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If we claim to love our neighbour
If we claim to love our neighbour
by Andrew Pratt
If we claim to love our neighbour while the hungry queue for food, are we prey to self deception? Is perception quite so crude? If we sit beside our neighbours, begging for the things they need, we might share their own injustice in a world that thrives on greed. Verses 2-3 follo…
It's hard to feel that we are blessed
It's hard to feel that we are blessed
by Andrew Pratt
It’s hard to feel that we are blessed when we have lost it all. It’s difficult to hear God’s voice, to listen to Christ’s call. Yet God will seek to meet each need to warm and calm each heart. If now bereft and desolate, our God will share a part. For when our lives are broken …
Jesus met supreme temptation
Jesus met supreme temptation
by Andrew Pratt
LENT HYMN - Jesus met supreme temptation. TUNE: Servant Song Also available in PowerPoint Format - Click Here Extract: Jesus met supreme temptation, countered subtlety with skill; ever faithful to one purpose, still committed to God's will. With no food he soon was famished, hung…
Not in lofty words or wisdom
Not in lofty words or wisdom
by Andrew Pratt
Fifth Sunday after Epiphany Year A 1 Corinthians 2: 1 – 16 Hymn: Not in lofty words or wisdom Not in lofty words or wisdom but in simple words and speech we will talk of love and gospel free to all and free to each... Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © Stainer & Bell Ltd, London,…
No peace for the Master, the people would follow
No peace for the Master, the people would follow
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: No peace for the Master, the people would follow Proper 13 year A Matthew 14: 13 – 21 No peace for the Master, the people would follow, for he had compassion for those who were lost, then when he had healed them, and answered their questions, he saw they were hungry, yet fo…
O God you give us all we need
O God you give us all we need
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: O God you give us all we need Second Sunday of Easter Psalm 16; John 20: 19 – 31 O God you give us all we need, our future is within your grace, though death has spun our lives around you bring us hope, you show your face. You are our refuge, shelter, strength, the ground o…
Angels ascending, visions of wonder
Angels ascending, visions of wonder
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: Angels ascending, visions of wonder Proper 11 year A Genesis 28: 10-19a Angels ascending, visions of wonder, dreams bringing grace and offering hope; Jacob had rested, tired from the journey, holy his resting, now he could cope. Waking from slumber, now he could see it, hol…
Creation groans, yes grace has come
Creation groans, yes grace has come
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: Creation groans, yes grace has come Proper 11 year A Romans 8:12-25 Creation groans, yes grace has come, the Spirit brings new life to bear, no longer futile, reconciled, the very love of God is there. And we are caught within this grace, our lives transformed beyond our pa…
Creation sings and joy is ours for sharing
Creation sings and joy is ours for sharing
by Andrew Pratt
Creation sings and joy is ours for sharing, life is a gift we cherish and proclaim, then through God’s grace another new day dawning affirms that love will always be the same. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: DONNE SECOURS Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 7/2/2014 Stainer & Bell Ltd, Lo…
EARTHQUAKE HYMN
EARTHQUAKE HYMN
by Andrew Pratt
HYMN IN RESPONSE TO AN EARTHQUAKE - TUNE: FULDA Please acknowledge copyright and include on your CCL Return if you have one: Extract: If God created all we see then ours is still a timeless cry; we cannot understand God's sense; we ask again the reason why. Was this prefigured by…
Fashions, fads, have no attraction
Fashions, fads, have no attraction
by Andrew Pratt
Eighth Sunday after Epiphany Year A Matthew 6: 24 – 34 Hymn: Fashions, fads, have no attraction Fashions, fads, have no attraction, riches, feasting, lose appeal; when our minds are focussed, Christ-like, then perspective is more real... Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © Stain…
God is not partial
God is not partial
by Andrew Pratt
Epiphany 1 year A Isaiah 42: 1-9; Acts 10: 34-43 Matthew 3: 13-17 Hymn: God is not partial God is not partial, calls all the people, builds up the broken, comforts the frail, raises the fallen, walks with the outcast, loves without limits, love will not fail... Andrew Pratt (bo…
God is with us Joseph heard it
God is with us Joseph heard it
by Andrew Pratt
Fourth Sunday in Advent Year A Matthew 1:18-25 Hymn: God is with us, Joseph heard it, God is with us, Joseph heard it, in a dream in deepest sleep: Mary’s child, they’d call him Jesus, now he had a vow to keep; bound together in God’s purpose, he and Mary made their way to the ce…
God loves a scandal, look at Christ
God loves a scandal, look at Christ
by Andrew Pratt
God loves a scandal, look at Christ, his crying indignation will turn our tables round again, infect our generation. And those of us who hold some power, our influence diluted, will sense the end of all we love, our treasured schemes uprooted. Verses 3-5 follow Andrew Pratt (bo…
God still needs prophets who will rage
God still needs prophets who will rage
by Andrew Pratt
Third in Advent year A James 5: 7 – 10 Hymn: God still needs prophets who will rage God still needs prophets who will rage, against discrimination, who speak God’s words amid despair, to this and every nation; who reach again with nail scarred hands... Andrew Pratt (born 1948)…
Hark, the herald-angels sing a Christmas Meditation
Hark, the herald-angels sing a Christmas Meditation
by Andrew Pratt
Hark, the herald-angels sing – a Christmas Meditation. Use these thoughts to introduce the hymn and reach back to the meaning behind the words and the wonder of which they speak. From Inextinguishable Blaze - Click Here Extract: Hark, the herald-angels sing - a Christmas Medi…
Hear the word a prophet speaking
Hear the word a prophet speaking
by Andrew Pratt
Fourth Sunday of Advent Year A Isaiah 7: 10 – 16 Hymn: Hear the word, a prophet speaking Hear the word, a prophet speaking: hear the words that, from the past, echo through the times and seasons, words to challenge, words to last. Look around for signs and wonders, look, a young …
His hands were remembered in breaking of bread