First School Yr4 Pilgrim Days
29 Feb, 1 March, 3 March 2016
Service Booklet
We discover God
not at the end of our pilgrimage
but in the pilgrimage itself.
A step along the world I go.
A step from old things to new.
God, on my pilgrimage through life
keep me travelling along with you..
‘That they may have life, life in all it’s fullness’ John 10:10
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Programme
09.40 – 09.55
Arrival and registration in Cathedral
09.55 – 10.00
All seated in the Cathedral
10.00 – 10.15
OPENING WORSHIP
10.15 – 10.25
Move to workshop with your Group
Helper
10.25 – 11.05
WORKSHOP 1
11.05 – 11.15
Move to workshop with your Group
Helper
11.15 – 11.55
WORKSHOP 2
11.55 – 12.30
Lunch
12.30 – 12.40
Move to workshop with your Group
Helper
12.40 – 13.20
WORKSHOP 3
13.20 – 13.30
Return to Cathedral for closing worship
13.30 – 14.00
CLOSING WORSHIP
2.00
Schools leave by the west doors
(weather permitting)
All songs/hymns covered by Christian Copyright Licensing (Europe) Ltd – CCL No.
1065191
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OPENING WORSHIP
The Welcome
After which we stand for
The Pilgrim’s Greeting
Why have you come to this Cathedral, this special and sacred
space?
We are Pilgrims.
We are on a journey,
travelling to meet the God of the past;
to meet the God of the present,
to meet the God of our future.
What will you do here?
Together we will discover things about this pilgrimage,
ourselves and God.
What will you find here?
Together we will find fun, enjoyment and peace.
What will you take from here?
We will take all we have learned back to our schools, our
homes and our families.
We sing
Our God is a great big God.
Our God is a great big God.
Our God is a great big God
and he holds us in his hands.
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He’s higher than a skyscraper.
He’s deeper than a submarine.
He’s wider than the universe,
and beyond my wildest dreams.
He’s known me and he’s loved me
since before the world began.
How wonderful to be a part of
God’s amazing plan
Our God is a great big God.
Our God is a great big God.
Our God is a great big God
and he holds us in his hands.
He’s higher than a skyscraper.
He’s deeper than a submarine.
He’s wider than the universe,
and beyond my wildest dreams.
He’s known me and he’s loved me
since before the world began.
How wonderful to be a part of
God’s amazing plan
Our God is a great big God.
Our God is a great big God.
Our God is a great big God
and he holds us in his hands.
Our God is a great big God.
Our God is a great big God.
Our God is a great big God
and he holds us in his hands.
And he holds us in his hands. (x4)
By Jo Hemming & Nigel Hemming ©2001 Vineyard Songs
(UK/Eire)
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A Pilgrim’s Prayer
Together we pray
Almighty God,
on my journey through life
I will cross many paths
as I follow the light of your love.
Give to me at all times,
the Pilgrims’s simple faith,
that I may find and experience
the warmth of your presence and peace,
through the bad and good experiences of my life.
Amen.
We sit for the notices and instructions , after which we go to
out first workshop of the day. Teachers and adults from your
school will go with you and will help you find the Group Helper
who will accompany you all day.
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CLOSING WORSHIP
Time to Reflect
While we sit and wait there are pictures and music to help us
reflect on what it means to be a pilgrim
The Welcome Back
Pilgrim Declaration
Together let us affirm the words of a pilgrim
We are Pilgrims.
We are on a journey,
travelling to meet the God of the past;
to meet the God of the present,
to meet the God of our future.
Together we have discovered things about pilgrimage,
ourselves and God.
Together we have found fun, enjoyment and peace.
Each of us will take what we have learned back to our schools,
our homes and our families.
Procession of School banners
We stand to sing
During the singing the schools banners are processed to the
front
I danced in the morning
when the world was begun,
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and I danced in the moon
and the stars and the sun;
and I came down from heaven
and I danced on the earth,
at Bethlehem I had my birth.
Dance then, wherever you may be
I am the Lord of the dance, said he,
and I’ll lead you all, wherever you may be
and I’ll lead you all in the Dance, said he.
I danced for the scribe
and the pharisee
but they would not dance,
and they wouldn't follow me.
I danced for the fishermen,
for James and John they came with me
and the dance went on.
Dance then, wherever you may be…
I danced on the Sabbath
and I cured the lame;
the holy people
said it was a shame.
They whipped and they stripped
and they hung me on high,
and left me there
on a cross to die.
Dance then, wherever you may be…
I danced on a Friday
when the sky turned black;
it's hard to dance with the
devil on your back.
They buried my body
and they thought I’d gone;
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but I am the Dance,
and I still go on.
Dance then, wherever you may be…
They cut me down
and I leapt up high;
I am the life that’ll
never, never die.
I'll live in you,
if you’ll live in me;
I am the Lord,
of the Dance, said he.
Dance then, wherever you may be…
W: Sydney Carter M: the Shaker tune “Gift to be Simple”.
We sit for the
Blessing the Banners
Let us pray
O God, the sign of all that is holy,
all that is true, all that is life;
bless the schools these banners represent:
that they may be places of great education and learning,
places of fun and happiness,
where there is hospitality and welcome
to all who enter them.
We ask this through Jesus Christ,
our Saviour.
Amen.
The banners are processed
The Talk
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The Prayers
Ending with
The Lord’s Prayer
Please use which ever version you wish
Contemporary Language
Traditional Language
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin
against us.
Lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power,
and the glory are yours
now and for ever.
Amen.
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come;
thy will be done;
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily
bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who
trespass against us.
And lead us not into
temptation;
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
the power and the glory,
for ever and ever.
Amen.
We stand to sing
During the singing lit candles are given to school
representatives who then form a circle with the banners
carriers
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One more step along the world I go,
One more step along the world I go;
From the old things to the new,
Keep me travelling along with you:
And it's from the old I travel to the new;
Keep me travelling along with you.
Round the corners of the world I turn,
More and more about the world I learn;
All the new things that I see
You'll be looking at along with me.
And it's from the old I travel to the new;
Keep me travelling along with you.
As I travel through the bad and good,
Keep me travelling the way I should.
Where I see no way to go,
You'll be telling me the way, I know.
And it's from the old I travel to the new;
Keep me travelling along with you.
Give me courage when the world is rough,
Keep me loving though the world is tough;
Leap and sing in all I do,
Keep me travelling along with you:
And it's from the old I travel to the new;
Keep me travelling along with you.
You are older than the world can be,
You are younger than the life in me;
Ever old and ever new,
Keep me travelling along with you:
And it's from the old I travel to the new;
Keep me travelling along with you.
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We sit for the
Blessing the Candles
Let us pray
Creator God,
who brings light to the world,
bless these candles;
may they remind all of us
of your presence in our lives in school;
that you walk with us on our life’s pilgrimage,
and you shine a light in our lives,
in our schools and our homes.
Amen.
Notices and Instructions
Final Blessing
Know that as you leave here,
God goes with us.
As you take a step along the world,
God goes with us.
As you take a step from old things to new,
God goes with us.
Go safely on your pilgrimage through life, knowing that
God goes with us.
Amen.
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Thank you so much for joining us for this celebration of
pilgrimage.
When you are ready please leave by the West Doors and don’t
forget to collect any work you have done as you go.
As you leave The Cathedral organ will process you out.
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