How we produce the Roots resources
From initial ideas to final resources
Writers’ conferences
About 10 months before publication, we usually all meet together at a retreat house for an overnight meeting. During the pandemic we met on Zoom instead and some conferences continue to be on Zoom. This meeting includes:
• the contributors for the issue, which always includes a Bible scholar
• Adult & All Age Editor
• Children & Youth Editor
• Roots' Managing Director.
Led by the Bible scholar and the Roots team, we study and discuss the Bible passages together. Then we draw up a brief for the resources across the age range.
To quote one of the conference attendees: ‘It’s an intensive, but creative and enjoyable sharing of ideas amongst practitioners from different traditions.’
From initial ideas to final resources
The editorial process knits together all the ideas from the writers’ conference, in order to:
- produce worship and learning resources that are cohesive across the whole Church, every week
- which are in line with our vision and values.
As well as the resources' editors, Roots draws on the skills of the Production Editor and the Website Editor. They work together with a design agency, illustrators and a proof reader in order to bring you the final resources.
Our contributors
Roots writers come from a wide range of churches and denominations across England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Australia:
• Baptist Churches
• The Church of England
• The Church of God of Prophecy
• The Church of Ireland
• The Church of Scotland
• The Methodist Church
• The Methodist Church in Ireland
• The Moravian Church
• The New Testament Church of God
• The Presbyterian Church in Ireland
• The Religious Society of Friends
• The Roman Catholic Church
• The United Reformed Church
• The Uniting Church in Australia