Notes for Leaders
Using this Liturgy
This liturgy has been developed for you to use in home group gatherings during the Covid-19 outbreak, where larger group gatherings have been restricted. Feel free to use this liturgy in a way that suits your group best, and don't feel you have to use every part of the booklet. The basic framework of the liturgy is to share God's word in Scripture, hear a reflection and talk about its application, share Eucharist, pray, and to look outwards to the needs of our local environment. The idea is that anyone can lead, or take turns sharing in leading. This liturgy is not specific to a Sunday - you could gather on any day of the week.
Hosting a House Church
We encourage you to keep gathering in prayer and worship together, and join one another via Zoom or other live video platform. We encourage you to prepare a space together that is peaceful and welcoming, perhaps with a candle, cross, or other point of focus. If you are using a screen to show video content such as online sermons, make sure everyone can see and hear, and you have any web links bookmarked and ready to go.
Staying Connected
Your parish will likely have communicated ways to stay in touch. We also strongly encourage you to sign up to the Diocesan communication New for our Movement. This is the key way that you will hear about best practice and stories of hope from our wider whānau.
Living in Hope
As followers of Jesus we are His hands and feet in being a joyful and non-anxious witness to our neighbourhoods. As well as continuing in prayer, we encourage you to join any community care initiatives (e.g. local registers, phone trees) which allow you to make loving connections with those around you. Your parish may be involved in one of these already.
