Preparing a Prayer for the Class
- Welcome and introduction - Music pieces - Symbols: e.g. Candle, cloth, and images - Reflection Time (Silence) - Scripture - God's Word - Community Prayers - Concluding Prayer and Dismissal
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THEMESPOSSIBLE THEMES (Human values and feelings that need to be placed before God)
Respect Compassion Love Happiness Justice Freedom Acceptance Newness Environment Friendship Equality Peace Leadership Stewardship Unity Wellness Praise Healing |
VENUE and SET UPWHERE?
Chapel; Classroom; another Venue WHEN? Arrange with your teacher and class SYMBOLIC ELEMENTS Candle / s, cloth, symbols and images BIBLE TEXTS Sources BibleGateway.com: A searchable online Bible in over 150 versions and 50 languages. Books of the Bible | USCCB Psalm Settings by Jen Bryant (206) SEEKING STILLNESS - YouTube |
NAming GODPrayers must address God. This is a deliberate choice that cannot be avoided.
There are many ways to imagine and to name God. Some consideration needs to be made about how an immanent and yet transcendent face of the divine can be named in the prayer. How can the omnipresent (God in all); omniscient (All Knowing God) and omnipotent (Almighty) be named? |
PREPARING A RUNNING SHeETUse PowerPoint or Word to prepare a detailed plan of the order (Liturgia) of the prayer
General Liturgical Format Introductory Section
This could be followed by some quiet/ reflective time Biblical Section
This could be followed by some quiet/ reflective time Symbolic Gesture Section May be directed mediation or some other activity that has participants engaged in the key theme of the prayer. Concluding Section
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