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Marianne Musgrove
Feb 1411 min read
In Conversation with Jesus: A punctuation-themed Lenten & Easter liturgy & at home activity
This Lent and Easter we’ll be 'In Conversation with Jesus'. We'll use a different punctuation mark each week to explore the theme.
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Marianne Musgrove
Jan 62 min read
Journeying into 2025: Worship Stations
Some worship stations to explore the theme of journeying with Jesus.
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Marianne Musgrove
Dec 9, 20243 min read
The Gentle Art of Winnowing: my No Buy year Part 3
I've never smoked a cigarette, got drunk, wagged school or been arrested, but you’d be mistaken if you thought I was 100% straightlaced.
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Marianne Musgrove
Nov 29, 20241 min read
Giant Advent Calendar Liturgy: Unlikely Gifts
This year, my church community made a giant Advent calendar inspired by the theme of unlikely gifts. The Israelites expected a king to...
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Marianne Musgrove
Sep 30, 20243 min read
What my Barbie Perfume Maker Taught Me about the Nature of Wanting: My No Buy Year Part 2
What my Barbie Perfume Maker Taught Me about the Nature of wanting: My No Buy Year Part 2
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Marianne Musgrove
Sep 6, 20243 min read
My No Buy Year Manifesto
When I first decided to do a No Buy Year, my very next thought was, 'I should buy a nice new journal to document it!'
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Marianne Musgrove
Feb 9, 20241 min read
A Fresh Take On Lent & Easter: Liturgy, Cards & Symbols for In Church and At Home Reflection
This Lent & Easter, we're exploring the theme of Pilgrims Walking the Way of Jesus. We brainstormed a list of items that symbolised the...
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Marianne Musgrove
Nov 13, 202312 min read
No-rehearsal Nativity Play: In Jesus' Name
Theme For years, I've been intrigued by the fact that Jesus has over fifty names/titles in the Bible. Each one sheds light on a different...
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Marianne Musgrove
Jul 28, 20232 min read
A Creative Way of Passing the Peace - Worship Idea
Passing the peace is a special time during worship in which members of the congregation go from person to person sharing God's peace with...
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Marianne Musgrove
Apr 9, 20236 min read
Receiving versus Resisting the Resurrection
How do the story of the tomb & resurrection from John 20:1-18, the lifecycle of the butterfly and my own story intersect? Let’s start...
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Marianne Musgrove
Feb 11, 20233 min read
Lent – Emptying ourselves in order to be filled
Worship Resources for Lent Here is a reflection activity that can be used during the first Sunday in Lent. It works particularly well as...
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Marianne Musgrove
Dec 11, 20203 min read
Ephphatha: What does it mean to ‘Be Opened’?
When I was four years old, I stepped off a train, misjudged the distance and fell through the gap between the train and the platform....
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Marianne Musgrove
May 29, 20202 min read
The Wisdom of Tendrils
It’s a Wednesday and I’m confined to barracks while I await my Covid-19 test results. The perimeter of my yard is as far as I’m allowed...
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Marianne Musgrove
May 27, 20203 min read
Ignition
A friend of a friend exited the shops one day only to discover her car was missing. Assuming she’d forgotten where she’d parked it, she...
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Marianne Musgrove
Mar 20, 20201 min read
A Prayer for Panic-Buyers
God of Comfort,
Some of us are freaking out
and we're turning to tangible things
like toilet paper
canned beans
and packets of baby wipes
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Marianne Musgrove
Feb 19, 20203 min read
Can You Forgive Someone Without an Apology?
A few years ago, an old book came into my possession – a book with a back story so intriguing, I barely slept for two days for thinking...
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Marianne Musgrove
Feb 17, 20203 min read
Choose Life - a drama based on Deuteronomy 30:15-20
Hi, my name's Moses. You may remember me from such speeches as the ten commandments and that time I parted the Red Sea.
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Marianne Musgrove
Nov 23, 20198 min read
A Survival Guide to ME/CFS
I've spent the past twenty odds years quietly recovering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. For this reason, I'm often asked for advice by...
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Marianne Musgrove
Oct 16, 20193 min read
Exiled from the Heart: coming home to myself
There are three things I know about my paternal grandmother: She was born in 1891 in a small village in Holland. During the Second World...
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Marianne Musgrove
Apr 19, 20191 min read
An Easter Blessing
My friend and fellow poet, Mandy Langlois, has written an Easter blessing especially for my congregation. Since its message is universal,...
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