A different times in the school year, it may be appropriate to hold commerorations or other multi-faith services. When schools consider a multi-faith service or commenmoration, these should be the product of consultation with the school community and parents/caregivers should be notified of the nature of the ceremony and/or service. It is also important that religious groups and individuals should not be pressured to compromise their faith for the sake of holding the service. For more informaiton from the NSW Education Dapartment about arranging a multifaith service CLICK HERE.

EDUCATION WEEK is particular occation where a service might be held in conjuction with local schools. Education week is a time for all to celebrate the valued place of our NSW public schools. As part of this week of celebration, the NSW Department of Education and Training, along with the Director-General’s Consultative Committee on Special Religious Education have provided an Inter-Denominational Christian order of service for use by churches and/or schools*. This could be used in your regular worship service or you could combine with neighboring churches for this special occasion. This is also a great opportunity to offer to host a service for your local school/s.

We encourage you to take the time to acknowledge and pray for the education of our young people and the dedicated staff who make this public education possible.

*Please see the ‘suggestions for using the order of service’ for more information on the use of a worship service in a public school.

For resources for the 2011 Education Week – CLICK HERE.

2010 Resources available:

2010 Order of service – younger

2010 Order of service – older

Suggestions for using the order of service 2010