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Primary School Collective Worship ideas for Year 2009-2010

For Secondary School Collective Worship Ideas - in the Youth Section - Click here

Thematic Index

 

See the end of the page for an introduction to the principles of the collective worship plan.

 

Autumn Term 2009

6/9 Proper 18 The Royal Law (love your neighbour)
13/9 Proper 19 The Three Sillies
20/9 Proper 20 Be a secret servant
27/9 Proper 21 A lesson from Esther
4/10 Proper 22 Children are best!
11/10 Proper 23 Not doing bad is not the same as doing good!
18/10 Proper 24 I'm so small

Autumn Half Term

1/11 All Saints Etheldreda
8/11 Third Sunday before Advent Get ready to get ready
15/11 Second Sunday before Advent Don't be frightened
22/11 Sunday before Advent Stir-up Sunday
29/11 Advent Sunday Jesse Tree 1
6/12 Advent 2 Jesse Tree 2
13/12 Advent 3 Jesse Tree 3

Christmas Holiday

Spring Term 2010

3/1 Christmas 2 Baptism
10/1 First Sunday after Epiphany The Really Wise Men
17/1 Epiphany 2 Skills and talents
24/1 Epiphany 3 Using talents
31/1 Epiphany 4 Follow the Light of Jesus
7/2 Epiphany 5 Difficult tasks

Spring Half Term

21/2 Lent 1 What is Faith?
28/2 Lent 2 Sports and Prizes
7/3 Lent 3 Rules and second chances
14/3 Lent 4 Amazing Mum
21/3 Lent 5 Perfumes
28/3 Palm Sunday Palm Sunday

Easter Holiday

Summer Term

18/4 Easter 3 Bravery
25/4 Easter 4 Sheep
2/5 Easter 5 The Church grows up
9/5 Easter 6 (Rogation) Prayer Tree
16/5 Easter 7 Prisoners of Conscience
23/5 Pentecost Happy Birthday Church!

Summer Half Term

6/6 Proper 5 Famine!
11/6 Proper 6 David's Dreadful Deed
20/6 Proper 7 Everybody Equal!
27/6 Proper 8 Don't Look Back!
4/7 Proper 9 Respect!
11/7 Proper 10 What a Year!
18/7 Proper 11 Mary Jones and her Bible

 

 

 

Introduction to the Collective Worship Plan

The Church of England Lectionary is divided into three years of Bible readings (Years A, B and C) which follow on from each other in a continuous cycle. Each new Church Year begins with Advent Sunday which falls at the end of November or the beginning of December, four Sundays before Christmas Day.

On each Sunday three readings are designated for use; usually one from the Old Testament, one from the Epistles and one from the Gospels. In each of the suggested acts of collective worship above the author has taken one of these three designated readings as their theme (except when a significant Christian feast day falls on a day within that week, when the readings for this day may have been used instead of the Sunday readings).

By using the suggestions above regularly, your school will be able to follow the pattern of readings which will be taking place in your local parish church, week by week, over the whole of the Church's Year. The dates given in the index are all Sundays.

Of course, you may chose to use some of the collective worship ideas at other times of the year, to fit in with your existing themed programme. The short titles beside each date will allow you to select those subjects of interest to you. You will find worship materials from other years still on the site - use the thematic index to find out what is available.

 

Thematic Index