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It may be that the service sheets will be taken home after the service so that the colouring and the word search can be completed.	10.30 Family Service Welcome	Have an image or picture on the front or at the top of the service sheet. It is useful to include a text so as to give a pointer to what the service will be about. Often we have included a picture that can be coloured in; this may be appreciated by the younger ones when they start to get bored, or even some of us older ones.
Hymns numbers on this sheet are from Mission Praise.
The song could be something that the younger children could join in with. Perhaps one were they do not need to read the words. You can use puppets, drama, story telling, songs, pictures etc for a childrens talk. For further ideas see Ideas	We say together the lines in bold type Lord direct our thoughts, Teach us to pray, Lift up our hearts to worship you In spirit and in truth, Through Jesus Christ . Amen Prayer taken from Patterns for Worship (Church House Publishing, 1995) is copyright © The Archbishops' Council and is reproduced by permission. Hymn No. 651 The Kingdom Of God Confession Reading Mark 14:66-72 Short talk for the children Song No. 69 Change My Heart O God The children may come forward for a special activity Talk for adults Hymn No. 501 O Jesus I Have Promised We declare our faith Do you believe and trust in God the Father, who made all things? We believe and trust in him. Do you believe and trust in his Son Jesus Christ, who redeemed the world? We believe and trust in him. Do you believe and trust in his Holy Spirit, who gives life to the people of God? We believe and trust in him. This is the faith of the Church. This is our faith. We believe and trust in one God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen. Prayer taken from Patterns for Worship (Church House Publishing, 1995) is copyright © The Archbishops' Council and is reproduced by permission. Prayers We conclude our prayers by saying together Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen. Hymn No. 735 We Rest On Thee May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us all evermore. Amen	A "children's talk" will always help to make them feel part of what is going on, and for those services where there is no sunday school then what about an activity during the "Adult Talk". This need only last ten minutes, something active involving drawing/ colouring/ sticking, to make a poster or banner illustrating a theme from the reading, could include their own prayers written or drawn.


	Add a word search. These will keep older children happy and give them words from the reading to think about whilst they look for them. If you have a spreadsheet on your computer, then simply square up the cells, centralise the text and add the letters as the example above. More word searches	Back