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Worship
Introduction
Prayers:
Songs:
The following songs could be used in this part of the service
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Look to the skies, SOF 1422, MP 425,
Available as a full video with words and music -
Download - Sample
The backing track is
distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170
. The words are
copyright: Graham Kendrick, © 1984 Thankyou Music and used
with
permission. Please do not pass
it on outside
the IDEAS scheme and declare its use on your CCLI report. |
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Tonight while all the world was sleeping, MP 713, TS 528
Available as a video with words and music -
Download - Sample
The backing track is
distributed using
PRS Licence LE-0035170
. The words are
copyright: Graham Kendrick, © 1988 Make Way Music and used
with
permission. Please do not pass
it on outside
the IDEAS scheme and declare its use on your CCLI report. |
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The sky is filled with the glory of God, SOF 1048
Available as a video with words and music - Download - Sample
The backing track is
distributed using
PRS Licence LE-0035170
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The words are
copyright: Mick Gisby, © Thankyou Music and used
with
permission. Please do not pass
it on outside
the IDEAS scheme and declare its use on your CCLI report. |
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Christians, awake, salute the happy morn, HP 96, STF 195, RAS 158, CP 48, SOF 59, MP 80, TS 653
Available as a video with a backing track - Download - Sample
The backing track is
distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170
. The words are by J. Byrom. Please do not pass
it on outside
the IDEAS scheme. |
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Material
suitable for children
Talks
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There
is an all age interactive address that uses a candy cane to explore the Christmas story - Download
There are also PowerPoint slides to
accompany the talk - Download
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Songs:
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Go and see, Words
Available as an animated video with words and music -
Download
- Sample
The backing track is
distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170
. The words are
copyright: © John Hardwick, and used
with
permission. Please do not pass
it on outside
the IDEAS scheme and declare its use on your CCLI report. |
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A band of angels, Words, Sheet Music
Available as a full video with words and music -
Download
- Sample
The backing track is
distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170
. The words are
copyright: © John Hardwick, and used
with
permission. Please do not pass
it on outside
the IDEAS scheme and declare its use on your CCLI report. |
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It
was on a starry night, STF 206, SOF 1365, JP 396, KS 571
Available as a video with a backing track - Download - Sample
The backing track is
distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170
. The words are copyright: Joy
Webb © Salvationist Pubishing &
Supplies, Adm Song
Solutions CopyCare.
Please do not pass
it on outside
the IDEAS scheme and declare its use on your CCLI report. |
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Word
Readings:
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Luke 2:1-14 is offered as a Lectionary
Video
- Sample |
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Luke 2:1-20 is offered as a Lectionary Video
- Sample |
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Luke 2:1-14 (15-20) is offered as a Just Worship video - Download - Sample |
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Luke 2:1-7 from Even So by Mike Rayson - Download - Sample |
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Luke 2:1-7 read in-situ in the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem - Download - Sample
Read in a cave where tradition says Joseph waited for Jesus to be born.
Filmed in the hustle and bustle of a busy pilgrim site the sound is
less than perfect, but does capture the atmosphere of the place. |
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Luke 2:8-20 read in-situ in the Shepherd's Fields, Bethlehem - Download - Sample
Read at the place where tradition says the angels visited the shepherds.
Filmed in the hustle and bustle of a busy pilgrim site the sound is
less than perfect, but does capture the atmosphere of the place. |
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O sing to the Lord a new song (Psalm 96), STF 819
The
words are copyright: NRSV, © 1989, 1995 the Division of Christian
Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the
United States of America. Please
do not pass
it on outside
the IDEAS scheme. |
Talk:
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There
is an all talk that that uses a candy cane to explore the Christmas Story
- Download
There are also PowerPoint slides to
accompany the talk - Download |
Drama:
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Sketches:
From Sketching Out the Gospel
by Dave Hopwood: A birth in Bethlehem and The Shepherds - Download
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Songs:
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Child of the stable’s secret birth, HP 124, CP 47
Available as a video with words and music -
Download - Sample
The backing track is
distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170
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The words are
copyright: © Timothy Dudley Smith, adm Oxford University Press and used
with
permission. Please do not pass
it on outside
the IDEAS scheme and declare its use on your CCLI report. |
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Infant holy, infant lowly, RAS 149, SOF 1350, MP 342, JP110, KS 554
Available as a video with words and music -
Download - Sample
The backing track is
distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170
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The words are
copyright: Polish, tr Edith Reed, © Holder unknown. Please do not pass
it on outside
the IDEAS scheme and declare its use on your CCLI report. |
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While
shepherds watched their flocks by night, HP 120, STF
221, RAS 155, TS 1059, KS 782, CP 76, SOF 602, MP 764, JP 285
Available as a video with words and music -
Download - Sample
The backing track is
distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170
. The words are by Nahum
Tate. Please do not pass
it on outside
the IDEAS scheme. |
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Response
Prayers:
Other
Resources:
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We come together from At the Breaking of
the bread for Christmas
At
the Breaking of the Bread is a set of PowerPoint communion liturgies to
match the Methodist Worship Book created for Methodist Publishing by
the Family Friendly Churches Trust |
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The gathering of God's people from All Included for Christmas.
All Included is a set of 16 all age communion liturgies. One for
each month of the year and then Christmas, Easter, Trinity and
Covenant. There is also a Baptism/Dedication service. Each service is
available as PowerPoint files and also PDF booklets for printing. Also
includes a Baptism/Dedication service.
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Songs:
The
following songs could be used in this part of the service
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We do not look for angel choirs, Words
Available as a video with words and music -
Download - Sample
The backing track is
distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170
.
The words are
copyright: Gareth Hill, © Song Solutions Copycare and used
with
permission. Please do not pass
it on outside
the IDEAS scheme and declare its use on your CCLI report. |
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Thorns in the straw, MP 928
Available as a full video with words and music -
Download - Sample
The backing track is
distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170
. The words are
copyright: Graham Kendrick, © 1994 Make Way Music and used
with
permission. Please do not pass
it on outside
the IDEAS scheme and declare its use on your CCLI report. |
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O come, all
ye faithful, HP 110, STF 212, RAS
160, CP 62, SOF 408, MP 491, JP 176, TS 380, KS 665
Available as a video with words and music -
Download - Sample
The backing track is
distributed using PRS Licence LE-0035170
. The words are by Tr. Frederick Oakeley. Please do not pass
it on outside
the IDEAS scheme. |
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Notes
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lectionary (Advent Sunday to Ordinary 7) by clicking on the
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lectionary by clicking on the
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MP – Mission Praise
TS - The Source
HP - Hymns and Psalms
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KS - Kids Source
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Current Resources
Year C (Quarter 1)
Tea Time Church -
Widescreen
December (Year 3) - Christingles
Advent 3 -
Widescreen
December 15th - Expectancy, joy and hope & The development of John
Advent 4 -
Widescreen
December 22nd - Round orange, round orange & Who was Joseph
Christmas All Age -
Widescreen
A look at the Photo Album
Christmas Day -
Widescreen
December 25th - Christmas in a Candy Stick
Christmas 1 -
Widescreen
December 29th - Teenagers! & Shepherds!
Tea Time Church -
Widescreen
January (Year 3) - Betrayal and Trials
Christmas 2 -
Widescreen
January 5th - From Heaven You came & Jesus the Refugee
Covenant -
Widescreen
Making promises & Covenants: Past and Present
Epiphany -
Widescreen
January 6th - Giving and receiving
Ordinary 1 -
Widescreen
January 13th - Baptism and promise & John’s Message and Baptism
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