THIS BOOKLET WAS USED FOR TRAINING PURPOSES IN AUTUMN 2008. IT INCLUDES ADDITIONAL MATERIAL TO THAT ALREADY ON THE WEBSITE - IN PARTICULAR AN EXPLORATION OF WORSHIP AS GATHERING - ENGAGING - RESPONDING - SENDING

Pg 2 Introduction

Pg 3 Christian collective worship

Pg 4 Planning acts of collective worship

Pg 6 Making the Worship Space Special

Pg 9 Gathering

Pg 11 Engaging

Pg 14 Responding

Pg 18 Sending

Pg 20 Collective worship on line

Pg 21  FAQs

Pg 22  Collective worship Observation Record

Pg 24 Collective worship and SEAL – a Bible Reference Chart

This booklet contains a number of photographs taken in local church schools. You can find details of these, and an ever- growing number of additional examples of good practice, in the distinctiveness gallery of our ChurchschoolsEast website http://www.churchschoolseast.org.uk/pictures_home.htm  If you have an example from your own school to add to the gallery then please let me know!  shirley.hall@ely.anglican.org