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Worship Materials for Sunday 21st June 2020

Below are links to a range of resources that you can use for your worship this week along with your service booklets. The recordings of the liturgy are provided in separate videos, with another video for the message from Ps Andrew.

If you would prefer to watch the recorded service as a whole, it is also available here: Online Service for Sunday 21st June 2020

Opening Song – “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” or “Love so Great” or “Joyful, Joyful”

Greeting, Prayer of Preparation and Confession

READINGS

Readings for 21st June 2020
(Third Sunday after Pentecost)

First Reading: Genesis 21:8-21

Psalm 86

Second Reading: Romans 6:1-11

Gospel Reading: Matthew 10:24-39 [start video at 3:53 for today’s reading]

Communion (Reserved Sacrament)

Message and Song – “Personality”

Blessing and Dismissal

Final Song – “Great is Thy Faithfulness” or “Come Alive”

For lyrics select the “CC” button in the bottom right menu.

Kids Activity Ideas

FLYING SPARROWS:
ALL the children can fly around a designated area with arms out until the teacher says… FREEZE? They will stop in exactly the position they were “flying” in until the teacher says to FLY. (This is a good way to get alot of extra energy out of the children before story time!)

COUNTING HAIRS:
Divide children into groups of 2. Give children 60 seconds to COUNT the hairs of their partner’s head. 
Children will begin to realize just HOW AMAZING it is that GOD knows the hairs on everyone’s heads!!

BIBLE CHARADES:
Let children take turns making actions for ways that GOD loves and cares for us from today’s readings. When someone guesses what the action was, then that child can take a turn in showing the class an action.

JELLY BEAN WRITING CONTEST:
Each child can be given a small bowl of jelly beans. As the teacher gives a word to spell, the children will try to form that short word with their jelly beans, such as GOD, LOVE, CARE, CROSS, etc. If children are younger, the teacher could have them form a cross or a bird, etc. Children may eat their beans if their hands were clean before doing the writing contest.

Worship Materials for Sunday 14th June 2020

Below are links to a range of resources that you can use for your worship this week along with your service booklets. The recordings of the liturgy are provided in separate videos, with another video for the message from Ps Andrew.

If you would prefer to watch the recorded service as a whole, it is also available here: Online Service for Sunday 14th June 2020

Opening Song – Bless the Lord O My Soul or Trinity Song

Greeting, Prayer of Preparation and Confession

READINGS

Readings for 14th June 2020
(Second Sunday after Pentecost)

First Reading: Genesis 18:1-15, 21:1-7

Psalm 16

Second Reading: Romans 5:1-11

Gospel Reading: Matthew 9:35-10:23

Communion (Reserved Sacrament)

Message and Song – “Our Fellowship with the Trinity”

Blessing and Dismissal

Final Song – “Dear Lord and Father of Mankind” or “Look to the Son”

Kids Activity Ideas

FIRST AID GAME TRAY:
Option 1: Place many medical firstaid items on a tray and pass around for a few minutes. Then take the tray away and ask children to write or draw pictures of all the things that they can remember being on the tray. Have discussion about Jesus coming to heal the SICK and how silly it would be to use first aid items if someone was sick or hurting. Option 2: Children can take PICTURES of medical supplies off a tray and glue onto a poster and title it with THE SICK NEED A DOCTOR AND SINNERS NEED JESUS!

FIRST AID SUPPLIES:
Blindfold children and have them reach into a bag of first aid supplies and hand that item to someone else who is blindfolded and see if they can describe and guess what the item is. Let children know that we’ll be talking about who needs a doctor and who needs Jesus!

SIDEWALK CHALK SICK MAN:
Let children trace each other on the sidewalk and then each child can draw a bandaid or cast on arm or leg, etc on their tracing. Discussion about our Bible lesson today and being willing to go to those in NEED, to share Jesus’ love.

PIN THE BANDAID ON SICK CHILD:
Let children take turns being blindfolded and trying to stick a bandaid on another child in the room. Have all other children stand around the room very quietly so the blindfolded child won’t know who they are putting the bandaid on. When they DO find a child and stick that bandaid on, let the children try to say today’s Bible verse with the teacher’s help, just leaving out a word here and there for the children to fill in the correct word.

Worship Materials for Sunday 7th June 2020 (Trinity Sunday)

Below are links to a range of resources that you can use for your worship this week along with your service booklets. The recordings of the liturgy are provided in separate videos, with another video for the message from Ps Andrew.

