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Praying Together
Aim
For children to share their news with the class.
To know that Christians pray for each other's concerns.
Lesson
Begin by reminding children that Sunday is a special day for Christians. Do they know why?
Inform them that Sunday is a day for the church family to get together.
Have the children ever been to a family 'get together'? If so what did they do?
At most family 'get togethers', people exchange news. This also happens at most churches on Sundays.
Give the children an opportunity to share their news, both good and bad, with the other members of their class family.
At their family get togethers on a Sunday, Christians also pray together.
Some churches pray in silence, others pray out loud all saying the same words of a prayer they know well, others make up their own prayers.
What experience do the children have of praying together? Discuss.
What do churches pray about?
Many churches pray about good and bad news within the church. If someone is ill, they might ask God to make that person better. If someone has received some good news, they might all give thanks to God.
Conclusion
Conclude with a quiet time in which prayers (silent or spoken) may be offered for some of the issues raised earlier in the lesson.
Notes
You may wish to start a Prayer book, in which children can record those things for which they want others to pray.
