Jeremy M S Clines: eco-liturgy and earlier thoughts: Carol Service

The project runs from Advent 2012 to Advent 2013.

Here's an Index of Prayers.

Here's the information on how a prayer is redubbed.

Here's the information on how a prayer is a rebooted.

If you want to use the prayers, an acknowledgement of myself as author and, if there's space, the url to my blog would be much appreciated.

Post Communion for 6 December: Nicholas, Bishop of Myra (Redub)

God, shepherd of your people,

your servant Nicholas helped share your love.

He looked after and encouraged many people.

As we have broken bread and received your blessing,

warm us with your love and encourage us.

Help us learn to follow you and share your love.

Amen.

The Gunning Fog readability index suggests 6.31 years of formal education is required to understand this prayer on a first reading, the Common Worship prayer requires 29.19 years.

The information on how this prayer is a redub is here:
Collects and Post Communion (Redub)

6 December Collection

Index of Prayers (writing project runs from Advent 2012 to Advent 2013).

Collect for 6 December: Nicholas, Bishop of Myra (Redub)

God of love,

you love each of us for what we are

and what we are becoming.

You chose your servant Nicholas

to be a bishop in the Church, 

to help him share your love with others.

Thank you that you care about what we need.

Help us to learn what other people need,

and help us to share your love with them.

Amen.

The Gunning Fog readability index suggests 5.82 years of formal education is required to understand this prayer on a first reading, the Common Worship prayer requires 33.5 years.

The information on how this prayer is a redub is here:

Collects and Post Communion (Redub)

6 December Collection

Index of Prayers (writing project runs from Advent 2012 to Advent 2013).

Friday, November 30, 2012

Carol Service Collects: alternative All Age prayers (Redubbed / Rebooted)

Here are some of my alternative prayers that could work as Carol Service 'Collects' (prayers that gather together or sum things up) and may fit straight after a bible reading in the 'lessons and carols' format. All of them have been written, keeping children in mind, with 'Waiting for Christmas' and 'Jesus Light of the World' being the simplest.

Patience in the Waiting (Redub): Longing for freedom and liberty
(Isaiah 9.2, 6, 7; Isaiah 40.3-11; Romans 8.18-25)

Waiting for Christmas: (Children's Reboot):
(Isaiah 40.3-11; Mark 1.1-13; Luke 2.1-7; Luke 3.1-6)

Annunciation: (Redub): Mary bearing Jesus / us becoming like Christ;
(Luke 1.26-38; Luke 1.46-55).

Why Christ Was Born (Redub)
(Luke 2.1-7; John 1.1-14; John 3.16-18)

Human and Divine: (Redub): Christ shares our human life and transforms us;
(John 1.1-14; Philippians 2.5-11).

Jesus Light of the World (Children's Reboot): Jesus is like the brightest sun
(Luke 2.8-20; John 1.1-14;)

God coming to us now (Redub): God's embrace, the world's liberation (John 1.1-14; 2 Thessalonians 1.1-12; Romans 8.18-25)

Hope of Christ coming to us (Redub): Jesus leads us to the new creation
(2 Thessalonians 1.1-12; Revelation 22.12-21)

Hope for a new creation: Clothing ourselves in Christ, letting go of all that diminishes;
(Isaiah 40.3-11; Mark 1.1-13; Luke 3.1-6; Romans 13.11-12, Colossians 3.12-17).

The project began Advent 2012.

Here's an Index of Prayers.

Here's the information on how a prayer is redubbed.

Here's the information on how a prayer is a rebooted.

If you want to use the prayers, an acknowledgement of myself as author and, if there's space, the url to my blog would be much appreciated.

Carol Service Collects: God coming to us now (Redub)

Loving God,

you embraced the world with love,

when, in Jesus, you were taken

into the embrace of Mary and Joseph.

May we join the joy of creation,

as you liberate our world and our lives.

Amen.

The Gunning Fog readability index suggests 6.01 years of formal education is required to understand this prayer on a first reading, the Common Worship prayer requires 15.62 years.

This is a redub of the Common Worship Additional Collect for 'Christmas Eve'. It may be suitable for use after the relevant reading/s at a Carol Service.

Carol Service Collection

You can also look at the full Index of Prayers.

The project began Advent 2012.

If you want to use the prayers, an acknowledgement of myself as author and, if there's space, the url to my blog would be much appreciated.

Carol Service Collects: Why Christ Was Born (Children's Reboot)

God you are everywhere.

Your love is amazing.

You love us. You love the world.

Jesus was born to show us your love.

Thank you that Jesus shows us the way to go.

Amen.

The Gunning Fog readability index suggests 3.12 years of formal education is required to understand this prayer on a first reading.

This is a reboot of the Common Worship Post Communion for 'The Second Sunday of Advent'. It may be suitable for use after the relevant reading/s at a Carol Service.

Carol Service Collection

You can also look at the full Index of Prayers.

The project began Advent 2012.

If you want to use the prayers, an acknowledgement of myself as author and, if there's space, the url to my blog would be much appreciated.

