Ploughshares and First Fruits

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The annual celebrations of Plough Sunday Rogation and Harvest are hugely important for churches serving rural communities and are a key way for those churches to engage in mission usually seeing congregations swell at such times. Ploughshares and First Fruits draws on the inspired work being done by one rural church to celebrate rural living throughout the year and thereby grow its congregation.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>As well as providing many fresh ideas for keeping the established festivals it provides ready-to-use participative liturgies that engage all the senses appeal to all ages and give small churches a round-the-year resource.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Included are creative liturgies for:</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>• A pet service for the Feast of St Francis</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>• Walking and pilgrimage</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>• Lambing season</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>• Riders' Sunday</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>• Lammas</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>• A Summer Festival (an instant jam-jar flower festival)</span></p>