Category Archives: Worship
Echo Prayer
Sit in a circle with our children or small group. Explain that your will say a very short prayer. Each person around the circle quickly repeats it in turn until it comes back to you, and then you’ll pray a … Continue reading
Baby Moses Song
Here’s a short song about baby Moses set to the tune “In a cottage in a wood” In A HOUSE BY THE RIVER NILE
Be a servant rhyme
Here’s a little rhyme which we used with younger children. The worship service had the theme of being a servant and used the Bible reading from John 13:1-17. We had the children say the rhyme through and then pretend to … Continue reading
Jonah – Big Fish
On Sunday we had a special worship service with involvement from our “STARS” group. STARS is a group formed about five years ago with mainly young adults who have special needs. They meet twice a month for social activities and … Continue reading
Easter Ideas for children’s program
Easter Video Series: The Meaning of Easter with Phil Vischer RememberingTheCross Easter-school-assemblies-power-point EASTER slide show power-point JESUS IS KING! power-point Easter power-point FreeBibleImages.org
How important is it to be popular?
Download these slides that were used as part of a Palm Sunday talk to children. How important is it to be popular? We welcome you -Palm Sunday prayer (Powerpoint Slide) JESUS IS KING! (Powerpoint Slides)
Free To Be Me dance worship DVD
Check out this new DVD from Kingdom Express and the renowned Australian Christian choreographer Jacquie McIntosh. It looks to be a great worship resource for church children’s ministry, schools and families. http://www.kingdomexpress.com.au/
Simplified Lord’s Prayer
The children may stand and face the front and then join in the words and actions- When I touch my head, I think of you, Father God. When I put my hand over my heart, I remember to show you … Continue reading
Bible Buzz
Bible Buzz- Bible Reading Activity for Children Make some enlargements of a Bible passage (e.g. the storm on Lake Galilee, Luke 8) using a photocopier and paste onto large sheets of paper or cardboard. Read the verses dramatically or get … Continue reading
Share Prayer Ideas
Share teaspoon prayers… Give everyone a teaspoon and explain that a short way (abbreviation) of teaspoon is TSP. TSP prayers include Thanks God , Sorry God , Please God Hand of prayer… Pointer finger- reminds us that our lives should … Continue reading
Worship resources for school assemblies
Worship resources for school assemblies cowo.culham.ac.uk/ Collective Worship Resource – from the Culham Institute, in association with the National Society www.culham.ac.uk/storykeepers/ These resources are based on the Storykeepers television / video series. www.assemblies.org.uk Assemblies Website (SPCK) www.blackburn.anglican.org/cw/ Diocese of Blackburn … Continue reading
All-Age Worship Resources
All-Age Worship Web Resources MessyChurch (in the UK) is one church’s attempt to be church for families who might want to meet Jesus, belong to their local church and bring up their children as Christians but can’t cope with traditional … Continue reading
God’s letter to his children
My Child, You may not know me, but I know everything about you. Psalm 139:1 I know when you sit down and when you rise up. Psalm 139:2 I am familiar with all your ways. Psalm 139:3 Even the very … Continue reading
Looking for an Easter Family Service idea?
A Family Service address with considerable involvement is as follows: Worship leader begins telling a story (let’s say about a lost rabbit) only to be interrupted by two young folk offering a chocolate Easter Egg (as a thank-you or whatever). … Continue reading
Everybody’s Prayer
Lord, You know better than I know myself that I am growing older, and will some day be old. Keep me from getting talkative, and particularly from the fatal habit of thinking I must say something on every subject and … Continue reading
Brothers & Sisters finger play
I just wrote this little finger play for a session I did with our preschool M.O.P.S. children on “brothers & sisters”. This is my brother (hold up right fist) See how he grew. ( slowly raise right pointer finger- leave … Continue reading
Jesus is your best friend
Best Friend (to the tune of The Adams Family) Jesus is your best friend His love for you, will not end So trust Him now, depend On Jesus everyday Jesus loves you (click,click) Jesus love’s true (click,click) Jesus loves you. … Continue reading
Christmas Parachute Story
I have just written a new story/program which uses a parachute (sheet or blanket) to tell the Christmas story. The outline can be adapted to your setting either at a school, home or at a Sunday School. The Christmas parachute … Continue reading
Jairus Song
I recently wrote a short song titled ‘Jairus Song’ ( to the tune of “Miss Polly had a dolly”). I used the song in a chapel service with younger aged children. Check it out here ‘Jairus Song’
The Lost Coin
The Lost Coin Luke 15:8-10 Find your broom, Sweep this room, Your coin has rolled away. (Oh no!) Hold up the light, Search though the night. Ah,there it is! Hooray! (Yay!) Come friends, rejoice! Lift up your voice, What’s lost … Continue reading
Picture Prayers
Cut out some photos of real, everyday people from magazines and give one picture to each person in your family. Ask everyone to look at their picture and take a few minutes to think about these things. Try to imagine … Continue reading
A Christmas Creed
I believe in Jesus Christ and in the beauty of the gospel begun in Bethlehem. I believe in the one whose spirit glorified a little town; and whose spirit still brings music to persons all over the world, in towns … Continue reading
Four Gifts of Christmas
Four Gifts of Christmas – An intergenerational worship service for Advent or Christmas CHRISTMAS and GIFTS seem to go together in everyone’s mind. Here is a planning resource for a service that celebrates four gifts of Christmas joy, hope, love … Continue reading
Easter Cross
Easter All-Age Worship Idea On Good Friday the wood cross stands bare except for a piece of purple material draped around the cross-bar. On Easter Sunday the cross has been covered in fine ‘chicken wire’ mesh and lights at the … Continue reading
Action Prayer
An ‘Action Prayer’ suitable for an all-age worship service. Invite the congregation to copy the actions of a group at the front of the church or room as a reader says the following prayer. Pause between each section to allow … Continue reading
