St Peters

This morning Sarah and I went over to St Peters school for the assembly.  The theme for this half term is Creativity, so as the children came into the assembly hall Sarah gave them all a pipe cleaner and asked them to make something.  After saying hello, good morning etc Sarah then gave the children 2 minutes to make something from the pipe cleaner.  Then starting with the back row of children they displayed what they had made. Sarah then said that no-one told them what to make they just did it, that is the creativity that god has placed in us.  I then started to recall the story of Nehemiah rebuilding the walls and gates of Jerusalem saying that he was a maker and mender not a breaker and bender, during the story I paused and Sarah asked questions.  There was also some actions to do like hammering, mixing mortar, sawing etc.  The point was that God wants us to be a maker and mender and not a breaker and bender, we feel great whenever we mix something or mend and repair things.  We should also feel the same when we help to mend broken friendships and broken hearts too.  To continue the theme of creation and creativity we then sang Creator God.  Sarah end the assembly with a prayer followed by the Lord's Prayer.