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 31:27-34
READ: Melena’s Jubilee by Zetta Elliott
A Storypath Suggestion
Do: Make over a drawing, a poem, a sulpture, a thank you or an I love you. What would you like to redo again?
PRAY:
Thank you God,
that you are a caring God,
Amen
PSALM 119:97-104
READ: http://www.conversations.net.nz/psalm-119-the-longest-psalm.html
SECOND READING: 2 TIMOTHY 3:14-4:5
READ: The Noisy paint Box: The Colours and sounds of Kaninsky’s Abstract Art by Barb Rosenstock
A Storypath suggestions
SING All about jesus, on The Ology by Soveriegn Grace kids
Do: Choose a scripture Verse and Draw it or Download and colour in these free Bible story colouring in pages OR these free verses to colour-in. Or if looking for a greater challange try these
GOSPEL READING: LUKE 18:1-8
READ: Ruby’s Wish by Shirin Yim Bridges
A Storypath Suggestion
MAKE: a prayer chain, write or draw on a strip of paper someone you want to remember to pray for, then staple or glue the ends together of the strip to make a circle. On another strip of paper write the name or draw, someone of something else you want to pray for. Poke the second strip through the middle of the circle that you made from the first strip, staple or glue that strip to make a circle, and continue for as many things or people you want to pray for. Over time you can add more strips. You can see how to make a paper chain here
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 