Worship Committee

The Worship Committee is made up of representatives in each year group that have been elected by their peers. Their primary aim is to develop children’s leadership of worship and improve the quality and delivery of worship for all at our school.

Collective Worship is defined by the children of the Worship Committee at St James’ as,

“A time to come together as a school family to worship God through prayer, song and reading the Bible. It gives us time to reflect on our thoughts and listen to God. We learn about stories from the Bible, and learn about Christianity, world religions and their festivals and celebrations. We understand how our school values and the new knowledge gained in worship can help us make the world a better place.”

St James’ Worship Committee, April 2025

The Worship Committee:

• Help to plan the Worship timetable as well as evaluating worship.
• Lead their own Collective Worship based on school values.
• Plan and take part in Worship themes to reflect the Church Year.
• Support and lead Church Services.
• Choose hymns for worship.
• Help their classes update their reflection tables in line with worship themes.
• Encourage pupils to use prayer areas and have opportunities to pray spontaneously.
• Attend courses and conferences about good practice in worship through Blackburn Diocese and relay this back to pupils in school.  

They have created their own 'Job Description' for being on the Worship Committee. 

Their main aims this year are to establish an effective method of evaluating worship and use this feedback in the planning of further worships.

The current school prayer, written by a pupil, is: