Liturgy and worship aids
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Enfermedades mentales severas: Buscando una respuesta cristiana integral (Serious Mental Illness: Seeking A Comprehensive Christian Response)
From Presbyterian Mission Agency
The study guide provides four sessions for personal and class discussion and reflection. The goal is to encourage and challenge the church to study ways people living with mental illness are included and/or excluded from participating in the work of the church and society in general. Theological, ethical, therapeutic and social service dynamics are presented for response.
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A Reader’s Theatre Presentation of Called by God
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Christian Vocation
A dramatic reading in four parts that can be used for Christian Vocation Sunday.
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Advent Litanies
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Curriculum
Litanies in Spanish for every Sunday of Advent.
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Template for finger labyrinth
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Spiritual Formation
Several templates for finger labyrinths
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Walking the labyrinth
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Spiritual Formation
The labyrinth is an ancient tool for prayer and meditation, consisting of a winding path that begins at the periphery and leads to a central space, and then out again by the same path. It differs from a maze in that a labyrinth has no blind alleys or dead ends. It is not meant to trick you but to be a means to a journey on a path, inward and outward bound.
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Examen
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Spiritual Formation
Put your feet flat on the floor, and take a few deep breaths. As you breathe in, imagine that you are inhaling God’s love as you would a pleasant aroma. Feel the sensation of this great Love moving through you. As you exhale, imagine that your breath cooperates with the Holy Spirit so that God’s love permeates the space around you. With the Holy Spirit as your guide, you can see your life in light of God’s providential care for you.
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Breath prayers — Pray without ceasing
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Spiritual Formation
The following words and phrases can be used to focus your attention while distractions are shed. Rhythmically repeat the word or phrase, breaking as indicated by the slash (/), inhaling and then exhaling.
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Spiritual preparations
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Theology and Worship
A prayerful reading of Scripture is a way of entering into a conversation with God, and allowing God to be the first speaker. So often our prayers are a conversation in which we are the only speakers and God does all the listening. This can be our default mode of conversation with God even during a worship service. The next time you attend a worship service pay attention to the “Prayers of Confession” or “Prayers of the People,” or even the “Proclamation of the Word,” and compare the amount of time spent we do the talking compared to the amount ...
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Ash Wednesday service
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Theology and Worship
Ash Wednesday is a day of solemn assembly that is built right into the church year. It is a fast day, a day of mourning for our sin and the sin of all humanity before God, a recognition of our mortality save for the grace of God and a request that the Lord remember our creation and breathe new life into our burned-out, dusty lives once more.
See related pages: Ash Wednesday, Season of Lent, Presbyterian Worship
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Examination of conscience
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Theology and Worship
Here is a sample of a list of sins from a solemn assembly that was compiled by the preparatory team who had met in prayer for weeks before the larger gathering. You will want to go through the same preparatory process to compile your own list, but this one, taken and added to from HeartRest is a helpful start to you in compiling your own list for a bulletin insert. You will want to add printed directions regarding what you want people to do with this list during your solemn assembly.