More ideas for Remembrance

At our lunchtime collective worship club we talked about Remembrance in preparation for the actual collective worship next week.

We made large poppies from tissue paper to put on our collective worship board.

Cut out 4 large heart shaped pieces

 Hold the petals together in a rough poppy shape by scrunching the bases

Secure the base of each petal together using a green pipe cleaner to make a stalk

Stick a black dot or button in the centre or draw on with black marker pen.

I cut out red petal shapes and each child took some from a bowl as they arrived and sat down.

We listened to Emilie Sandie’s version of Abide With Me from the Olympics Opening Ceremony and I invited them to place their petals on the card to make a cross.

We then lit a candle to represent our prayers for peace. The children decided we should put the poppy petal cross on our reflective area.

I think that this would work with any age group.

More Remembrance ideas can be found here:

http://www.pinterest.com/barbarameardon/remembrance-with-children-and-families/

Submitted by Barbara Meardon

Remembrance

Thoughts about Remembrance for school, Messy church, Sunday groups or church

Cut out 4 large red petal shapes from card and a black circle for the centre hold or pin up the shapes to show that they make a poppy

Cut out individual letters P-O-P-P-Y

Place P-O-P-Y at the centre of each petal and replace the centre black spot with the O

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P for Praise: we offer praise to God who loves us and cares for us, even in difficult times.

O for Offering: we are thankful for those soldiers who bravely offered their lives, fighting in wars to try and make others safe.

P for Prayer: we pray for the safety of those still serving in wars, we pray for those who have lost friends and loved ones, and we pray for those who have been injured.

P for Peace: Remembrance Day does not celebrate or glorify war, but remembers it and the importance of us continuing to pray for peace.

Y for You:  You can make the choice to bring peace to your own life and the life of those around you. You can pray for God’s peace to guide and comfort you. We all play a part in keeping the memory of war, of bravery and suffering. We also need to remember to play a part in caring for those who are bereaved or injured. Our lives, and our actions may also hold the key to a more peaceful future. We, together are offering praise and prayer to God and hoping for peace.


Submitted by Barbara Meardon

The Christmas Scale

To all you tired children and young people’s workers and clergy out there…

It is such a busy time of year for all of us but, if you can, do take 2 and a half minutes to stop and watch this short movie from Igniter Media, a great American company who create short movies, PowerPoint backgrounds etc for churches.

www.ignitermedia.com/mini-movies/2667/The-Christmas-Scale?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=mainad-2667&utm_campaign=120412

I’ve used quite a few of their seasonal materials - you can use The Christmas Scale as a preview but if you want to use it in church do pay the very reasonable download price. Have a look through the rest of the website, too.

With Christmas blessings, Barbara Meardon