Penny Bridge School

This morning Sarah and I went down to do the assembly at Penny Bridge School.  As it was the first one after Easter we decided to give the Easter theme going a little longer so did an assembly based on forgiveness.  Sarah told a story about two boys who played with each others toys but the boys fell out when one toy was broken by the other boy so in return the other boy broke his toy.  This resulted in a big falling out.  After a few days the boys were feeling very upset and lonely.  Now the toys had been fixed or replaced however they needed to make up.  It was decided that one of the boys would go to say sorry and as he was doing so the other boy had decided the same and arrived at his house - all was now well they had forgiven each other.  Sarah asked if we had ever been in a similar situation were we had been hurt or we had hurt someone else.  Sarah linked this with Jesus on the cross and how he said 'Father forgive them they don't know what they are doing..'  I then displayed a phrase which said 'Forgiving helps friends to be friendly again.  Forgiving others makes us happier'  this linked with Ephesians 4:32 which says We should learn to forgive.  After this I displayed the Lords Prayer and pointed out the part that says forgive us as we forgive others.  To close we sang Shine then Sarah lead them in saying the Lords Prayer followed by a prayer for the school.