Our Lady's Dalton - Chatting to God

This morning I was at Our Lady's School in Dalton.  As we have done during the past month I told the story of Samuel being called by God.  I started to read it from the Story Teller Bible then switched into acting out the two parts of Eli and Samuel.  I was keen to make the point that it doesn't matter how old we are, where we are, what we are doing or what we have done we can always talk to God or as I put it chat to God.  We don't need fancy words or to get tongue tied like we might get if the Queen or the latest boy/girl band walked in, we can chat to God in the same way we chat to our friends and family.  During the singing of Wonderful Lord I prompted the children with some ideas that might have helped them chat to God.  I rounded the assembly off with a short prayer.

Crosthwaite School on chatting to God

This afternoon we drove over to Crosthwaite School it was fantastic.  The view looking up the lake towards the mountains was something else.  Anyway we did or chatting to God assembly like we have done for the last few weeks.  I told the Samuel story when God called him and then encouraged the children to pause and chat to God during the singing of Wonderful Lord.  Sarah conclude the assembly with a short prayer.

St Peters - Lent Assembly

We had a wonderful drive over to St Peters this morning.  The sun was shinning and it was a clear spring day.  After singing Be Happy because we felt so happy with the day we went on to talk about the time of year which is Lent.  We used some power point slides that we had downloaded which gave the reason behind Lent, I didn't read them all out exactly as they were because I added bits in and took bits away.  At the end I asked the children some questions about Lent which they answered really well.  Sarah said the prayer that came with the power point and did the Lord's Prayer also then we all sang Shine.

Low Furness School - chatting with God

Sarah and I went to take the assembly at Low Furness today when OFSTED are in.  We did the assembly about chatting to God and used the Samuel story as a way into the theme.  God needed someone that he could talk to and trust to carry out his instructions and he picked Samuel.  However he was only a boy.  The point was that no matter how old we are, or where we are we can always talk to God.  To end we sang Wonderful Lord and during the middle part I prompted the children to chat with God.  Sarah finished off with a prayer.

Ulverston Infants - talking and chatting to God

This morning Sarah and I were at Ulverston Infants.  We didn't start with a song but went straight into the story about Samuel's call by God.  I partly read the story and acted out some of the actions.  At the end I talked to the children about how they can talk or chat to God about anything they like - it is just like talking to family and friends.  During the singing of Wonderful Lord I prompted the children with some words in case they too wanted to chat to God.  Sarah finished with a prayer at the end.

Pennington School - Samuels call and chatting to God

This morning we went to Pennington School to take the assembly.  We didn't sing a song to start with as the story was going to be a bit longer.  I started by talking a little about the bible and how it is in two sections the Old testament and the New.  I said the story today was going to be from the Old Testament.  I didn't give the name of the book as that would become clear later.  I started to read from the Loin Storyteller Bible and then continued with my own version of the story complete with actions.  It was the call of Samuel.  At the end I told the children that no matter how old they were, or where they were or what they were doing they could always talk to God or as I put it chat to God.  I told them that they didn't need fancy words like you would use to the queen they could simply chat.  Following this we sang Wonderful Lord and during the middle part I prompted them if they wanted to chat to God.  Sarah completed the assembly with a prayer.

Leven Valley School - Chatting

This morning I was at Leven Valley School.  After singing Shine I told the story of Samuel the part when God called him.  I started to read the story then acted out parts of it to finish.  I wanted to encourage the children that it is OK to chat to God anytime, anywhere and in any place and that you can do it at any age.  Then during the singing of Wonderful Lord I encouraged those that felt able to chat to God.  I rounded the assembly off with a short prayer.

Chatting at Croftlands Juniors

This morning I went to Croftlands Junior School.  After singing Inright Outright I started to tell a bible story from the Old Testament.  I explained a bit about the OT and NT and that this story had a person in it who has two books named after him.  It was of course Samuel.  I read part of the story from the Lion Story Teller Bible and acted out part of it.  At the end I explained the point that no matter where we are, what we are doing, no matter what time it is or what we have done or not done we can always talk to God.  Then while singing Wonderful Lord I encouraged those that wanted to, to chat to God, I suggested a few things they might like to chat about.  After it I said a prayer and closed the assembly.

