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 | engagetogether Growing Intergenerational Worship Introduction[...]Content The first five resources produced under the Engage Together banner are aim[...]eepening intergenerational relationships during a worship service, Introduction particularly the first 20 minutes when children are often present. This latest resource, Engage Together: Growing Intergenerational Worship, provides tips, ideas and Pa[...]tical suggestions for other elements of a typical worship service plus some Planning intergenerational worship material from Engage Together: Generating Intergenerational Worship Ideas. Page 3[...]and after the worship service In the Engage Together: Generating Intergenerational Worship Ideas resource, Page 5 a general overview of tips and resources for the Call to Worship, Music, Prayer and Useful resource box Bible Reading – plus Take Home ideas – was provided. In a worship service there is also often an Early Word (childr[...]Call to Worship, Music, Prayer, Bible reading, also have a[...]) This Engage Together: Growing Intergenerational Worship provides tips, ideas and some practical suggestions for the following elements of a typical worship service… Page 10 • Early Word (Child[...]Appendix 1 - Call to Worship ideas[...]rom Engage Together: Generating Intergenerational Worship Ideas around… Page 28 • Call to Worship Additional Engage Together resources • Music • Prayer[...]a Parr Of course, church is so much more than the worship service, our gathering for P (02) 8838 8977 worship is more than just what happens between the Call to Worship and Benediction E emmap@nswact.uca.org.au[...]relationships across all the generations. A great resource you might like to explore that will assist Mel[...]P (08) 8236 4246 Together: More than Worship, more than Sunday.[...]church-resources/all-age-worship/[...] |
| [...]Some more tips for intergenerational worship:[...]Provide opportunities for interaction of small worship[...]f all present and respectful of Intergenerational worship uses multi-age strategies (multi- di[...]ntelligence) with an • Keep in mind the resources available – can you print off intentiona[...] |
| [...]ic programs meet, introduce them to and after the worship service k[...]or access toilet. A strength of intergenerational worship is its focus on[...]to discuss the question together. building for a worship service •[...]re valued and part banner to display during worship, of our community. Drawings could also be d[...] |
| Useful resource box It can be handy to create a ‘Useful resource box’ that has a variety of stationery and other items that can be used for multi- age worship and to encourage intergenerational connections. T[...]your congregation in creating their own ‘Useful Resource Box’ that can be added to as you explore intergenerational worship. Stationery • variety of coloured pa[...]s, stars, anything that might link to a theme for worship)[...] |
| [...]Call and response is often used in the Call to Worship when Worship ideas for the the worship leader ‘calls’ and the congregation ‘respon[...]an be experienced and enhanced during the Call to Worship as people are • Offer all i[...]ere are a variety of ways to facilitate a Call to Worship[...]for the • Prompting conversation between the worship leader congregation and which p[...]• Incorporate actions with or without a prop/resource as God and preparing for worship. Pre-arrange for some part[...]people to join in by miming prepare them for worship (and f[...]• Provide a prop or hand-held resource for each person • A song or repeated l[...] |
| [...]intergenerational connections after the worship service, you • Allow the text/words to provid[...]When making decisions about materials/resources/visuals or explanation?[...] |
| [...]ps meet in a different space. and welcomed in the worship service. The dilemma and risk is This of[...]appropriate and friendly, well-resourced and have trained and If a worship service is intentionally shaped using[...]hurch community and purpose of having this in the worship service and then keep[...]g God, fun while we do the serious worship/learning” nor, “big or growing faith and building and deepening intergenerational little worship”. relationships.[...]resent. intergenerational principles of multi-age worship ideas with an • Use invitational langua[...]g children forward to be ‘apart from’ the worship service: rest of the community invite childr[...]roup to share from is consistency across the worship service. the front or i[...]Remember to provide resources, such as simple activity bags,[...] |
| [...]hen preparing any element of an intergenerational worship service. • Use age-appropriate[...]pate in. Use some of the current colouring in resources for Remember, do not ever from th[...] |
| [...]r all ages to consider. Messy Church also has resources for exploring Communion, including crafts and[...]es together. Both Godly Play and Messy Church resources can be adapted for use in a worship service where all ages can learn about[...] |
| [...]Let’s keep the details short, To close the worship service include any reminders or the presentation[...]ngs to keep in mind when sharing notices during a worship service with a variety of ages present:[...] |
| engagetogether Growing Intergenerational Worship APPENDIX 1[...]Legend Intergenerational Call to Worship ideas[...]d to listen, watch and think about being ready to worship God together. It begins with: We are here[...]God” Arrange for the music to begin whilst the worship leader is speaking, continue through the Call to Worship and keep on playing for a short time after the refrain has been sung for the final time. The worship leader gives a brief introduction about the busyn[...]” while being as still as possible. The Call to Worship begins with: Let us worship God! Jesus says to us: Come to me,[...] |
| [...]Who do people say Jesus is? Leader: Let us worship God! (p. 13 Aug[...]h: - say the last 2 lines of our Call to Worship together again.[...]• Mime over 60 and under 60. As the Call to Worship is read, the (p. 21 Aug-Sept En[...] |
| [...]in praise. For example, it begins with: We worship God who caused the sea to look[...]we will praise God! (raise arms) We worship God for whom the mountains and[...]jug (sufficient to fill USING A PROP OR HAND HELD RESOURCE FOR the three reasonabl[...]by tracing around their hand. During the Call to Worship they are invited to wave their flag each time the[...]three people to help me lead our Call to Worship this • Heart shape[...]s in bold. [Name], each person and in the Call to Worship the heart is waved, [Name] and [Name] are g[...]aim all God’s As the Call to Worship is read, one person each time (in w[...] |
| engagetogether Growing Intergenerational Worship APPENDIX 2[...] |
| engagetogether Growing Intergenerational Worship APPENDIX 3[...] |
| engagetogether Growing Intergenerational Worship APPENDIX 4[...] |
| engagetogether Growing Intergenerational Worship APPENDIX 5[...]around the world. • Summer and Winter Call to Worship reflection (p. 15 Jun-Jul Engage Together) Pr[...]household or person a copy of the adapted Call to worship below. You might like to laminate them or[...] |
| engagetogether Growing Intergenerational Worship Additional Engage Together resources Resources: 2018 Engage Together: More than Worship, More than Sunday ctmresourcing.org.au/more-than-sunday-more-than-worship 2017 Engage Together: Generating Intergenerational Worship Ideas ctmresourcing.org.au/engage-together-genera[...]esourcing.org.au/engagetogether-intergenerational-worship-ideas-for~12338 2017 Engage Together: Lent ctmresourcing.org.au/engagetogether-intergenerational-worship-ideas-for[...]church-resources/all-age-worship/[...] |
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Chris Barnett, Emma Parr, Melissa Neumann, Growing Intergenerational Worship. UCA Assembly, accessed 10/12/2023, https://ucaassembly.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/939