| Here are some
suggestions... |
| 1)
Read out a poem |
11)
Use the natural beauty of creation to focus on God and let him
speak e.g. Look out at the stars, bring in some leaves/flowers to look
at etc |
| 2)
Play a track off a CD that has got some good words to it |
12)
Use some Anglican liturgy to pray out, recite together, photocopies to
meditate on |
| 3)
Read out a psalm and get everyone to write their own. End with
people reading out what they have written. |
13)
Make a video of different images and clips that can be played
alongside a worship song |
| 4)
Get a big sheet of paper in the middle and get everyone to
write down words on it that describe God. Then go round and find out
why different people wrote what they did. |
14)
Turn off the lights and light a single candle and focus on it
while a suitable scripture is read e.g. 'I am the light of the
world...' |
| 5)
Read out a passage of scripture and use it to go into a time of
open prayer thanking God for who he is and what He has done eg. 2
Samuel 22, Philippians 2 v 6-11, Revelation 1 v 12-18 |
15)
Break bread together-again some Anglican liturgy can be used, or do it
creatively eg focusing on different aspects of the work of the cross
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| 6)
Meditate on a familiar passage of scripture, verse by verse asking God
to speak through it e.g. Psalm 23 or the Lord's prayer and then
feedback what God has been saying through it |
16)
Get everyone to write down what they have been forgiven of, or
hindrances in the way of God, or burdens they are carrying and screw
up the paper into a metal container and burn it/or have a bowl of warm
water to symbolically wash their hands of it. |
| 7)
Go through all the different names attributed to i) God ii) Jesus iii)
the Holy Spirit and discuss what each of them means to the different
members in cell group. |
17)
Get one or two people to give their testimony and then pray for
those people thanking God for what He's done in their lives so far and
what He is going to do. |
| 8)
Read out an excerpt from a Christian classic e.g. J.I. Packer's
Knowing God, A.W. Tozer's The Knowledge of the Holy, J.B. Philip's
Your God is too small or Colin Urquart's My dear child |
18)
Bring some art materials and get everyone to draw/paint/make something
that expresses worship to God |
| 9)
All make noise together- singing out, humming, speaking out praise to
God. |
19)
Get everyone to draw their thumb print and read out Psalm 139
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| 10)
In the previous week allocate people the names of one or two others in
cell and ask everyone to come with something they think God might be
saying to their person either through a picture, object, scripture
etc. |
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