Featuring over 300 prayers for Advent and Christmas, this collection showcases the work of esteemed Christian writers David Adam, Nick Fawcett, Susan Sayers, and Ray Simpson. It serves as an essential resource for individuals involved in preparing public worship, offering a rich variety of prayers that enhance the spiritual experience during the festive season.
Offering a unique approach to prayer, this resource caters to both novice and experienced individuals seeking a deeper connection with the divine amidst daily life’s demands. It features a spiritual coloring book format, allowing users to creatively engage with prayer through personalized coloring. With weekly prayer patterns and a year’s worth of motivational reflections, it provides nurturing exercises designed to inspire and renew one's spiritual journey.
Exploring the unique bond between humans and dogs, this whimsical book reveals how our canine companions can impart lessons about God's love. Through joyful and insightful anecdotes, it celebrates the blessings of knowing and loving dogs, showcasing their ability to teach us valuable life lessons.
Exploring the unique bond between humans and cats, this whimsical book highlights how feline companions can impart lessons about God's love. With vibrant illustrations, it captures the joy and wisdom that cats bring into our lives, celebrating their furry, infuriating, and faithful nature. Readers are reminded that the experience of knowing and loving cats is a delightful blessing, offering both humor and insight into the deeper connections we share with these beloved pets.
Pebbles was first published in three volumes, one for each year of the liturgical cycle. Since then Susan Sayers' teaching programme has proved to be of enduring value as a resource for those who lead children's groups covering pre-school to 5 years old and we are now republishing it as a single volume to cover Years A, B and C. This revised edition now includes a CD-Rom of the worksheets for every Sunday.
Since the day it was published, Susan Sayers' all-age programme for Common Worship has proved invaluable to people who are responsible for leading worship. Susan's biblical and spiritual insights retain the value they have always had and her ideas for sermons for adults and for talks for younger members of the congregation continue to encourage and inspire. Those reflections and ideas are gathered together here in one convenient volume. The content is based on the readings for each Sunday of the three-year cycle as set out in the Common Worship Lectionary.
In this enormously popular young person’s guide to growing in the Anglican Church, Susan Sayers tackles the many questions,problems and difficulties that young Christians encounter. A great gift for them on the day of their Confirmation.
The Living Stones series is the complete and inspiring all-age, all-stage resource designed to help make the most of Common Worship. Written by the country's leading liturgical writer. Susan Sayers, the Complete Resource Book explores the texts appointed for the Principle Service each week and includes ideas, outlines, intercessions, photocopiable worksheets and mini-dramas based on the meaning and opportunities found within them.For every Sunday the Complete Resource Book provides:A thought for the dayAn extensive reflection on the readingsDiscussion startersBackground material for an all-age talkkAll-age ideasA complete set of intercessionsSuggested musicFully worked-out programmes for pre-school children, older children and young people.