From Advent to Harvest: Resources for worship in a complex world

Reflections, visual interpretation, drama . . .Creative alternatives for use in place of a sermon . . .New resources for celebrating major festivals . . .From Advent to Harvest offers tried-and-tested ways of enriching worship and helping people to explore their faith.The resources include:a visual reflection for Advent a contemporary Christmas and Epiphany tableau a drama for Lent a Palm Sunday procession with a difference stories for use in a Good Friday meditation an Easter Day vigil reflections on Pentecost a twenty-first-century celebration of Harvest prayers and a dramatic reading for Remembrance Sunday an adaptable service for the local community dramas about ‘upside-down people’, looking at the ways in which Jesus’ teachings turn familiar values upside downThere are also items on the problems of suffering, justice and discipleship.This is the book of resources we’ve all been waiting for! In From Advent to Harvest, experienced parish priest Mark Geldard has created a workbook to encourage even those of us who are most fearful of visual presentations. He provides us with light-touch but thorough theological background for the main themes of the Christian year, as well as a simple introduction, fully worked out presentations, and imaginative pointers. This book knows the value of storytelling; you won’t regret buying and sharing it with your worship team. — Jonathan Gledhill, Bishop of Lichfield