Testimonies Praise

Written By:
Sara Hargreaves

Themes: testimony, celebration, thanksgiving, praise

Type: Corporate Worship Idea

Bible Refs: Eph 4:29, 1 Thess 5:11

You will need:

small pieces of paper
pens
basket

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Put pens and paper under chairs/pews in your worship area before people arrive. Before you start a time of sung worship, encourage people to write down short testimonies of what God has done in their life this week (keep the pieces of paper small, and the testimonies will be short!), and drop them in a basket on the side of the platform.
After a few songs, let the band / musicians keep playing quietly as a few of you take turns reading the testimonies out. You might want to encourage clapping after each testimony.

Sara co-leads engageworship.org together with husband Sam, drawing from her experience in music, worship and youthwork. She is also a mum of two wonderful children and they all live in groovy Luton.

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Previous Comments:

Hank Teague

02 Feb 2011 12:41

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