Vicarage Park

This morning Sarah and I went over to Kendal to visit Vicarage Park School, it was our first ever visit to the school so it did seem a little strange.  We were met with the friendly face of Bernadette who is now the head there and formally head of Church Walk.  We introduced ourselves and start off by singing Great Big God then I went into the story of David and Goliath as I have told it in a number of schools during the month of June.  I made the story big and bold with lots of drama which the children seem to enjoy.  At the end of the story Sarah summed up what David had done, although he was only small what he did had a huge impact on the people around.  Sarah encouraged them to try and do something small for those around them.  To finish off the assembly we sang God Can Do Anything then Sarah closed with a prayer.

Gleaston Family Fun Day

This afternoon it was Gleaston Family Fun Day on the green at Gleaston.  The event is run by the people from the Benefice of the Urswick Churches and it is a chance to show God's love in a practical way.  Lots of people turned up from 12 noon onwards and lots of people were still walking around at 4pm as we packed away.  I had been asked to entertain the children and adults with a few shows.  I did three shows in total starting off with lots of fun tricks with a slight gospel message, building to my final routine set which was all gospel.  At the end of the show I talked about the 4 points, the heart the cross, the other cross and the question mark.  The heart is a reminder that God loves us, and the first cross is a wrong cross reminding us that we have all done something wrong, the second cross is the cross of Jesus which reminds that that he died for us and finally the question mark we must decide to follow him.

Flookburgh Primary School

This morning we were invited to go over to Flookburgh Primary School for an assembly.  The invite came from the deputy headteacher who has seen us in another school.  The theme for the assembly was about moving on.  So after introducing ourselves we then sang  Our God is a Great Big God.  Sarah then introduced the theme to the children which was going to be about Paul.  I told the story of Saul's conversion and to help me do so I asked three children to help me.  I used the props and things that I use whenever I tell this story during Bible Explorer.  One of the children was Saul, another was Ananias the other child played the part of God's voice.  As the children read out their part in the script I filled in the background information until eventually Saul had the visit from Ananias who spoke to him and healed him of his blindness.  I then went on to explain that Saul changed his name to Paul and that the encounter with Jesus on the road changed his life completely, so much so he set off on journeys all over the place telling people about Jesus.  Sarah then explained that although it might seem a big adventure to do things like that Paul faced many difficult times in his life but although his life had been changed for the better he knew that God was looking over him.  The verse that we used for today is in Joshua 1:9 Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.  After this we sang God can do Anything and then I closed with a prayer.

BX OT4 Pennington

Today was the fourth lesson of Bible Explorer at Pennington School.  The lessons goes through the reigns of the first three kings of Israel - Saul, David and Solomon.  It also covers the story of Samuel.  The children responded well to the stories today and are always keen to want to take part it is just a pity that there are not enough roles for them all to play a part.  The lesson ends with the split in the kingdom between Israel in the north and Judah in the south and next week we will look at what happened next. With the scattering of the northern tribes and the exile of Judah and we cover the Esther story too.

Leven Valley School

I seem to have forgot to blog this assembly last Thursday.
On Thursday last week Sarah and I went to Leven Valley School and did our assembly on David.  To start off we sang God's Love is Bigger than a Burger then I told the story of David fighting Goliath and winning.  The message was that even though we might be small we can do things that have a big impact as David king because he went on to be the greatest king Israel ever had.  At the end we sang God Can do Anything and we closed in prayer.

Our Lady's School

I seem to have forgot to blog this assembly last Thursday.
On Thursday last week Sarah and I went to Our Lady's and did our assembly on David.  To start off we sang God's Love is Bigger than a Burger then I told the story of David fighting Goliath and winning.  The message was that even though we might be small we can do things that have a big impact as David king because he went on to be the greatest king Israel ever had.  At the end we sang God Can do Anything and we closed in prayer.

Low Furness Transition Morning

This morning Sarah, Vic, Andre and myself were at Low Furness School for the whole morning working with the year 6 pupils.  The morning started with an assembly for the whole school which was followed later with a 1 hour lesson for the year 6 pupils.  Following an introduction from us all as to who we are and what our best and worse memories were of secondary school we split the children into 4 groups.  Then each of us taking a group went through issue that might come up in the first year of a secondary school.  Three of the stations had a video clip to watch one was on homework, another on getting lost in school and the other was on bullying.  The final station was about moving on.  However as the children got to the station they had a jigsaw to make which had a bible verse on it from Joshua 1:8 'Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid, for God is with you wherever you go'  Once the children had completed that they then watched the video clip then had a discussion about it then did something practical in the homework station they built a tower of truth with Jenga bricks, in the lost station they wrote a worry onto a plaster and put it in a first aid box, for the bullying station they make a friendship bracelet and in the moving on station they looked at the Moving on booklet and made a paper plane and flew it thinking as they did how hard it can be to let go of things.  At the end we did a quick question and answer sessions drew the lesson to a close and said a prayer.