Festivals Together - Children for a change
Festivals Together - Children for a change
by SPCK - Sandra Millar
Children for a change St Nicholas (6 December) Unless your church is named after St Nicholas, it’s unlikely you will have celebrated this as a festival. But it’s a great opportunity to focus on children and families, and might make part of a special event during the approach to C…
Open with God Book - Children's Clubs or Projects - Preparation
Open with God Book - Children's Clubs or Projects - Preparation
by Christine Odell
CHILDREN’S CLUBS OR PROJECTS - PREPARATION Prayers for Various Occasions Reading Matthew 7.24-27 This prayer could be shared out between different leaders. God of meaning and purpose, it is knowing you and your steadfast love that makes us glad to be alive..
RE Active - Christmas
RE Active - Christmas
by SPCK - Jenny Gray
Christmas In each school year, the RE curriculum will probably build on what children already know about Christmas. In Hertfordshire (at the time of writing), Year 3 focuses on angels’ messages; Year 4 Christmas celebrations; Year 5 Advent waiting and Jesus as the ‘Light of the W…
All Desires Known - Christ Our Brother Collect
All Desires Known - Christ Our Brother Collect
by SPCK - Janet Morley
CHRIST OUR BROTHER Collect Luke 2.15–21; Galatians 3.28 Christ our brother, in you there is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither male nor female... Christmas 1 (B); Proper 7 (C); Holy Name (ABC); Birth of John the Baptist (ABC) Taken from All Desires Known by Janet Morley Published b…
Christmas - wise MEN?!
Christmas - wise MEN?!
by Alison Walker
Christmas - have you ever heard of THREE wise MEN?! Overcomes the problem of too many male parts at Christmas by imagining that there were 3 women instead, correcting our misunderstandings of the magi as to their jobs, gifts, method of travel. Cas: Oh no, every year, I…
Christmas - Shepherds
Christmas - Shepherds
by Alison Walker
Christmas - 4 (or 3) shepherds are surprised by an angel (a voice-over). Can include the suggested sound & visual effects, sound is readily available track from The Messiah. Script was written with year 6/7 actors in mind, plus adult voice over. Music over: from Messiah “And the…
Christmas - Joseph
Christmas - Joseph
by Alison Walker
Christmas - Joseph, monologue. Joseph reflects on how the nights have not been silent since the birth of Jesus, and remembers the night he was born JOSEPH Enter Joseph with a cup of tea & a baby monitor. Settles down into an arm chair, with a table next to him, putting down the t…
Christmas - Mary
Christmas - Mary
by Alison Walker
Monologue: Mary writes home after the birth of Jesus. Mary enters, and carefully sets out writing materials, then brings on a crib (preferably one that can be rocked, or a modern car seat contraption for a baby), complete with a swaddled baby. As she writes her letter home, she k…
Gazing on the Gospels year c - Christmas Day Year C
Gazing on the Gospels year c - Christmas Day Year C
by SPCK - Judith Dimond
Christmas Day John 1: 1-14 Gaze on the darkness of the midnight sky over a rough sea. Gaze on a lighthouse, painted bright white, seeming to grow out of the rocky island it is built upon. This is not a place of safety. Waves lash the rocks, the wind roars and spray covers you wit…
There is a season - Christmas Liturgy
There is a season - Christmas Liturgy
by SPCK - Margaret Pritchard Houston
CHRISTMAS LITURGY The Word became flesh PART1: HUMANITY’S NEED FOR A SAVIOUR The church is in semi-darkness. The crib scene is set up in front of the altar, but there are no humans or angels in it. We gather in the nave. In the pews are stuffed animals – some predators, some pre…
Christmas is a family time
Christmas is a family time
by Marjorie Dobson
A prayer for those who find Christmas a difficult time because they have no family, or little family contact. (This liturgy can be incorporated into an ordinary act of worship during the pre-Christmas or Christmas season. It could be used with several voices. Parts of it may be o…
Christmas is a family time
Christmas is a family time
by Marjorie Dobson
Fourth Sunday of Advent Year A Matthew 1:18-25 Meditation: Christmas is a family time. Christmas is a family time. A time for the gathering of long-lost relatives and excited children. A time for cards and greetings and to celebrate together. Or is it? We recognise at this time t…
Christmas Question Time