Growing Good in every season
Reflecting and praying together throughout the year
The themes of Growing Good: Presence, Perseverance, Hospitality, Participation and Adaptability are not just found in our resources – they can be found throughout the Scriptures and in the seasons of the liturgical year.
These short, seasonal acts of worship can be used by congregations, small groups, families or individuals. We hope that they will be a blessing to you and your communities as we journey through the liturgical year together, and celebrate the unfolding of God’s salvation which is a gift for all the world.
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Growing good in every season
Reflecting and praying together throughout the year
Growing good in every season
Reflecting and praying together throughout the year
Christ has no body now but yours.
No hands, no feet on earth but yours.
Yours are the eyes through which he looks
compassion on this world.
Yours are the feet with which he walks
to do good.
Yours are the hands through which he
blesses all the world.
Yours are the hands, yours are the feet,
yours are the eyes, you are his body.
Christ has no body now on earth but yours.
St. Teresa of Avila
Advent
Christmas lights: sharing the light of Christ and a message of hope in our communities
Advent
Christmas lights: sharing the light of Christ and a message of hope in our communities
‘The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it.’ (John 1:5)
Lent
True Fasting: turning to God and loving our neighbours
Lent
True Fasting: turning to God and loving our neighbours
‘Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice and untie the
cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free
and break every yoke?’ (Isaiah 58: 5)
Pentecost
Church For All: a variety of voices and gifts
Pentecost
Church For All: a variety of voices and gifts
‘All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.’ (Acts 2:4)
Harvest
All Good Gifts: giving thanks for the gifts in our community
Harvest
All Good Gifts: giving thanks for the gifts in our community
‘We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us.’ (Romans 12:6)
Head Heart Hands
An optional activity to accompany the Harvest reflection
Head Heart Hands
An optional activity to accompany the Harvest reflection
Gifts of the head, gifts of the heart, gifts of the hands.
Identifying your gifts and what you have to contribute, connecting with other people with shared interests, and finding out what gifts other people have to contribute.