Croftlands Infants School - Chatting to God

This afternoon Sarah and I went a long to Croftlands Infants.  We continued the theme of Samuel with the children, this leads us into talking to the children about talking or chatting to God.  Samuel was only a boy when he first heard from God and he was also asleep, so it doesn't matter how old we are or even where we are we can always chat to God.  During Wonderful Lord I encouraged the children to chat to God.  Then Sarah concluded the assembly with a final prayer.

Low Furness School - Lent

Today we followed the theme given to us by the school which was Lent.  So after singing a short song - Inright Outright we showed the children a power point which we bought about Lent.  As Lent is the time when we think about giving things up and it celebrates Jesus in the wilderness I told the story of Jesus being tempted up the devil and explained some of the parts to the children as I went a long.  At the end of the presentation Sarah read the prayer that went with it.  Then we sang Shine and concluded with another prayer.

Penny Bridge School

This afternoon Sarah and I went to do the assembly at Penny Bridge School.  I think it was the first time that it wasn't raining or snowing!  We wanted to try out an idea we heard about while we were away at the Hand in Hand Conference, so after singing Inright Outright I told the story of Samuel being called by God.  After the story I introduced the idea of chatting to God.  I explained that we don't need to use big words when we want to talk/chat to God, we can talk to him like we would a friend or a family member or a teacher.  The idea of chatting is that the children can talk/chat at anytime and anywhere to God either in their heads or behind their hand (for younger children) even I said in the middle of doing a difficult sum in maths.  Following this we sang Wonderful Lord and during the break I prompted the children with some ideas that they might like to use in order to chat to God.  Then at the end Sarah concluded the assembly with a prayer for the school.

Broughton School

This morning Sarah and I went over to Broughton School.  After singing Inright Outright with the children I told them a story from the Old Testament.  It was the calling of Samuel.  I started to read it from the Loin Storyteller Bible but then acted out the rest of the story for the children like Samuel was asleep so I rested my head on the book for a pillow, when he heard his name I rushed to the side of the hall and pretended to be Eli who was snoring (which brought a laugh) this continued until Samuel sat up and spoke back to God and told him he was listening.  Sarah then talked to the children about talking and listening to God and how we don't need to use fancy words but that we can simple tell God how we are feeling and talk to him as we would to our family, teachers friends etc.  Following this we sang Wonderful Lord and during the instrumental part I asked the children to close their eyes and gave them some pointers as to how they might chat to God.  We then ended with a prayer.

St Peters

This morning I wanted to encourage the children and try out an idea that we heard about at the weekend - chatting to God.  So after singing Shine I told the story of Samuel's call from God.  I used part of the story as it is in the Lion Storyteller Bible but added parts in myself and used the book as a prop.  After the story I told the children that like Samuel they too could talk and also listen to God.  I explained that if the Queen or One Direction came into the hall we might not know what to say and some people think that is what it is like with God - you need fancy words etc.  I told the children that they can chat to God as they would a friend and that they could do it anywhere they liked.  Then I encouraged them to do just that during the instrumental break in the middle of Wonderful Lord.  At the end we all said the Lord's Prayer together.

Low Furness School

As the children came into assembly today we played 66 books.  As it is book week in school this week we were asked to talk about the bible as a book.  So after singing Giants of Faith, I started to talk about the bible as a book of books.  I took in some of the props that I use for OT BX which shows the various types of bible from a bible that was dated 1864 to the new Action Bible comic style.  Following this Sarah explained to the children what sort of things you find in the bible from the creation story through history to songs and love stories.  We concluded the assembly with the Lord's Prayer which is also in the bible.  At the end of the assembly I invited the children to look at the different bibles I had with me and we talked about them as they picked them up and looked through them.