Morning Worship

Bishop Justus Church of England Bishop Justus Church of England SchoolSchool

  

Saint Distaff’s Day-back to work Saint Distaff’s Day-back to work dayday

Season of EpiphanySeason of Epiphany

77thth January 2014 January 2014

Gather

The Lord be with youAnd also with you

Receive

Give yourself to the Lord;

trust in him, and he will help you;

he will make your righteousness shine

like the noonday sun.

Psalm 37: 5-6

 

 Resolutions—Back to work....· Think about where you want to be with your work in a year’s time… · What do you need to do or give up to get there?· Make a new year’s resolution about your work and write it down· Think about the pitfalls—what will be tempting to you / will stop you reaching your goal? · Watch this song to open this discussion—challenge the message http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLk3IFTDhkg · Write yourself a letter—address it to yourself and give it to your tutor / mentor · Tutors / mentors—give out the letters in a few weeks time when resolutions are forgotten or slipping as an encouragement and a reminder of that resolveSpinning· The distaff is symbolic of women’s work from the past—spinning· Look at this spinning you tube clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxMz5DBCLjE —the distaff is the stick the flax is put onto which is then spun using the wheel into linen yarn· Spinning is a process which transforms something· Reflect how you want to be changed?· What needs to be transformed in your life? In school?

Engage

RespondLord, I commit my failuresas well as my successesinto your hands,and I bring for your healingthe people and the situations,the wrongs and the hurtsof the past.Give me courage, strength and generosityto let go and move on,leaving the past behind me,and living the present to the full.Lead me always to be positiveas I ‘entrust the past to your mercy,the present to your love,and the future to your providence’.

AmenAdapted from St Augustine

 

Go

May the grace of Christ our Saviour

be with us allAmen