Posts by Bryony Taylor (Page 52)

Take part in this Sunday’s service – sign up to help

I would like as much as possible to involve people in our online Sunday worship. There are 4 ways to help: send in a voice recording send in a video send me some text (ie. write intercessions as normal and email them to me for me to read out) send me a photo or picture that you’ve drawn Doing a reading: To take part in the readings, figure out how to record your voice on your phone using the built…

An act of Spiritual Communion – to say at home

The term ‘Spiritual Communion’ has been used historically to describe the means of grace by which a person, prevented for some serious reason from sharing in a celebration of the Eucharist, nonetheless shares in the communion of Jesus Christ. The form of prayer below offers Christians an opportunity to give thanks for their communion with him, particularly at times when they would ordinarily be present at the Eucharist. The Book of Common Prayer instructs us that if we offer ourselves…

Online Sunday School ideas

Now children are not in school, this is an opportunity for them to help us with our online services! Children are far better with new technologies than adults and can be very creative. So to get your creative juices flowing, Rev Bryony is issuing a challenge to all creative kids to make a video, audio recording or picture to send in for inclusion in our Sunday service. Send it by email to Rev Bryony or direct via our Facebook pages.…

Spiritual Communion Service for Mothering Sunday 22nd March 2020

Hello and welcome to our service for today. At the beginning of our service we are going to be lighting a candle, so you might want to go and get one ready before pressing ‘play’. Join in with the words in yellow. This is the first time we’ve done something like this so please do leave a comment below letting us know what worked, what didn’t and any ideas you might have. If you click on the arrows next to…

Worshipping in a time of Coronavirus – message from the Rector

Dear friends,  I write this with a heavy heart. Following the advice of the Archbishops all public services are suspended in our churches until further notice. This means no Eucharist on Thursdays or Sundays. We are in a strange new world that we will all have to adjust to. We are feeling disoriented, unsettled and yes, I think it’s worth saying, somewhat fearful of what is to come. Perhaps this is something akin to what the Hebrews felt when they…

Archbishops call for Church of England to become radically different as public worship put on hold to help stem spread of coronavirus

The Archbishops of Canterbury and York are calling for Church of England churches to put public worship on hold and become a “different sort of church” in the coming months to face the challenge of coronavirus. In a joint letter, Archbishops Justin Welby and John Sentamu said it was now necessary to put public services on hold until further notice. But they said that far from having to “shut up shop”, the Church of England must face the challenge by…

Being church when we’re in isolation

Just because we are in isolation does not mean that we are not still the church! We continue to be the body of Christ, praying and serving our community even if we are not physically around one another. And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching. Hebrews 10:24-25 Although we…

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