Resources for Thought, Prayer and Worship at home
You may find it helpful to use the resources listed below at home if you are not able to attend All Saints during the coronavirus outbreak.
From the Royal School of Church Music
For everyone, wherever you are: Our website now features, free for all, Hymn of the Day, and Sunday Self-Service – a simple act of worship with music, readings and prayers which will change weekly. Specific resources for Holy Week and Easter will be available in due course. We will shortly be adding a daily vocal warmups video – a short session to keep your body moving, and voice in good shape if you’re a singer. If you don’t consider yourself a singer, do it anyway!
From the Church of England
Guidance for the duration of the Coronavirus Covid-19 outbreak
Digital resources
There are a range of new and existing Christian resources available for people to engage with at this difficult and challenging time in the life of the nation and the world:
Weekly service broadcasts - these are available each Sunday through the Church's Facebook page.
Time to Pray app - everything you need for Prayer During the Day, with variations according to the day of the week and the season of the Church’s year. Download for free.
Daytime prayer and Night prayer service audio - building on the existing daily prayer feed, this includes daytime prayer and night prayer for each day. It will be available as a downloadable app in the coming weeks.
Live streaming services from churches - AChurchNearYou.com now lists hundreds of churches offering livestreams of services from across the country. The Church near You page is here
#LiveLent: Care for God's Creation - the Church of England's Lent campaign. With weekly themes shaped around the first Genesis account of creation, it explores the urgent need for humans to value and protect the abundance God has created. This daily audio content is available via the app and daily emails. Sign up for free.
The BBC's Daily Service and Sunday Worship - radio programmes here
Prayer for the day - each day the Church of England publishes audio and text of the Prayer for the Day.
Smart speakers – daily prayer and #LiveLent audio content can be accessed via our smart speaker apps.
What will be developed in the weeks ahead?
In the days and weeks ahead, we will continue to significantly expand our output:
More video content – this will include video services and more films for Holy Week and Easter. In addition, we will make Holy Week audio content available.
A series of new reflections from Easter Day onwards – work is underway on an updated app, audio and email resources. More details to follow soon.
Mental health reflections – daily reflections to help people, especially at a time when they are feeling lonely, isolated or anxious.
Alongside the use of audio, app, smart speakers and social media, one of the main principles we are working to is to make as much as possible available in simple downloadable and printable formats for those who can’t easily access the technology.
A new page has been created containing:
Prayers and intercessions for personal or group use
Special prayers for use if it isn’t possible to meet in church
A simple form of prayer for the morning and evening, which can be downloaded, printed, and shared with those remaining at home or who are unable to access the Internet.
These resources are offered to help those who are struggling to find words at this difficult and stressful time, and to enable Christians to worship in solidarity with one another even if it is not possible to gather in church.
From the Diocese of Lincoln
Online copies of the diocesan Crosslincs magazine
Guidance for the duration of the Coronavirus Covid-19 outbreak