Flookburgh School

This morning Sarah and I went to do the assembly at Flookburgh School, it was our first visit since before Christmas - it was lovely to see all the children and staff again.  Sarah started by talking about Christmas and asked if everyone had had a good one and then asked who went to or had any parties over the Christmas time - this was to link in with the story later.  So after singing Be Happy I retold the story of the Lost Son except on the slide pictures I had it was called the Wild Son Who Returned.  The theme for the assembly was on forgiveness so I focused on the dad forgiving the son for spending all the money and pointed out that Jesus came to earth to show us how to get to heaven.  As the dad forgave the son so God forgives us the wrong we do - we need to say sorry.  But it also is the case that we need to forgive others that have done wrong to us.  Sarah concluded by talking about the words in the Lords Prayer, and that God is so great that he can do anything, anything at all.  After singing God Can Do Anything Sarah finished with a prayer followed by the Lord's Prayer.