Anne Harrison

A comprehensive worship supplement that will fit many churches' needs for quality modern music resources, arranged seasonally and thematically.The 330 hymns and songs included represent today's most influential writers and styles-Includes several songs from the world church and other short songs and chants.

Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worship

Sing Praise

John Barnard

Tim Ruffer

Gordon Giles

The world's most famous hymn book has undergone a complete revision and now offers the broadest ever range of traditional hymns and the best from today's composers and hymn/song writers. 150 years since its first publication and after sales of 170 million copies, this brand new edition contains over 840 items, ranging from the Psalms to John Bell, Bernadette Farrell and Stuart Townend. The guiding principles behind this collection are: * congregational singability * biblical and theological richness * musical excellence * liturgical versatility * relevance to today's worship styles and to today's concerns New features include added provision for all the seasons of the Church year, new items for carol services and other popular occasions where the repertoire is in need of refreshing, more choices for all-age worship, fresh translations of some ancient hymnody, beautiful new tunes, short songs and chants - alleluias, kyries, blessings etc. and music from the world church. A full range of indexes (including biblical and thematic) and a helpful guide to choosing hymns for every occasion will help to make Ancient & Modern the premier hymn collection of choice. This is the Organ edition. 2 volume set.

Ancient and Modern Organ Edition

Safe in his Scriptorium, Brother Léon dreams of discovering sapientia: perfect knowledge. On opening an Arabic tome brought by his brother-in-law Stefan the Bastard to the Monastery of St. Maurus, Brother Léon sees an unknown numeral: 0. In the 13th C world of universal belief, his faith crumbles - why has God granted such knowledge only to the Infidel?A group of unwanted peasants are sent to help the monks with the construction of the Cathedral of St. Catherine. Guy has no thoughts beyond a life free from hunger, until the night they arrive at the monastery and his brother Henri collapses and soars to the Battlements of Heaven. He returns bearing God's command to bring all home to Heaven, and so begins his silent preaching through the town. As her spires rise to challenge the Heavens, the Cathedral of St. Catherine touches all who move in her shadow. A new statue of the Archangel Michel strikes terror in the townsfolk, for they believe the statue was finished by an angel as the mason slept. Banished by the Abbot to the cathedral roof, St. Michel is joined by his colleague Death, (recently returned from stress leave). They guide the events unfolding below them, as the death of faith, belief, knowledge, of loved ones, and of the world as it is known spreads through the town.Unlike his fellow monks, Brother Valerian is at ease moving between monastery and town. A descendant of Vikings, he remains untouched by the superstitions surrounding the new cathedral. In contrast, Audrey, a daughter of the tavern owner, remains drained of emotion after the death of her fiancé and unborn child. She sees only the cathedral's destructive miasma, the people it has killed and maimed, and what it has stripped from the town.Charged by the Abbott to write a tome detailing the construction of the cathedral, Brother Léon struggles not only with his loss of faith but also with writer's block. He blames his brother-in-law Lord Stefan for bringing evil into the monastery. Meanwhile, Stefan the Bastard plays Abbot, family and king against each other, wanting only to return home to be with his wife. The Abbot sees enemies in everyone as he readies the cathedral for its royal consecration. Guy seeks a life free from living in Henri's shadow. Escape from the past seems possible, until familial ties plunge him into a darker world.

The Gods Themselves

A truly original story of life in and after care. A unique account of trans-racial fostering which focuses on identity, family history and loss. Call Me Auntie adds to the literature of post-Windrush 1950s Britain and tells of ‘Heartbreak House’ care homes. The author’s account of being abandoned by her mother as a young child and her life in homes and institutions will captivate any reader. The mystery of her search for her mother and constant rejections will leave the reader wondering what demons drove her to be so elusive. “Call Me Auntie” was the best her mother could offer but this was just the start of a bizarre sequence of events. After discovering she had a brother and looking for her long lost family in Barbados the author finally came to understand she “may be a princess after all”. Call Me Auntie is a story of survival, resilience and changing attitudes to racism and ethnicity as the author forged a successful career beginning as a Woolworth’s shop girl before joining the police, then moving into social work. Reviews ‘Anne’s story is a compelling account, not just of her search for her birth mother but of her extraordinary journey from being a child in care, then qualifying as a social worker and finally becoming a magistrate?…?I read it at a sitting and could not put it down. Her account of life in a children’s home in the 1960s and 1970s deserves to find a place on every social work training course’— Retired Judge Robert Zara. ‘This is an excellent read for anyone who has compassion. The author had a really tough childhood brought up by the care system. She raises really important questions. A must-read for anyone who wants to make a difference for children and their lives. Make it compulsory for all social work students’— John Bolton, Visiting Professor, Institute of Public Care, Oxford Brookes University, and a former Director of Social Services. Extract ‘Our new house-parents were Harold and Dora … He was a big guy who always looked angry. She was a little mousy figure but with a steel will underneath … Overnight, the household regime changed. As controlled as our lives might have been in the [previous houseparents’] time, the changes were shocking. Chores had to be performed to much higher standards, and there were new ones … There were new rules, routines, and responsibilities. But this was not all. With the new chores and new rules, our fear set in.'

My Childhood in Care and My Search for My Mother

Call Me Auntie

A truly original story of life in and after care. The author's own account of being left behind by her mother as a one year old and her life in foster homes and institutions. When eventually traced, 'Call Me Auntie' was the best her mother could offer, but this was just the start of a bizarre sequence of events. Call Me Auntie is a telling account of abandonment, 'Heartbreak House' care homes, family history and survival. It is also one of resilience and personal achievement as the author discovered she also had a brother left behind in the same way, forged a professional career, searched for her long lost relatives in Barbados and eventually came to understand that she 'may be a princess after all'.

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