Aims to equip those engaged in ministry to people with dementia. It explores the theological and spiritual challenges to be faced, suggests practical ways in which acts of worship can enable those living with dementia to participate as fully as they are able, and offer a wide range of prayers and worship outlines.

Matthew Salisbury

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Contributors

1. God in Fragments: Worshipping with Those Living with Dementia

2. Spiritual Awareness and Dementia

3. A Theology of Worshipping with Dementia

4. Creating Dementia-friendly Worship

5. Dementia-friendly Churches

6. Music and Dementia: Some Practical Considerations

Afterword

Summary of Advice and Recommendations

Further Reading, Websites, and Bibliography for Individual Chapters

• Two books in one: a formational resource for those working in this area, and a collection of ready-to-use worship materials. • First class authors with expert knowledge and experience. • An authorised guide to good practice from the Liturgical Commission of the Church of England.

Each year in the UK, 225,000 people are diagnosed with dementia. The implications for aging church congregations, and for the Christian mission to people throughout their lives, are considerable. God In Fragments aims to equip those engaged in or preparing for ministry to people with dementia. It explores the theological and spiritual challenges of dementia, suggests practical ways to help those living with dementia participate in worship, and offers a wide range of prayers and worship outlines. • Part One offers theological reflection on living with dementia, spiritual awareness, creating dementia-friendly churches and accessible worship. • Part Two contains services, prayers, readings and activities suitable for those with dementia, for use in formal or informal church contexts, church cafés, care homes and hospitals. In an Afterword, Samuel Wells reflects on unlocking the gates of memory.

\["For church leaders and ministers","This book helps you engage people with dementia in worship ","You find new approaches and understandings of worship as a community "\]

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