uniformed groups

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fedupwithallthispaperwork · 28/06/2007 23:13

hi there

need some advice. what do the anglicans amonst you do at church parades. Brownies etc not a prob but how do you keep cub, scouts even slightly interested. would love any ideas you have.

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fedupwithallthispaperwork · 29/06/2007 07:41

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MaryBS · 29/06/2007 08:10

Much of it is down to the Vicar and the effort he puts in. He explains parts of the service as he does them, and his sermon is relevant to the age group he is "preaching" to. There's usually a fair amount of "audience participation".

PandaG · 29/06/2007 08:15

DS is used to going to church anyway, but when it is Beaver parade (not at our church) the service is usually fairly short, at least 2 people leading it so plenty of differnet voices, short modern(ish!) songs, and plenty of audience participation - eg last one we went to the story was of Moses, so one side of the church were Egyptians, pretenting to crack whips and get the Israelites to work harder, the other were Israelites miming making bricks etc - kept those up to cub age happy, and the older ones joined in too!

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fedupwithallthispaperwork · 29/06/2007 17:54

thanks....keep them coming x

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MaryBS · 30/06/2007 08:58

Some of the "sermon" websites give details of children's sermons/activities. Would they be of any use to you?

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fedupwithallthispaperwork · 30/06/2007 10:14

could try. do you have details. thnx.

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MaryBS · 30/06/2007 21:09

This is the main one I use:

www.rockies.net/~spirit/sermon.html

If you have a particular theme, I might be able to find other stuff for you...

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