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Sunday School
We have a Sunday School in Weobley at
the Parish Church on the 2nd 3rd and 4th Sundays of
the month. The 1st Sunday is a family service designed
to be suitable for children staying in church and on
any 5th Sunday we have a joint service with the other
six churches in our group, moving round them so that
we all get a chance to enjoy each of the churches.
The children who come to Sunday School start in the
congregation with everyone else and then after the opening
hymn they go back to the Tower Room with a teacher and
at least one adult assistant. The teaching is Bible
based and the children follow up the lesson and discussion
by drawing or modelling or some such activity. Children
of any age are welcome and the teacher will adapt the
lesson to suit them. If a parent wants to come in with
a child that's just fine. The children and adults rejoin
the congregation in time to go up to the altar to receive
Communion or a blessing. After the service we chat over
a drink and a biscuit.
This term we are following the theme used in many services
of Nine Lessons and Carols, to show the background to
Christmas. We started with Creation. When God makes
something, anything, it is GOOD. Has to be if He makes
it! But when we look around at our world or at individuals
we see a lot that is not good. So we looked at the story
of Adam and Eve and thought about how people mess up.
Then on from individuals to whole societies living with
false values; this took us to the story of Noah and
the flood. From there we thought about how we could
get back to the Good that God planned. We'd need help!
We thought about what a perfect world might be like
and saw what Isaiah had to say about that. Our list
wasn't so very different from his. Who could help? We
learned the word Messiah and learned about David, the
great Shepherd King. Would the Messiah be like that?
Well, not quite, David had a man's faults, too, but
we found out who Jesse was and what David had to do
with Bethlehem so when we come to sing our Christmas
carols they'll make more sense now! Then we heard about
the message preached by John the Baptist. Now we're
getting really close to the birth of the Messiah…
If you'd like to talk about Sunday
School do email The Rev Bob King at: bobking@weobleyandstaunton.co.uk
Or just come along one Sunday at 10.30
to the Parish Church. You'd be very welcome.
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