Low Furness School

This morning Sarah and I went to Low Furness School for the assembly.  The theme was Advent, so we talked a little about Advent after we had sung Great Big God.  We then looked at the wise men story and I talked about the distance they travelled to see Jesus - then asked the children if they had ever been on a long journey in a car, also what they needed for the trip.  The wise men had to travel nearly 1000 miles to see Jesus so they needed to be prepared.  Sarah then read the account of Baboushka we did point out that it wasn't true and just a tale.  She wasn't ready to go and see Jesus when the wise men came knocking, but then later changed her mind and went to find him but couldn't.  The point was we can all be too busy with Christmas preparations that we miss the whole point of it and forget the real reason we celebrate in the first place.  To finish we sang Rejoice With us this Christmas and Sarah closed with a prayer.