Church Walk Primary School

This morning I did the assembly at Church Walk School.  As we are running up to the holidays and Holiday Club I decided to show the first instalment of the video for  this year.  Then I explained what we do at Holiday Club.  The story this year is about Joseph.  At the end we sang Great Big God as God held Joseph in his hands and likewise he holds us all in his hands.  To finish I said a short prayer. 

Penny Bridge Academy

This afternoon Sarah, myself and some of the 2018 transition team have been at Penny Bridge doing the transition lesson and assembly with year 6.  We started with the lesson for an hour before doing the assembly to the whole school.  The whole thing went well.

Broughton School

This morning I went over to do the assembly at Broughton School.  It really was great to see all the children again after such a long time (first visit of 2018).  I started with Be Happy, then I did the Cecil the Sheep story from the Lost Sheep company.  Afterwards I asked if they knew what type of story it was that Jesus had told - parable.  I explained what a parable was in that it is an earthly story with a heavenly meaning.  I then asked them who the sheep represent if the shepherd is God - someone said people that do things wrong which is true in the case of the lost sheep, someone else said all of us.  I went on to explain just how much God loves us and like the shepherd wants the best for us - his love is so big that he sent Jesus to earth to die for us.  I then asked if they knew just how big God's love is and someone said bigger than a burger - cue for a song.  After the song I said a short prayer.

Pennington School

This afternoon Sarah and I went to do the assembly at Pennington School.  As a number of the children have in the past come along to our Holiday Club at Croftlands we decided to advertise it during the assembly by showing part 1 of the video.  We then explained when the club is and how to book on line before singing Great Big God - this linked in with the theme for holiday club as it is about Joseph and despite all the highs and lows he went through God was holding him in his hands.  To finish Sarah said a short prayer.

Newton Primary School

This morning Sarah and I went to Newton School for the assembly.  After singing Be Happy I told the story of Moses sending the spies into the promised land.  I displayed some pictures as I recalled the story.  Before I started I explained that at this time of year we do assemblies on our own and sometimes with others to year the children move up through the school and year 6 children as the move to secondary school.  So during the story as the spies came back 10 said that there was problems with the land so as I said what the problem was like too many buildings, different food, funny languages (things that year 6 children might come across in secondary school - not biblical excuses) Sarah (being Moses) replied with a good positive response.  She then explained that it might be a bit scary to change school or just change class and year group - she then recalled Joshua 1:9 to the children which talks about being strong and courageous and not to be afraid for God is with us where ever we go.  We then finished off with God can do Anything.  Sarah finished the assembly with a prayer and then just because it is the last one of the year the Chicken Dance.

Crosthwaite School

This afternoon Sarah and I went over to Crosthwaite School for the assembly.  After singing Inright Outright which links back to Easter I did a recap of our last assembly plus the events of Easter.  I told the story showing some pictures as I did so about what happened at Pentecost.  Afterwards I got a sheet of laminate which I had painted brown and a sponge and tried to clean off the paint - it didn't work.  So I soaked it in water and when I lifted it out I asked the children did it look any different - no was the answer.  Now I could clean the paint off.  I explained that the water inside the sponge enabled the sponge to do the job it was intended to do.  Just like the Holy Spirit filling up and soaking into Christians enables them to do what Jesus intended for us to do - tell people about him - just as Peter did on the day of Pentecost.  Sarah then continued to explain that Peter was shinning from the inside out.  Cue for a song.  After the song Sarah finished with a prayer. 

Low Furness School

This morning Sarah and I went along to Low Furness School for the assembly.  The theme for today was Pentecost.  After singing Inright Outright which links back to Easter I did a recap of our last assembly plus the events of Easter.  I told the story showing some pictures as I did so about what happened at Pentecost.  Afterwards I got a sheet of laminate which I had painted brown and a sponge and tried to clean off the paint - it didn't work.  So I soaked it in water and when I lifted it out I asked the children did it look any different - no was the answer.  Now I could clean the paint off.  I explained that the water inside the sponge enabled the sponge to do the job it was intended to do.  Just like the Holy Spirit filling up and soaking into Christians enables them to do what Jesus intended for us to do - tell people about him - just as Peter did on the day of Pentecost.  Sarah then continued to explain that Peter was shinning from the inside out.  Cue for a song.  After the song Sarah finished with a prayer.