Children’s Liturgy

Prayers

Creator God, we come together today.
We thank you for the ……………………………peoples who treasured and cared for the land we stand on.
We pray for them and we pray for us.

Holy Ground

The land we stand on is holy ground.

It’s holy ground because we stand
with each other.

Its holy ground because we are made in the image of God.

It’s holy ground because God loves each of us and God invites us to see each other as the

likeness of God.

Together

We pray that we can stand together.

We pray that we can walk together.

Help us to share our gifts with each other

Help us to listen to each other

Give us courage to walk with each other.

God of all people

Let us pray

God of all people, your Son, Jesus was rejected and forced to leave his own land.

We ask you to give us strength to walk with all our brothers and sisters, willingness to work together to be reconciled and courage to listen with an open heart and mind so that our sacred land of Australia, will be a place where everyone is welcomed, respected and celebrated.

We make this prayer in Jesus’ name.

Amen

Questions for Students

Today we think about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

What type of journey have they walked?

How have they walked on this land?

An Indigenous person could tell a story of one of their journeys or explain how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people showed their journeys through their art.

Do we know what it’s like to walk in someone else’s shoes?

What sort of footprint do we leave behind?

Is it one of respect, love, kindness or is it deep and destructive, heavy with hate?