Week by week all over the world the Christian com­munity gathers to worship God and share in Com­munion. Increasingly parishes are wanting to include their com­­mitted, baptised children in this regular feeding, and there is wide­­­spread recognition that some kind of training is an essential part of this.

This presents a wonderful op­por­­tunity to think seri­ously about how any of us are deepening our faith, whatever our age, and whether, rather than a one-off course, we should be looking at ensuring that our parishes are pro­viding on-going spiritual nur­ture for all ages. Baptised children could then come naturally to receive Communion at whatever age was con­sidered suitable, since they would already be part of the on-going parish programme.

Bread and Wine People is a shared journey of discovery for the whole community of faith. For each of the three years of the Common Worship Lectionary there are four parish teaching Eucharists and one shared teaching meal. The three yearly meals are a Passover cel­­ebration, a fellowship meal, and an Emmaus meal. The teaching Eucharists are spread throughout the year and are designed to help deepen a sense of community in the parish.

There are times for separate learning with photo­copi­able work­­­sheets provided for pre-schoolers, children, young people and adults, but it is a crucial part of the teaching that each group con­tri­b­utes to the learning of the whole, and detailed orders of service involve all ages in all parts of the service.

• Written by Susan Sayers, one of the most trusted and respected of authors

• A totally inclusive programme

• Photocopiable work­sheets for pre-schoolers, children, young people and adults

• Detailed orders of service

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ISBN: 9781840036947
Catalogue code: N/A
Publisher: KEVIN MAYHEW - published 15/04/2004
Format: Paperback