Advent Xmas New Year Summer index and topics

index

Advent - Christmas - New Year - Summertime


Call to worship: Come let us walk the road that Mary walked
Advent litanyreflection on Dicken's A Christmas Carol (can be used as responsive affirmation)

Prayers—1st Sunday in Advent/St Andrew's Day: Framework of Christmas
Prayers in the weeks before Christmas: awaiting re-creation
Prayers at Advent for politians and policy-makers: red tape red ribbons
Prayers of the people: signs of home
Prayers of the people: spring to summer & healing of sadness

Reflection (Christmas Eve)—angel messages
Reflection (Christmas Eve )—holy families, outrageous possibilities

Reflection (brief) Miracles no longer miraculous? I have to differ!

Poem: Suddenly there is light all around
Poem: Litany of delight
Poem: Comrade (well, they called you the Son of God, street kid)
Litany/poem in 5 parts: entertaining angels

Letters to Elizabeth - imaginary correspondence from Mary to Elizabeth (can be used as a reflection/reading)

topics (a selection)

angel, angels

anti-heroes and heroines

barbecues, parties
Bethlehem, Calvary, Galilee
break(ing) rules
bumper sticker
candles

construction - framework - scaffolding

correspondence, letters

courage

delight

discrimination

entertainment, entertaining

family, families

foolish, foolishness

hope, peace, joy and love

journey

justice, liberation

kindness

light

lonely, homeless, bereaved...

love

miracle, miraculous

Mozart

music, lyrics, tune, tempo

mystery, myth

ozone depletion

paradox
pohutukawa, gorse, treefern
policy, politics, politicians, parliament
prophet, mystic, healer
red tape of bureaucracy
shepherds

shopping, shoppers

small town

sparrow, bellbird
stable

star

storytellers

strange land(s)

street kid

terrorism
transcendence, transformation
wisdom, wise