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This praise shout is a mash-up of Psalm 66, using both the NIV and the Message version of the Bible, with inspiring images in the PowerPoint. Use it to start a worship time, or in the middle of a set of songs. We tend to use it sandwiched between an upbeat...

This prayer was written as a call to worship for Youthwork the Conference '08, but could be used in many other settings.  It tries to acknowledge that in God's eyes we are not just the miserable sinners that some people like us to think we are - he made us perfect,...

 This PowerPoint of various biblical names of God was made for Youthwork the Conference.  It is designed to help people reflect on the varied sides of God's attributes and character.  It could be used with live or recorded music underneath as a meditation during a worship time, or as the...

 This is a mix of parts of Psalm 51 from both the TNIV and the Message.  It is designed to be said out loud together as a corporate confession, but it could also be used as a silent reflection.  You may wish to give people time before hand to silently allow...

This poem was written as an introduction to singing the song 'Everlasting God' by Vicky Beeching, to get people thinking about God being unchangind in a transitory world.  The contemporary images on the PowerPoint make it useful in an outreach or youth setting.  It could be just used for reflection,...

This is a powerpoint that can be used in a large congregation, but also in small groups or individually. It aids us in giving our burdens to God, and uses actions to help us focus our prayers. The powerpoint could work in the beginning of a service, as a means...

"When our songs (have mercy)" was orginally written after the Boxing Day tsunami, when it felt like there was nothing in our repertoire to sing in response.  It brings God's heart for justice into our times of singing, and reminds us that a vital part of our worship is to...

Many things in life promise much but fail to deliver. Putting our faith in money, fame, career, relationships, clothes, food, drink, houses etc can leave us feeling betrayed and empty. But at Easter we can remember one 'empty' promise that offered everything and didn't fail to deliver - the promise...

This was written for the final morning of Spring Harvest '09, but could be used in any context where you want people to corporately commit to living out Jesus' Great Commission.   Commissioning prayer based on Matt 28:17-20 and 10:7-8. (said by all together) Jesus we worship you, And sometimes we doubt. Yet we know all authority...

This spoken word piece was used as a reflective response at Spring Harvest '09.  It meditates on the well known passage where Peter proclaims that Jesus is the Christ, and Jesus' responses about what kind of Messiah he is and how we might display that as his followers.   ‘Who do I say...

This is a fantastic call-and-response style liturgy to encourage people to bring all they are to worship.  It is based on Jesus' challenge to love the Lord with all your heart, soul, mind and strength in contemporary language.  Sam had three thousand people shouting it at the top of their...

This is written as an intro to Matt and Beth Redman's song "Blessed be your name", but you could use it alone.  The aim is to help people meditate on how they are feeling and make everyone feel welcomed, so that they know their contribution to worship is important however...

This liturgy was written to open the 'Emerging Worship' lab we did at WorshipConnect, and Sam recently reworked it for the 'Biblefresh' initiative.  It could be very appropriate at the beginning of many services, or as the intro to a sermon or Bible reading.  The leader speaks the bits in...

The aim of this poem is to reflect on motives using metaphors around a 'heartbeat', where, for what and for whom does a heart beat; both ours and then God's. Also, we want to create space in our times of corporate worship; time to listen and be still, hear as...

Instead of focussing on death towards the end of October, let's focus on the lives of the saints that have gone before us. All Saints' Day is traditionally marked on the 1st of November, but whether your church is traditional or not, you will hopefully find this meditation helpful. The idea...

We used this Power Point file as part of an act of Remembrance last year. Our music team played ‘What a Wonderful World’ (made popular by Louis Armstrong) as the slides scrolled round. The idea for the music came from the film ‘Good Morning Vietnam’ used (in that case) as...

This is a liturgy we used at the beginning of Youthwork the conference.  It is a leader/response format, and the themes are taken from the opening of John's gospel and and a couple of other sayings of Jesus.  It would work towards the beginning of a meeting. Leader:     In the beginning...

We were asked to prepare and lead a 'Liturgy for our times' at the UK Songwriters Consultation, organised by Graham Kendrick and Spring Harvest.  This time of mostly spoken worship followed a really challenging day of teaching from Jim Wallis of Sojourners, about how the worship 'scene' in the UK might...

This liturgy closed the 'Liturgy for our times' we led at the UK Songwriters Consultation, and is focused around how we identify with Christ on the cross - such and unlikely way to transform the world.  It would be very useful as a close to services where you were thinking...

