What is your God like?

Our hall display has been changed again to encourage us to reflect on what God is like and what this means to us in our personal relationship with him.

It also helps us to reflect on how we should be to others.






Jesus gives us a clear sense of direction of how we should relate to others when he reminds us of the most important aspects of the commandments:


“‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”


As we continue to consider our theme of HOPE this week we focus on what it is for us to prosper and to have HOPE not just as individuals, but also as a community.

The  opportunity to take a few moments to reflect on the characteristics of God and how important these are in our relationships with each other would seem to be a good starting point for what leads to prosperity and to HOPE,  both in our own lives and the lives of those we are called to treat as neighbours.
 

Wake and shake with a difference

On Friday our year 6 pupils celebrated the end of the formal aspects of their national assessment tests by leading our morning wake and shake session in their pyjamas!

The session was great fun and certainly got the whole school in a positive and upbeat mood for the rest of the day.

Great to see so many parents joining in as well - although not such a commitment to some of the actions as the children!

 

 

Creative story telling

As part of our work on 'Who is a Christian and What do they believe?' we heard the story of Zacchaeus from a story box. We then had the chance to respond to the story in a creative way with paint, chalk, creating models etc. We thought about why this story is important to Christians. We considered how the story relates to our own lives in that we do wrong and need forgiveness from God and others. We also linked this to the idea of having hope that God will always forgive us when we are sorry.

Year 1 Farm trip

This week our year 1 children enjoyed a wonderful trip to a local farm park. They had the opportunity to see, learn and experience so many things. The opportunity to touch and be up close to many different animals brought great excitement.  An excellent day was had by all and many great memories created I am sure.

Ascension day service

Yesterday in church we celebrated the Ascension of Jesus into heaven and thought about the fact that Jesus is still with us in our everyday lives. We also considered the day to day impact of  the gift of His Holy Spirit and how this makes a difference in our relationship with God and with each other.

 

The illustration used to demonstrate the Ascension was quite original! I am not sure that I have ever seen a picture of Jesus stuck to a STOMP rocket and then fired up into the church ceiling!  It certainly will be a lasting memory and one that the children will undoubtedly be talking about at home today.

 

It was also great to have members of our brass group playing at the start and end of the services, as well as having readings and prayers from our year 1 and year 2 classes and year 5.  As ever the contribution of the children makes our services very special indeed.