Creative Ideas for Whole Church Family Worship
Creative Ideas for Whole Church Family Worship

Author: Jan Brind

Publisher: Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 184825086X

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Family services are possibly the hardest worship occasions to plan - nourishing faith in children and adults simultaneously is a huge challenge even for the most gifted communicator. This new collection offers a range of all-age worship services, consistent with Anglican liturgy, for use throughout the church year. Each one includes music suggestions, prayers, a talk and family-friendly liturgy. Also included is a CD with the full text of all services and colour artwork.

Creative Ideas for Wild Church
Creative Ideas for Wild Church

Author: Juno Hollyhock

Publisher: Canterbury Press

Published: 2016-09-06

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 184825881X

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This innovative and imaginative resource offers learning and worship activities and whole service outlines to help churches engage with the outside world and increase connectedness with the communities where they are placed, whether rural or urban. Current trends encourage us to reconnect with nature – schools are building outdoor classrooms, 11,000 organizations belong to the Wild Network which encourages children to get outside, while Forest Church, the Eco-congregation and the rewilding spirituality movements reflect this trend in the church. Definitely not just for energetic outdoorsy types, it creatively blends the Christian year with the natural seasons – such as an all-age Advent outdoor adventure, creating an outdoor Easter garden, kite flying at Ascension, building life-size David and Goliath, going on a prayer pilgrimage, autumn leaves and tree ribbons for remembrance, and much more.

Creative Ideas for Children's Worship
Creative Ideas for Children's Worship

Author: Sarah Lenton

Publisher: Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd

Published: 2010-11-30

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 1848250428

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Ask almost any priest what his or her biggest headache is and the answer is likely to be 'coming up with ideas for including children in worship'. Here is the answer to those prayers - a whole year's worth of activities and ideas complete with artwork and visual aids. These sixty outlines have been developed and used in an Anglican parish church over the last eight years by a professional educationalist, artist and experienced children's church leader. The worship outlines include simple children's liturgies and a complete lesson or story plan that harmonizes with what the adults are doing in church on the same day. Through fun ideas, children encounter a real aspect of the Christian faith focused on a theme to be found in the Gospel of the day. Each outline includes a variety of options which make them workable with small and large groups of children or single groups of mixed ages. Illustrated throughout, the text and artwork appears on the accompanying CD Rom in full colour for downloading and printing or copying.

Crafts for Creative Worship
Crafts for Creative Worship

Author: Jan Brind

Publisher: Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 9781853115851

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"here is a unique aid to enabling young and old alike to participate creatively in worship throughout the Christian year" -- BACK COVER.

Whole Life Worship
Whole Life Worship

Author: Sam Hargreaves

Publisher: Inter-Varsity Press

Published: 2017-03-28

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 1783595124

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This book is a continuation of the LICC series begun by Neil Hudson's Imagine Church Whole-Life Worship will demonstrate that the contemporary Western Church has reached a point where our "gathered" worship is separated from our "scattered" lives outside of church. This is detrimental to the congregation's spiritual development and their effectiveness on their "frontlines". Church worship should be inspired and informed by our everyday experiences. It should empower and send the congregation out to continue worshipping. The book will provide patterns and resources to better connect gathered worship with the lives of the congregation beyond church meetings. The book will unpack a biblical grounding for both gathered and scattered worship. It will then identify patterns within our gathered services which help us re-make these connections. It will provide practical resources such as songs, prayers and activities which can help churches connect Sunday to the rest of the week. It will draw examples and stories from other church streams and traditions, to demonstrate how different kinds of Christian spirituality engage worshipfully with everyday life. In the second half of the book is a practical resource looking specifically at different aspects of a gathered service, and how each one can have an "outward" dimension.

Creative Ideas for Ministry with the Aged
Creative Ideas for Ministry with the Aged

Author: Sue Pickering

Publisher: Canterbury Press

Published: 2014-09-30

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1848256485

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Creative Ideas for Ministry with the Aged is a wise, timely and practical handbook that meets the urgent need for resources for ministry among the elderly. Written out of the author's own experience as a chaplain to a residential care community, it is suitable for ministers who visit the elderly; chaplains, pastoral visitors and caregivers; and all who help train others in elderly pastoral care. Part 1 explores the key theological elements of ministry with the aged, focusing on themes such as the sacrament of the present moment. It asks what constitutes spiritual care and conversation with those whose minds and bodies are failing? Part 2 provides simple service outlines for 'reconnecting with old treasures'; and includes liturgies for communion services, services of the word and remembering special days. Parts 3 and 4 offer imaginative ideas for pastoral practices and spiritual activities using prayer, song, laughter, memory, touch, anointing and more to address questions of loss, letting go, forgiveness, dying and resurrection.

Creative Ideas for Children's Worship - Year A
Creative Ideas for Children's Worship - Year A

Author: Sarah Lenton

Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2012-05-01

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 1606741454

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One of the biggest challenges for worship leaders and educators is coming up with ideas for including children in worship. These books provide a whole year’s worth of activities and ideas complete with artwork and visual aids. The activities have been developed and used in an Anglican parish (Church of England) over the last eight years by a professional educator, artist, and experienced children’s minister. The worship outlines include simple children’s liturgies and a complete lesson or story plan that harmonizes with the lectionary. Through fun ideas, children encounter a real aspect of the Christian faith focused on a theme from each Sunday’s Gospel. Each outline includes a variety of options, which make them appropriate for small and large groups of children as well as mixed age groups. Illustrated throughout, the text and full-color artwork are included on a CD ROM for downloading, printing, and copying.

The New City Catechism
The New City Catechism

Author:

Publisher: Gospel Coalition

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781433555077

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This modern-day catechism sets forth fifty-two questions and answers designed to build a framework to help adults and children alike understand core Christian beliefs.

Creative Ideas for Children's Worship - Year C
Creative Ideas for Children's Worship - Year C

Author: Sarah Lenton

Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2013-09-20

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 160674125X

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This resource provides 64 complete and ready-to-use sessions for children's worship. It will enable children to acquire a familiarity with the life of Christ and the events of the church year in a vivid and memorable way.