Resources for Adults
There are further resources for families to use at home, including our Sunday School Online, on our Resources for Families page.
Resources for Worship Together Services
Easter Sunday Sheets
Please find below the sheets to accompany the time of reflection at the 9:15, 11 and 4pm services on Easter Sunday
27th December
18th October
Questions for reflection/group discussion time Questions for Discussion and Reflection - John 20v30-31 (1).docx
Pathfinder questions for during the service Pathfinder Sheet 18th Oct.docx
Primary activity for during the service Primary activity - A3 sheet.pdf Primary activity - A4 sheet with pictures and letters.pdf
Pre-school activity for during the service Pre-school activity - A3 colouring sheet.pdf
4th october
Adult reflection Activity for Adults – Worship Together 4.10.20 (1).docx
Secondary activity Secondary activity 4th Oct.pdf
Primary activity Primary Activty 4th Oct.pdf
Pre-school activity John 20. Thomas preschool.pdf
27th september
- Reflection/meditation for adults: Adult Reflection.docx
- Pathfinder activity: Pathfinder activity.docx
- Primary activity: Mary-tomb-Primary V2.jpg
- Pre-school activity: Mary-tomb-Pre-School V2.jpg
13th September
- Reflection for Adults: Adult reflection 13-9-20.docx
- Secondary Activity: Secondary activity.docx
30th August
- Reflection/meditation for Adults: Questions for reflection - adults.docx
- Pathfinder Activity: John 11 Pathfinder Activity.pdf
- Primary Activity: Worship Together Activity - Primary.docx
- Preschool Activity: I am the resurrection - pre-school colouring.jpg
Suggested questions for parents of pre-schoolers.docx
16th August
- Reflection/meditation: Adult reflection Aug 16th.docx
- Questions for discussion: Discussion Questions for preschool, primary and secondary.docx
- 3 Activities (for preschool/primary/secondary): Activities for preschool, primary and secondary.pdf
9th August
- Reflection/meditation: Adult relection 2020_08_09.docx
- Pathfinder activity: Pathfinders 2020_08_09.pub
- Primary activity: A3-puzzle-sheet.jpg
- Pre-school: Preschool activity 9th Aug.pdf
2nd August
- Reflection/meditation - Adult activity for Worship Together services 2nd Aug (2).docx
- Pathfinder activity - Pathfinders 2020_08_02 (1).docx
- Primary activity - Samaritan wordsearch.docx
- Pre-school - Preschool Samaritan Woman.docx
Resources for Reading the Bible with Children
Children's Bibles
For younger children at the start of the list and for older children at the end.
Bible reading guides
- Beginning with God (to read with children aged 2-5)
- Table Talk for Families (family Bible times aimed at 4-12s)
- Long Story Short and Old Story New (family Bible times aimed at 4-12s)
- Explore the Bible – xtb (for 7-10s to read on their own)
- Discover (for 11-13s to read on their own)
- Engage (for 14-18s to read on their own)
Resources on anxiety
Articles
- Anxiety, Waiting and the Coronavirus, CCEF, Alasdair Groves
- COVID-19: Living by Probabilities or Providence?, CCEF, Mike Emlet
- The secret to dealing with fear and anxiety, CCEF, Ed Welch
Books
- Running Scared by Ed Welch. Here is a review from a member of the church family: "Ed Welch has a unique chatty style of writing that draws you in, it's as though he is sharing his thoughts with you as he considers the issues of anxiety. God used this book to literally transform my life and help me depend on Him in a whole new way. Ed Welch asks the difficult questions you were thinking but didn't dare ask, then he answers them by giving us a practical way to learn to leave our anxiety with God. I can't recommend this book highly enough!"
- A Student's Guide to Anxiety by Ed Welch (suitable for teenagers)
- Living Without Worry by Timothy Lane
- The God Dependent Life by Joanie Yoder. This is a biography of dealing with intense anxiety that lead to agoraphobia, very easy to read and encouraging.
Daily Bible reading
- Explore Bible Reading Notes. Annual subscription to paperback notes, £17.99. Explore App, including 28 days free.
- Reading Between the Lines, Glen Scrivener. 181 Daily Bible Readings. Hardback, £12.74.
- A Shelter in the Time of Storm, Paul David Trip. 52 meditations on Psalm 27. Free PDF Book.
Articles
- Christian Aid Week 2021
- We Need to be Uncomfortable, TGC, Phillip Holmes
- Say Something, CCEF, Ed Welsh
- Church, Don’t let Coronavirus Divide You, TGC, Brett McCracken
- COVID-19: Anxiety about Money?, CCEF, Ed Welch
- My Christian High School Students Have Doubts: Here’s How I Respond, TGC, J.A. Block
Online Services and Videos
- A 15-minute daily service from St Ebbe’s Oxford, livestreaming Monday to Friday 8:45am-9am, and available thereafter on YouTube
- The Christianity Explored films and Soul (for youth) films are currently available on YouTube
- Great Question, Glen Scrivener Answers 10 Thorny Questions (including Why did God Allow Coronavirus?)
- Stay Salt: The World has Changed – Our Message Must Not, Glen Scrivener interviews Becky Pippert
- There are lots of interviews and podcasts about responding to coronavirus at the CCEF website
Books
Bible-based Christian books are a huge help in growing in our knowledge and love of God. Here are some personal recommendations from a number of people.
- Rachel recommends Enjoying God by Tim Chester. “This is an extremely helpful book looking at how we can have deep joy in God, whatever is going on in our lives. It points us to the greater things that God is doing in us, and helps us to see beyond the mundane, the struggles and the temptations and glimpse what God is up to as he refines us. A great encouragement any time-but particularly at the moment.”
- Sara recommends Hudson Taylor a Man in Christ by Roger Steer. “Family life, medical training, long sea journeys, romance, civil war, riots, illness, sacrifice, travel in China, mission….all prompted by a great love for the Chinese people to know Christ enabled by confidence in the faithfulness of God. A fascinating and inspiring account of the life of Hudson Taylor, one of the spiritual ‘greats’ of the 19th century.”
- Sara also recommends In Her Words by Patricia St John. “Not sure I’ve read her children’s books so I’m not sure why I bought this book but I absolutely loved it. An account of her life from boarding school housemother to during the war and then at her brother’s mission hospital in Tangiers and then her own clinic in the mountains of Morocco, relief trips to Middle East and Africa and finally her mission on a housing estate in Coventry. A Godly woman who communicates the forgiving and healing power of God in a very human way.”
- Tom recommends The Tech-Wise Family by Andy Crouch. “This book really helped me think about the place of technology in my life and home as follower of Jesus. It’s challenging, but not discouraging – presenting principles to put into practice rather than rules to follow. It’s a refreshing book in a world where being glued to technology seems inescapable.”
- Angela recommends Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers. “This Christian novel explores the relationship of Gomer and Hosea using the backdrop of the American Goldrush as a means of understanding the heart of the message. Francine is really skilled in being historically and biblically accurate along with showing the human responses within the context of God's word. This beautiful and challenging read gets to the heart of the matter that God loves humanity and will do all he can to bring his sinful adulterous children back to him because with Him is the perfect place for us all.”
- Jon recommends Seeing and Savouring Jesus Christ by John Piper. “I love this book because it is accessible and meaty. It comes in five or six page chapters ideal to read over a cup of tea. Each one is packed with Bible truth to help us see Jesus as he truly is and to love and delight in him more than anything else.”
Real Lives
Take a look at the materials and videos from our Real Lives mission week in February 2020.