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Worship Together - A place for everyone
Worship Together - A place for everyone
by SPCK - Sandra Millar
May – A place for everyone Worship Together Whether Easter falls early or late, the month of May will include readings from the book of Acts. The story of the early Church is read alongside some of the letters written by Peter and John, and the Gospel readings for this season i…
Worship Together - Bodies, places and spaces
Worship Together - Bodies, places and spaces
by SPCK - Sandra Millar
Bodies, places and spaces Creating all-age worship: the key components Part 1: Worship Together Churches are amazing spaces. Whether a whitewashed medieval stone building or a 1990s brick-built hall, these spaces are often the largest that we engage with during our week. If we go…
Worship Together - February - Love for everyone
Worship Together - February - Love for everyone
by SPCK - Sandra Millar
February- Love for everyone This outline uses the Ordinary Time after Epiphany as a starting point, but could be used on any Sunday in February. At this time of year, the readings focus on Jesus’ relationship with the disciples and their growing understanding of his full identity…
Worship Together - Hope for Everyone
Worship Together - Hope for Everyone
by SPCK - Sandra Millar
July – Hope for everyone Worship Together This outline continues the theme of discipleship that the lectionary explores during Ordinary Time. The key focus for this month is that those who follow Jesus discover hope, which is sometimes experienced as physical healing, sometimes a…
Worship Together - How to use the service outlines
Worship Together - How to use the service outlines
by SPCK - Sandra Millar
How to use the service outlines The service outlines Part 2: Worship Together The outlines that follow are ready to be used. They are designed to fit into a traditional Sunday morning worship slot and build on the principles outlined. They are not dependent on the presence of chi…
Worship Together - Introduction
Worship Together - Introduction
by SPCK - Sandra Millar
Introduction As the people approach, the streets become more and more crowded. Men are walking along with their sons close by, grandfathers chat with each other and boys run and jump. The women are coming too, some with babies strapped to their backs, toddlers clutching at their …
Worship Together - Invitation for everyone
Worship Together - Invitation for everyone
by SPCK - Sandra Millar
November – Invitation for everyone? Worship Together By November we become very aware of the changing focus of the church year. This season is sometimes called the kingdom season, as the lectionary focuses on the kingdom drawing close, on the vision of a heavenly banquet and of j…
Worship Together - January -a gift for everyone
Worship Together - January -a gift for everyone
by SPCK - Sandra Millar
January-A Gift for everyone This outline uses the Epiphany readings as a starting point, but could be used on any Sunday in January. Throughout the season of Epiphany the readings are always widening the vision of who Jesus is and widening the scope of his mission and ministry...…
Worship Together - Jesus for everyone
Worship Together - Jesus for everyone
by SPCK - Sandra Millar
August – Jesus for everyone Worship Together This outline focuses on Jesus, and the question of identity which runs through the summer readings. This question is explored through miracles, including the feeding of the five thousand, and through teaching. It is reinforced in Old T…
Worship Together - Joy for everyone
Worship Together - Joy for everyone
by SPCK - Sandra Millar
September – Joy for everyone Worship Together September is a season of new beginnings, perhaps even more so than January. People get ready to start new things, children go back to school, and as daylight shortens so the mood changes. The lectionary brings us stories to challenge …
Worship Together - June - Choices for everyone
Worship Together - June - Choices for everyone
by SPCK - Sandra Millar
June – Choices for everyone Worship Together As we move into Ordinary Time, the lectionary encourages us to think about what it means to be a disciple. The readings face us with the consequences of our decisions, whether in the Old Testament through the keeping of commandments an…
Worship Together - March - A journey for everyone
Worship Together - March - A journey for everyone
by SPCK - Sandra Millar
March- A journey for everyone This outline uses as its key texts the story of Jesus’ temptations and the classic Ash Wednesday readings as a starting point. The journey is that made by Jesus out into the wilderness but also the journey we make through the weeks of Lent. During th…
Worship Together - Mystery and Wonder
Worship Together - Mystery and Wonder
by SPCK - Sandra Millar
Mystery and wonder Creating all-age worship: the key components Part 1: Worship Together It may seem strange to include mystery and wonder as key components of good all-age worship. Yet the sharing of moments of awe and astonishment is one of the things that help cross-generation…
Worship Together - New life for everyone
Worship Together - New life for everyone
by SPCK - Sandra Millar
April- New life for everyone Worship Together In the companion volume to this book, Festivals Together, there are some special outlines for use at the various Easter festivals. This outline is to be used on a Sunday immediately following Easter and picks up on Easter themes. The …
Worship Together - Promise for Everyone
Worship Together - Promise for Everyone
by SPCK - Sandra Millar
December – Promise for everyone Worship Together December brings us to the beginning of the church year, but for the vast majority of people it brings us to Christmas. The challenge is to use the lectionary to recapture a sense of Advent, of preparing for the coming of Christ as …
Worship Together - Putting it all together
Worship Together - Putting it all together
by SPCK - Sandra Millar
Putting it all together Creating all-age worship: the key components Part 1: Worship Together I recently attended a very ordinary church service. There were probably around 40 people there, ranging from age 3 to 90, but with the overwhelming majority in the over-55s age range. No…
Worship Together - Recommended Reading
Worship Together - Recommended Reading
by SPCK - Sandra Millar
Recommended Reading Worship Together Children’s spirituality Adams, Kate, Unseen Worlds, London: Jessica Kingsley, 2010. Beckwith, Ivy, Postmodern Children’s Ministry, Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 2004. Berryman, Jerome, Children and the Theologians: Clearing the Way for Grace…
Worship Together - Skeletons and Shapes