SCHEDULE
Sunday August 8th, 2021
Set-up
Worship team and volunteers arrive and set-up
8:00am
Congregation arrives at Shedeck Elementary.
Gather in gym. Be sure to wear work clothes, bring gloves and sun screen for outside workers. Masks encouraged.
9:00am
Serve in Ministry Teams at Shedeck Elementary
Outdoor/Indoor/Children/Encouragement Cards. See what to bring list below.
Ms. Dana will be leading the kids and helping them create cards and color pictures for the teachers. Children are also welcome to help in any other areas with their parents as they would like!
9:15am
Worship, Communion and Offering and Prayer Walk
Gather in Cafeteria for a time of worship, devotional, communion and offering followed by a prayer walk. Below is examples of items to pray for.
11:00am
Closing with Diedre Bradley
Pick up nursery kids from church at 11:45am.
11:30am
Tasks and What to Bring
Outdoor Needs
- Front flower pots spruce up
- Clean/trim front flower beds
- Paint backboards on playground (Red and Orange)
- Clean playground area in back
- Trim trees in back of school
- Reseal outside bench in playground area
- Spray paint playground gym (long term goal)
- Repair the ball rack.
Indoor Needs
- Remove Screws in Wall of gym area
- Touch up paint on wall
- Replace the baseboards as needed in gym
- Organize game closet in cafeteria area
- Organize school boxes for students - Pencils; pens; etc.
- Furniture moved in B10 and A1
- Air up basketballs in gym and organize
What to Bring:
- Clorox wipes to donate to school
- Hand tools
- Brooms; Shovels; rakes
- Drills
- Tree saws
- Ladders (6ft. and 12 ft.)
- N95 masks for spray painters
Paint, baseboard adhesive, bolts, trash bags have already been supplied.
This prayer guide can help you to think about what you can pray for as you do a prayer walk at school.
Pray for Students, Teachers, Administrators and Staff you know: As you walk, think about the different people you know at school. Ask God to bring people to your mind who need your prayers.
- deal with the stress they feel without hurting other people
- make good decisions
- be forgiving
- be kind and loving
- be thankful
- have energy
- do a good job
- have an understanding of other people and be forgetful when people do them wrong
- have love, have joy, have peace, have patience, have goodness, have faithfulness, have self-control
- be thoughtful of other people
- do the right thing
- get help if they are hurting
- will do a good job
- will come to know Jesus (if they are not believers)
- will show Jesus in what they do and say (if they are believers)
NINE WAYS TO PRAY FOR SCHOOLS
KEEPING SCHOOLS SAFE
'Search for peace, and work to maintain it. The eyes of the Lord watch over those who do right, and His ears are open to their prayers.'
1 Peter 3:11,12 (NLT)
God our Savior, please keep our schools safe and secure, protected from accidents and other problems. Restrain anyone who might cause harm to children and adults in any way. Amen
TEACHING STAFF
'The Teacher very carefully studied and set in order many wise teachings ... that are dependable and true.' Ecclesiastes 12:9 (Intl Children's Bible)
Lord, please strengthen teachers and help them to be firm, patient, expecting excellence but forgiving of mistakes. May they support students and motivate them to do their best. Amen
STUDENTS FULFILLING THEIR POTENTIAL
May He grant your heart's desires and make all your plans succeed.'
Psalm 20:4 (NLT)
Father, please help children to benefit from all aspects of school life: the environment and ethos, academic learning, music, arts, sport and provision for spiritual and emotional wellbeing. Amen
ADMINISTRATIVE & SUPPORT STAFF
'Do you have the gift of helping others? Do it with all the strength and energy that God supplies.'
1 Peter 4:11 (NLT)
God our helper, please bless and unite all those whose expertise and enthusiasm contribute so much to the smooth running of our schools. Amen
EDUCATION PLANS AND POLICIES
'Pray especially for ... governments to rule well so we can be quietly about our business of living simply.'
