Collective Worship Resources
Other sites which include Collective Worship material
Other worship resources
Background material / Guidance
All-age worship
Prayer
The Bible
Quotations
Online Texts / Stories
Poems
Biographies
Music resources
Art / Graphics
Drama
Collective Worship Resource - from the Culham Institute, in association with the National Society
These resources are based on the Storykeepers television / video series.
Assemblies Website (SPCK)
Diocese of Blackburn Board of Education - Collective School Worship
Diocese of Ely Education and Training: Schools - RE and Collective Worship Resources
Diocese of Salisbury Board of Education - Collective Worship
The Hibbert Assembly
Material provided by the Hibbert Trust.
RE Today: Space for Reflection
Assemblies and guidance for collective worship (password required - available to RE today subscribers).
Assembling Citizens
Secondary school assembly materials on citizenship issues from The Stapleford Centre (subscription required).
Anne's Page - Exploring Christian Faith with Children
Includes general advice and some starting points and suggestions for Collective Worship, along with 'Times and Seasons', a brief guide to the church's year, again with suggestions for Collective Worship.
Christians in Schools in the Stockport Area: Collective Acts of Worship
Outlines for Collective Worship suitable for Key Stage 1 children.
School Assemblies for Busy Teachers
Assembly ideas, scripts and other resources contributed by teachers.
Teachernet - Assemblies
A bank of over 100 resources written by teachers for teachers.
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REEP for Schools
The SEAL materials, including assembly resources, are designed to provide a whole-school approach to promoting social, emotional and behavioural skills.
Christian Aid - le@rn zone
CAFOD Schools
Faithzone Videos: Collective Worships based on the videos.
Bible Reading Fellowship - Barnabas in Schools
Spinnaker Trust - resources site
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BBC School Radio - Collective Worship
The most recent programmes are available on the website, along with background information.
Diocese of Bath and Wells - Development Matters
Lectionary readings linked to global issues / world development facts, quotes and illustrations.
Fishy Music - Resources for Collective Worship
Audio CDs of original material for daily Collective Worship in the classroom - 'five minutes with God, five days of the week'.
Twelve Baskets
A collection of creative multi-media member-generated resources for worship.
The Art of Henry Martin
A collection of illustrations on biblical subjects, ideal for use on overhead projectors and in PowerPoint presentations.
(The graphics are free for use in churches and schools, but not to be used or distributed for profit.)
Liturgy: Worship that works - spirituality that connects
A website from an Anglican school chaplain in New Zealand, which includes short reflections for school worship, service outlines and resources for special services.
Praying Each Day
Prayer and education site of the De La Salle Brothers in Great Britain including reflections and prayers for each day of the year.
Downloadable (MP3 files) daily prayer resources.
Just This Day
Just This Day centres on a day in November when people of all faiths and countries who recognise the value of stillness, join together. By 2009 many schools were taking part. The website has lesson plans for younger children and downloadable resources to aid contemplation and stillness for older children.
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The National Society: School Worship
Guidance on the law; resources
Diocese of Ely: Collective Worship in Church Schools
Guidance on the law; advice; resources.
Encounter Christianity
Web site to accompany the series of books, designed for teaching RE at KS 1 and 2 in a fresh and informative way.
Redbridge RE Network - Collective Worship
Articles include 'Forming a Collective Worship Policy' and 'Monitoring Collective Worship'.
Teachers' TV - Assemblies
Teachers' TV programmes for Primary and Secondary to watch online (streaming video), along with background notes.
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The Church of England - Worship
Common Worship and The Book of Common Prayer available on-line.
Rootsontheweb.com
'Roots is an ecumenical resource programme based on the Revised Common Lectionary to support the worship and learning of the whole Church community.' (subscription required)
Seasons of the Spirit
All-age worship resource.
Talks to Children
Includes a Scripture Index and an index by Season.
Family Worship Resources
Focus on church all-age worship - includes music.
The Text This Week
Links to a range of resources including an art index and movie theme index.
Sermons4Kids
A large collection of Bible based talks, along with word puzzles, worksheets and colouring pages.
Christian Aid
Worship resources
DLTK's Bible Activities
'Sunday School' resources.
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Sacred Space
Scripture readings and prayers for each day with accompanying guidance.
Wellsprings on the Web
(Catholic) liturgy and prayer resources.
Prayers for peace, justice and reconciliation.
The Prayer Guide
Includes advice on leading prayer with children's groups.
World Prayers
Multicultural Prayer Archive
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Bible Gateway
Bible search engine, offering a range of translations and including an audio Bible.
World Wide Study Bible
Includes background resources for each chapter e.g. commentaries; study guides; links.
American Bible Society: Advanced Bible Search
Offers a range of translations.
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations on-line
QuoteWorld.org
Follow Your Dreams: Food for Thought
Inspirational Quotations
Apple Seeds
'Quotations and short stories from eclectic sources.'
Creative Proverbs From Around the World
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Internet Public Library: Online Texts
Index of texts freely available over the Internet e.g. Aesop's Fables; Shakespeare; classic drama and fiction.
Afterhours Inspirational Stories
The Children's Chapel
Stories for children including Bible stories.
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Poets' Corner
Verse: Poetry Anthologies online
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Biographical sketches of memorable Christians of the past
Catholic Online: Saints and Angels
Index of saints with information about each one.
Biography.com
Over 25,000 brief biographies.
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One More Time! - Reflective music for school worship
A CD of music produced to enhance the worshipful atmosphere and the meditative listening skills of children during collective worship.
Out of the Ark Music
Musical resources for primary schools, including assembly and Christmas song books.
SongQuery.com
Christian music search engine for music CDs, sheet music and accompaniment tracks.
A large collection of MIDI files for worship, and MP3 backing tracks
Graham Kendrick
Includes sound files. All songs are covered under the Church Copyright Licence scheme (CCLI).
The Cyber Hymnal
Over 5,000 Christian hymns and songs, including lyrics, scores, MIDI files and history.
Oremus Hymnal
Online hymnal containing texts and MIDI files of tunes, with particular emphasis on the Anglican tradition.
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Bible Picture Gallery
Large collection of free images; membership required to download large high-resolution graphics.
Sermons4Kids: Art of Henry Martin
EBible Teacher
Computer resources for worship, including graphics and PowerPoint examples.
Decade Ministries
Visual resources for all-age worship.
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Fun and games.org
Links to Christian drama sources on the web.
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