Penny Bridge Academy

This morning Sarah and I went a long to Penny Bridge Academy for the assembly.  We started by singing So Many Ways to Praise the Lord.  Then Sarah invited two people to come to the front she gave one a plate and the other a tube of toothpaste.  She asked the one with the toothpaste to squeeze it out onto the plate which they did.  Then she asked the one holding the plate to put it back into the tube - they tried but couldn't of course.  I then started to talk to the children about how we are a bit like the toothpaste when we open our mouths because what comes out is not good and once it is out we can't take it back again.  I explained that the tongue might be small but can do a lot of harm and damage if used in the wrong way.  I then read James 3:5 from the Message Bible which talks about it like this.  It only takes a spark, remember, to set off a forest fire. A careless or wrongly placed word out of your mouth can do that. By our speech we can ruin the world, turn harmony to chaos, throw mud on a reputation, send the whole world up in smoke and go up in smoke with it... James 3:5-6 I then encouraged the children to use their mouths and tongue to say good uplifting things to each other, words of praise about how they look, what they do, how well they work or run etc.  Sarah then did a short recap before introducing our last song Shine.  After the song Sarah closed with a prayer.