Just about every child and young person goes to school. So it makes sense for parishes to build creative links with their local school, whether it's a church school, community school, secondary school or Academy.

Some of the possibilities include:

• Activity clubs
• Chaplaincy
• Serving on Governing Bodies
• Offering help with Collective Worship or RE
• Employing a church/schools worker
• Facilitating church visits
• Providing resources and activities during Christian festivals

This section of the website offers many more ideas and resources to help stimulate ideas and start building relationships.

Loving Father,

who sent your Son Jesus to be our teacher,

we thank you for all who have followed his command

to teach your ways to the world,

and especially for those who have done so

in church schools down the years.

Help us to live by what we have been taught,

that in our lives we may pass on the teaching we have received.

We ask this in Jesus’ name.

Amen.

 

Collect written by the Revd Dr Stephen Dixon