Resources for prayer and faith during the COVID 19 crisis
Sunday Worship Documents
You will find attached the service sheets for our Eucharist services:
the 8am service, and
the 9.30am service for use during Trinity.
There is also a short sermon each week, for those who may not be able to get to church, which you can listen to by clicking on one of the links three below,
https://soundcloud.com/trevor-mapstone/
https://soundcloud.com/user-289854201-288272331
https://soundcloud.com/user-880575388.
Each Sunday at church we give out a sheet with the Collect, readings and post-Communion prayer.
Spiritual Communion
You will find attached a useful guide for Spiritual Communion.
Supporting Good Mental Health
The effects of mental health problems are huge, and given the challenging times we are living in with coronavirus, it’s more important than ever that we take steps to support good mental health. The Church of England site has some good resources for this:
https://www.churchofengland.org/faith-action/mental-health-resources/supporting-good-mental-health/supporting-good-mental-health
Each Sunday we give out a sheet with the Collect, readings and post-Communion prayer.
Resources for Children
There’s no Junior Church for the time being, so here is a link to some resources for families to use at home:
http://www.going4growth.com/growth_in_faith_and_worship/faith-in-the-home
Daily Prayer
Join the Church of England’s daily rhythm of prayer by following this link. You can also download an app for your phone.
https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us-service-daily-prayer
Pray as You (don’t) Go
Pray As You Go is a daily prayer session, designed to go with you wherever you go, to help you pray whenever you find time, but particularly whilst travelling to and from work, study, etc. Most of us are staying home until this crisis passes, but the resource is well worth a look.
A new prayer session is produced every day of the working week and one session for the weekend. It is not a ‘Thought for the Day’, a sermon or a bible-study, but rather a framework for your own prayer. Lasting between ten and thirteen minutes, it combines music, scripture and some questions for reflection.
The style of prayer is based on Ignatian Spirituality.
https://pray-as-you-go.org/
Silent Prayer and Christian Meditation
Every Wednesday at 7pm there are at least a dozen of us in St Lawrence Church sharing in silent Christian meditation.
If you want to join us and also explore making Christian meditation part of your daily practice, you can find out how here:
https://www.wccm.org/content/how-meditate.