Genesis Chapters 6,7 and 9 – God’s promise to Noah.

Righteous and living God, constant and faithful,

you love mercy and hate injustice,

in the colours of the rainbow

you make known your eternal covenant love for your creation.

Stir us from apathy and ignorance

to desire all that you will for your creation;

that prepares the way for the coming Kingdom

of your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

(GL)

Genesis 3:1-19 – Adam and Eve’s fall from grace.

Creator God, your love for your children knows no limits,

though we turn away from you when we fall into sin,

by your grace we know the joy of your forgiveness,

and by your power, give us the will to forgive

through the saving grace of your Son, Jesus Christ.

Amen.

(Adapted from the 2nd addition of Jesse’s Tree, a journey through Advent with Embrace the Middle East)

Genesis 1:26-31 – The Creation of the World

Lord Jesus Christ,

By taking human flesh you sanctified material things to be a means of your grace; grant us wisdom in our attitude to all that we have, and a generous heart in the use of the resources entrusted to us, that by faithful stewardship we may glorify you. Amen.

(Adapted from a prayer from the C of E Central Board of Finance, the Archbishop’s Council)

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Please join us weekly as we pray with and for our community.

Meltham Churches Together Weekly Prayer Poster 2016

What Is Prayer?… How Do We Pray?… Does Prayer Work?…

Ever asked yourself any of these questions?… Is this YOU?…

…then come and join in a Day Of Prayer exploring ways of praying together as a community.

Saturday 21st November 2015, Christ Church Helme, 9.30am – 4.00pm

This event is Free: Teas/Coffees and a Lunch will be provided.

To express your interest or for further information please contact

Revd Charlene Smith Tel: 01484 851334, email: charlene.smith1979@gmail.com

 Day of Prayer

Don’t forget – this Sunday is our Parish Communion and Feast of Christ the King.

11.15am Christ Church, Helme 22nd November 2015.

There are no other services in the Parish.

All Welcome

AleTalk this week is about Courage.

Last time we tackled

Vulnerability

…and learnt from each other.

The events of the last few days may focus our thoughts. Or there may be other ideas – but without you there, there’ll be none! 7.30 at the Waggon and Horses Meltham

Report on 5 Alive: The Stories that Shape us – Endings and Beginnings

If it’s 8^th November, Fireworks can’t be far away particularly when Elijah went off to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire! So on a very wet night, one of Standard Fireworks big ones filled the night sky just so that we could watch and think of what it was like to see Elijah leave!

The Dramatic reading of 2 Kings 2:1-11 was accompanied at the appropriate moment with the adults singing the tune to “Chariots of Fire”! Multi-sensory or what!

Reading from Acts 1:1-11 we thought about Jesus’ ascension and reflected on:

• How do you feel when someone gives you a job to do? (This included cleaning bedrooms, washing up, emptying dishwashers –taking responses from a very opinionated group of children!)
• Sometimes when people hear about the Ten Commandments that’s how they feel!
• How do you feel when you are given a job to do that you really want to do?
• When you are given a job to do which is the job you were born to do – it feels so different eg grooming the horse was great!
• Jesus has given us a job to do. He wants us to love God and love other people.We thought about whether this was cleaning the bath out job or a grooming the horse task! But how do we do that?
•  Jesus has given us his Spirit to help us to love one another. But what do you do if you feel empty of the Holy Spirit? What do you do if you don’t know how to love someone? God gives us his Spirit to empower us. Elisha got Elijah’s. But it isn’t an easy task.

We looked at a Passage from Brian McLaren  and then went into a Prayer activity. A Notice board had been covered with huge speech bubble containing the words ‘Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer’. We handed out post-it note speech bubbles and  invited people to think of the planet, religious violence, families and communities, themselves, and write two things – ‘what you want Jesus to do’ and ‘what I will do’ to move towards healing and strength in these areas.

With DVDs and Music the 30+ people present had fun, got wet and shared together!

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