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Worship resources for upcoming Sundays from the Church of Scotland, based on the Revised Common Lectionary. Includes prayers, Bible notes, sermon ideas and hymn suggestions.

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Weekly Worship, based on the Revised Common Lectionary, is for everyone – in any capacity – who is involved in creating and leading worship,

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An online, searchable index to CH4 including themed playlists, lectionary and seasonal suggestions, background information, clips to listen to each hymn and some full tracks available to download.

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The Church of Scotland seeks to inspire the people of Scotland and beyond with the Good News of Jesus Christ through worshiping and serving communities.

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Weekly lectionary-based resources for worship and learning, including an archive of over 25 years of material. Reflections relating the lectionary to this week's news are posted each Thursday.

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Weekly worship and learning resources for the global church with a Scottish flavour. They currently follow the new 'Word and World' lectionary.

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spill the beans: immediate past issues

advent, christmas & epiphany 2020-2021

second half of the season of pentecost 2020

The original first three years (issues 1-12)

One four year cycle

(issues 13-27)

Our own subscriber led lectionary ( issues 28-32)

spill the beans: overspill packs

complete bundles of RCL, NL, and road less travelled

all past issues

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You can download our narrative lectionary issues, our overspill packs of the first cycle of Revised Common Lectionary and our own 'Road Less Travelled' editions of a lectionary created by readers and writers.

Each issue is £12.

about us

At the beginning of 2009 a conversation began amongst a couple, then a few, then a group about collaboratively creating resources that enabled us to tell the story of faith in a worship context and within age groups for younger people and teens. Spill the Beans was born as the result of that conversation and has grown and developed over the intervening years.

The ethos has remained the same, however. It is all about story. For we believe story is the lifeblood of faith. In story we can tell the truth and speak with honesty about things for which there are not yet words. Story contains mystery and is the poetry that forms faith. Stories grow as we grow and can reveal new truths at different times in our lives. So we believe giving stories to people is one of the most important things we can do in sharing our faith. Children and adults hold stories in their being and keep coming back to them throughout life. Our culture is stored in story. The same is true for our faith. Spill the Beans is a work of love. None of the contributors are paid for their contributions, these contributions are written and prepared with our own congregations in mind. Instead of working in isolation, we bring this work together, give it some spit and polish, and share it with others. This is how we can keep the cost so low.

In addition, we regularly pay it forward by using surplus monies to support other new ministries and projects.

cost

Spill the Beans costs £12 per issue so it will cost you £48 over a year.

We invite you to buy only one issue per congregation and then copy the material as much as you wish for as many are involved in your worship and learning.

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partners

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We have already been engaging with a partnership with Scottish Bible Society which has seen the provision of a thematic Intergenerational Event in past issues. This will continue into our new series.

The team is also delighted that we have begun a creative collaboration with Fischy Music (,com). Our shared vision is to introduce new songs with each issue of Spill the Beans. In issue 33 for our new RCL series we introduce two new Advent and Christmas songs: Sharing God's Christmas Light and The Angels Say.

Music and words are provided in the issue. Downloadable audio tracks (full and backing) are provided online (). This is an exciting new development and we hope you will find the results of this collaboration with Fischy Music a blessing for your worship in the years to come.

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spill the beans: immediate past issues advent, christmas & epiphany 2020-2021 second half of the season of pentecost 2020 The original first three years (issues 1-12) One four year cycle (issues 13-27) Our own subscriber led lectionary ( issues 28-32) all past issues ​ You can download our narrative lectionary issues, our overspill packs of the first cycle of Revised Common Lectionary and our own 'Road Less Travelled' editions of a lectionary created by readers and writers.

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World Day of Prayer International Committee

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World Day of Prayer is a global ecumenical movement led by Christian women who welcome you to join in prayer and action for peace and justice.

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​World Day of Prayer is a global ecumenical movement led by Christian women who welcome you to join in prayer and action for peace and justice.

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A collective of British songwriters producing worship songs which engage heart, mind and soul.

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Resound Worship is a British songwriting collective, producing high-quality new worship songs with free lead sheets and chord charts, plus backing tracks, piano & choir arrangements & more…

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This group from the Iona Community exists to encourage, enable and equip the shaping and creation of new forms of worship that are relevant, contextual and participatory.

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Sanctuary First is a digital ministry resource from the Church of Scotland with a range of prayers, meditations, podcasts, videos and more.

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The Resource Hub brings together a rich diversity of resources to equip your faith journey. Resources written by ourselves, and resources found on a multitude of other sites gathered from the wider Christian community.

There will be resources for every month of the year, encompassing all the major festivals. There will be a section to help us be the church and we will also look to provide ways to help your church reach out into its local - and the global - community.

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TheResourceHub from the Congregational Federation pulls together an invaluable collection of resources and links that will help equip and empower the local church. Based around Being Church, Doing Church and Festivals there’s soimething for everybody.

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Our purpose is to provide Christian Churches with high quality resources to enable all ages to worship, learn from the Bible and pray together so that each person grows in their faith.

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All-Age Services: Full scripts for All-Age Worship services lasting about 55 minutes. Includes talks, drama scripts, puppet scripts, film ideas, prayer ideas, music suggestions etc. Short All-Age Services: Shorter scripts for All-Age Worship services lasting about half an hour. Seasonal All-Age Services: Services for specific points in the church’s year. Short Talks: Scripts for three to […]

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Engage Worship is an expression of the Music and Worship Foundation, a charity that has served since 1984. We aim to resource the local church for creative, sustainable and world-changing worship...lectionary based, intergenerational..."Engage Worship is always my first go to website when I am looking for ideas and resources. Thank you guys for being so creative!"

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"This is such a helpful, well-thought out, biblically sound, and beautifully practical book... It invites us to become 'whole life' worshippers - those who don't simply lift up their song, but those who lay their lives down for the sake of the King and Kingdom." Kathryn Scott - songwriter, worship leader

"#WholeLifeWorship by engageworship is getting my juices flowing. Seriously challenging me but the possibilities & ideas are really exciting!" Pete Butland, Twitter

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"This is such a helpful, well-thought out, biblically sound, and beautifully practical book... It invites us to become 'whole life' worshippers - those who don't simply lift up their song, but those who lay their lives down for the sake of the King and Kingdom."

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Prospects works with churches all over Scotland. Some churches try to make changes to their regular services to make them more accessible to people with learning disabilities. Other churches run a group aimed at bringing a Bible message to people with learning disabilities in an understandable way.

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Prospects Across Scotland - Prospects Across Scotland

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If you are a church in Scotland here is how we can help you support people with learning disabilities and autism.