Carol Service Collects: Patience in the waiting (Redub)

O God, our God, help us be patient

as we hunger for your freedom.

Keep us hoping for the joy we cannot see or feel

as we wait for this Christmas

and long for the arrival of your new creation.

While it is still night, sustain our wait for liberty,

so that, as soon as the love of Jesus dawns on us,

we will be ready to receive you.
Help us be ready too, to bring your love to the world,

both now and forever. Amen.

The Gunning Fog readability index suggests 8.15 years of formal education is required to understand this prayer on a first reading, the Common Worship prayer requires 21.57 years.

This is a redub of the Post Communion for 'The First Sunday of Advent'.
It may be suitable for use after the relevant reading/s at a Carol Service.

Carol Service Collection

Index of Prayers

Carol Service Collects: Hope of Christ coming to us (Redub)

God of all things,

we sense your sunrise coming after the dark of night.

Help us get ready for your love,

that meets us here and take us to the new Creation,

in Jesus Christ, who loves and leads us.

Amen.

The Gunning Fog readability index suggests 5.47 years of formal education is required to understand this prayer on a first reading, the Common Worship prayer requires 16.84 years.

This is a redub of the Additional Collect for 'The First Sunday of Christmas'.
It may be suitable for use after the relevant reading/s at a Carol Service.

Carol Service Collection

Index of Prayers

Carol Service Collects: Waiting for Christmas (Children's Reboot)

God, we were waiting to pray.

Now we are praying.

Please help us to pray.
We are thinking about you.

Remind us that you love us.

We are waiting for Christmas.
Help us with the wait.

Amen.

The Gunning Fog readability index suggests 1.85 years of formal education is required to understand this prayer on a first reading.

This is a reboot of the Common Worship Post Communion for 'The First Sunday of Advent'. It may be suitable for use after the relevant reading/s at a Carol Service.

Carol Service Collection

Index of Prayers

Carol Service Collects: Jesus Light of the World (Children's Reboot)

God you are strong. You are gentle.

We think your love is like a sunrise.

Thank you that Jesus is like the brightest sun.

Help us be like little lights.

Help us shine too.

Amen.

The Gunning Fog readability index suggests 2.0 years of formal education is required to understand this prayer on a first reading.

This is a reboot of Common Worship Collects for 'The First Sunday of Advent'.
It may be suitable for use after the relevant reading/s at a Carol Service.

Carol Service Collection

Index of Prayers

Carol Service Collects: Hope for a new creation (Redub)

God of all things and all people,  give us grace

to throw off that which diminishes  and

put on the clothes of eternal peace instead.

May we begin this,  now,

in the time of our earthly lives.

We would like to be like Jesus, the Christ,

who came and lived with us, plainly and simply.

When, at the last,  Christ makes a glorious return,

with mercy and love, may we come alive,
in God, in the new creation.

either

Amen.

through Christ who is alive and reigns with you,

in the unity of the Holy Spirit,  one God, now and for ever. Amen.

The Gunning Fog readability index suggests 9.42 years of formal education is required to understand this prayer on a first reading, the Common Worship prayer requires 40.58 years.

This is a redub of the Collect for 'The First Sunday of Advent'.
It may be suitable for use after the relevant reading/s at a Carol Service.

Carol Service Collection

Index of Prayers (writing project runs from Advent 2012 to Advent 2013).

Carol Service Collects: Human and Divine (Redub)

Creating God, 

you wonderfully created us in your own image.

 More wonderfully, you are transforming us,

in a way that follows the pattern of Jesus Christ.

You came to us, fully human, living with us in creation.

We pray that we may find your divine love,

even in the messiest places of our lives.

We pray too that your love would

bring relief, from the labour pains

that our whole world goes through,

in the struggle towards freedom.

Amen.

The Gunning Fog readability index suggests 7.33 years of formal education is required to understand this prayer on a first reading, the Common Worship prayer requires 29.32 years.

Here's the information on how this prayer is a redub.

Carol Service Collection of 5 prayers is here.

You can also look at the full Index of Prayers.

The project began Advent 2012.

If you want to use the prayers, an acknowledgement of myself as author and, if there's space, the url to my blog would be much appreciated.

Carol Service Collects: Annunciation (Redub)

Loving God we ask that you would

pour messages of your love into our lives.

We know everything changed

when the angel brought news to Mary

that she would become God-bearer,

and carry your son Jesus in her womb.

Change us too.

We know how costly it was for Mary,

in her mothering, even seeing Jesus suffer and die.

We realize we may walk a hard way too,

but keep us hopeful of life that bursts from the grave,

through Jesus Christ our rescuer.

Amen.

The Gunning Fog readability index suggests 7.74 years of formal education is required to understand this prayer on a first reading, the Common Worship prayer requires 30.47 years.

This is a redub of the Collect for 'The Annunciation of Our Lord' (25 March).
It may be suitable for use after the relevant reading/s at a Carol Service.

Carol Service Collection

Index of Prayers