When I took on this job I was left a large youthwork legacy, and one aspect of that was an opening in Bures C of E Primary School to come in and do assemblys every other week. Having been gently inducted into the ways of the school and introduced to all the children last term, today was the first day I went in to do an assembly.
Praying about these assemblies, I was aware that this demographic was very different to what I was used to. Small primary schoolers, sitting in rows, singing Christian choruses and smiling lots couldn't be further from own teaching experiences, with 16-18 year olds. Some students you were lucky even to get their heads off the tables! But somehow I'm more comfortable with that...
However I roped in our youthwork co-ordinator, Liz, with all her youthie smarts and we decided to try a collaboration with a local youthwork organisation called Future Vision. They run Open The Book (dramatised bible storytelling initiative) all around the area and came on board with us. God's guiding us to them has been such a blessing!
This morning the Future Vision rep, Lesley, turns up with a screen depicting the stages of creation, animal masks for the children, bird puppets, a bucket of dirt, flowers on sticks, a big felt whale and much more to help us to tell the story of creation! Needless to say, it went down really well. Thank you God and thank you Future Vision – we love you!
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