Low Furness School

This morning Sarah and I along with Grace went to Low Furness School to do the assembly.  It was our first assembly of the new school year and it was great to see all the children again after the summer holidays.  Our theme was creation so after singing Creator God I talked about creation and displayed some pictures that explained what God did on each of the days until he rested on the 7th day.  Sarah then explained that God created a perfect world out of nothing, we had a large tub of Lego bricks on the floor and Sarah looked at them - then she spoke to them and said build a house - nothing happened - she saw there was a wheel in the box so said build a train - again nothing happened - ok make an animal - nothing.  We explained to the children that God spoke and things happened we call this creation as God make things from nothing.  We can make things as humans but we can't create like God can, I displayed a few pictures like tall buildings, cars, electrical products.  I then showed flowers that had been made from silk, foam and paper - yes they are flowers and yes they are like the ones God made but they are not living.  Next I showed some animals made from paper mache and again they look like animals God made but they are not living.  We linked this to the perfect, beautiful world that God created and said we should thank him for it every day I now displayed a view of the world from space.  To finish I displayed Genesis 1:31a God saw everything he had made, and it was very good.  We then sang Great Big God before Sarah closed the assembly with a prayer.