Secrets of Worship
Teaching children how to worship
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When do we teach our children how to worship? After all, adults seem to know what to do with their hands and feet in church. They stand and sit properly and even know the correct things to respond to. When did these adults learn all that? How do they understand it all? Or does it just seem that way? Actually, they learned simply by going to church Sunday after Sunday with Mom and Dad and learning to imitate what the adults did and when they did it. There is nothing wrong with that except in this manner the children never learned the meaning behind the various parts of the service nor the “why” behind what they did, i.e. stand, sit, pray, sing. They were never really taught the meaning of the Latin words found in a church service. How to worship has not been taught in Sunday school because…well, it has not been thought to be done this way before. This book is here to change all that.
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About the Book
SECRETS OF WORSHIP is a teaching manual to help teach children HOW to worship in a sanctuary. Most adults learned how to worship from imitating their parents or other adults in church. We all need to learn the mechanics in a worship service before the spiritual level can be achieved. This is a class for children to learn who, what, where, when, and why behind a worship service. There are explanations for the Latin words used as well as who is involved in each segment. There are “secrets” for the children to help them relate to worshiping making it more fun for them.
Many churches use the “junior church” concept. Secrets of worship takes that concept to a new level requiring the children to attend the whole church service in order to experience all the aspects of worship. Once the children are familiar as to what will happen in the service they become more comfortable in being in church. There are also ideas for worship materials that don’t “entertain” but allow the children to learn and participate while in the worship service.
About the Author
The author, Tina Winn, is a retired RN having spent her career as a Pediatric Nurse in Dr. Offices. She took several years off and served as the Christian Education Director at Birmingham First United Methodist Church, Birmingham Michigan. While there she developed, wrote and taught The Secrets of Worship program. She is an accomplished musician playing piano and guitar and played for 10 years in the Women’s Handbell Choir in Birmingham, Michigan. She currently sings in the Chancel Choir at her home church Trinity United Methodist Church, Denver Colorado. Her creative talents include amateur art including drawing and painting, sewing and quilting. She has 2 grown children and 2 grandchildren who live in Aurora, Colorado and Fort Collins, Colorado. Tina currently lives with her husband as a snowbird dividing her time between Aurora, Colorado and Naples, Florida.