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Year A 1st Quarter
	Tea-time Church (December) An instant nativity play		Advent Sunday Jesus is returning, are you ready?
	Advent 2 The promise for all in the scriptures & You're playing with the big boys now		Advent 3 Jesus is the one
	Advent 4 Mary and Joseph & God's in it for the long haul		Christmas Day Christmas is like a box of chocolates & Missing out on Immanuel
	Christmas 1 A human like us		Tea-time Church January - The Boy in the Temple
	Christmas 2 From Heaven You came & What’s left after Christmas		Covenant Making promises
	Epiphany Giving and receiving		Ordinary 1 Baptism and the Holy Spirit & Preparing the way
	Ordinary 2 The Lamb of God & There are no Championship disciples		Ordinary 3 The message of the Cross is for all & Ecclesiastes, God and Time
	Tea-time Church February - The Baptism of Jesus		Ordinary 4 A topsy-turvy world & Warts and all
	Ordinary 5 Salt, light and righteousness & The battery effect		Ordinary 6 Make a good choice & Accepting Outsiders
	Ordinary 7 God's ways are best & Actions speak louder than words

Year A 2nd Quarter
	Tea-time Church March - The Temptations of Jesus		Sunday before Lent Going up the mountain & Coming down the mountain
	Lent 1 Ever been tempted & The lost sheep		Lent 2 Called to love & Counting the cost
	Lent 3 Living water & Why does Jesus throw furniture around?		Mothering Sunday God loves us like a parent & What is Salvation?
	Tea-time Church April - The two builders		Passion Sunday God gives life & A life of contrasts
	Palm Sunday Welcome, Jesus! & The Vineyard and the Son		Good Friday Following the way
	Easter Sunday He's Alive & Mary and the Gardener		Easter 2 Touching Jesus & Daniel in the lion's den
	Tea-time Church May - Who is accepted		Easter 3 Walking with Jesus & The Temple and the Tables
	Easter 4 Trusting Jesus & Jesus' journey to the temple		Easter 5 Following Jesus & Simeon and the Spirit
	Easter 6 Sharing Jesus & Breakfast and then what?		Tea-time Church June - The Good Soil
	Easter 7 Waiting for Jesus & Who finished Mark's Gospel		Pentecost Come Holy Spirit & Peter's sermon
	Trinity Father, Son and Holy Spirit & Courtroom Drama

Year A 3rd Quarter
	Ordinary 11 God's love & Unity		Ordinary 12 God knows and cares & Guests for the Banquet
	Ordinary 13 Goodness has its own reward & Worrying about the Future		Tea-time Church July - Jesus forgives and heals a paralysed man
	Ordinary 14 Let God be in charge & The 3 'c's of Jesus		Ordinary 15 What kind of soil are you? & The emotions of Jesus
	Ordinary 16 Growing together & Jesus the teacher, shepherd and healer		Ordinary 17 Nothing but the best will do & The Great Escape
	Tea-time Church August - The lost sheep		Ordinary 18 Jesus makes the difference & Jesus, the Bread of Life
	Ordinary 19 Have faith in Jesus & Human fragility and God's constancy		Ordinary 20 God’s love is for all & Lydia is HOT
	Ordinary 21 Who do you say that I am? & Jesus rejected		Ordinary 22 Let God be in charge & Actions speak louder than words

Year A 4th Quarter
	Tea-time Church September (Year 2) - The unforgiving servant		Ordinary 23 The strength of two and three & No-one excluded
	Ordinary 24 Forgiveness is good for you & Who do you say I am		Ordinary 25 God's kindness & Children welcome
	Ordinary 26 Try to be like Jesus & Are you with me?		Tea-time Church October (Year 2) - Raising of the girl & the persistant widow
	Ordinary 27 & Harvest Tending the vineyard & Let the little children come to me		Ordinary 28 God's invitation & The four alls
	Ordinary 29 Whose world? & James and John's request		Ordinary 30 The first commandment & Love the Lord your God
	Tea-time Church November (Year 2) -The workers in the vineyard		Ordinary 31 God exalts the humble & Luke's Beatitudes
	Ordinary 32 & Remembrance Be ready & Friends of God		Ordinary 33 & Remembrance Use your gifts well & Going out
	Sunday before Advent & Christ the King The Shepherd King & Last words

