6 November 2022

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Bible readings for today

• Haggai 1:15b–2:9 
• Psalm 145:1-5,16-20 or Psalm 98 
• 2 Thess 2:1-5,13-17
• Luke 20:27-38 

Collect

God of new beginnings, 
you hold life and death in your hands; 
may our hope in your power and love 
strengthen us to live creatively, 
not fearing the future, 
but knowing that in the end all shall be well; 
through the Risen Christ, 
who is alive and reigns with you, 
in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Thankful (2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17)

Memory verse 

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Luke 20:27-38

Talk with children

Do you ever get referred to as someone’s brother or sister? Or as so and so’s friend? (pause for answers) Well, growing up, I was always called Bill and Jill’s daughter, or Gwen’s sister and it wasn’t often that people knew me for me. In today’s story, the Sadducees asked Jesus whose wife the woman would be in heaven. What did Jesus say? (pause) Jesus said that she would be known as herself and not in relation to anyone else. You have been created by God for a unique purpose, and God loves you because of who you are, and not who you are related to or friends with. Isn’t that amazing?

Group poster

What I add to the body of Christ

What you need
A big piece of paper, pens, crayons, glue, magazines and scissors.

What to do
Choose a volunteer to lay down on the paper. Trace around them. This is the outline for the poster. 
Next, get the children to decorate the body by writing/drawing/sticking anything that they do as part of the body of Christ. Eg, paint, play soccer well, help their friends with school work. Be as broad as you like!

Game

This game is similar to 'fruit salad'

​Get the children to sit in a circle of chairs facing inwards. The leader stands in the middle and chooses four body parts. (eg feet, hands, eyes and mouths) give all the children a body part to be. There should be more than one person as each body part. The leader then calls out one of the body parts (eg hands) and all the hands have to get up and change seats. The leader needs to try and get a seat too. The person who doesn’t get a seat, calls out another body part and the sequence is repeated. At any time, the person in the middle has another option, they can call out ‘Body Parts” and everyone has to get up and change seats.