This week our assembly theme has focused on our hopes for
peace. We have taken the time to consider what peace means and also what it
does not mean, in a number of different scenarios.
On Monday we thought about how God can help bring peace into
our lives, taking the story of Jesus’ calming of the storm as an illustration
of how God can intervene in a situation. We had great fun acting this out and
adding sound effects to the story, particularly the part were the disciples
begin to panic and try to wake Jesus up. 500 children shouting ‘ wake up’ at
the top of their voices certainly wasn’t an illustration of peace!
In today’s assembly some of the year 6 children will be
leading our reflections and prayers as we take time to think of the places and
people that do not experience peace in our world at this time. They have been
very enthusiastic in their research and in the things that they wanted to say.
What they have prepared is a very powerful insight into the needs of our world,
but also it provides a very clear focus for us in our prayers and in our
reflections on how to be ‘ channels of God’s peace’. I will be sharing their
PowerPoint on the website as part of the information available to parents with
regards this terms assembly theme.
We have also created a ‘wall of peace’ in the main hall to
which each class has contributed. This captures of hopes for peace in so many
different ways and locations.
