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Spill the Beans Autumn 2020 Issue

We are continuing to live in very uncertain times and with a variety of different forms of worship being planned for the autumn months depending on the state of the pandemic. The Spill the Beans Resource Team have continued to create resources for worship leaders and age group leaders, recognising that variety, and we hope and pray that they are useful for you.

Note that we are adding audio-visual resources regularly to the Facebook group, so please do keep an eye on that.

This is the fourth issue in Year A of the Revised Common Lectionary and covers from Pentecost 13 to Reign of Christ Sunday.

Sampler

Created by folks here in Scotland, this issue has lots of ideas and resources for you to inspire, adapt, use in leading worship or for age groups in Junior Churches and youth groups. If you have not used Spill the Beans before then please Download Spill-the-Beans-Issue-36-Sampler.

If you'd like to download a full copy of Issue 36 (including audio files) for use in your church or personally, then click the 'Buy Now' button below. The cost is only £12 (GBP). You can make a secure payment via PayPal and then an email with secure link to the download should wing its way to you. Please note that you can only download the file using this link three times, so please make sure you save the file to your computer as soon as you have downloaded it. We recommend first downloading to a laptop or desktop computer before moving to phone/tablet.

Please follow the instructions carefully. The compressed zip file is large at approximately 15 MB so it may take some time to download. Please be patient as your computer does so! Once it has downloaded (you may want to check your "Downloads" folder) you will need to extract the contents (this option may appear at the top of the window or if you right-click on the file).

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You can also get involved in feedback and discussion on the Spill the Beans blog, where we try to put up weekly PowerPoint backgrounds too. There is also a facebook page in which we share ideas and we have introduced a new facebook group which you can link to from the facebook page and which we hope will provide a place of mutual support, ideas and encouragement as we trek together through this new adventure.

Print Copies

The office in which the printed copies are made is currently still closed due to the pandemic so we cannot provide any printed copies of this issue. Our apologies for that inconvenience.

 

Spill the Beans Issue 35 Free Resources

Those of us who are worship leaders, planners and creators are in a very different world at the moment in our organising of worship and ways of encouraging people in their worship of God during the Covid-19 pandemic response. In recognition of the difficult circumstances many of us are in at this time, the Spill the Beans Resource Team offer their latest issue as a free gift to our friends and colleagues around the world.

This is the third issue in Year A of the Revised Common Lectionary and covers from Trinity Sunday to Pentecost 12, taking us through the summer months.

Collaboration with Fischy Music

We continute our collaborative work with Fischy Music with a new song titled "A Little More" which debuts in this issue and explores our calling to be more like Jesus and to see the world as if through Jesus' eyes. You will find the score within the issue and audio tracks both with vocals and the backing track alone.

Download the Pack

We are not using our usual delivery service for this free of charge issue. So please click on the image of the issue above or click here and the download of the zip pack should begin. 

You can also get involved in feedback and discussion on the Spill the Beans blog, where we try to put up weekly PowerPoint backgrounds too. There is also a facebook page in which we share ideas and we have introduced a new facebook group which you can link to from the facebook page and which we hope will provide a place of mutual support, ideas and encouragement as we trek together through this new adventure.

Print Copies

The office in which the printed copies are made is currently closed due to the pandemic so we cannot provide any printed copies of this issue. Our apologies for that inconvenience.

Previous Issue

Issue 34 (up to 31 May 2020, Pentecost Sunday) is still available to purchase using the following button:

Issue 8

          

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No time to stand still

Just to let you know that we met yesterday to get plans in place for Lent and easter edition of Spill the Beans. It is an endless but very exciting journey this because as soon as you put your feet up than they are back on the ground running again.

We've swapped stars for deserts, straw for dust and celebrations for questions. Isn't that how it always happens: you get all cosy and then the world conspires to upset the apple cart and heaven has to pick up her skirts (kilt ?) and rolls her sleeves up and takes on the world. Our is to either stand by and hold the handbags or in the dust that is created as the two bang heads together leave our footprints as we chase after them towards resurrection for others to follow...

I'll outline the passages we are going to be taking here and if anyone has any ideas that might work for them in their place as we explore these stories, then please feel free to chip in.

 

Alleluia!

 

We know the world has been waiting. The angels have been gathering, the stars shifting, the alleluia's have been restless, the light building and now they can all celebrate because Spill The Beans is here. The brand new edition for you all. Just click the button up above and Spill the Beans will slide its way across the firmament via a heavenly choir who will clear their throats and sing alleluia as it lands in your computer once you've passed over a whole £12. It is all yours. Let us know how you get on.

Payment problems

The paypal button doesn't seem to be working for others. It works for me and I don't know if that means I ought to be paying for everyone. So I've taken it off for a surgical makeover and will put it back when I know it will behave. In the meantime, however, please do just email me and I'll send you the full booklet and I can even invoice you...

Payment Button

Okay, I have set up a paypal payment button which you can use to your hearts delight.

By paying this way you'll receive the material email within two days.

Remember you pay only once and you can photocopy it as much as you need for the number of leaders you need.

So please go for it. Advent and Christmas is being written right now (that's what I should be doing at the moment) so we'll let you know when that happens.

Hope it all goes well.

Thanks for your patience as we improve the system and the idea and the rich tapestry of life that this is enriching.

Advent has begun

Well, it has for the team of writers who are going to be putting up their trees and decoration a little earlier than usual. The team met a day or so ago and have set about all the ideas that have just been birthed from bible s=discussion and a lot of coffee (the two were meant for each other).

So even as we speak, writers and dreamers and imaginators are working away. Even as you read there, there is probably someone writing something about stables and stars and journeys and contemporary ways to hold on to the story in the wee Scottish town where you are. If you aren't in Scotland, you are now! Welcome.

So we'll keep you up to date as things move on, and stars slide and angels hold their breath and a baby begins to kick...