14/04/2026
iSingPOP will support 300 churches to create new gatherings where families from local primary schools will be invited to explore faith together, drawing on the energetic worship songs children already know from school.
The aim is to connect collective worship in schools to engagement with church for families interested in growing in faith together. The programme has received £500k investment from the Strategic Mission and Ministry Investment Board (SMMIB).
iSingPOP, from the charity Innervation Trust, produces vibrant worship songs that engage more than 77,000 children every week, alongside resources that equip teachers, clergy and volunteers to lead faith-based music sessions in schools and churches.
It also brings schools, churches, and the community together by giving churches the opportunity to host a large joy-filled concert, teaching children songs that explore the Christian faith over four days, culminating in a whole-school performance to parents. This approach has already inspired many families to explore faith beyond the school gates.
Through the new programme, iSingPOP will help to link worship in schools with the life of local churches.
The organisation will train clergy and lay leaders from 300 churches to lead engaging collective worship events for local primary school-aged children, and launch new worshipping communities for those wishing to explore faith more regularly.
This builds on a pilot in the Diocese of Worcester, which is trialling the integration of iSingPOP resources within local plans for mission to children and young people as part of a focus on strengthening the links between churches, schools and families. The ongoing pilot is showing promising early growth, with 161 children engaging in follow‑on worship activities across nine new worshipping communities in its first year..
St Barnabas Church in the north of Worcester has built relationships with families from the local primary school by integrating iSingPOP songs into their weekly club and hosting an iSingPOP concert, which has led many new families to their monthly family Sunday services.
One family who was introduced to church through iSingPOP wanted to celebrate the birth of a new baby in a hopeful way following previous loss and chose a baptism with iSingPOP songs selected for the service by the baby’s older sister.
Another family which regularly attends the iSingPOP school services chose to get married at St Barnabas Church with the whole congregation joyfully joining in with the worship song ‘Together’.
The new programme aims to enable many more of these stories, supporting the Church of England’s vision to double the number of children and young people as active disciples by 2030. It is funded under the SMMIB’s ‘Partnerships Funding’ stream, designed to strengthen areas essential to delivering the Church’s Vision and Strategy.
Miz Porter, Director of iSingPOP by Innervation Trust, said: “For 25 years, we have been working with churches and schools to create inspirational collective worship resources that uplift children.
We believe intergenerational worship has the power to introduce whole families to the Gospel, and we are delighted that this new programme will help churches across the country in deepen their relationships with local schools.”
Suzannah O’Brien, member of the SMMIB, said: “I am so encouraged by iSingPOP’s plans to introduce a new generation of primary school-aged children to faith through vibrant worship.
Equipping every parish church to welcome children and young people is at the heart of what we do as a Board, and I look forward to hearing stories of what God is doing through this programme.”
To find out more about the programme, register your interest here.