Promotional tools
- How to celebrate Christian Care Sunday (video)
- Churchwide aged care and community services acknowledgement Use the video below to promote the care work of Lutheran aged care and community services in Australia and New Zealand. Share on your social media pages, in church before the prayers, or to begin your Christian Care Sunday service.
- Thank you card Use this template, or design one of your own, to print thank you cards using a service such as Canva or Vistaprint.
- Certificate of appreciation with words on logo or no words on logo
- Six steps to a great CCS
- CCS checklist
Logos
The rules of use for the CCS logo remain the same as for the LCA logo found here.
Start here
Use these resources to brainstorm, reflect and plan a Christian Care celebration in your local community. (Click on any image to download the PDF.)
You can celebrate on any Sunday. In 2021 we recommend the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost (31 October) for churches following the Revised Common Lectionary. The document on the right has lots of suggestions to guide your date choice.
Worship planning tools
Use this seasonal Liturgical Resource, approved by the LCA Commission on Worship, to plan your Christian Care Sunday celebration. This resource includes suggested Bible readings, responses, prayers, dramas, visual arts and songs.
Scripts from Mega Drama suitable for Christian Care Sunday worship
- If the glove fits (based on Matthew 6:1–6)
- The final judgement (based on Matthew 25:31–46)
- Words don’t mean a thing (based on Matthew 25:31–46)
Intergenerational Worship Resources provided by Grow Ministries. Download this resource as a complete bundle, or below, download the section you are looking for.
- Worship ideas
- 'Taking Faith Home' bulletin insert' single-sided or double-sided
- Children's addresses
- Dramas
- Family Serving Together booklet
More! Creative Ideas for Intergenerational Worship
This document provides ideas for Messy Churches, colouring and art-based worship responses and a complete list of Grow Ministries resources to explore.
