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Collective Worship

Collective Worship. Julia Feeney June 2006. What is Worship?. To adore God is to acknowledge the “nothingness of the creature” who would not exist but for God.

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Collective Worship

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  1. Collective Worship Julia Feeney June 2006

  2. What is Worship? • To adore God is to acknowledge the “nothingness of the creature” who would not exist but for God. • To adore God is to praise and exalt him and to humble oneself confessing with gratitude that he has done great things and holy is his name

  3. Terminology • What do we understand by: • Liturgy? • Celebration? • Prayer service?

  4. Liturgy • Is an exercise of the priestly office of Jesus Christ. It involves the presentation of man’s sanctification under the guise of signs perceptible by the senses, and its accomplishment in ways appropriate to each of these signs. • Every liturgical celebration, because it is an action of Christ the priest and of his Body which is the church, is a sacred action surpassing all others.

  5. Prayer • “Prayer is the raising of one’s heart and mind to God or the requesting of good things from God”. • Prayer is a surge of of the heart; a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.

  6. Collective worship in our catholic schools • Concerned with the revelation of God’s presence so that praise, honour and thanksgiving may be given to him. • Strengthens the Eucharistic community which is called together to give witness to Jesus Christ. • Is the community’s response to God, which invites us to enter into a loving relationship with him

  7. The place of collective worship • Takes into account the religious and educational needs of all who share in it: • Part of the worshipping community in church • School may e their first and only experience of church • Other Christian traditions – or none • Other faith backgrounds

  8. Purpose of worship • Means of communication • Deepening of relationship • Development of skills • Making sense of the world • Developing a sense of mystery • Developing religious imagination

  9. Skills • Reverence • Contemplation/silence • Reflection • Meditation • Making connections/empathy

  10. All acts of worship should: • Give glory and praise to God • Be structured to ensure a quality experience for all participants • Be kept to the point • Be clear in its liturgical focus and varied in its delivery

  11. Process • Gather • Focus • Scripture • Explanation • Response • Thanksgiving • Common prayer • Going forward

  12. Gather • Sense of order on entering • Different arrangements for different times of the liturgical year • Clear and appropriate focal point • Music to set the atmosphere

  13. Focus • There is a variety of forms of liturgy offered • Theme is clear and effectively developed • Enables growth in understanding of a community worshipping together • Content, form, organisation and presentation varies • Quality use of artefacts • Linked to liturgical year/class work/school life

  14. Scripture • Hear God’s word that lifts us up, instructs us, corrects us, trains us in holiness (2 Tim 3:16-17) • Draws attention to the need to be serving and loving • Reminds us of God’s loving providence which surrounds us and continually leads us to God and the great mysteries • Appropriate • Who shares it? • How is it shared? • Visual? • Auditory? • Kinesthetic?

  15. Explanation • Relates to the children’s own experiences • Contributes to children’s living and understanding of the Christian way of life • Respects the age and development of the children

  16. Response • Grows from the whole worship • Pupils know how to respond and behave during worship • There is a high level of participation • Pupils demonstrate an understanding of liturgical celebrations

  17. Common prayer • Invitation and response • Approaching God • Considering our world • Looking at our needs • Whole society • Bringing joys and sorrows

  18. Going forward • Clear sense of order/purpose on leaving • Children have a deep understanding of the revelation of God’s presence • Integration of worship and life

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