This liturgy by Mark Earey opened the Liturgy for our times we used at the UK Songwriters Consultation.  We let the first three slides auto-change, and played the opening track from the Sigur Ros album 'Takk' as an emotive, heavenly soundtrack (it lasts exactly the same amount of time it took...

This is an alternative take on an Advent liturgy - reminding people the true reasons why we should look forward to the Christmas season.  It is tastefully accompanied by appropriate images on this PowerPoint.  Its great to have some work by Kieran posted, as he designed this website for us!  Do...

This song was written by Sam as a reflection on the themes of Lent, but it can work at any other time of the year.  It focuses on meeting God in the hard places, allowing him to grow us through difficult times and trusting in him for a 'resurrection dawn'. ...

This is an idea that we used last year on the run up to Easter, inspired by a gift given to my daughter, of a (dare I say 'charm') bracelet depicting elements of the 23 Psalm. We decided to adapt this and created a bracelet that would help us reflect...

At a recent engage contributors' day, we were asking the question "what constitues 'worship'?  How can we share ideas on this website that go beyond our narrow expectations of what worship is, and embrace God's bigger picture?" Well, it is clear that fasting was part of Old Testament worship, and that...

This was written for Spring Harvest 2010, based around the themes of Esther chapter 2.  We were thinking about the idea that Esther was chosen by the king in that story for all the wrong reasons, but we are chosen by the King of Kings for all the right reasons. ...

This is based on Esther 4:12-14, and was written as a response for Spring Harvest 2010.  It could be used in any context where you wanted people to think through their response to injustice and the challenge to make a difference in the world. We had the leader read the whole...

The idea is to make individually crafted 3D style glasses with coloured lenses. The big point is that through Jesus everything looks different (just like looking through coloured lenses).   It might help to...

This powerpoint reflection aims to bring the ACTS prayer pneumonic into the digital age.  It is a series of slides which encourage people to first get ready to pray and then to focus on Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving and Supplication (or "stuff"!).  For each section, there is a brief explanation and...

What do you normally do with your old BBQ ashes? Bin them? Put them in the compost? If this BBQ summer decides to get back on form, this idea might give you a different use for them. We were running a series of services themed around the Psalms, and one...

This is a version of the Lord's prayer, rewritten by Rebekah Long from the Bless network (blessnet.eu), and led by her husband Matt at Youthwork the Conference 2010.  We like the way it gives fresh insight into that most familliar of prayers, and it works well when you encourage the...

This is Psalm 16 from the Message, adapted by Matt Long as a corporate prayer, which he led on Sunday morning at Youthwork the Conference 2010.  The leaders says the bits in plain text, and the congregation can join the bits in bold.  You can download and use the PowerPoint...

This resource is a call to worship, following the vein of the Praise Shout resource.  It looks at the second coming of Jesus, which is traditionally explored during the period of Advent.  It is a liturgical response combining the words of Psalm 24 with the early creedal declaration "Christ has...

We just wrote these for our service on the Sunday before Christmas, so thought we'd share them with you.  You can use them to lead prayers in church, remembering that Jesus was born into poverty and disadvantage, and turning this into intercession for those considered 'the least' in our world.   Jesus Christ,...

This prayer has been written for Sunday 11th September 2011, ten years on from the 9 11 attacks.  It is designed to help congregations reflect on their memories, and centre around God and how he meets us in tradgedy.  There is a PowerPoint you can show, or you could just...

Our church community is starting to get ready for the Open Doors day of prayer for the persecuted church on Nov 6th, on the theme of "Secret Children". A bunch of resources including vids, Ppt, service plans are available on their website - take a look. For me, this feels...

This is the opening prayer we used into the sung worship at Youthwork the Conference 2011.  Sam wrote it to draw people into praise, but also to tie in with the reading from Revelation 7.   God we’ve come hungry - hungry for you. ALL: Bread of life, feed us by your word. God...

The church I belong to doesn’t do much to celebrate Holy Week, which means in practice that we don’t meet all together between Palm Sunday and Easter Day. I wanted to create a way to walk through Jesus’ final week as a man, in one act of worship, suitable for...

  This is designed for a church service or youth group setting and can be adapted to suit an adult only or all age congregation. It could also be done in the open air at a church weekend away etc. It will require about an hour’s preparation beforehand.   It is based upon...