Penrallt: Sunday 30th August 2020

Online All-Age Service: Sunday 30^th August 2020 (10:30am)

Today’s service is in a slightly different format. It was originally in two parts, with the second part (including communion, prayers and a chance for the children to show their craft work) taking place via a live Zoom meeting. For those coming to the page later, we have added a communion video towards the end of the service. Please have some bread (perhaps a roll) and some red juice / squash, or wine ready to take during our communion time.

As with all our online services, you are welcome to use this service at any time, as many times as you like. There is no need to rush — you can always come back and finish it later (or you can skip sections entirely if you prefer).

This all-age online service has the theme "Back to School with God". We are using some of the great resources from Scripture Union Scotland who produced resources for this theme.

If you have children, you may wish to download and print some resources. If not, you can click here to skip to the start of the service.

A Lion Mask

The masks are referred to and used during a reading in the service.

A simple mask from First Palette: www.firstpalette.com/printable/lion-mask.html (available in two versions — one for you to colour yourself and the other already coloured in).

Something a bit more elaborate from "Crafting the Word of God" (you will need a paper plate, some coloured paper/card and a lollipop stick):

Or surprise us! Make your own lion mask, or find one on the internet. If you missed showing us your mask at the Zoom chat, you can ask your parents to email a picture of it to the church office.

Some additional resources for children

We appreciate that some of the children may need additional break-out activities. There are some at the bottom of this page (click here).

Welcome

Revd. John Thompson is leading our all-age service this morning. The worship leader is Matt Dawson.

Welcome and Introduction

Call to Worship

Song: Happy Day

Talk #1: Prayer Shapes Us!

In this video, during the Bible reading you can use your lion mask. There are some links to masks above which you can download and print from the Internet. If the lion noise is a bit tame and unrealistic for you, try this one:

This includes an imaginary video interview with Daniel and a quiz from Scripture Union Scotland.

Song: Crown Him with Many Crowns

Talk #2: Prayer Saves!

Prayers led by Sally Jones

Here are some words for the Lord's Prayer, used at the end of Sally's video, if you're not sure which version to use:

Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name,
thy Kingdom come,
thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread
and forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
the power and the glory,
for ever and ever. Amen.

Praying for our Schools

During our Zoom time we will be praying for individual people from Penrallt who are going back to school, and then we will take communion together. Please join us at 11:30.

Song: Heal Our Nation

Communion

The Zoom communion referred to earlier in the service took place on the morning of 30^th August. Here, instead, is a communion video:

Prayer

If you would like us to pray for you, or wish to receive information to help you pray, please contact the church office. If your browser is set up to allow it, you can use the following button to send us an email:

Email the office

After the Service

We are intending to hold a post-service chat on Zoom, as usual. This will continue after the Zoom prayer and communion. You are very welcome to join us — click on the button below to do so. We may break into smaller groups for a few minutes at some point.

Join Zoom chat

Please note that participants will be muted on arrival in order not to disturb others during the prayers or communion if they are still taking place when you arrive.

This Evening / This Week

The Baptist Union of Great Britain are holding a short prayer broadcast every Sunday and Wednesday evening at 7pm. The link for this evening's broadcast (and recordings of previous ones) should be available at this page on the Baptists Together website.

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