Coniston Primary School

This morning Sarah and I went to do the assembly at Coniston Primary School.  We started with a song request from one of the children - God's Love is Bigger than a Burger.  After the song I told a modern day version of the Good Samaritan using some children to act out parts - instead of a traveller we had a business man on a train (rather than a donkey) he wasn't attacked but became ill.  As he was on a train we used the rest of the school split in half to make the train sound so one half said London while the other said Birmingham - when said quickly it sounds like a train going along the tracks.  The first person to find him was not a priest but a nurse who was looking for something to eat following a night shift, the second person to come by was a police officer who didn't want sick on his shoes so he left too.  Then a rapper came along and this person helped the man out, calling ahead to the next station and giving him money for a taxi.  I explained about the Samaritan people in Jesus' day how they weren't liked by the Jews.  I also explained why Jesus told the parable in the first place - responding to a question of who is my neighbour.  Sarah then picked up this idea of who a neighbour is and talked to the children about it saying that our neighbour isn't just the person that lives next door to us but is everyone and in particular anyone who has a need.  This led into Help Me Be Your Eyes Lord Jesus.  After the song I closed with a prayer.