Children’s Talk: Practising the Basics
I was reading this week about a minister in the States who was promoting an event at his church called ‘Big Surprise Sunday’. He kept the congregation in suspense for four weeks. One member of the church asked if they were having a guest speaker. Another asked if they...
You Can Hear Them Shouting – A Palm Sunday Story
You Can Hear Them Shouting. A Palm Sunday story by John W. Mann Once upon a time, a long time ago there was a girl whose name was Miriam. Miriam was 10 years old and she lived with her mother and father and her three older brothers in a small village called...
The Parable of the 2 Youth Workers
The Parable of the 2 Youth Workers In a land far, far away…in a land that time had forgot called Glasgow, there lived two youth workers. They couldn’t be any more different from one another and they had different levels of success. The first got his first job working...
Children’s Talk: Jesus and Rules
Jesus knew that the old rules – that were made up to help people – weren’t working, and were actually hurting people. He tells the religious leaders that it’s time to remember why the rules were there in the first place.
Assembly: Labels and Valuing Others
A high school assembly exploring the theme of valuing others and the labels we sometimes reduce people to.