St Peters

We had a very wet journey over to St Peters today.  Following the first song which wass Giants of Faith we told the story of Saul and his encounter with Jesus.  I used the Lion Storyteller Bible but added a bit of drama to it as well.  It can be a little difficult for the children to understand what really happened to Saul but following the story I tried to explain that Jesus changed him from a bad person who didn't like Jesus and his followers to someone who took great delight in telling people all about Jesus and encouraged lots of people to follow him.  I also told of how Paul - now his name was changed travelled to all sorts of new places telling people about Jesus and how he wrote letters back to them as well.  Paul himself was put in prison and even ship wrecked at one point too but still he told people about Jesus.  I trued to get the point across that once we meet Jesus he can change us completly.  I said that one time while in prison Paul bound in chains sang songs and praised God.  Which led onto our second song So Many Ways to Praise the Lord.  Following the song Sarah said a short prayer and one of the children reminded us to say The Lords Prayer as well.