Collective Worship
Collective worship – Roots and Fruits
We use Roots and Fruits as the main focus for our collective worship.
Roots and Fruits provides creative collective worship for primary schools based in Christian values themes over a period of two years. Rooted in Bible teaching, twelve Christian values represent the fruit that grows as the teaching is lived out in everyday life.
The value for the Autumn Term 1 is Generosity and Autumn Term 2 is Compassion.
A prayer of welcome
We light three candles to remind us of:
God the Father, the generous giver,
God the Son, who gave his life for the world and
God the Holy Spirit, who inspires us to give cheerfully.
Generosity is…
Encouraging the best in each other
Never selfish
Enjoying helping others
Raising support for a good cause
Offering what we can
Sharing our time and talents
Inviting someone to join in
Taking care of God’s creation for future generations
You first, me last.
Welcome prayer
We have gathered in the name of
God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
to worship together
and think about our value
compassion.
Compassion is…
Costly caring
Offering help
Making a difference
Putting others first
Always listening
Sensitive to suffering
Service in action
Interested in others
Offering care and concern
Noticing a need.
Space Makers
Space Makers is a resource for schools and churches from the Diocese of Oxford. Accessible to pupils of all faiths and worldviews, five contemplative practices help schools to embrace some of the ancient wisdom of the Christian tradition and, in doing so, assist children to navigate the world around them. Climate anxiety and the vast increase in screen time and exposure to social media seem to be causes of deteriorating mental health in young people.
The ancient contemplative traditions of Christianity, like its secular cousin ‘mindfulness’, have a lot to offer at this time. Space Makers brings five contemplative practices into the life of our schools.