3Generate Worship Resource for Churches
From 2 to 4 October 2026, children and young people from across the Connexion, and their leaders, will gather at the NEC, Birmingham for 3Generate Children and Youth Assembly: an inclusive and diverse space for the prophetic voice of children and young people to emerge and be heard.
What about those of us who don’t go to 3Generate? Whether your church community is sending a group to 3Generate or not, this worship pack will enable you to join in. It contains three prayers written by our Youth Reps: one for the Sunday before 3Generate, one for the Sunday of 3Generate, and one for the Sunday after 3Generate. We encourage you to use these in your services. There is also a commissioning liturgy to use if you have children and young people attending 3Generate.
How to support children and young people
If you are sending a group to 3Generate
The week before, pray for them and ask them to notice what God is saying to them, and through them to their church community, when they are there. Tell them that you are proud of them and use the commissioning liturgy below.
During 3Generate, remember and pray for them.
After 3Generate, welcome them back and provide a space for them to share their experiences. Encourage and support the group to take a lead in planning how they will share, nurturing the gifts and skills of the children and young people taking part. Welcome the authentic voices, thoughts and reflections they bring, and listen well.
If you are a congregation with children and young people who aren’t going
Pray for the young people who are going on their behalf to represent their voices. And consider whether 2027 might be the year to send a group!
If you are a congregation with no young people
Although you may think 3Generate isn’t relevant to you, it’s a gift for the whole Connexion to engage with. Your church does have a role to play. For example, you could pray for the children in your community or local schools. Or you might ask the congregation to invite children, young people, families and carers from the local community to join you for the service. This may include neighbours, family, or the local school. Be bold in the name of God and trust.
Prayer for Before 3Generate: 27 September 2026
Loving God,
As we look ahead to 3Generate, we thank you for bringing us to this moment and for everyone who has played a part in making it possible. We give thanks for the young people who will come together, for those who have encouraged and supported them, and for all those who have given their time, energy and ideas to make 3Generate happen.
We pray for everyone preparing to attend. Help them to arrive with open hearts and minds, ready to listen, share, learn and encourage one another. May everyone feel welcomed, valued and able to be themselves.
We pray especially for those who may feel nervous, unsure or that their voice does not matter. Remind them that they are seen, heard and loved.
Fill everyone attending with courage, hope and excitement. May 3Generate be a place where new friendships grow, voices are heard, and we discover new ways to follow Jesus.
Amen.
Commissioning of children and young people going to 3Generate
The whole Church community celebrates children, young people and the leaders and congregations who journey alongside them.
This church community recognises and celebrates the important role children and young people play in our church’s life and mission. We want to recognise them as disciples now, and encourage and nurture their growth in faith, walking the way of Jesus today.
We call forward the children and young people and their leaders who are attending 3Generate Children and Youth Assembly, to stand together in front of the congregation.
Service leader calls them up individually by name.
The Commissioning
To the children and young people:
Children and young people, you will be attending this national gathering from across the Methodist Connexion and will join together in conversation, activity, fun, fellowship and worship.
We ask you to consider the following promises:
- We will make space to notice God and will look for ways to explore what God is saying to us through the experiences we have in discussions, activities, sport, art, worship and prayer, and through living out a Methodist Way of Life.
- We will make space to think and talk about how we will share our experiences with others, and what actions we might take on our return to make a difference in our school, college, church or community.
Answer: Through listening for God, we will.
To the congregation:
Church, you have responded to a calling from God to a vocation to serve children and young people here in [name of church or circuit]. We now respond to our Baptism promises to support children in their faith journey.
To the youth leaders:
We ask you to make the following promises as a disciple, and to show your love of God and your desire to share that love in your ministry.
Do you commit to grow in your own wondering about God?
Through sharing the stories of God and through prayer, will you support the children and young people in this church in their own wondering about God?
Will you continue to grow in God’s love, and to support their participation in the life, mission and leadership of the church and community and in exploring new faith adventures?
Will you freely share about your faith and your exploration of faith?
Answer: With God’s help, we will.
To the whole congregation:
We respond to the Baptism promise of supporting children and young people in their discipleship journey. We promise to pray for each other, for the children and young people, and for those who are called to be alongside them and to pray for 3Generate. We promise to share and live out our faith as an example to each other, and to learn more about the God we serve with the children, young people and families in our midst.
Let us pray.
God of many names, you give each of us special gifts and skills, whether we are a child, a young person or an adult, and today we celebrate your call on all of us as disciples.
A child or young person: We thank you, God, that you will give us all we need, and that we can always trust in you to lead us in our faith discovery.
A youth leader: We thank you that through our wondering and exploring of the stories of faith, we can grow in your love together as a church community.
A congregation member: May our prayers and your blessing be felt upon those journeying to 3Generate. We pray that they learn, pray, notice God and respond together. Amen.
Prayer for during 3Generate: 4 October 2026
Loving God,
As children, young people, group leaders and volunteers gather together for the weekend of 3Generate, we give thanks to you for the fun they will share and the friendships they will make.
We want to thank you for the opportunity given to each person taking part, for each child, for each young person, each leader and each volunteer, that they may know your presence and unwavering love.
We thank you for each venue, activity and experience provided at 3Generate to help encourage meaningful conversations about faith with new friends.
We thank you for the safe travels to the event and pray for safe travels home. We ask that the joy experienced at 3Generate would continue into the everyday lives of those attending.
We pray too for all churches and communities, that they may continue to nurture and support young people in faith, wherever they are.
In Jesus’ name we pray,
Amen.
Prayer for after 3Generate: 11 October 2026
Dear God,
We thank you for allowing us to gather here today and worship among your people. Thank you for keeping us through the night and travelling with us through the day.
We thank you for 3Generate: for the new friendships formed, the fresh ways of worship discovered, and the deeper connection to you that comes from being surrounded by other believers. We pray that what was stirred there will take root and grow, not just fade with the moment.
As children and young people begin this new week, go with them. Let the connections made and the spirit felt at 3Generate carry into their everyday lives – their homes, their friendships, their routines – to become lasting change, not just memory.
Thank you for your unfailing love and grace.
It's in the mighty name of Jesus we pray,
Amen.