6 August 2023

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Bible readings for today

• Genesis 32:22-31
• Psalm 17:1-7,15
• Romans 9:1-5
• Matthew 14:13-21

Collect

Generous God,
your love is overflowing.
Enable us to trust in the abundance of your love;
help us to multiply the blessings you give,
for you are the one that fulfils all our needs.
Through Jesus Christ our Liberator,
ho is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
​one God, now and for ever. Amen

Five loaves and two fish (Matthew 14:13-21)

Today's reading tells the story of the miracle of the loaves and fishes

Interactive prayer mat

Accordion fish craft

A great little interactive prayer activity from Flame Creative Children's Ministry. The full activity instructions can be found here.

A fun craft idea from Krokotak, the full instructions can be found here.

Media

​Saddleback Kids has created a little video recounting how Jesus fed the 5,000 with five loaves and 2 fish.

A beautiful animation of the feeding of the five thousand, from Max7.org. This is a wordless video so it works across audiences, languages and ages. Free to download and use. ​