Year B 1st Quarter
	Advent Sunday Only God knows & Bias to the poor		Tea-time Church December (Year 2) -The wise men & gifts
	Advent 2 Prepare the way & John's Question		Advent 3 Being a good witness & Cleaning up the mess
	Advent 4 The nativity story & Mary's Song		Christmas Day Pass the parcel
	Christmas 1 Waiting rewarded & Preparing a Messiah		Tea-time Church January (Year 2) - The Rich Farmer
	Epiphany Giving and receiving		Christmas 2 & Covenant Signed with God's seal
	Covenant Making promises		Ordinary 1 & Covenant The voice of the Lord & Moment of decision
	Ordinary 2 Who, me? & Have confidence		Ordinary 3 All are called & Calling
	Tea-time Church February (Year 2) - Raising of Lazarus		Ordinary 4 Doing what is good & We need one another
	Ordinary 5 Supported by His strength & Joining the Jesus Team

Year B 2nd Quarter
	Sunday before Lent Who is Jesus? & Coming off the mountain		Lent 1 The highs and the lows & Living in the real world
	Tea-time Church March (Year 2) - Jesus enters Jerusalem		Lent 2 Who do you put your faith in? & The Journey of Faith
	Lent 3 Seeing the signs & Setting Priorities		Mothering Sunday & Lent 4 God comforts us & Fragrance
	Passion Sunday The road ahead & The Power of One		Palm Sunday The two crowds & It's all about Jesus
	Maundy Thursday What's on the table		Good Friday The Welle Stations
	Tea-time Church April (Year 2) - Jesus in the temple		Easter Sunday Victory in Defeat & A remarkable journey
	Easter 2 Rejoicing in Fellowship & Looking back to Easter		Easter 3 The resurrected Jesus & Dives and Lazarus
	Easter 4 Jesus - the good shepherd & Food that Endures		Tea-time Church May (Year 2) - The great banquet
	Easter 5 Jesus - The Vine & Resurrection in retrospect		Easter 6 God cares for everyone & Luke warm
	Easter 7 Praying with Jesus & Jesus’ manifesto		Pentecost The breath of God & How on Earth do we do this?
	Trinity Three working together & The Throne of God

Year B
3rd Quarter

	Tea-time Church June (Year 2) - Be ready		Ordinary 09 Keeping the Sabbath & Love your enemies
	Ordinary 10 Jesus' Family & Jesus is with us in the mess		Ordinary 11 God's Kingdom is like a seed & Forgiveness for all
	Ordinary 12 Who is this who ….? & The Authority of Jesus		Ordinary 13 The compassion of God & Count the cost
	Tea-time Church July (Year 2) - The Parable of the Talents		Ordinary 14 The compassion of God & Jeremiah in the stocks
	Ordinary 15 Measuring up & The Good Samaritan		Ordinary 16 The Shepherd of Israel & Mary and Martha
	Ordinary 17 God feeds us & And when you pray		Tea-time Church August (Year 2) - The Good Samaritan
	Ordinary 18 Food that lasts & Wealth or faith		Ordinary 19 Are you an angel? & When it all goes wrong
	Ordinary 20 Three ways to Wisdom & Called to serve		Ordinary 21 Make your mind up & Touched by the kingdom of God
	Ordinary 22 Walk the talk & See, Hear, Do

Year B
4th Quarter

	Tea-time Church September (Year 3) - The anointing of Jesus and the hidden pearl		Ordinary 23 Everyone's Included & Looking Back, Looking Forward
	Ordinary 24 The things we say & Delegating and judging		Harvest Do not worry, God will provide
	Ordinary 25 Who's the greatest? & Jesus, the disciples and us		Ordinary 26 For us or against us? & Faith and power
	Tea-time Church October (Year 3) - The Last Supper		Ordinary 27 A little lower than angels & Travelling with Jesus
	Ordinary 28 Beware of wealth & Jesus says ‘Come to me.’		Ordinary 29 The real X Factor & The Secret Lord of the Sabbath
	Ordinary 30 Jesus bothers about people & Approaching God		Tea-time Church November (Year 3) - The Garden of Gethsemane
	All Saints All of us are saints		Ordinary 31 Just do it & Upside down
	Remembrance Sunday The war diary of Private John Smith Proceeds from these resources will be donated to the British Legion		Ordinary 32 Everyone is known and loved by God & Put yourself in the picture
	Ordinary 33 Jesus: The Real Thing & God’s judgement		Sunday before Advent God: the greatest king & Feeding 5000

