Looking for inspiration for your Café Church services or planning to introduce a more relaxed, creative approach to all-age worship?

This Café Church Annual Planning Overview from Whole Heart Ministry provides 11 months of themes, Bible passages and creative ideas to help churches plan welcoming, inclusive and engaging worship for the whole community.

Designed with flexibility in mind, this resource is ideal for church leaders, children’s and families’ workers, ministry teams and volunteers who want to bring people of all ages together to explore faith through conversation, creativity, worship and prayer.

What’s included:

• 11 monthly themes covering September to July
• Suggested Bible passages and stories
• Discussion questions to encourage meaningful conversations
• Optional children’s activities
• Creative prayer and worship responses
• Suggested worship songs
• Guidance on using the resource and adapting activities for different ages

Monthly themes:
September - New Beginnings
October - Light in the Darkness
November - Peace & Remembrance
December - The Greatest Gift
January - Following the Star
February - Love in Action
March - Lost and Found
April - Easter Hope
May - Growing with God
June - Belonging & Community
July - Made for More

This resource is designed to be flexible and adaptable to suit your congregation, available resources and style of worship. Whether you’re establishing a new Café Church or refreshing an existing service, it provides a starting point for planning creative and meaningful gatherings.

Part of the Whole Heart Ministry Café Church Collection.

This is a standalone annual planning resource. More detailed individual monthly Café Church packs are planned for future release and will be available separately.

Please note: This is a planning overview rather than a collection of fully scripted services. Printable craft templates, song lyrics and additional monthly resources are not included.

Whole Heart Ministry - Creative resources for growing faith.