Iona Abbey Worship Book (2017)

The services and resources in the Iona Abbey Worship Book reflect the Iona Community’s commitment to the belief that worship is all that we are and all that we do, both inside and outside the church, with no division into the sacred and the secular. The material draws on many traditions, including the Celtic, and aims to help us to be fully present to God, who is fully present to us – in our neighbour, in the political and social activity of the world around us, and in the very centre and soul of our being.

The 2001 edition of this book is also available separately for loan, and is comprised of different material.

Contents include:

Welcome Service A

1 Responses
2 Prayers
1 Closing responses
1 Scripture Reading
1 Liturgy

Welcome Service B

3 Prayers
1 Liturgy
1 Scripture reading
1 Blessing and Response

Appendix to Welcome Services

Notes for the Service: Conversation The lighting of Lights
1 Suggested Songs
2 Opening Words
1 Suggested scripture readings
1 Closing Prayer

Sunday Morning Communion Service A

1 Gathering Notes
1 Opening Responses
1 Call to Prayer
2 Prayers
1 Reading
1 Affirmation of Faith
1 Prayers of Concern
1 Offering Prayer
1 Eucharistic Prayer
1 Sanctus
1 Celebrant
1 Agnus Dei
1 The Peace
1 Blessing

Sunday Morning Communion Service B

1 Opening Responses
1 Call to Prayer
1 Prayer of Confession and Restoration
1 Reading
1 Affirmation of Faith
1 Prayers of Concern
1 Prayer of Thanksgiving
1 Prayer of Consecration
1 Agnus Dei
1 Prayer
1 Blessing

Appendix to Sunday Morning Services

1 The Apostles' Creed
1 Affirmation of Faith
2 The invitation
2 The Story
1 Eucharistic Prayer
1 Sanctus
2 The Peace

Service of Quiet A

1 Gathering notes
1 Opening Prayer
2 Prayers
1 Words of Sending

Service of Quiet B

1 Gathering notes
1 Opening Prayer
1 Prayer for Others
1 Blessing

Appendix to Service of Quiet

1 Notes for the Service
1 Extra Resources notes
1 Marking the silence
1 Prayers for others
1 Prayer
1 Nunc Dimittis

Morning Service

1 Opening Responses
1 Call to Prayer
1 Prayer of Confession
1 The Lord's Prayer
1 Response of Faith
1 Reading
1 Prayers of gratitude and concern
1 Daily Prayers
1 Closing Responses

Morning Service - All-age

1 Opening Words
1 Saying Sorry
1 The Lord's Prayer
1 Saying Yes
1 Reading
1 Thank you prayers and prayers for other people
1 Closing Words

Appendix to Morning Services

4 Prayers to be used before confession
4 Prayers to be used to begin prayers of gratitude and concern
5 Scriptures
16 Suggested short stories suitable for all-age morning service
5 Suggested poems suitable for all-age morning service
1 Alternate prayer for the day

Leaving Service

1 Prayers of gratitude and concern
1 The Friday prayer
1 Parting prayer

Leaving Service - All-age

1 Scripture
1 Reading
1 Thank you prayers and prayers for other people
1 Friday prayer
1 Closing responses and blessing
1 Blessing

Service for Justice and Peace A

1 Opening notes
1 Opening responses
1 Prayer
1 Readings for challenge and reflection
1 Response
1 Blessing and Dismissal

Service for Justice and Peace B

1 Opening Notes
1 Opening responses
1 Prayer
1 Readings for challenge and reflection
1 Response
1 Blessing

Appendix to Service for Justice and Peace

1 Notes for the service
1 Opening responses
1 Opening prayer
1 Prayer of Commitment
1 Affirmation of Faith
1 Concluding Prayer
1 Blessing

Service of Prayers for Healing A

1 Concerning prayers for healing and laying on of hands
1 Opening responses
1 Prayer
1 Scripture reflection
1 Prayers for others
1 Prayer of invocation
1 Prayer of St Augustine
1 Blessing

Service of Prayers for Healing B

1 Opening Responses
1 Prayer
1 Prayers for others
1 Invitation to the laying on of hands
1 The laying on of hands
1 Closing Prayer
1 Blessing

Appendix to Services of Prayer for Healing

2 Prayers for others
1 Leader's invitation to laying on of hands
1 Prayer of invocation
1 Alternative prayer for the laying on of hands
2 Blessings
2 Chants
1 Note on winter variation

An Act of Commitment A

1 Opening notes
1 Opening responses
1 Affirmation
1 Prayer of commitment
1 Blessing

An Act of Commitment B

1 Notes on The people gather
1 Opening Responses
1 Prayer of Approach
1 Affirmation of faith
1 Act of Commitment
1 Sending
1 Blessing

Appendix to Acts of Commitment

1 Notes on the acts of commitment
1 Synbolic action around the world
1 Coming forward to receive words of Jesus
2 Prayer of Approaches
1 Invitation to Commitment
2 Affirmations of faith
1 Prayer of Commitment
1 List of Words of Jesus
1 Closing Responses

Ceilidh Communion

1 The People gather notes
1 Responses
1 The Story sequence
1 Prayer
1 The Sharing
1 The Peace
1 Closing Response

A Ceilidh Service

1 The People gather notes
1 Opening words
1 Prayer
1 Pouring and sharing
1 Closing Responses

Appendix to Ceilidh and Ceilidh and Ceilidh Communion Services

1 Notes for the Ceilidh Communion - the story sequence
18 Bible Stories suitable for discussion
1 Story of the Table
1 Invitation
1 Notes for set up and introduction to Ceilidh Service
1 The setting of the table
1 the story sequence: 2 stories, a conversation and a song
1 Possible questions which may naturally arise from the stories
2 Opening words for Ceilidh service
1 Suggested Chants
2 Blessings

Creation Liturgy

1 The people gather notes
1 Opening responses
1 Prayer of thanks for creation
1 Prayer of regret
1 Closing blessing
1 Closing responses

Appendix to Creation Liturgy

1 Opening responses
1 Blessing
17 Suggested Readings from scriptures
1 Suggested readings from a speecy by Chief Seattle in 1854
1 Alfie Song
3 Mediations

Evening Liturgy

1 Opening Responses
1 Prayer
1 Night Prayer
1 Closing Responses

Appendix to Evening Liturgy

1 Notes for the service
60 Possible Scripture Readings
1 Opening responses
1 Closing responses

Prayers for the World and Its People

1 The people gather notes
1 Opening responses
1 Theme
1 Reading
3 Prayers
1 Dismissal

Appendix to Prayers for the World and Its People

1 Notes for the service
1 Themes for the prayers
19 Short songs from around the world
5 Scripture passages: The peace of the world
5 Scripture passages: The care of creation
5 Scripture passages: Economic and Trade justice
5 Scripture passages: Gender and sexuality issues
5 Scipture passages: Civic justice and the law
5 Scripture passages: Intercultural relations

Psalms

1 Notes regarding the Psalms
6 week sequence
64 Psalms for specific days and seasons
47 Psalm scripture passages

Chants

13 Songs

Short songs suggested for the liturgies

41 Short songs suggested for liturgies

Concerning Worship

1 Reflection on Iona Community worship

The Iona Community

1 Description of Iona Community
7 Suggested books about the Iona Community