Another Getting to Know You activity: Prayer Chains

Creating a Prayer Chain
Purpose:
A prayer chain is a way to gather as a community to pray and worship God. At the beginning and end of each workshop, the kids will gather around the prayer chain to offer prayer requests, prayer joys and prayers for wisdom in the lessons and the coming week.

What is it? A prayer chain is a rope, braided into a circle. The kids gather around the chain for beginning and ending prayers. They don't have to hold hands!! -- yet they are brought together in a class or community of faith. Each youth makes a macrame prayer tale (they tell tales of prayers) to attach to the prayer chain by a carabineer.

At the end of the year they can take their prayer tale home. (they double as book bag decorations or key chains. You’ll need macramé supplies (cord, beads, etc) and carabineers. The prayer chain is made of 3 colors of rope, braided and bound into a circle.