NT BX1 at Low Furness School

Yesterday afternoon I was at Low Furness school for the first New Testament Bible Explorer lesson.  It was a rather large mixed group of year 5 and 6.  After explaining a little about Bible Explorer I launched into the lesson starting at the beginning Adam and Eve and the fall hence sin entering the world, which led to the rescue plan Christ the Messiah.  It seemed rather strange telling the Christmas story complete with some OT prophecies in September.  This story then leads into the first set of hand signs.  The lesson went well and I completed it just on the hour, but then the teacher open up the floor to questions which was a very interesting time for about 10 minutes.  Next Friday lesson 2.

Leven Valley School

This morning we went down to Leven Valley School.  It was our first visit of the new school year and the first time for the reception to be in the assembly.  Sarah introduced us to the new children and said hello to everyone else and enquired about their summer holidays.  To start we sang Creator God, following that Sarah asked if anyone could possibly suggest what story we were going to tell.  A few answers came back like -  a bible story, an old testament story etc.  We got the right answer in the end - creation.  Sarah asked which book it was from and we did get the answer Genesis after some guessing.   I read the story from the Word on the Street Bible which uses street language.  To help the children to remember the story we posted pictures on the screen for each of the days.  At the end Sarah talked about the world and how beautiful it is and how we should look after it - the passage had talked about us being caretakers of the planet.  She also moved on to talk about looking after each other and linked that to the new children in reception.  To end we sang Great Big God and Sarah said a prayer.

Our Ladys Dalton

This morning Sarah and I went for our first visit of the new school year to Our Lady's in Dalton.  After introducing ourselves to the new reception children we started the assembly with Creator God.  Sarah then asked if anyone had an idea what we might be talking about today - a sea of hands went up and someone suggested creation - which was the correct answer.  I had decided to tell the story from the Word on the Street Bible.  During the telling of the story pictures which represented the days were shown on the screen.  Sarah then talked a bit about what was read for example the passage said that we are the caretakers of the planet so she asked the children about that and explained that we should look after not only the planet but each other too.  This was linked to the new children and how we should watch out for them in school.  We ended the time with Great Big God because that is what he is.  Sarah then said a prayer.

Low Furness School first assembly of the new term

Our first assembly of the new term was based on creation.  So after a brief welcome and chat about the summer, we sang Creator God.  I then displayed some visual aids as I recalled the creation story from Genesis Ch1 using the Street Bible.  I did however alter a few words so the children would understand it a little better.  During the reading I displayed a picture for the day - which unfortunately couldn't easily be seen due to the sun.  After the reading I talked a bit about creation and how beautiful flowers are and how unusual some creatures are like those with big long noses or the duck billed platypus.  I followed this up by talking about us and how special and unique we are that is all different.  Different but all created by a Great Big God which led us to sing that song.  I prayed at the end of the assembly for the children at the start of the new year/new term.

Day 5 Urswick Holiday club - Mission Rescue

The week has ended as it started and that was very good.  The children have had another fab time with us today, as they heard the final part of the story about God's rescue of the Israelites.  They have also had the last part of the drama which saw some enemy agents switching sides.  After the morning finished we all had a picnic and finished off with the usual water fight which again was great.  A good week was had by all.

Day 4 Urswick Holiday club - Mission Rescue

Still having fun at holiday club - today the children heard about how God rescued his people and how they were led into the desert by Moses.  The children are really enjoying all that is going on and the little play/drama each day is adding to the fun as well.  All the games and craft sessions are going great.  We have the picnic and water fight tomorrow so we are looking forward to that, as it is a chance to talk to some of the children's parents and perhaps connect with them.

Day 3 Urswick Holiday club - Mission Rescue

Great day again today - the children heard how Moses set off to tell Pharaoh what God had said and Pharaoh said a big fat NO!  The children are left to wonder if the mission that Moses was sent on has failed or if it is all part of God's big plan to show Egypt just how powerful He truly is.  The children came in disguise today as all good spies should be able to do.  Tomorrow it is international dress day when they should be coming in a costume from another country.