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Sunday Services 2001
Choosing the structure
Choosing the structure
Choosing the structure
Confessions
Contemporary Order 1
Copyright Information
Exhortations to prepare for Communion
Exhortations to the congregation
For Formal Services
New Resources – Biblical Prayers
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The Thirty-nine Articles
Welcome to the Better Gatherings website!
Word Centred Assemblies
A public testimony
About Better Gatherings
Choosing the resources
Choosing the resources
Contemporary Order 2
For Contemporary Services
Getting Ready for Christmas
New Easter Services
Prayers for those being baptised
Scriptures to encourage repentance and faith
ServiceBuilder Help
Theological significance in the prayers
Using Scripture to stimulate and express prayer
A sign of regeneration
Biblical patterns of prayer
Christmas Quickstart
Contemporary Order 3
Easter Quickstart
Especially For Ministers
Modern revisions
Questions and answers for candidates and sponsors
QuickStart for Formal Services
ServiceBuilder QuickStart
A stimulus to faith
Forms of baptism, reception and dedication
Help for Personal Templates
The Greeting of Peace
Prayers for candidates and sponsors
Thanksgiving for the Birth of a Child
The Breaking of the Bread
The marginalisation of Scripture
Thanksgiving and dedication after Communion
Training Service Leaders
Why ? A theology of doing church
Biblical teaching about the gathering of the church
The defining story: the gathering of God
Created and nurtured by the gospel
Gathering as a testimony to Christ
Gathered for worship
Gathered for fellowship in Christ
Building towards maturity in Christ
Learning from the Prayer Book
Why liturgy?
Anglican liturgy in perspective
Reading the Bible together
Mixing the old with the new
Learning to pray together
Learning from the Baptismal Services
A Theology of Christian Assembly
How ? Doing church and training others
Planning Contemporary Services
The Role of the Service Leader
Service Checklist
Using Service Builder
If you only read one thing…
Advice for Different Roles
For Reading Out Loud
Emphasis
Phrasing and Pauses
Wrong Ideas about Phrasing
Restricting Phrases
Non-restricting Phrases
The Pause – A Valuable Tool
EXPRESS!ON
When Reading Aloud
What ? Resources for Service Building
Choosing the resources
Greetings and other introductions
Seasonal Sentences
Opening prayers and praises
Invitations to confess sins
General confessions
Assurances of forgiveness
7. Prayers in preparation for the ministry of God’s Word
Prayers of Preparation
Scriptural expressions of praise
Creeds and other affirmations of faith
Intercessory prayers
Thanksgivings
Creeds
Prayers of Thanksgiving and Consecration
Prayers in preparation for the ministry of God’s Word
A Service of Baptism
A Service of Baptism
Getting Ready for Christmas
As you prepare for Christmas, don’t forget that we have some helpful resources on this website, including:
A new version of Nine Lessons and Carols
Christmas Family Service
Christmas Day Communion (contemporary form)
New versions of some favourite carols with simplified lyrics
Please give us feedback as you use these resources.