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1 Samuel 8:4-11,(12-15),16-20, (11:14-15); Psalm 138; 2 Corinthians 4.13-5.1; Mark 3.20-35

Go with God

Adult & All Age

Go with God

Consider together what you have explored, what that means for you and how you will live your faith this week

All age act of worship Session
  • Look at the words of the song ‘Be thou my vision’ – or Rend Collective’s version, ‘You are my Vision’ (Video; Lyrics), words said or sung as a prayer about how Jesus should be at the centre of all our decision-making. Invite people to share with neighbours what stands out for them about choices and consequences. Then sing, or listen to the song .    E

Go with God 24/7   W E

Encourage everyone to put their faith into action

Make a note of decisions and choices you make each day this week. In your prayer time, reflect on how the decisions, and especially their consequences, may have helped or hindered you or other people.

 

Thrive

Give out the
Thrive resource 
to encourage
faith at home.

 

 

Spiritual styles abbreviations
W Word E Emotion S Symbol A Action
Read our Spiritual Styles articles

Children & Youth

Go with God

Consider together what you have explored, what that means for each of you and how it might influence your daily lives. (10 mins)

 

CHILDREN

Childrens Session
  • Make a paper chatterbox for each child, writing numbers onto each of the flaps and ‘God’ in the centre. Encourage the children to play with their chatterboxes a few times, and to notice that God is always at the centre. Remind them that today you have discovered that, whatever the choices we make, we can always choose to include God in them.

 

Go with God 24/7    W E S A 

Put faith into action

Think about one of the choices you need to make and spend time talking to God about this.

 

Thrive

Before you finish,
give out the Thrive
resource to encourage
faith at home.

 

 

Very young childrens Session

Sing

To the tune: The Grand Old Duke of York

God is with us all the time. (x2) Beside us in all we do,
God is with us all the time.

 

YOUNG PEOPLE

Young people Session
  • Play ‘You are my Vision’, Rend Collective on CAMPFIRE.
  • Explain that you are about to play a worship song called ‘You are my Vision’ based on words that have been said and sang for over a thousand years in Ireland. The song is about how Jesus should be at the centre of all our decision-making.
  • Ask the young people to listen to the song and think about the different choices they have coming up, and pray that God will help base their choices on what allows them to follow Jesus best.

 

Go with God 24/7   W S A 

Write down the decisions you make each day this week. Were they decisions which helped or hindered you or other people

Thrive

As you finish,
give out the Thrive
resource to encourage
faith at home.

 

 

Spiritual styles abbreviations
W Word E Emotion S Symbol A Action
Read our Spiritual Styles articles
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