Burlington School

This morning Sarah and I went to Burlington School for the assembly.  We started with So Many Ways to Praise the Lord before talking about the time of year - advent.  I told the children about the wise men and how they needed to prepare very well for the long journey they would make to see Jesus.  I asked them about journeys they had made and about what sort of things they needed to take for such a trip.  I then handed over to Sarah who told the story of Baboushka which is a folk tale.  She missed out on the chance to see Jesus as she was far too busy doing stuff.  We can be like that too on the run up to Christmas and forget what it is all about.  So we encouraged the children to take time and stop and think about the things they are doing for Christmas and to remember why it is we celebrate in the first place.  To close we sang Rejoice with us and then said a short prayer.