Welcome to our collection of resources for worship at home. Highlights and other materials are also on our Facebook Page.

Our faith is confirmed and encouraged by meeting together, but it does not depend on it. First and foremost, our relationship is with God Himself, as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. At times like these, we specially need the sense of God’s loving Fatherhood, the knowledge of salvation through Jesus, and the comforting and strengthening presence of the Holy Spirit.

The Wirral Methodist YouTube Channel has an extensive library of services and other items of interest.

Other Zoom services and live streams

• Wesley’s Chapel in London have a live stream of their service at 11:00 am every Sunday morning.
• The Methodist Central Hall in London has an extensive collection of sermons on its YouTube channel.
• Claremount Methodist Church in Wallasey have a YouTube channel with most of their services.
• Trinity with Palm Grove URC & Methodist Church livestreams its services. Please contact them in advance at 0790 548 7797 to obtain a link.

Worship services to use at home

You can read/view these prayers and meditations online, or download/print them.

From Wirral Methodist Circuit

Lament: a reflective prayer about the sorrows of Ukraine written by Cate Warbrick, worship leader at St. Luke’s, Hoylake

A liturgy of lament: it’s OK to complain to God, and here’s a resource to help.

A service prepared by Rev. Heather Cooper.
Imagine God speaking – a service for personal use from Steve Cooper.

Meditation: A living Temple from Rev Dr Christine Jones.
Praying some verses from Psalm 27 from Rev. Dr. Christine Jones.
Pray for a miracle – shared by Rev. Carol Natton.
Psalm 23: a visual meditation on the hymn – shared by Rev. Heather Cooper.
A reflection on Lent and sacrifice from Rev. Heather Cooper, Superintendent.
Seeing Jesus with new eyes:  source unknown; forwarded by Rev. John Barnett.
A meditation on Psalm 139: A song and video from Pete Wildman with some 1950s family movies. (viewable online only)
Self-isolation or solitude? from Pete Wildman.

Other materials

For such a time as this – a book of prayers for these times by Nick Fawcett.
A word in time: the Methodist website has a daily Bible meditation based on the Lectionary, with an explanation of the passage and some thought-provoking questions.
Hymns and songs online

New Song Network: playlists of all the songs featured at the New Song Cafe over recent years.
Traditional hymns: a selection of great hymns, with words so you can sing along.

Apps and websites you might find useful

PrayerMate is an app for your phone which helps both in listing things you want to pray for, and in accessing a range of prayer topics  and daily Bible reflections.

Bible.com is a website where you can read any passage of the Bible in a range of translations, choose and follow a Bible reading plan, or view videos with Bible readings from many Bible books – in proper English! If you choose the NIV (Anglicised) version, you can hear the entire Bible read by David Suchet.

The whole website is also available as a Smartphone app and for Amazon or Google smart speakers. For more information click here or search for YouVersion in your app store.

Biblegateway.com is another website where you can read the Bible in any translation, as well as easily looking up passages and searching for keywords. They also have smartphone and smart speaker apps.

(Other apps and websites are available!)

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Archive

Prayers to end COVID-19: prepared by SIM, a missionary organisation.

Holy Week meditations

A meditation for  Good Friday from Rev Heather Cooper.
A meditation for Maundy Thursday from Rev Heather Cooper
A meditation for Wednesday of Holy Week from Rev Heather Cooper
Holy Week meditations – Monday and Tuesday from Rev Heather Cooper.
A meditation for Palm Sunday from Rev. Heather Cooper
Bread: a meditation from Rev John Barnett
Jesus weeps over Jerusalem from Rev John Barnett
From Passion and Promises to Presence: A reflection for each day of Holy Week from Rev. Lily Twist.

For Children and Families

The following story ideas for Lent and Easter were prepared by the Children and Families Team.

4th Sunday in Lent
5th Sunday in Lent
Palm Sunday
Easter Sunday

Meditations from Rev John Barnett

Throughout the lockdown, John has been faithfully writing a weekly meditation. They are well worth reading. Note that they are in reverse order, with the latest ones at the top, so you need to start at the bottom!

The Book of Acts

Meditation: Rome at last
Meditation: In Malta
Meditation: Weathering the storm
Meditation: Taking it to the top
Meditation: A lengthy lockdown
Meditation: Born Free
Meditation: In his own words f
Meditation: Women preachers and visual aids
Meditation: A sad farewell
Meditation: Falling asleep
Meditation: Hitting them in the pocket
Meditation: Speaking their language
Meditation: Doing things differently
Meditation: Into Europe and into jail
Meditation: Doing things differently
Meditation: Telling the story
Meditation: A prayer answered
Meditation: Peace that passes understanding
Meditation: Including us in
Meditation: Saul becomes Paul
Meditation: Into Africa
Meditation: The First Martyr
Meditation: The Seven Helpers
Meditation: Wot, no buildings?
Meditation: The Trinity
Meditation: The Word on the Streets – Pentecost

Resurrection and Beyond

Meditation: The Ascension
Meditation: Seeds and Spiritual Bodies
Meditation: Standing up in court
Meditation: Fake News and Good News
Meditation: Christ at the lakeside (3)
Meditation: Christ at the lakeside (2)
Meditation: Christ appears at the lakeside
Meditation for the feast of the Annunciation
Meditation: the house of God
Meditation: Faith in the future