Dalton St Marys

This morning I went to do the assembly at Dalton St Marys.  I told the story of Jonah and how he was asked to go to Nineveh and talk to the people.  Jonah went in the other direction and boarded a ship.  When a huge storm hit the ship Jonah was asleep in the boat.  I talked about our holiday last year on a boat and how one night there was a bit of a storm and how we all felt a bit scared, particularly when we saw them doing something to one of the life boats!  Back to the story. Eventually he as woken up and thrown over board and the storm stopped.  God provided a big fish to protect him and for 3 Jonah was in the belly of the smelly fish, I asked who liked fish, then said that when you cook fish there is always a smell the next day in the house - I asked them to imagine what it must have smelt like inside the fish.  God told the fish to spit Jonah out.  So off he went and told the people of Nineveh what God had said and they stopped doing the wrong things.  Jonah sat outside the city feeling sad and he wanted God to punish them for what they had done.  He sat under a tree and waited, the next day the tree had died and Jonah was sat in the full sun.  He complained to God about the tree and God reminded him that trees are here today and gone tomorrow and Jonah cared more for that then the people of Nineveh.  It is a reminder that God cares and loves each and every one of us.  His love is so big it is bigger than anything we can imagine - cue for a song - God's Love is Bigger than a Burger.  After the song we did the Chicken Dance before I said a prayer.