CREATIVE PRAYING IN GROUPS
Product Description
Author: Julia McGuinness. 109 pg. PB
Parish leaders are often looking for resources which provide non-liturgical ways to begin parish gatherings with prayer. Creative Praying in Groups is a valuable tool for prayer preparation. It is organized in two parts: prayers to be used at meetings and prayers used throughout the year. Each part contains multiple services thematically organized.
This book is accessible and user-friendly. Each service includes:directions for how to prepare the service
scripture verses that you can use
parts for the prayer leader and those participating in the prayer
a list of items that you will need for the prayer such as specific visual aids, suggestions for music, water, bowls, candles, etc.
Creative Praying in Groups can be used: with the whole parish
to begin parish meetings
with religious education
with catechetical sessions
on retreats with children, youth, and adults
with RENEW and Bible study groups
at any event or meeting where "two or three are gathered" (Matthew 18:20)
Julia McGuinness,/B> is a freelance writer, counsellor and trainer. She writes for Redemptorist’s "Sunday Link" and The Church Times, and has produced articles for other publications. As a counsellor, she works both privately and at a National Health Service general practitioners’ surgery. Julia is also a quali?ed Myers-Briggs consultant and has run workshops in secular environments and church settings. She is a Reader at St Thomas’ and All Saints’, Ellesmere Port with St Lawrence’s, Stoak Village, a parish with a varied range of churchmanship across its different services.
Parish leaders are often looking for resources which provide non-liturgical ways to begin parish gatherings with prayer. Creative Praying in Groups is a valuable tool for prayer preparation. It is organized in two parts: prayers to be used at meetings and prayers used throughout the year. Each part contains multiple services thematically organized.
This book is accessible and user-friendly. Each service includes:
Creative Praying in Groups can be used:
Julia McGuinness,/B> is a freelance writer, counsellor and trainer. She writes for Redemptorist’s "Sunday Link" and The Church Times, and has produced articles for other publications. As a counsellor, she works both privately and at a National Health Service general practitioners’ surgery. Julia is also a quali?ed Myers-Briggs consultant and has run workshops in secular environments and church settings. She is a Reader at St Thomas’ and All Saints’, Ellesmere Port with St Lawrence’s, Stoak Village, a parish with a varied range of churchmanship across its different services.