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There are liturgies for an outdoor celebration with fireworks, a Christingle service and a longest night service, as well as Advent candle ceremonies, personal prayer practices, a series of responses and blessings and a cats’ Advent calendar.   A companion resource book, Hay \u0026amp; Stardust, covering the season of Christmastide, from Christmas Eve to Candlemas, is also available.   In towns and villagesIn tower blocks and terracesChrist is waiting to be bornIn palaces and shanty-townsIn high streets and back-streetsChrist is waiting to be bornIn the vastness of the universeIn the intimacy of our heartsChrist is waiting to be bornCome, Lord JesusCome into our homesCome into our livesCome and stay","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308243005813,"sku":"9781901557961","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781901557961_718deab1-ff66-4abd-8816-5631f1789445.jpg?v=1786029611"},{"product_id":"9781849522748","title":"Saying Goodbye","description":"Saying Goodbye is a resource book for anyone who is planning a funeral. You may be a family member or a friend of someone who has died. You may be planning your own funeral. You may arrange and conduct funerals professionally. Here you will find an abundance of words and ideas for celebrating a life in ways that are personal and honest. There are resources that do not assume a faith commitment, as well as resources that reflect Christian belief.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308412023157,"sku":"9781849522748","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781849522748_bc803b19-cc31-469f-9fdd-25f36c6d95fe.jpg?v=1786029190"},{"product_id":"9781849527248","title":"Summer","description":"Summer is a liturgical resource book that covers the months of May, June and July.    It includes prayers, stories, responses, songs, poems, reflections, monologues, liturgies and reflections for the major Christian festivals and seasons of Eastertide and Pentecost, as well as for Ascension, Saints’ days, pilgrimage, holidays and other occasions.    The material is written by Iona Community members, associates, friends and others.   RaspberriesAll the year roundI can buy them pre-packedon the supermarket shelves,and sometimes I do.   But to fiercely prune themtalk to themstake themwater themwatch the bees buzz around themfeel the sun warming themprotect them from interested birdsnurture themsee their colour deepenwatch them swell to ripenesssmell their promise of sweetnessand then to pick themtheir juice staining my fingersand to eat them ...   Wow!Ripe raspberries.   It’s summertime.   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Just like its companion volume Candles \u0026amp; Conifers, which covers the period from All Saints to Christmas Eve, the material in this book has been contributed by Iona Community members, associates, friends and others and reflects their diverse experiences of life.   When sleet blinds you,hail drowns out voices,and snow hides your path,may you discern in each flakea star, image of the onethat guided the Magi,and find that in the pain of birth, death or changethere is a lightto guide you.   - From ‘Winter Blessing’ by Mary Palmer","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308814741877,"sku":"9781905010004","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781905010004_54701a60-a02d-4348-b814-432a1c30a6d9.jpg?v=1786029816"},{"product_id":"9781905010301","title":"Fire and Bread","description":"A book of Eastertide resources covering the period from Easter Sunday to Trinity Sunday, it offers prayers, responses, liturgies, songs, poems, reflections, meditations, sermons and stories for a period of nearly two months, including Easter Day, Ascension Day, Pentecost, Trinity Sunday, Saints' days and Rogation days.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308875886965,"sku":"9781905010301","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781905010301_4b39ad83-0eca-4c76-b4f0-2efca4ef86f7.jpg?v=1786029817"},{"product_id":"9781901557879","title":"Eggs and Ashes","description":"The hunger for modern, relevant resources for the Christian seasons and celebrations is deep. Here is a book that will help to fill this need. Suitable for group worship or personal reflection, and with material for Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, Mothering Sunday, Palm Sunday and Holy Week, it is a collection to accompany readers through Lent and Easter for many years.   Eggs and Ashes includes a Lent discipline for those who care about the environment, liturgies, responses, prayers, poems, reflections, meditations, stories, stations of the cross, sermons, monologues and songs, with some all-age resources – written by Iona Community members, associates, friends and others.   Ruth Burgess is the author of A Book of Blessings and Friends and Enemies, both published by Wild Goose Publications. Chris Polhill is a frequent contributor to Wild Goose books.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56313104695669,"sku":"9781901557879","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781901557879_cda534dc-24f3-4d6e-96bf-da02693020ba.jpg?v=1786029610"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-ruth-burgess.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}