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This is a guided meditation works best for a small congregation, youth group or home group. It is designed to help participants think about the way God appears to biblical characters in the great outdoors – the setting, the scenery, the time of day, the weather, their relationship with him, and his...

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...

Chloe Axford has provided us with our first creative worship idea for Christmas 2009. Remember that we'd love to hear your ideas too, and hopefully share them among our web community; so send them in today!  This Christmas meditation using candles, music and readings is based on the traditional tenebrae service, usually...

View this online at http://prezi.com/nslwizrwxzsh/ This 'Lectio Divina' style meditiation was used at Youthwork the Conference.  It makes use of a cool online presentation builder called Prezi (go to www.prezi.com to see other people's or create your own, for free!)  You place words, images and video on a canvas, and then...

  Here is a simple reflection on the meaning of advent, using purple ribbon.  Reflection: Advent, from the Latin adventus, meaning arrival or coming, is a chance for us to slow down and take time to prepare for Jesus’ birth at Christmas.   It is an opportunity for us to reflect quietly on what...

This creative meditation on the theme of exile is designed to be used with a congregation during a church service, but it could work equally well in a youth group or small group setting. It has been linked with a Christmas reading (Jesus, Mary and Joseph’s flight to Egypt - Matthew...

This is a reflective Bible study on the themes of Epiphany; the Magi and the Star of Bethlehem. It was written for my mum's small group, and we're never in shape for anything too difficult on a Wednesday morning, so the discussion questions aren't too complex. Part of the reflection...

Here’s an idea that you can either use the week before Easter Sunday (Palm Sunday), on Good Friday or on Easter Sunday (or even during a regular communion service).  It could just as easily be used by a small group as by a large congregation. The idea...

The six tracks attached in the zip file you can download from this page are instrumental keyboard pieces.  Each on is a wordless meditation on a verse from the Psalms.  Andy set himself the challenge of sitting down, reflecting on the verse and then playing whatever came out - no edits,...

This worship idea uses a painting by Vincent Van Gogh, The Church at Auvers, to reflect on what image our churches project to those outside their walls. It is suitable for use in a service or small group/youth group. It involves the entire congregation/group going outside at the end! You could...

I don't know about you, but when I'm praying, my mind wanders,  especially when prayers are led in a coporate setting.  This idea is intended to try to root the wandering mind by bringing a physicality to our prayers.  For generations, Christians have established pracices which hold the body in...

Our dear friend and engageworship band bassist Sunil Chandy has set himself a challenge for Lent - post one piece of music per day, on the Lenten theme of wilderness.  He is looking at various biblical passages of wilderness, and relating them to his own life experience in some honest blog...

Poetry can often seem so difficult to write that we don't even bother.  Yet it can harness images and tell picutres in ways which are very difficult using other types of art or media.  This resource is both the poem itself and a call to action; try to write something...

This beautiful song by Sunil Chandy is inspired by Psalm 88, weaving in the refrain Kyrie Eleison (Lord have mercy).  It is designed for performance more than corporate singing, and fits well in a service where you are expressing lament, brokenness and anguish before God, who appears to be silent...