Lord’s Prayer resources prepared by Faith in the North include several materials for use by young people, another of which received a grant from our Trust.

Thy Kingdom Come partnered with Faith in the North for the creation of resources around the Lord’s Prayer with a particular focus on children & young people. Together they commissioned a video series exploring prayer with the creators of the Cheeky Pandas, producing video and print resources for children, for wide use in churches, homes and schools. Bishopthorpe Partners contributed half the project’s costs of producing 4 episodes based on the Lord’s Prayer. Using the magazine-style layout of the Cheeky Pandas and Friends series, the series explores the theme ‘How do I pray?’ examining 4 different styles of prayer for children and families to try.

A full grant was made for the production of a series of prayer cards, Being a Pilgrim, forming part of a wider tool kit of exploring faith trails, welcome signage etc which will enable churches right across the Province of York to develop and deploy simple but very effective and sustainable work of welcome and outreach.

Experience has shown that when given such tools churches respond with growing confidence and creativity. These relate clearly to the faith, spirituality and extraordinary mission achievements of Anglo-Saxon Christians across the North. They also echo key areas of need among people today, showing that Christianity still offers meaning and new life. Research demonstrates clearly that visitors with little or no church background will pick up attractive prayer cards, use them, and take them home as mementos to reuse and share with others. Our Bishopthorpe Partners' grant enabled an initial print run of 450,000 cards.