Susan K BockLiturgy for the Whole Church
Resources for Multigenerational Worship
The Rev. Susan Bock has spent much of her more than twenty years as an Episcopal priest advocating for children in the church and working towards their enfranchisement as fully baptized members. As a specialist in Christian formation, she has helped integrate children into the worship life of several parishes and has planned and led many worship gatherings and national conferences. She is currently rector of St. Gabriels Episcopal Church in Eastpointe, Michigan.
1. Introductory Material: practical background and instruction about
organizing and arranging intergenerational worship, with special emphasis
on children's needs.
2. Seasonal Introductions: Themes and ideas for each liturgical season
including collects, confessions, etc.
3. Congregational Readings: simple group readings of Scripture that engage
both reader and people.
4. Meditations: Quiet, imaginative reflections on scripture, or water, or
fire, that lead listeners deep inside themselves, even at worship.
5. Simple Dramas: Biblical stories in which characters speak for themselves
(martha and Mar, Mary and Elizabeth, Elijah and Elisha, etc.) to the
worshipers; some are quite playful and some are more serious.
6. Stories: biblical stories told very colorfully and simply, sometimes in
the first person of a character in the story.
7. Simple Sermons: simple, colorful, soulful, short sermons that even
grownups can sit still for.
8. Tableauxs Vivants: "Living Pictures"- how to do them, and several pieces
written and staged.
9 Appendices: Methods of storytelling and An instructed Eucharist