1 Timothy 2:2,3
Lord, please grant wise discernment to those nationally and locally who make far-reaching decisions, and provide funding, guidance and support to schools across the USA.
RELATIONSHIPS AND SEX EDUCATION
'Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable.' Phil 4:8 (NLT)
Loving God, please help teachers as they undertake the task of teaching RSE in primary and secondary schools. May their lessons be appropriately informative and unbiased. Amen
CHILDREN WITH ADDITIONAL NEEDS
'Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart.' Mat 11:30
Lord Jesus, please help children in school who are facing many kinds of challenges and equip and encourage their teachers and carers. Amen
VULNERABLE CHILDREN
'Do the right thing for the weak and those without a father. Stand up for the rights of those suffering and in need.' Ps 82:3
Father, please come near to young people living in the shadows of unhappiness, abuse, pain or fear. Bring new hope to any who are desperate and draw them into the circle of Your love. Amen
CORONAVIRUS' EFFECT ON SCHOOLS
'The Lord is close to all who call on Him ... He grants the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cries for help and rescues them.' Psalm 145:18,19 (NLT)
Lord, please provide our teachers and pupils with all they need in the aftermath of Covid-19. Help children to readjust and catch up on their missed learning, especially those most affected by lockdown. Amen
WORSHIP SONG LYRICS
Everlasting God
Verse
Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord
We will wait upon the Lord
We will wait upon the Lord
Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord
We will wait upon the Lord
We will wait upon the Lord
Pre-Chorus
Our God You reign forever
Our Hope our strong Deliv'rer
Chorus
You are the everlasting God
The everlasting God
You do not faint
You won't grow weary
You're the defender of the weak
You comfort those in need
You lift us up on wings like eagles
CCLI Song # 4556538 Brenton Brown | Ken Riley © 2005 Thankyou Music (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing) For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com CCLI License # 1434246
Blessed Be Your Name
Verse 1
Blessed be Your name
In the land that is plentiful
Where Your streams of abundance flow
Blessed be Your name
Verse 2
Blessed be Your name
When I'm found in the desert place
Though I walk through the wilderness
Blessed be Your name
Pre-Chorus
Ev'ry blessing You pour out I'll
Turn back to praise
When the darkness closes in Lord
Still I will say
Chorus
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your glorious name
Verse 3
Blessed be Your name
When the sun's shining down on me
When the world's all as it should be
Blessed be Your name
Verse 4
Blessed be Your name
On the road marked with suffering
Though there's pain in the offering
Blessed be Your name
Bridge
You give and take away
You give and take away
My heart will choose to say
Lord blessed be Your name
CCLI Song # 3798438 Beth Redman | Matt Redman © 2002 Thankyou Music (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing) For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com CCLI License # 1434246
Grace Like Rain
Verse 1
Amazing grace how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now I'm found
Was blind but now I see so clearly
Chorus
Hallelujah grace like rain falls down on me
Hallelujah all my stains are washed away
(They're washed away)
Verse 2
'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed
Interlude
Yeah
Verse 3
When we've been there ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun
We've no less days to sing Your praise
Than when we'd first begun
Ending
Hallelujah yeah
Hallelujah yeah
Hallelujah yeah oh yeah
Hallelujah all my stains are washed away
They're washed away
CCLI Song # 3689877 Chris Collins | Edwin Othello Excell | John Newton | Todd Agnew | William W. Walker © 2003 Ardent/Koala Music (Admin. by Ardent Music LLC) For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com CCLI License # 1434246
Great Are You Lord
Verse
You give life You are love
You bring light to the darkness
You give hope You restore ev'ry heart that is broken
And great are You Lord
Chorus
It's Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise
We pour out our praise
It's Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise to You only
Bridge
And all the earth will shout Your praise
Our hearts will cry these bones will sing
Great are You Lord
(REPEAT)
CCLI Song # 6460220 David Leonard | Jason Ingram | Leslie Jordan
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