Iona Abbey Worship Book

Author: The Iona Community
Publisher: Wild Goose Publications
ISBN: 1849520003
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 271

Book Description
The services and resources in The Iona Abbey Worship Book reflect the Iona Community's commitment to the belief that worship is all that we are and all that we do, both inside and outside the church, with no division into the 'sacred' and the 'secular'.

A Wee Worship Book

Author:
Publisher: Wild Goose Publications
ISBN: 9781901557190
Category : Occasional services
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
A completely revised and expanded edition of this collection of liturgies for morning, day, evening, Holy Communion and healing services and there are revised liturgies from the original edition. Aimed primarily at participative worship with shared leadership, it includes optional methods of scriptural reflection and prayer with symbolic acction. There is also a preface of comments on leading worship, dealing with all the issues which ordained clergy never tell lay people but presume they should know.

Celtic Prayers from Iona

Author: J. Philip Newell
Publisher: Paulist Press
ISBN: 9780809104888
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 108

Book Description
J. Philip Newell and his wife Ali were cowardens of the lay religious community of Iona Abbey in the Western Isles of Scotland. There Philip developed this book as an aid to daily prayer. Here is a weekly cycle of morning and evening prayers in the Celtic tradition, with gospel and psalm readings taken from the liturgical year. Each "day" reflects a concern of the Iona Community: justice and peace, healing, the goodness of creation and care for the earth, commitment to Christ, communion of heaven and earth, and welcome and hospitality.

An Iona Prayer Book

Author: Peter Millar
Publisher: Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd
ISBN: 9781853112058
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
A bestselling prayer book that follows the pattern of daily worship in Iona Abbey.

Iona Abbey Worship Book

Author: Iona Community
Publisher: Wild Goose Publications
ISBN: 9781901557503
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 276

Book Description
The services and resources in this book reflect the Iona Community's commitment to the belief that worship is all that we are and all that we do, both inside and outside the church, with no division into the sacred and the secular. The material draws on many traditions, including the Celtic, and aims to help us to be fully present to God in our neighbour, in the political and social activity of the world around us and in the very centre and soul of our being.

A Celtic Primer

Author: Brendan O'Malley
Publisher: Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd
ISBN: 9781853114908
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 418

Book Description
Create your own Celtic orders of service for a Eucharist, Morning, Midday and Evening Prayer, Compline and other worship occasions - formal or informal. This book contains ancient and contemporary texts for every element of each service from call to worship to final blessing - the fullest range available for mixing and matching. The book is fully compatible with the "Common Worship" and other modern lectionaries. Clergy, worship leaders and individual users should be delighted to have a liturgical resource offering ancient and contemporary Celtic texts arranged to meet today's worship needs."A Celtic Primer" draws on early Welsh and Irish texts as well as the work of modern writers to create a daily prayer companion from which any act of worship can be created. Scripture and spiritual readings are included and seasonal variations add to its versatility. The celebration of the work of God in creation and redemption is interwoven throughout, resonating deeply with people's search for a sense of transcendence in their everyday lives.

The Story of Iona

Author: Dr Rosemary Power
Publisher: Canterbury Press
ISBN: 184825556X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
Historian and Iona Community member Rosemary Power tells the story of the small Hebridean island of Iona and its remarkable spiritual influence over fifteen centuries. Beginning with the earliest Stone Age settlements, she combines new translations of early Gaelic and medieval Latin prayers with original research to chart: the founding of the abbey in 563ADsix centuries of monasticism: food, lifestyle, work and the pattern of daily prayerarchitecture, the high crosses and early artmedieval Iona: the nunnery, womens lives, and catering for pilgrimspost Reformation Iona: the rebuilding of the Abbey, the lives of the resident population and what visitors from the 17th century onwards experienced

Iona Abbey Worship Book - 2017 edition

Author: Iona Community
Publisher: Wild Goose Publications
ISBN: 1849525188
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
The services and resources in the Iona Abbey Worship Book reflect the Iona Community's commitment to the belief that worship is all that we are and all that we do, both inside and outside the church, with no division into the sacred and the secular. The material draws on many traditions, including the Celtic, and aims to help us to be fully present to God, who is fully present to us - in our neighbour, in the political and social activity of the world around us, and in the very centre and soul of our being. Each year, thousands of visitors make their way to Iona and many are changed by their time on this small Hebridean island which has been a powerful spiritual centre over the centuries. The Iona Community believes that we are brought to Iona not to be changed into 'religious' people, but rather to be made more fully human. Our common life - including our services - is directed to that end.

Saying Goodbye

Author: Ruth Burgess
Publisher: Wild Goose Publications
ISBN: 1849522928
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 216

Book Description
A resource book for anyone who is planning a funeral. You may be a family member or a friend of someone who has died. You may be planning your own funeral. You may arrange and conduct funerals professionally. Here you will find an abundance of words and ideas for celebrating a life in ways that are personal and honest.

The Singing Thing

Author: John L. Bell
Publisher: GIA Publications
ISBN: 9781579991005
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 166

Book Description