Some ideas for Worship at Home

While we can't meet together freely in our church buildings, we can still be and do church in our own homes.
There are some fabulous ideas for creative ways to engage with God and one another even while we have to stay apart.

Creative ways to mark Lent 2021 

Are there pancakes in the Bible?    fun ideas of how to celebrate Shrove Tuesday CLICK HERE
On the dusty road    Making sense of Ash Wednesday and marking it with activities for all ages CLICK HERE
together@lent    40 creative challenges to do together as a family CLICK HERE
love in lent      40 ways to care for yourself through lent CLICK HERE

Sign up for the daily lent devotional emails from the Church of England CLICK HERE or download the App on your smartphone
Sign up for the daily lent devotional emails from Tearfund CLICK HERE
Check out the 40Acts material CLICK HERE

Sunday Club: Meets at 9:30am on ZOOM

please contact Nicky Geraghty for details of how to get involved and how to receive a weekly children's activity pack.
CLICK HERE 

Families and All Ages

Doris and Doreen: some of you will have come across this local Guildford production - the lovely pink ladies Doris & Doreen explore Bible stories in their own unique way!  Great fun for all the family.
CLICK HERE to go to their YouTube channel, several episodes to enjoy and a new one each week!

engageworship is a great site with thoughtful and creative worship resources that we often use in our 10.45 services. They are producing a daily family worship and prayer activity sheet to help us through this difficult time.  Find them on Facebook or through this link: CLICK HERE
You will need to set up a free account to access all the resources

The Reflectionary is an interesting site that is doing some "together apart" materials really aimed at ALL ages. They now have 10 months of  different weekly sessions loaded, click on the pdfs to download the resources for home worship. CLICK HERE

Prayer Spaces in Schools have produced a great couple of resource sheets for everyday prayers to use at home whilst we are in this national crisis. CLICK HERE

Adult focused web-resources

BRF (Bible Reading Fellowship) are a fabulous organisation that have all sorts of discipleship resources accessible through their website CLICK HERE

What to Pray when you don't know what to pray! Some great ideas CLICK HERE

Faith and Worship website: a great website by John Birch to find prayers and simple services. CLICK HERE He also has a separate prayer memes website with some great images. CLICK HERE

Church of England website: helpful resources for everyday faith  CLICK HERE or if feel like you are struggling with your mental health. CLICK HERE

The Methodist Church have also produced some really good prayers for use at this time. CLICK HERE

Life Everyday: a daily podcast from Jeff Lucas as one of the Waverley Abbey Resources (previously known as CWR) CLICK HERE

Apps for your smartphone

YouVersion Bible App: a fantastic resource with numerous Bible translations, hundreds of devotional plans, search facilities, verse of the day and many other features.

Pray as you go: a daily prayer resource based on the Ignatian approach to spirituality. It is a 10-13 minute mix of Scripture, music and questions for reflection.

LECTIO 365 is a daily devotional resource that helps you pray the Bible every day. It is produced by leaders in the 24-7 movement in conjunction with CWR, and comes highly recommended by many church members.