Contents
JESUS HIMSELF
A glutton and a drunkard Reading 1
Are you the contractor? Prayer 1
Behold I stand at the door Opening responses 1
Behold the Lamb of God Meditation 1
Come Lord, you too were tired Opening responses 2
He and she Script 1
He was present Meditation 2
I did not know his name Reading 2
If we met you, Jesus Christ Prayer 2
In quietness & in darkness Opening responses 3
Jesus said, ‘l am the Way’ Meditation 3
Our image of Jesus Script 2
Power Reading 3
That we worship one God Affirmation 1
The big wave Script 3
The Cana of Galilee case Script 4
The family Reading 4
The song of the crowd Reading 5
The wedding Reading 6
Told not to tell Script 5
Who am I? Reading 7
With God all things are possible Meditation 4
You are the unseen guest Prayer 3
THE COMPANY OF JESUS
Among the women Jesus met Script 6
Disciples of Christ Meditation 5
I sang for him Meditation 6
If you were busier, Lord Prayer 4
Look at your hands Closing responses 1
Lord Jesus, when you took a child Prayer 5
Polly Androus Script 7
Prayers that Jesus hears Meditation 7
Racist or Redeemer Script 8
Save us, Lord, from temptation Prayer 6
Somebody special Meditation 8
Steal, Jesus, steal Prayer 7
Testimony & prayer of three anonymous children Symbolic action 1
The calling of Peter Reading 8
The identikit Script 9
The royal party Script 10
There is one among us Meditation 9
They were sitting on the ground Reading 9
Today we remember, Lord Prayer 9
Unthank Script 11
Women on the way Meditation 10
You broke down the barriers Prayer 10
You will not always have me Meditation 11
THE WAY OF JESUS
A question of technique Script 12
A sower went out to sow Meditation 12
As those who have been touched Prayer 11
Be on your guard Meditation 13
Christ’s food in our souls Closing responses 2
Diva and Zara Script 13
Four changed lives Meditation 14
Home town sermon Script 14
Homes & houses Prayer 12
In gratitude, in deep gratitude Closing responses 3
I waited on the Lord Meditation 15
Lord Jesus, for you, money was not a dirty commodity Prayer 13
Not … do you promise to be good Prayer 14
O Christ the healer Prayer 15
Of such is the kingdom Script 15
The adulteress Reading 10
The day of judgement Meditation 16
The haemorrhaging woman Reading 11
The leper Reading 12
The log in your eye Symbolic action 2
The paralysed man at the pool Reading 13
Through our lives Prayer 16
Unclean, unclean! Script 16
You came to bring health Prayer 17
Sources of suggested chants & sung responses
Index of biblical references
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