W/C 5th September

We have been thinking about the new school year this week in worship. 

On Monday we watched the two videos below about starting school, which you can find below. We thought about which one was most like us ad how we could help ourselves and each other. We also considered what Jesus would say and do. 

Prayer for the day:

Dear God,​
Help us to understand that we are part of a bigger picture.​
May we try to do our best in everything, regardless of whether it appears to be important or not.​
We thank you for all those people who play a part in our lives and we ask that we may appreciate all that they do.​
Amen.

On Thursday we thought about our community. We listened to two stories. One about St. Paul's Cathedral and one about the Enormous Turnip. We thought about what both stories have in common. We then considered who is important in our community and recognised that although we all have different roles to play and different levels of responsibility we are all equally important. We also asked Mrs Cranfield to pop in and say hello to tell her how important she is as she cooks our lunches! We then all places blue glass pebbles in a bowl to represent our community and that we are all equally important. When we leave, we will be given on of the blue pebbles to take away. 

St Paul's Cathedral

Over 300 years ago, Sir Christopher Wren, the architect who designed the majestic St Paul’s Cathedral in London, was visiting to see how work was progressing. There was a lot of work still to be done, but things were taking shape and he spoke to some of the workers as he walked through the building.​
‘What are you doing?’ he asked one man who was busy working with a mallet and chisel.​
‘Oh, I am carving a leaf on the base of this pillar,’ he replied.​
‘What are you doing?’ Wren asked another man, who was busy spreading mortar over part of the floor.​
‘I am laying some tiles on this floor,’ he responded.​
‘And what about you?’ Wren inquired of a man who was busy mixing something.​
‘See those stonemasons over there?’ the man replied. ‘I am mixing the mortar so that they can fix the keystone into that arch.’​
Then, Wren approached a man who was sweating over a rough lump of stone that he was hammering into a roughly rectangular shape. When Wren asked the man what he was doing, the man stood up and stretched his aching back.​
‘Why,’ the man replied, casting his eyes about him, ‘I am building a cathedral.’

Although this man was simply shaping stones for the skilled stonemasons to work with, he understood that he had an important part to play in the building of the cathedral. He saw the bigger picture. His job may not have been as skilled as some of the other workers, but it was no less important. Without him doing his part, the cathedral would not have been built.

Prayer for the day:

Dear God,​
Help us to understand that we are part of a bigger picture.​
May we try to do our best in everything, regardless of whether it appears to be important or not.​
We thank you for all those people who play a part in our lives and we ask that we may appreciate all that they do.​
Amen.