Prayers for Home: W/C: 25th May 2020
During these unprecedented times when schools and churches are closed, we know how important it is for families to find opportunities to come together and pray and reflect upon the day, the present time and times ahead.
Prayer is so beneficial to us all in different ways but we know that it strengthens the family ties and communication; helping us to heal and find peace. The children at St Vincent’s are always so considerate of others when composing their own prayers. We are always deeply proud of their spirituality and thoughtfulness. During this time, we encourage your child and family to pray, thinking about who may need their prayers and reminding them that prayer brings us closer to God. We are pleased to inform you that Ten:Ten, providers of our Collective Worship resources, are kindly making available a set of daily prayers for you to use at home. St Vincent’s will share the Weekly Prayers with you every Monday, in the hope that we can pray together.
In the Gospel this week, Jesus is praying to God with the disciples nearby. He says to God, “all I have is yours and all you have is mine, and in them I am glorified.”
Just like the disciples glorified God, so we can too! Through simple ways of understanding this huge concept, our prayers for half term ask children to consider the same question each day: ‘how can I glorify God today?’
You can find the daily prayers for this week here:
How to lead:
There is a Prayer Leader which, this week, is best read by an adult.
Slide 1:
The Prayer Leader offers a thought for the day.
Slide 2:
The Prayer Leader invites children to reflect on the question ‘how can I glorify God today?’ and leads them in a final prayer.
In these times of reflection, you might like to encourage children’s answers, e.g. they can glorify God by:
– Monday – pausing throughout the day to think about and worship Him.
– Tuesday – thinking about how big He is. What is the biggest thing they can imagine – God is even bigger than that!
– Wednesday – recognising how valuable He is. What is most valuable to them – God is far more valuable even than that!
– Thursday – practicing His beautiful qualities of strength, wisdom, love, justice, generosity etc.
– Friday – trying to act and speak in ways that show how much they love Him.
– Saturday – being joyful!
Whilst we are apart it will be wonderful to know that we are sharing this special prayer resource together. You can let us know what you think of the resource in the comments section, or even share some pictures of your special worship space using the file uploader for the attention of Mrs Avdiu.
God bless you all.