A new batch of enthusiastic Godly Play storytellers have recently been trained up, at the Godly Play Training held over the long weekend, Saturday 1–Monday 3 March. Godly Play is a form of storytelling which invites the listener into the story, to wonder about the story in their own way and to interact and respond with it. There are no Bible verses to memorise or forced interpretations of the story onto the child, rather they are encouraged to listen in a quiet reflective space and interpret it in their own way.
After the telling of the story, in which the storyteller uses no eye contact so as to keep listeners focussed on the story and its props, the children are then encouraged to respond in any way they want to, perhaps using craft supplies provided.