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What have been your best

experiences of all-age worship?
ALL-AGE
CHURCH
children are part of
todays church
children benet from seeing
their parents worship
children learn from seeing
other people worship

Our children benet greatly by

being in the presence of Christians
of various ages. They are able to
see that the faith of their parents is
not a faith that they own alone,
but is a faith that is important to all
of these people who are gathered
around them on Sunday morning.
Jason Helopoulus
children learn to pray by
hearing prayers
children learn from
the songs

If attending church for years has

always meant colouring Bible
pictures, singing songs to a CD,
playing games, and doing crafts
then we should not be surprised
that our young people nd
worship to be odd, uncomfortable,
and even boring.
Jason Helopoulus
Principles
Aims of all-age
worship
to enable the whole church
family to worship God together
to learn together in order to
grow in our discipleship

The biggest challenge is to

communicate the concept in the
simplest way possible, while
remaining true to the theology.
Values of all-age
worship
1. BIBLE-CENTRED
teach the Bible not our ideas
dig deep
single key idea
learning objectives
Everything should
be made as simple
as possible, but not
simpler.
Albert Einstein

Do I really understand this passage

well enough that I can accurately
express its central idea in words
that a ve-year old can
understand?
danger of over-familiarity
dealing with themes
2. INCLUSIVE
important that church family is
all together at times
child-friendly not childish
variety of learning styles
accessible to visitors
3. TEAM-DRIVEN
teams spread the load
teams are more creative
teams give better perspective
Leadership team
member
Bible teacher
Musician
Childrens person
Youth person
Older person
Parent of young
children
Parent of
teenagers
Someone without
children
Tech person
brainstorm ideas
decide big idea
understand the passage
identify learning objectives
allocate responsibilities
invite participants
Practical
aspects
Meeting the needs of
dierent age groups
email parents
pre-service puzzle/question
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A D E H K L
O P R S T U
Look up this verse in the Bible and fill
in the gaps while youre waiting.
I am the _____; you are the
_______. If you remain in me and I
in you, you will bear much ______;
apart from me you can do ______.
John 15:5
ENGAGING THE SENSES
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How can we engage the whole
congregation through dierent
senses?
visual elements
Image by Jason Ramasami saamvisual.com
angelicannouncement
Image from Free Bible Images
freebibleimages.com
Goliath
Image from The Brick Testament
www.thebricktestament.com
practical involvement
instruments
movement
ENGAGING THE MIND
opening Bibles
joining-in prayers
The angel said, Today your
saviour was born, He is Christ the
Lord.
Glory to God in the highest!
Were sorry when we make
Christmas just about our fun.
But thank you that in Jesus we
can be forgiven.
Glory to God in the highest!
Were sorry when we pretend to
be good in what we say, think
and do.
Thank you that you came to
rescue us and change us.
Glory to God in the highest!
Thank you that you came in to
our world as a baby.
Thank you that you lived a
perfect life.
Glory to God in the highest!
Thank you that you died on
a cross.
Then you rose from the dead.
Glory to God in the highest!
Thank you that you are now in
heaven.
And we look forward to the day
that you will return.
Glory to God in the highest!
And on earth peace to those on
whom his favour rests.
Amen.
being careful with language
asking questions
writing/drawing/making
Communion Communion G111111111111H
Match up the things on the left with
the things on the mght to sm what
they remind us of:
Pasover
Bread
Wine
Easter
Jemss blmd
Resme from Egpt
Jemss body
Gods resme plan
Christians eat bread and drink wine to remind them that
Jesus died to rescue them. We call this communion.
Blmd
Body
Bread
Comunion
Cros
Died
Easter
Forgivenes
Gmd Fmday
Jems
Resme
Samihce
Sins
Wine
L D D T Y D O B J X F I
W O J S S V J O G S W E
B O C V S D M A O Q B E
S L E X E A S U O Z C C
A B A W N E M U D J O S
C E S S E R C R F I M S
R B T C V B Q E R B M I
I J E N I W C S I W U N
F E R E G B S C D D N S
I S S A R W J U A E I V
C U C R O S S E Y I O Y
E S J Q F F C G V D N W
Comunion Wordsearch
Bread
Wine
Put your stickers here:
Wmte a prayer which includes
thank you, somy, and please.
What were the
10 plaes?
1. B _ _ _ _
2. _ _ _ G _
3. G _ _ _ _
4. _ L _ _ _
5. _ _ _ M_ _ _ dying
6. _ O _ _ _
7. _ _ _ L
8. _ _ _ U _ _ _
9. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ S
10. D_ _ _ _ _ of the
F_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ S_ _ _
What are some of the things God has given us?
Which ones are we tempted to love more than God?
What are the things which help us remember Gods love?
What things might get in the y
of us loving God?
The sto of Gods
love changes peoples
lives. How do do we
te it to others?
Show it in our _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ it with our words
Ask people to _ _ _ _ _ _
Love the _ _ _ _ your ___ with a your _____ and
with a your _ _ __ and with a your ____ ___ _.
Deuteronomy 6:5
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1
2
4
ENGAGING TEENAGERS
AND ADULTS
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How can we engage teenagers
and adults so that they dont
switch o in all-age worship?
youth
men
women
older people
singles
families
music
participation
opt-out clause
relevance
TIMING
pacing
bangs and zzles
TECHNOLOGY
media sources
copyright
media quality
technical checks
technical running order
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