Why are churches important to Christians and in local communities?
External links
- BBC clips on Christian worship for Key Stage 2: My Life My Religion
- Real People, Real Faith videos and PDFs ‘What symbols are important to you?’ (although these are marked Key Stage 1, they are suitable for Key Stage 2 as well)
- More about St Teilo’s Catholic Church, Whitchurch
- Recommended viewing for teachers at REQuest.org: church tour clips, Anglican, Catholic and Independent churches
- Big Questions Big Answers: Investigating Worship (ed. Fiona Moss, RE Today 2022)
eResources
- 4.3 ‘Comparing churches’ Christine (a Catholic) and Nathan (a Baptist) compare their churches in conversation. Supports step 5 on p. 18. (2 pages)
- 4.4 ‘Comparing two types of church: Venn diagram’ worksheet. Supports step 5 on p. 18
- 4.5 ‘Sum up and reflect’ A worksheet to use with the exercise in step 5 on p. 18
MEMBERS
- 4.1 Charlie’s local church tour as an A3 spread (pp. 16-17 from the book)
- Big Questions Big Answers: Investigating Worship Book sections available as pdfs to NATRE members
- Powerpoint: Why are churches important to Christians and in local communities?
- A PDF of the full unit
