Summer Resources For Worship

The summer season offers corps different opportunities to gather in worship. There are more chances to get outside and worship God's creation or to experience church in a unique way.

Below are some ideas to explore worship differently this summer. You might choose to hold worship outside, connect with your community or tune in to the Salvationist radio station.

Why not try one or more of the ideas this summer?

Corps Olympics

Engage in a corps Olympics or partner up with another local corps too. This can include sports day style competitions, bowling, bowls etc. Remember the prizes for the winners!

Ice Cream Party

This is great for all ages and a way to involve the local community. Set the tone of the party with decorations and of course, don’t forget the cones or bowls and spoons, sprinkles, sauces and of course, lots of ice cream!

Crafts and Colouring

Choose a different craft or colouring activity each week. Adults can join in too with content from Drawing Closer

BBQ Time

Get out into the sunshine and enjoy a barbeque together after the service (don’t forget the meat free options!).

Bring and Share

Ask people to bring one item they can’t do without when they go on holiday and share why it’s important to them. Take the opportunity to also ask people some deeper questions about faith.

Summer Scavenger Hunt

Print out a list of summer items (hat, spade, flowers etc) that have previously been hidden around the hall or wider building. Ask people to find them (in pairs or small groups) and write down their location as they go. Give people a time limit to make it more difficult.

Outside Worship

Take the meeting to the streets! Or at least outside if your corps has a patio, car park or garden. If not, meet in a local park. Pray, praise and witness to the community through being together outside. Curious locals might just stop to join in.

a hand outline holding the world with other bright coloured dots and a growing plant outline

Care for Creation Worship Resources

Over the summer spend time focussing on caring for the world around you.

Click here

Scattered Church

Throughout the summer, Sunday morning might look like a group of people:

Walking their dog
Meeting in the local coffee shop
Gardening or litter picking
Taking a country or beach stroll
And so much more…

To guide conversation, you may want to use the Bible verse and questions from the Salvationist magazine Bible study of that week. You may also like to tune in to the Salvationist radio to connect to a worship service wherever you are.

A Salvationist Radio show graphic for Sunday Worship featuring purple shapes

Tune in to Sunday Worship

You may want to use Salvationist Radio to support your time of worship. Tune in on Sunday's at 11am for worship, with music, prayer and a Bible message from a guest speaker, or listen to previous editions.

Listen here

Summer Songs of Praise

Ask people to choose their favourite songs or invite a music group to support worship. More guidance here.

Musical Chairs

Why not change the layout of the worship hall during the summer months? If you usually meet in rows, arrange the chairs in a semi-circle format. Or place chairs around tables with drinks and snacks.