ROOTS resources have always been very flexible, being used in a wide range of congregations and groups. Now we're also giving advice to help subscribers get the very best of the resources in online gatherings and socially-distanced contexts.
How does ROOTS help groups to explore the Bible?
Sermons
As well as a range of sermon ideas every week, we publish In touch every Thursday - topical starting-points for sermons that reflect the week's news and key global issues.
Published every Thursday - see an example of In touch
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Reflection and discussion
A thread of 'living out our faith' runs throughout the resources - encouraging us all to make connections between Sunday worship and our everyday lives and experiences.
See a sample week
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Active worship
Engage different ages, learning preferences and spiritual styles. Incorporating a mix of activities into your service or your children's / young people's session will help you engage everyone. The selection varies each week - here's a flavour of what you might find:
- pair or group conversation
- displaying pictures or playing music as a stimulus
- tactile activities (e.g. moulding a figure, cutting out newspaper articles, colouring)
- craft
- games
- practical action to help others.
See one week's examples
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Active prayer
A diverse range of prayer activities enables everyone - young and old - to respond to the Scriptures and encounter God.
Read more about our prayer material
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Very young children
To nurture our tiniest disciples in exploring the Bible passage, the Very young children resources offer a mix of craft, music and movement, and prayer activities.
See one week's examples
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