Year C
1st Quarter

	Advent Sunday Past, Present and Future & The Saviour Jesus		Tea-time Church December (Year 3) - Christingles
	Advent 2 The message of the Prophets & Prepare the way of the Lord		Advent 3 Expectancy, joy and hope & The development of John
	Advent 4 Round orange, round orange & Who was Joseph		Christmas All Age Service A look at the Photo Album
	Christmas Day Christmas in a Candy Stick		Christmas 1 Teenagers! & Shepherds!
	Tea-time Church January (Year 3) - Betrayal and Trials		Christmas 2 From Heaven You came & Jesus the Refugee
	Covenant Making promises		Epiphany Giving and receiving
	Ordinary 1 Baptism and promise		Ordinary 2 Trouble in the vineyard
	Ordinary 3 Welcome Home		Ordinary 4 Welcome Home: not
	Tea-time Church February (Year 3) - The Crucifixion		Sunday before Lent On the mountain top, back to earth

Year C
2nd Quarter

	Lent 1 The inner battle		Lent 2 God's Promises
	Lent 3 The patient gardener		Tea-time Church March (Year 3) - The Resurrection
	Mothering Sunday The loving parent		Passion Sunday Worship and Service
	Palm Sunday The battle commences		Maundy Thursday What's on the table
	Good Friday A Good Friday Labyrinth		Easter Sunday Things can only get better
	Tea-time Church April (Year 3) - The road to Emmaus		Easter 2 Evidence that demands a verdict
	Easter 3 Putting things right		Easter 4 Being a disciple
	Easter 5 Love one another		Tea-time Church May (Year 3) - The Ascension
	Easter 6 Good news for all		Easter 7 Loving one another in Christ
	Pentecost Babel and Tongues		Trinity The Dance of God

Year C
3rd Quarter

	Ordinary 9 The centurion's humility and faith		Tea-time Church June (Year 3) - Pentecost
	Ordinary 10 A great prophet		Ordinary 11 Sinners forgiven not rejected
	Ordinary 12 Jesus in a foreign land		Ordinary 13 Sent by Jesus
	Tea-time Church July (Year 3) - Cornelius		Ordinary 14 What do we need? God is all sufficient
	Ordinary 15 God loves you and I love you		Ordinary 16 Be still and listen
	Ordinary 17 God gives good things		Ordinary 18 Rich in the things of God
	Tea-time Church August (Year 3) - Conversion of St Paul		Ordinary 19 God does the unexpected
	Ordinary 20 Hold fast to faith		Ordinary 21 People before rules
	Ordinary 22 August 28th - Putting others first

Year C
4th Quarter

	Tea-time Church September (Year 1) - Moses in the bulrushes		Ordinary 23 Onesimus’s story
	Ordinary 24 All are welcome		Harvest Do not worry, God will provide
	Ordinary 25 God cares for the poor		Ordinary 26 Love God first
	Harvest Do not worry, God will provide		Tea-time Church October (Year 1) - Moses and the burning bush
	Ordinary 27 Remember what you have learnt		Ordinary 28 God uses the unexpected
	Ordinary 29 Don't give up		Ordinary 30 All need to be saved
	Ordinary 31 From Zero to Hero

Current Resources

Year C (Quarter 1)

Tea Time Church
December (Year 3) - Christingles

Advent 3
December 16th - Expectancy, joy and hope & The development of John

Advent 4
December 23rd - Round orange, round orange & Who was Joseph

Christmas All Age Service
A look at the Photo Album

Christmas Day
December 25th - Christmas in a Candy Stick

Christmas 1
December 30th - Teenagers! & Shepherds!

Tea Time Church
January (Year 3) - Betrayal and Trials

Epiphany
January 6th - Giving and receiving

Christmas 2
January 6th - From Heaven You came & Jesus the Refugee

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