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Praise Shout

20 Oct 2008 08:48

Themes:	peace, praise
Media Type:	Powerpoint
Bible refs:	Psalm 66
Written by:	Sam Hargreaves

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...

Testimonies Praise

13 Nov 2008 12:52

Themes:	testimony, celebration, thanksgiving, praise
Media Type:	Corporate Worship Idea
Bible refs:	Eph 4:29, 1 Thess 5:11
Written by:	Sara Hargreaves

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!),...

Balloon Praise

13 Nov 2008 09:44

Themes:	celebration, praise
Media Type:	Corporate Worship Idea
Bible refs:	Psalm 9:1
Written by:	Sara Hargreaves

Print the PDF containing 24 worship phrases from the psalms, and cut them out. Fold the phrases up and stick in balloons, which you inflate (for best result with helium). Attach the balloons to different places in your worship space (creates a great celebration atmosphere as people arrive). In the...

Names of God

25 Nov 2008 14:25

Themes:	praise, celebration, peace, meditation
Media Type:	Powerpoint
Written by:	Sam Hargreaves

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...

Resurrection Parade

30 Mar 2009 17:15

Themes:	easter, resurrection, praise
Media Type:	Corporate Worship Idea
Bible refs:	Col 1:18-20
Written by:	Sam Hargreaves

This Easter Sunday we are planning a Resurrection Praise Celebration. We are splitting the teaching into two halves – in the first half the preacher will show a giant paper world, and talk about how God created everything perfect. He will then rip the world into pieces, talking about how...

Psalms Praise

18 May 2009 15:49

Themes:	praise, Psalms
Media Type:	Call To Worship, Corporate Worship Idea
Bible refs:	Psalm 1-150
Written by:	Sara Hargreaves

This is a simple idea for 'unfinished worship' - getting people to interact and participate in the leading of worship in a safe, pressure-free way. Ask people to open their Bibles at the Psalms, then sing a simple, celebratory song. After you've sung it for a few minutes, invite people...

He's my saviour

18 May 2009 20:06

Themes:	resurrection, easter, praise, the cross, unfinished, second coming
Media Type:	mp3, Corporate Worship Idea
Bible refs:	Rev 22:20, 1 Cor 15:3-4
Written by:	Joel Payne

This song is designed to be improvised! There are a few basic verses to get you going - you can then choose to stop, or carry on with improvised verses. The leader or members of the group/congregation call out 4 or 5 syllable phrases which everyone then joins in singing,...

Cardboard Testimonies

05 Aug 2009 13:27

Themes:	testimony, praise
Media Type:	Corporate Worship Idea, testimony
Written by:	Sam Hargreaves

We first saw this idea used at Willow Creek - it may have originated before that - and the YFC team used it really effectively last week at New Wine. It is a way of helping people share what God has done in their lives in a simple but powerful way. ...

'How to worship on your own' prayer stations

28 Jan 2010 21:52

Themes:	prayer, praise, meditation
Media Type:	Prayer Station
Bible refs:	Matt 6:5-6, Psalm 1-150
Written by:	Sara Hargreaves

These stations are specifically created for young people, and we've made them for our youth worship training day this Saturday. We wanted to teach those young people who are involved in worship in their churches, to also be able to worship on their own (Matthew 6:5-6). But this is obviously...

Jesus is Lord shout

26 Apr 2010 14:11

Themes:	Jesus, the cross, resurrection, humility, praise
Media Type:	Spoken Word, Liturgy
Bible refs:	Phil 2
Written by:	Michael Perry

This piece of spoken worship is particularly useful because it requires no printed or projected words to involve a whole congregation. We've used it at Spring Harvest, on our 'How would Jesus worship' tour and in regular Sunday services. Explain to the congregation that you are going to say a line,...

Hallelujah reflection

29 Aug 2010 20:21

Themes:	praise, brokenness, doubt, Hallelujah
Media Type:	Poetry, Spoken Word, Call To Worship, images, visuals
Written by:	Chloe Axford

This was written for the opening of our 2010 Greenbelt worship session. Chloe was inspired by a talk she had heard about the roots and meaning of the word 'Hallelujah'. We knocked some ideas around, Sam put them on paper and then Chloe made it sound like a proper piece of...