If you would prefer to watch the recorded service as a whole, it is also available here: Online Service for Trinity Sunday 2020

Opening Song – Holy, Holy, Holy or Agnus Dei or This Little Light of Mine

Greeting, Prayer of Preparation and Confession

READINGS

Readings for Trinity Sunday

First Reading: Exodus 34:1

Canticle of Daniel

Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 13:11-14

Gospel Reading: Matthew 28:16-20

Communion (Reserved Sacrament)

Message for Trinity Sunday – “The Name of God”

Blessing and Dismissal

Final Song – “How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds” or “Eagles Wings”

Kids Activity Ideas

GO GAME
Leader will have children stand in a line against the wall and begin to tell children that JESUS says to GO and ____________, or GO and _____________, etc. If JESUS says to do it, then the children can attempt to obey the command, (ex: GO and PRAY, GO and read your Bible, GO and quote your Bible verse today, GO and give someone a hug, etc). If JESUS doesn’t say to GO, then the children will stand still until the next command. This can lead into our Bible lesson today. (Teacher can let children take turns at this “Simon Says-type-game”).

DISCIPLE OF JESUS “BRACELET”
Children can make bracelets with lettered beads if available and if time allows, OR children can make a construction paper bracelet that they have written DISCIPLE OF JESUS on and this can be taped to the child’s wrist, to remind them of their lesson today.

Worship Materials for Sunday 31st May 2020 (Pentecost Sunday)

Below are links to a range of resources that you can use for your worship this week along with your service booklets. The recordings of the liturgy are provided in separate videos, with another video for the message from Ps Andrew (along with the St Jude’s team playing Ghost).

If you would prefer to watch the recorded service as a whole, it is also available here: Online Service for Pentecost Sunday 2020

Opening Song – “Breath on Me Breath of God” or “Holy Spirit Rain Down” or “The Butterfly Song”

Greeting, Prayer of Preparation and Confession

READINGS

Readings for Pentecost Sunday

First Reading: Numbers 11:24-30

Second Reading: Acts 2:1-21

Psalm 104

Third Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:1-13

Gospel Reading: John 20:19-23

A Creative Take on the Day of Pentecost

Pentecost Explained with LEGO

Communion (Reserved Sacrament)

Message for Pentecost Sunday – “When the Spirit Comes”

An inspiring message from Ps Andrew, along with the St Jude’s team playing the song “Ghost”.

Blessing and Dismissal

Final Song – “You are Life” or “Holy Spirit Come and Fill This Place” and “O Breath of Life” (Instrumental and Scenery)

Kid’s Activity Ideas

One of the significant parts of the Pentecost story is that people who spoke different languages were able to understand one another. Take that idea and learn something in a different language together as a family. Here’s a resource that has “I love you” in 100 different languages. How many could your family learn?

This is a fun idea for making flames with paint, a plate, and a salad spinner. 
Crazy fun! (But who has a salad spinner anymore?!) Might need to find one just for this activity.

Worship Materials for Sunday 24th May 2020

Christ is Risen! He is Risen Indeed!!

Below are links to a range of resources that you can use for your worship this week along with your service booklets. This week we have provided our recordings of the liturgy in separate videos, with another video for the powerful message from Ps Andrew.

If you would prefer to watch the recorded service as a whole, it is also available here: Online Service for Sunday 24th May, 2020

Opening Song – “Hallelujah! Sing to Jesus” or “All My Hope is in You” or “Everything I am” (for kids)

For lyrics click on the “CC” button in the bottom right menu.

Greeting, Prayer of Preparation and Confession

READINGS

Readings for the Seventh Sunday of Easter

First Reading: Acts 1:6-14

Psalm 8

Second Reading: 1 Peter 5: 1-13

Gospel Reading: John 17:1-11

Communion (Reserved Sacrament)

St Jude’s Song and Message – “Rebuilding the Ancient Ruins”

Blessing and Dismissal

Final Song – “Anchor” or “All My Hope on God is Founded”

For lyrics click the “CC” button on the bottom right menu.

Kid’s Activity Ideas

UP, UP AND AWAY BALLOON FLIGHT:
Children blow up a balloon and place a small piece of paper inside that will say JESUS LOVES YOU. Go outside, let all the balloons take flight at the same time and watch the balloons go higher and higher. Pray for people who might find the balloons and read the LOVE NOTE inside the balloon!

CHALK TALK:
Children go outside to a sidewalk or a parking lot, take a large piece of chalk and draw a very large balloon on various areas that are available. Give each child a different word to write inside their drawn balloon from today’s lesson, such as heaven, Jesus, Holy Spirit; Ascension, power, etc. Then walk the class from balloon to balloon and let children tell a little bit about that word from what they have learned from the Bible story today!