Thematic Ministry

I'm excited to be doing a new approach to worship and ministry from next month.

It's an American practice to operate "thematic ministry" - this means having a monthly theme which all (or almost all) the worship and religious education revolves around.

It's most useful for our Junior Church as it helps them plan better, but as a preacher I'm also looking forward to how this will develop our worship practice.

So I've developed our themes, largely inspired by All Souls Tusla. There's an article about this here.

I've tweaked these a bit, and I may still change them in the future as I go along. But at least theoretically I have settled on themes for the next three years (with the idea being they would then cycle around again).

Here they are:

September

Earth

October

Identity and Humanity

November

Peace and non-violence

December

Birth

January

Healing

February

Love

March

Justice

April

Resurrection

May

Curiosity

June

Oneness

September

God

October

Freedom

November

Death

December

Hope

January

Jesus

February

Prayer

March

Simplicity and Poverty

April

Salvation

May

Democracy

June

Revelation

September

Science and Reason

October

Hospitality and Community

November

Forgiveness

December

Celebration and Joy

January

The Now

February

The Kingdom of God

March

Equality and Humility

April

Compassion

May

Vision and Beauty

June

Truth

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