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ok..i've been rather slow in getting into lent this year...started out ok...but due to work and travel, my rhythm hasn't been it's best. maybe that's true for you too. the grace factor is that lent used to just be the...
“Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” (Luke 11.1) The topic and practice of prayer is a great opportunity to explore different types of prayer. The week leading up to this Sunday on Prayer, I left chalk in front of the church, inviting passersby to chalk their prayers and blessings on the…
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The last week before school let out for Christmas we decided to deviate from our usual worship and small groups. Instead we set up Advent Prayer stations for our youth to participate in. It took us about 3 hours to set up all of the stations in our youth center. That evening we had the...
How do you best help people reflect on the importance and meaning of Good Friday? One traditional way of doing this has been by using the 'Seven Last Words', the seven things that the gospels report the Jesus said when he was on the cross. Between them, they sum what the good news of Easter…
Prayer Stations provide the opportunity for students to encounter God in a new and different way. Through different experiences and prompts they are encouraged to think, to pray and to respond. Prayer Stations are for your group, but they do not only have to be done at your onsite location. With a little planning and...
These 6 prayer stations formed the reflection following a sermon on Self Care as part of a series of 4 services on Pastoral Care at Cross Generation Uniting Church in Melbourne, Australia. Firstly though - for the prayer of confession people collected a stone, which they placed before the grape vine banner we are creating.…
My first resource I would like to give to you is one I wrote to round up our series on The Lord's Prayer, so this one was set up with lots of small stations around the room so the young people could move around each one. But you can use them as you like as…
20 On Sunday morning while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. (John 20.1) Typically, the Sunday after Easter, my church sets up interactive prayer stations. After the hoopla of Easter service with trumpets and all the festivities, we center this…
Posts about prayer stations written by breenmarie
25 All who want to save their lives will lose them. But all who lose their lives because of me will find them. (Matthew 16.25) These prayer stations on Transfiguration Sunday focused on this passage of loss. The interactive prayer stations are meant to be intergenerational. There are also stations designed for kids. (For more specific instructions on…
Here are the prayer stations that we had the chance to experience for All Saints Day at church. You can adapt them for your own devotions. We are Called “Come to me, you who are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.” --Matthew 11:28 Every Sunday morning, the bells call us…
Our prayer station were set up around the church and were used in an All Age Service on Good Friday. Each prayer station contained a scene, a story card, a craft or play activity and a prayer activity.
Here is a collection of prayer stations that have been invented by our 5-11s for themselves and others to use. As the prayer stations are p...
Out of the generosity of Christ, each of us is given his own gift. . . [God] handed out gifts above and below . . . [God] handed out gifts of apostle, prophet, evangelist, and pastor-teacher to train Christ's followers in skilled servant work, working within Christ's body, the church, until we're all moving rhythmically…
"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens" (Ecclesiastes 3.1) I borrowed a sermon. Yep, I said it! I borrowed a sermon . . . actually, I adapted a sermon from Rabbi Judy Shanks at Temple Isaiah in Lafayette, CA. She wove in her sermon with the musical…
Ash Wednesday Prayer Stations
5 But the angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. 6 He is not here; for he has been raised, as he said. (Matthew 28.5-6) Typically, the Sunday after Easter, my church sets up interactive prayer stations. After the hoopla of Easter service…
