spill the beans
worship and learning resources for all ages
worship and learning resources for all ages
spill the beans
Journeying with Luke
a new original lectionary from StB
The Spill the Beans Resource Team embark on a fresh two year cycle, which we have been working on for the last year or so. This is our Lukan Lectionary, covering the two volumes written by Saint Luke within the New Testament. In year one we cover Luke's Gospel and in year two we will journey through the Acts of the Apostles. We start this journey in Advent and this issue is the first in this new cycle.
This has been a great journey over the last couple of years, but the team has been busy at work to create a new lectionary cycle for Advent 2025 through to the end of 2027. We are going to embark on a new two year cycle with Luke (both the Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles). A full plan of the readings is available here.
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about us
At the beginning of 2009 a conversation began amongst a couple, then a few, then a group about collaboratively creating resources that enabled us to tell the story of faith in a worship context and within age groups for younger people and teens. Spill the Beans was born as the result of that conversation and has grown and developed over the intervening years.
The ethos has remained the same, however. It is all about story. For we believe story is the lifeblood of faith. In story we can tell the truth and speak with honesty about things for which there are not yet words. Story contains mystery and is the poetry that forms faith. Stories grow as we grow and can reveal new truths at different times in our lives. So we believe giving stories to people is one of the most important things we can do in sharing our faith. Children and adults hold stories in their being and keep coming back to them throughout life. Our culture is stored in story. The same is true for our faith. Spill the Beans is a work of love. None of the contributors are paid for their contributions, these contributions are written and prepared with our own congregations in mind. Instead of working in isolation, we bring this work together, give it some spit and polish, and share it with others. This is how we can keep the cost so low.
In addition, we regularly pay it forward by using surplus monies to support other new ministries and projects.
cost
Spill the Beans costs £12 per issue so it will cost you £48 over a year.
We invite you to buy only one issue per congregation and then copy the material as much as you wish for as many are involved in your worship and learning.
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partners
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We have already been engaging with a partnership with Scottish Bible Society which has seen the provision of a thematic Intergenerational Event in past issues. This will continue into our new series.
The team is also delighted that we have begun a creative collaboration with Fischy Music (www.fischy,com). Our shared vision is to introduce new songs with each issue of Spill the Beans. In issue 33 for our new RCL series we introduce two new Advent and Christmas songs: Sharing God’s Christmas Light and The Angels Say.
Music and words are provided in the issue. Downloadable audio tracks (full and backing) are provided online (http://spillbeans.org.uk). This is an exciting new development and we hope you will find the results of this collaboration with Fischy Music a blessing for your worship in the years to come.