Tag Archives: school assembly

The One About Looking Longingly

As I sat in the school, I couldn’t work out why everyone was looking in longingly in my direction, but then everything became clear as I remembered that it looked like I was holding a box of chocolates. When I opened … Continue reading

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The one about the Ofsted Inspection

I can’t remember the last time that I had more than one teacher tell me ‘that theme was so appropriate for today’ following a school assembly. When this happened a few days ago, it was such an encouraging end to a … Continue reading

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A creative assembly or church talk for children about the trinity and the incarnation

Some people find it difficult to think of Jesus as God. This is a simple illustration that helps me and is useful for school assemblies or talks in church. Look at the mug in the picture. What do you suppose … Continue reading

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Forgiveness sets us free

I recently talked at a local secondary school assembly about forgiveness. I used some clips from the film spiderman 3 to help think about why I think forgiveness is important. In the film, Peter finds out that the man who … Continue reading

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