Great Day at Millom

Had a great day today over in Millom for the church's fun afternoon. Did a total of 5 shows during the afternoon, 3 magic shows, 1 Gary slot which led into an interactive bible story and 1 other interactive bible story.

The magic shows were designed to entertain families and towards the end of each one I increased the Christian theme until the last show which was all based on gospel illusions. The room we were in was full to the door each time with standing room only for most of them. During the final show I talked about the 4 points and explained that God loves us so much, but we do things wrong and that Christ died for us and we need to ask the question. A few people responded and took the card I offered someone talked to me and seemed very interested in what I had said.

All in all praise God for the afternoon for what seeds have been shown.

Easter Assemblies

This is a bit late - been to Spring Harvest and couldn't get a signal for Wi Fi The week before Spring Harvest Sarah and I did 4 Assemblies Monday at Pennington, Tuesday at Low Furness, Wednesday Croftlands Juniors and Thursday Croftlands Infants. We did the same talk to each school - Resurrection Eggs. The idea is that in each of the 12 eggs there is an object that relates to the Easter story Day 1 Donkey - which reminds us of the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem Day 2 Silver coins - although there is only 3 of them it reminds us that Jesus was betrayed for 30 silver coins Day 3 Cup - which is to talk about the last supper Jesus had with His disciples Day 4 Hands - in fact they are praying hands to show us that Jesus prayed in the garden after His supper with the disciples Day 5 Leather - it looks like a shoe lace made of leather but it is to focus on the fact Jesus was beaten and whipped by the Romans Day 6 Crown of Thorns - although it is made of metal it serves to remind us that Jesus was forced to wear a crown of thorns as the Romans mocked Him as King of the Jews Day 7 Cross - the cross is made of nails which is a good way of talking about Jesus being nailed to the cross Day 8 Dice - the Romans gambled for His clothes and belongings Day 9 Spear - which represents the spear that was thrust into Jesus' side as He died Day 10 Cloth - Jesus was removed from the cross and wrapped up in a linen cloth Day 11 Stone - which is rather an odd shape but reminds us that a big stone was placed over the tomb Day 12 - as the space is blank and empty so the last egg is which is a reminder to us that on the Sunday Jesus rose from the dead and went back to the Father. Sarah and I were amazed at how much of the Easter story the children knew. Resurrection Eggs can be bought from www.onewayuk.com

Windermere Juniors - Easter Assembly

Yesterday we went once again up to Windermere Junior school to take part in their assembly. Our theme was Easter and Sarah and I had an eggcelent time and the assembly was eggcitting. That may give you a clue as to what the assembly was about - eggs. The egg is the symbol of new life and is used at Easter time to remind us of a 'New Life in Jesus'. We used what are called 'Resurrection Eggs' which are plastic eggs that contain a little object that is part of the Easter story. The children enjoyed it and even joined in when various objects came out of the eggs they told us what part they played in the story. We have 4 more assemblies next week on the same theme. Our prayer is for safety for the children during the Easter Holidays and that they will in the midst of chocolate Easter eggs remember why we have them in the first place.