Collective Worship

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Collective Worship
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WORSHIP
ASSEMBLY
What is it?
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ASSEMBLY
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Encounter with God
WORSHIP
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Encounter with God
MISSION OF THE CHURCH
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Church Schools stand at the centre of the
Churchs mission to the nation The Way Ahead
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MISSION
WORSHIP
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ASSEMBLY
WORSHIP
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• In a voluntary aided school it is a condition
  of teachers' employment that they attend and
  play a full part in the daily act of collective
  worship.
• Daily worship should, as far as practically
  possible, be a gathering of the whole school
  family

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• Over two thousand years ago,
• the Word became flesh.....
• and since then we have been trying
• to put him back into words
• Collective Worship is a schools
• distinctive ethos in the flesh

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• Consciously rebranded assembly as
• Worship
• Pattern of worship at varying times
• during the week (morning/afternoon)
• Established weekly Thursday worship
• in Church at 9.30am School_at_Church
• Introduced a termly Communion Service

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• Liturgy The Lord is here/the Spirit is with us
• Go in the peace of Christ/
• Thanks be to God
• Preparation involve children in writing/
• choosing prayers invite prayer
• requests on the hoof
• Easter Candle worship begins with lighting
  candle
• as symbol of Christs presence
• Values originally the value of the month
• determined theme of worship but
• now linked to Gospel for the coming
• Sunday Eucharist

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• Extend worship e.g Candlemas light
  7 candles in Church and each year group
  take them back to their classrooms to burn
  through the day
• ? prayer corner in each classroom ?
• ? prayer at the end of the school day ?

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• Resources build up collection of resources
  shared between church and school
• Review put aside time to review school
  worship with Governors/Clergy
• Sound Painting read Gospel story, then again
  with children making sound- effects (The
  Calming of the Storm!)
• Music aim for a balance between
  contemporary school songs and
  traditional hymns

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• Nativity present Nativity as an act of
  worship, including prayers and Carols
• Church use church building regularly for
• worship rather than visits
• at least once a term?
• Visual Physical
• Prayer eyes open, candle flame, icons/art
• hands together, eyes closed
• often the first thing we learn about
  prayer, and the most limiting!

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