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Primary School Collective Worship ideas for Year 2008-2009

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 - Year 2008

Sunday Theme
30/8 Proper 17 A New Beginning
7/9 Proper 18 Is that fair?
14/9 Proper 19 Is it easy or hard to forgive?
21/9 Proper 20 Is that fair (2)?
28/9 Proper 21 Puzzling Proverbs
5/10 Proper 22 Pressing on towards the prize
12/10 Proper 23 Changing Lives
19/10 Proper 24 Prayers for Vellore

Autumn Half Term

2/11 All Saints Sunday & Fourth Sunday Before Advent Choosing a Leader
9/11 Remembrance Sunday & Third Sunday before Advent The Bridesmaids' Mistake
16/11 Second Sunday before Advent How do you use your talents?
23/11 Sunday before Advent How are people different from each other?
30/11 Advent 1 Why are we waiting?
7/12 Advent 2 He is coming!
14/12 Advent 3 God's Messenger

Christmas Holiday

Spring Term 2009  
4/1 Christmas 2 The Light of the World
11/1 Epiphany 1 It's whats on the inside that counts
18/1 Epiphany 2 Doesn't He Speak Funny?
25/1 Epiphany 3 Jesus goes to a wedding
1/2 Epiphany 4 Candlemas
8/2 Epiphany 5 Jesus heals a sick boy

Spring Half Term

 
22/2 Sunday Next Before Lent Transfiguration
1/3 Lent 1 The Rainbow People of God
8/3 Lent 2 Name calling
15/3 Lent 3 It makes me so angry!
22/3 Lent 4 A Caring Mother
29/3 Lent 5 The message of the grain of wheat

Easter Holiday

Summer Term  
19/4 Easter 2 Doubting Thomas
26/4 Easter 3 Taking the Christian message to India
3/5 Easter 4 A Good Shepherd
10/5 Easter 5 All about plants
17/5 Easter 6 Friends or Servants

Summer Half Term

31/5 Pentecost

The Power of the Spirit
7/6 Trinity Sunday I'm not ready!
14/6 Proper 6 Look inside not outside
21/6 Proper 7 Anyone can make a difference
28/6 Proper 8 Sharing
5/7 Proper 9 Going on a Journey
12/7 Proper 10 Getting Things Straight

Summer Holiday

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