Church Lench CE First School, worship is central to the life of school and is the main platform for exploring the school’s vision, ‘For With God Nothing is Impossible’ Luke 1:37 deeply shapes and inspires collective worship by helping pupils and staff reflect on God’s power, presence, and purpose in their lives. Through stories, songs, prayer, and reflection, this vision brings faith to life. Collective worship is well planned and of high quality so that the whole school community is engaged At on a journey of discovery, exploring the teachings of Jesus and the Bible.

For Christians in church, worship is about honouring God and responding to the loving nature of God as revealed through the Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. A school is not a church but is a collection of people who come from a variety of backgrounds for the purpose of education. The family backgrounds may be very different, and Collective Worship must take account of the varied circumstances of staff and pupils.

However, at Church Lench CE First School the purpose of Collective Worship is to lead people to a threshold where they can witness worship and join in, if they wish. Through Collective Worship, pupils will be offered a space and a place to experience an encounter with God in a variety of ways including prayer, listening to stories or passages from the Bible, stories from people with a Christian faith, hymns and songs and other imaginative riches of Christianity.

Opportunities to reflect on the beauty, joy and pain of the world will be given. Pupils will be given time to consider their responsibilities to others and to grow in love and service. Time is given for celebration, both for the accomplishments of school members and to mark the seasonal festivals of the Christian calendar and those of other faiths. Pupils are offered time to be able to contemplate and develop spiritually. Collective Worship in our school is always invitational, inspirational and inclusive.