Transforming society

If your church wants to understand more about the theology of our adoption, and our response to the needs around us, this film and prayer will help as you begin:

The essentials

• Full length video (4 mins) with longer talk on the end
• Short video (2 mins) with no talk at the end
• Prayer on PowerPoint

More resources on this theme

• God the perfect parent prayer on pdf
• Children's session outline - two options to choose from
• Youth session outline
• Sermon outline – Galatians 4: looking at through our adoption by God we have a family, we have a hope, we have an inheritance, we receive the Spirit who helps us to cry out that God is our Abba, Father. So what does this mean for us as individuals and as the Church family? How might you respond?
• Sermon outline – Romans 8: How does understanding our adoption into God’s family impact our love and interaction in our community/the lives of vulnerable children.
• Theology of adoption: Krish video
• Krish video: 1 John 3: Krish Kandiah looks at 1 John 3, the Church of England's Lectionary reading for 5th November 2017 which resonates so well with the theme of adoption. "How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called the children of God, and that is what we are."
• Adoption Sunday ideas
• Interview questions
• Worship song suggestions
• Take an offering for Home for Good
• Before and beyond Adoption Sunday a few suggestions on how to prepare for Adoption Sunday in your church and how to respond afterwards.

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