no way a comprehensive introduction and you don’t need any expertise to run it or take part in it; just enthusiasm! If you want to explore things in more depth then there are more Bible…
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A Prayer Before Reading Scripture
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Listen and be welcomed, these words are spoken for all. Listen and be aware, hear the absent and silenced voices. Listen and be open, ready to question and challenge. Listen and be radical, let us translate our responses into action. Amen. SCM/Rosie Venner
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The Holy Spirit at Pentecost (Acts 2:1-21)
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Opening Prayer Loving God, we ask for the presence of the Holy Spirit to illumine your Holy Word, to the end that we may be enlightened, renewed and brought closer to you. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen. Exegesis The passage for our Bible study can be broadly divided into two parts, the first part…
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Jesus Changes the Water into Wine (John 2:1-12)
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Opening Prayer Great and gracious God, We pray that you will open your Word for us today, that we might hear your voice speaking through it. In Jesus’ name, Amen. Exegesis The changing of water to wine is Jesus’ first public act in St. John’s Gospel, which points to the inaugural sign of God’s presence in…
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The Greatest Commandment (Matthew 22:36-40)
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Opening Prayer Christ, Lover of humanity, Make the pure light of your divine knowledge shine in our hearts, opening the eyes of our mind to understand the message of your Gospel. For you are the illumination of our souls and bodies, and to you we give glory, together with your Father and life-giving Spirit. Amen. Exegesis…
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Matthew’s Account (Matthew 1:18 – 2:15)
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Opening Prayer Holy One, Let me be open to the outpouring of your goodness in the world, and alive to your presence with us, now and always. Amen. Exegesis This Gospel is likely to have been written towards the end of the first century AD, some years after the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans in…
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The Lord is my Shepherd (Psalm 23)
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Opening Prayer Faithful God we give you thanks that you promise to be with us and that with you we are never alone. Help us to be faithful in our discipleship and that our lives would echo to the reality of your presence in the world as we meet and engage with others. Amen. Exegesis A…
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Beginnings | Taking Time to Prepare
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Bible Passage In the second month of the second year after their arrival at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Joshua son of Jozadak and the rest of the people (the priests and the Levites and all who had returned from the captivity to Jerusalem) began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years old…