The principles on which ROOTS is based
Our vision and mission
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ROOTS’ vision is to encourage, challenge, inspire and nurture an environment of worship and learning in church communities.
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ROOTS’ mission is to equip and resource churches of many denominations to enrich people’s encounter with God and support their response through worshipping and learning together in the midst of a changing world.
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ROOTS’ values
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ROOTS seeks to meet the needs of people young and old, whether believers or seekers, in many different contexts.
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ROOTS recognises that the Bible is a key source of discovery for all Christian people on their journey of faith.
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ROOTS draws on Christian tradition, current thinking and a broad theological understanding.
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ROOTS seeks to reflect the diversity of our society by being sensitive to cultural differences and the use of language.
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ROOTS recognises that Christian faith is above all expressed in community.
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How does ROOTS realise its mission?
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We publish materials for every week of the year
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For those leading worship with adults, families and all ages together
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For those facilitating teaching, worship and learning with children and young people.
We do this by publishing ROOTS Adult & All Age and ROOTS Children & Young People resources in print and online.
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We follow the ecumenical Revised Common Lectionary (RCL)
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The RCL provides a pattern for Bible reading in worship and offers four Bible passages for each week of the year.
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When the Church of England's Common Worship Lectionary differs from the RCL, we offer support online. Please see our Lectionary page for more details.
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We recognise that Christian growth and discipleship are a journey
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The resources reflect the fact that people will be at different stages of their Christian journey. Some people could be described as ‘seeking’; others would describe themselves as ‘mature’ – with a range of experiences in between.
Wherever people are in their journey, we aim to help them grow as disciples of Christ.
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We offer resources that can help Christians to have a ‘living faith’
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Through their worship and learning using ROOTS, we seek to resource Christians so that they can:
- reflect on their day-to-day lives in the world
- respond to the needs of all people as part of God’s loving creation.
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