The following church service was conducted by George Stuart at Toronto New South Wales in Australia March 2021.
Amanda Udis-Kessler shares LBGTQ+ hymns along with the sheet music – just click on the title of the hymn to open the PDF Sheet Music.
When we realized because of COVID19 we couldn’t sing together, we refused to give up the use of music in our Gatherings; it is just too important. So we turned to the only source of music we thought could offer the same experience even if it didn’t involve singing along: YouTube.
In his lifetime Jesus taught us To observe and then reflect On the laws that nature teaches If we pause and then inspect,
The peace that we share when we turn and shake hands Is simply the peace that our Savior commands.
O Christ, we remember the things that you did, The lessons you taught us, the way that you lived.
Durham Street Methodist ChristChurch New Zealand (Aotearoa) January 20, 2019 service led by Rev. Bill Wallace featuring some of his hymns. Our theme today is Christian Theology and global warming.
Building a community of love and grace Reaching out and drawing in we make a place Where all can live in unity and find the space To live and grow in such amazing grace
I trust One Eternal Presence, God of Scripture, the I am and I will be, Creative force of the universe, the Source of life.
We need another language that we can live on earth, to move us further forward, to give the Word new birth; to live the love of Jesus, incarnate through our lives. Aligned with God’s own spirit, the love of God survives.
But no one knows me no one ever will if I don’t say something, if I just lie still Would I be that monster, scare them all away If I let the-em hear what I have to say I can’t keep quiet, no oh oh oh oh oh oh
Can we get inside this story, Try to think as lepers thought? Totally despised, rejected; Life for them was worse than naught.
Look at Jesus; hear the story; Probe the purpose of his life; See the struggle and the glory, All the conflict, all the strife.
From the Festive Worship collection
1. Without an overview of the Bible it is very easy to gain an erroneous impression of what the Bible is all about. 2. Look behind the words to the people.
They’re carted off like cattle, yet we’d refuse a bed to those who flee from carnage now drowned, or lost or dead?
Searching for the Christmas spirit – Is it heard when angels sing? Is it found in deeds of merit? Is it heard when church bells ring? Come and treasure Jesus’ memory; All the beauty it can bring.
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
All of us have experienced mental or physical suffering at the hands of other people. But each of us has also brought suffering to others.
I heard a contemporary hymn on Sunday morning during the Eucharist and fell in love with the melody. It was the “Untitled Hymn
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
THEME The path to destruction and the path to new life.
Idyllic beaches break the waves as bathers line the shore This view of peace is now disturbed: an aftermath of war.
If we claim to love our neighbour while the hungry queue for food, are we prey to self deception? Is perception quite so crude?
From the Celebrating Mystery collection
THEME Dreams and Harsh Reality THOUGHTS FOR REFLECTION For the rich poverty is obscene. For the poor wealth is obscene. For God both are obscene.
Moving further into the Inspired by Hollywood series, we went to see the movie Selma. What a powerful film and so timely. That black men are still twenty-one times more likely to be killed by police than white men* in America is staggering and the media’s attention, drawn to this truth by the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, has drawn our attention, too. Watching Selma brought home the shameful truth that in far too many places, racism still rules the streets.
From the Festive Worship collection
The events of Holy Week reveal the complexity of human nature - of how loyalty and treachery, callousness and tenderness can live side by side in people's hearts.
Love is the source of comfort and delight; Love shines in darkness, bringing us the light; When we despair and purpose seems at an end We long for love on which we can depend.
The life of Jesus shows a way Of living life in love each day. He lived with kindness, but was strong In striking out against all wrong.
Hopeless to help in this violence, this crisis, here in the focus of bloodshed and fear, common humanity binds us together, love at the centre, not hatred's veneer.
The outside shed where Jesus lay Was home to goat and ox; It was a dirty place to be; Fit for the shepherds’ flocks;
I invite you into the way I celebrate Christmas. It may be different to the way you celebrate and think about Christmas, but I ask you to join me as I bring you into what I think can be a joyful way of celebration in the 21st Century. One of the biblical scholars has helped me crystallise what I find difficult about the traditional presentations of Christmas. Greg Jenks, in his book ‘Jesus then and Jesus now’ has asked the question, “Has the Jesus tradition become a giant fairy-tale for children, and little more than an annual exercise of ‘let’s pretend’ for grown-ups?” (Page 123) That is the question which plagues me every Christmas.
Introduction In my faith journey, I have struggled with the concept of the Trinity. Like many other followers of Jesus I suspect, I