Immanuel and St Andrew

Prayer

• Prayer - What?, Why? and How? If you have never prayed by yourself before, or hardly ever, this page is particularly for you. Hopefully, others will also find it helpful!
• Prayers for you to use. A small selection of the many prayers that have been written or composed by others. You may like to use them.
• Prayer - a Reader reflects. A brief reflection, which will hopefully stimulate some thought about prayer.

The Bible

• What is the Bible? An introduction - some brief notes to help you. And a list of all the books of the Bible, with page numbers and a note about what they are.
• A Quick Read. Can't find your way around the Bible? No time? Try some of these short cuts to selected stories.

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Church Life and Worship

• Seasons? What Seasons? We use a programme called "Seasons of the Spirit", but what exactly are these "Seasons"? Explanations of the Seasons and some of the Feasts and Holy Days of the Church year.

More - mainly on prayer

• Facing bereavement or death. Almost all of us will need to face up to the death of family members, friends and other people we care about at some time, and each of us has to come to terms with the fact that he or she will one day die. This page of prayers and other material has been produced in the hope that it will help.
• Icons. Some people find that icons can help with prayer, meditation or their understanding of God, and a selection is offered here for you to use. Most of them were introduced on our retreat in 2005 (see below), but here can be viewed in enlarged versions.
• Music. You may find that music can be helpful as a background to prayer, study or meditation - or while you explore our site or surf the net! This page links to a small selection of choral music, mainly suitable for quiet listening, and some popular organ pieces (which tend to be louder!). You can also open the page in a new window, so that you can minimise it but still access it to play more music while you browse elsewhere, perhaps to use the Icons page.

• Immanuel and St Andrew's Retreat - February 2005. Many people valued the retreat. You may find it helpful to see or be reminded of what took place. Some of the material we used is reproduced and this may be useful in prayer or for meditation or study.

• Links to other websites. As well as other church websites and websites of local interest our Links Page - part of our General Information section - has links which may help you with prayer, Bible reading and information about the church (not just Immanuel).