Welcome. You have found a collection of ideas to help you contemplate the RCL readings. While designed to be used during a Sunday service at church or by zoom, these readings can also be used during the week to help you remember and build on what you experienced on Sundays. My objective is for faith to be a lived experience and for children to learn how to worship and explore the Bible and pray by participating in Worship with you. The goal here is not for them to learn names or facts though they may want to do that for themselves, but rather to find ways of connecting with the text and sharing that with others. The ideal is to form a life long love of Christ, for the Word of God and to participate in Worship.
If able to worship in the Church buildings pack a special backpack, as well as filling, it with your Covid Safe equipment, add the books or materials required to help your young ones relate to today’s readings.
For adults and older students, you might like to use a journal with which to record anything that grabs your attention during the service. This could be a special, bound book or use your ipad or iphone. You could write a precis of the message (traditional words or pictures), draw, keep a record of emotions and hymns that you did or did not like. You could use a template like this free download. Remember, this is for you, you do not have to show anyone what is in it unless you want to, and you feel safe to do so.
CONGREGATIONAL USE: Though parents are the best at sharing their faith with their children. If you are a small congregation where children are a very small, or rare part of your congregational life, please feel free to make these suggestions available to your congregation. I am very happy for you to copy and paste ideas from here into your own Order of Service or for you to supply a link to this page. An acknoledgement though is always appreciated.
THE LORD’S PRAYER:
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF COUNTRY
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
INTRODUCTORY SONG Hey Ha Ha from the Full of the Spirit Album by
Heather Price Music
FIRST READING: JEREMIAH 29:1 and 4-7
READ: One Green Apple by Eve Bunting
A Storypath suggestion
DO: What can you do for migrants in your area to help them feel more comfortable? If you had to leave your home, draw or write about what you would miss?
PRAY:
Thank you God
that You are always with me
Amen
PSALM 66:1-12
How does this Psalm make you feel?
Draw it or show it or point out the emotion from the emoji’s on your phone
SECOND READING: 2 TIMOTHY 2:8-16
READ: George Flies South by Simon James
A Storypath suggestion
SING I see God in You, by Heather Price on the I am Loved album
PRAY
God you made me
from my toes (point to your toes)
to my head (point to your head)
from my fingers to my fingers (wiggle your right hand then wiggle your left hand)
I will be my best
for You. Always
Amen
GOSPEL READING: LUKE 17:11-19.
READ: The Spark Story Bible, Ten men healed, pp.322-325
OR The Whirl Story Bible, Ten Men healed, pp.270-273
DO: What can you do to say thank you to someone? It can be an everyday thankyou, such as thank you for that hug I needed or a big thank you for thank you for helping out when I got stuck. Maybe a card or an sms or a cake or some flowers. Choose someone to say thankyou to today.
PRAY:
Prayer of thanks
Fold an A4 page like a fan,
Then draw something on each flat piece that you are thankful for.
Now hold the page and thank God for everything you are thankful for.
SENDING SONG Tell the World by Hillsong Kids Learn the actions here
Blessings
Wendy L.
Please check local guidlines before using items that are not mine especially if you are using this page for congregational use. If you find this page useful an acknowledgment is always appreciated. Thank you.
I am writing this on Wurundjeri land and wish to pay respect to all Elders, past, present and emerging.
The Cross in My Backyard 