Using illustrated playing cards to teach about Christian worship has two big advantages:

1. You can shuffle and reorder a deck of cards, just like you can shuffle the order of a church service. Using cards to teach liturgy is a playful way to check learners’ understanding of the flow of readings, prayers, and actions—or even to plan or prepare for a particular liturgy.
2. Each card names and illustrates a different part of the service, using simple language whenever possible and images drawn from everyday life. By using cards to teach liturgy, words and pictures work together to evoke not just technical meaning but the spiritual and emotional connections that help faith stick.