Prayer stations help children consider Christian values in Shakespearean plays

The prayer stations were then moved to the church where children aged between seven and ten years old, from nine different schools, visited across a week.  

The majority of the children had not been into a church before, and so time was made at the beginning and end of each session to tell the children about the church itself and what Christians do. They were fascinated to discover that they were in a building that was already 300 years old when Henry V fought at Agincourt, and to learn the name of the rectors during the time of Shakespeare. 

In order to make all this happen a team of 24 volunteers was needed. The St Peter’s team were grateful to be joined by volunteers from St Benedict’s, Hunsbury, and Emmanuel, Northampton, as well as being joined by the Director of Lighthouse Trust Northampton.  

The Revd Beverley Hollins of St Peter’s, Weston Favell said ‘the project was greatly enjoyed by the children and their teachers, as well as by our volunteers, and we’ve already arranged for one of the schools to make a return visit.’ 

The project has been discussed on the Growing Faith Foundation podcast, and in due course the stations will be made available via the Prayer Spaces in Schools website.