Crosthwaite School

This afternoon Sarah and I were over at Crosthwaite School for the first assembly of 2014.  It seemed strange saying Happy New Year when we are at the end of the first month of the year!  We started with God's Love is Bigger than a Burger then I told the Joseph story and did all the different shirt changes etc as we have done at other schools this month.  At the end of the story Sarah asked the children about what the brothers were feeling when they saw Joseph - jealous came out.  Then she asked how does that make us feel, sad, angry, annoyed, unhappy came from the children.  She went on to say that it all turned out well for Joseph in the end but we should think about what the brothers did to Joseph and instead of being jealous we should celebrate what our friends have and share with them what w have.  To make the point a little clearer Sarah told the children that we are all special to God no matter what we look like which was the cue to our next song Touch a Finger.  after the song I said a short prayer.