Croftlands Infants School

Just got back from the Infants school. The day started with a number of children greeting me with Hi Mark...can we sing Our God is a Great Big God. How can you refuse that. Sarah wasn't with me today as her wheelchair is out of action. This was met with concerns from both the staff and the children. However I took a long with me the crow and the hedgehog and talked about how God listens to us. We don't have to shout and make a lot of noise like the crow does we just need to talk quitely and God always listens to us. We then finished off with Great Great Brill Brill as the words tell the children that God always hears us when we talk to him.

1st Duddon Cub Scout Group

We have had a great time tonight. Sarah and I got asked to talk to the Cubs as they are doing a World Faith Badge. We was not really sure what to do or even what to expect - so we went and introduced ourselves to the children and told them a little about what we did as Christians. We had a Scruff the Dog slot followed by a talk from Sarah about watching what we say, we sang some lively songs, we told a story from the Bible in a modern way which we got the children to help us with by dressing up as characters from the story. I did some magic tricks about God's promise never fails and then I gave them a short message about God's love. We sang some more songs and ended with Wonderful Lord. I didn't dress as Bertie the Clown but I told the children about him and about why we do what we do - because we love God so much and He loves us so much that we just want to tell people about him. Sarah and I really enjoyed ourselves and feel that some more very presious seeds have been sown again tonight so please pray for those little ones that the seeds will start to grow.

Low Furness School

Half term is over. Had a great time away with the family in Wales. Today I went to Low Fueness School while Sarah who had rather a bad sleepless night stayed in bed (also recovering from the long drive home on Saturday). Did a game of Simon Says with a few children out front. I used it to demonstrate that we shouldn't always do what people tell us to do - particularly if it is wrong. So I did the usual Simon Says this Simon Says that then I said Simon Says go and smash that window, and Simon Says draw on the wall. I then told them the story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego from Daniel 3. The children responded very well to the story laughing at bits of it to. We finished off with the Chicken Dance song.

Low Furness School

Just got back from Low Furness School having done an assembly there. Today we focused on what we say - that is not what we say Mark and Sarah/Jester for Jesus BUT what we say you get the idea I'm sure. Anyway it involved a tube of toothpaste and it got a bit messing. But we got the message across to the children that they should be careful what they say as you can't put back into your mouth the words that we speak out - just like you can't put toothpaste back into the tube. The bible verse we used was from Psalm 19:14.

Croftlands Junior School

Hi a day or so late but hey.

Tuesday I went to the Junior school to do the assembly. I am always trilled when the children respond to us in the way they do. The love us going into the school and singing with them and telling them stories. I makes us feel really blessed that we are being a part of their education and introducing them to God. What a great job I have that enables me to work part-time in my school and be able to go into other schools with the gospel message. Praise God! He is Great and truly blessing Sarah and I.

Croftlands Infant School Assembly

Yesterday Sarah and I went back into the infant school. It was the first time this year. The warm welcome we recieve from both the staff and pupils is just great. Our theme was about protection and about how God can, will and does protect us. We dressed a few of the children up in safety equipment and talk about each piece in relation to what it protects. We ended with Wonderful Lord and prayed God's protection on the school. We will be doing the same talk to the Juniors today.

Low Furness CE School

A Happy New Year to all our supporters and friends.

Today we went into Low Furness School to do an assembly for them (they have OFSTED in so please pray for the staff and pupils). We had a great time with the children singing Be Happy, Our God then did a talk about How God protects us. We also showed a video clip about Moses and how God protected him on the river. We followed this with Wonderful Lord and a prayer. I think the OFSTED person liked it and the staff were so grateful for what we had done.

Also today contacted the Croftlands Schools and got some dates for assemblies this coming term. Check website in a few days to see the dates.

God Bless.