Creative Ideas for All-Age Church
by Karen Bulley
Paperback
Price: £7.99
Publisher:BRF (Bible Reading Fellowship)
Published:May 2010
ISBN:978-1-841-01663-4
GoodBookStall Review:
12 through-the-year programmes for informal church services and special one-off events.
Karen Bulley, the Pilots Development Officer for the URC, has produced a thematic collection of creative and practical ideas for all-age church. Bulley captures well the informal approach which has come to characterize all-age church - n ever popular form of worship and expression of faith -without losing its sense of liturgy. Bulley is to be commended for sharing such a rich wealth of ideas, and her contribution to the field - not merely to be found here in this present work - will prove invaluable to any prospective reader.
Those responsible for planning worship will welcome the flexibility of the suggestions in that they allow the planner to delve in and out and select parts which are to their liking without having to submit themselves to the whole shooting-match; of particular success in this regard is her treatment of prayer for the season of Pentecost (pp.71). Also, the emphasis placed upon biblical context -- present for each of the twelve themes – is both pleasing and informative. Of less success, perhaps, are the sections which call for reflection that often negate the very action she seeks to promote. In addition, the bibliography (153), for such a popular subject matter, is less than satisfactory in omitting some important resources.
In sum, this is a well presented book which will add considerably to the arsenal of the planner without being so dogmatic as to nullify or exclude their own contribution
Reviewer: Dan McNamara (27/07/10)
12 through-the-year programmes for informal church services and special one-off events.
Karen Bulley, the Pilots Development Officer for the URC, has produced a thematic collection of creative and practical ideas for all-age church. Bulley captures well the informal approach which has come to characterize all-age church - n ever popular form of worship and expression of faith -without losing its sense of liturgy. Bulley is to be commended for sharing such a rich wealth of ideas, and her contribution to the field - not merely to be found here in this present work - will prove invaluable to any prospective reader.
Those responsible for planning worship will welcome the flexibility of the suggestions in that they allow the planner to delve in and out and select parts which are to their liking without having to submit themselves to the whole shooting-match; of particular success in this regard is her treatment of prayer for the season of Pentecost (pp.71). Also, the emphasis placed upon biblical context -- present for each of the twelve themes – is both pleasing and informative. Of less success, perhaps, are the sections which call for reflection that often negate the very action she seeks to promote. In addition, the bibliography (153), for such a popular subject matter, is less than satisfactory in omitting some important resources.
In sum, this is a well presented book which will add considerably to the arsenal of the planner without being so dogmatic as to nullify or exclude their own contribution
Reviewer: Dan McNamara (27/07/10)
