Penny Bridge School - a piece of card with pictures, a fiery furnace it has to be Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego

This afternoon at Penny Bridge School we started with Great Big God as it is an old favourite but also it led into our assembly about the fiery furnace story from Daniel 3 when Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refused to bow down to the kings statue.  The illustration went very well using a prop with pictures on it.  This led to Sarah talking about how God protects and shields us which worked nicely into Wonderful Lord. 

Pennington School - to bow or not to bow

This morning at Pennington School Sarah and I started the assembly with an old favourite - Great Big God as it fitted well with our theme about the fiery furnace in Daniel 3.  Following the song I told the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and how they stood up for what they believed and didn't follow the crowd when they bowed down to a statue of the king.  As a prop I used the trick I bought for holiday club.  Following this Sarah added a bit about God looking after us and protecting us which led nicely into Wonderful Lord, during which I said a prayer.

BX OT1 at Pennington

This afternoon I took the first lesson with the year 5 class for BX Old Testament.  The children were all very excited to see me in a slightly different context than doing assemblies with Sarah.  One girl saw the props box and said goodie dressing up stuff.  The lesson started well and the children soon got into the hand signs and responded to them with ease.  We didn't quite finish the Joseph story so we left him in Egypt until next week when we will take up the story again and then move on into Moses.

St Peters - a slightly longer assembly with the children

This morning Sarah and I had an extended time with the children in the assembly.  So to start off we sang Great Big God followed by Giants of Faith.  I then went on to do the fiery furnace story using the trick we have bought ready for holiday club.  I concluded that part with saying just how much God looks after us and protects us.  Sarah then took it a stage further by asking out a couple of children, she asked one of them to count the hairs on the other ones head.  This led to her saying that God knows all about us including the number of hairs on our head which is truly amazing.  This led to us singing Touch a Finger followed by Wonderful Lord in which we said a short prayer and finished with the Lord's Prayer.

Crosthwaite - Gary with Alberts postcard.

Today at Crosthwaite we had been asked to take Gary along.  Gary hasn't made very many appearances this year in schools.  We got asked to sing Great Big God by one of the teachers as the children had been singing it on the playground.  Gary had been given a postcard from his friend Albert who was on a cruise round the Med.  He had been to some wonderful places many of which Gary wanted to go to as well so he interrupted Sarah all the time.  At the end Sarah talked about Pentecost and the coming of the Holy Spirit, and about how after that time the gospel message started to spread to the very places Albert had visited.  We concluded the assembly by singing Shine followed by a prayer.

Croftlands Juniors - Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego holiday club launch

This morning we did the assembly at Croftlands Juniors.  We thought that as it was the day we launched holiday club to the children we would sing an old favourite - Great Big God.  We displayed the poster to the children and then I started to tell the story of the fiery furnace with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.  I used the magic prop that I had bought for the holiday club to help tell the story.  There were a few surprised faces when the trick was over.  We followed this by talking about how God protects us and looks after us which led very nicely into Wonderful Lord.

Broughton School - thinking of how God looks after us - Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego

Today I went along to Broughton School for the assembly.  I had decided to try out the Daniel 3 story using the magic trick that I bought as a way of practice ready for the holiday club.  The story is of the big statue that the king builds and he expects everyone to bow down to it including Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego - they say no and it leads to them being thrown into the fiery furnace.  The trick lends itself well to the telling of the story.  The message was simple in that God protects us from all kinds of things in the world and the song Wonderful Lord reflects that in it's words which is what we sang at the end.