Elizabeth’s Story
On Thursday 5th December, the children headed up to the village church of St. Giles to attend this terms Schools Together event, along with the children and staff of Biggin C of E Primary school.
This event was based around the story of Elizabeth. At the start, the children joined in with a song about the magnitude of God’s love. Afterwards, we listened to two Bible readings: Luke 1v26-48 and Luke 2v1-7.
We then travelled back in time approximately 2000 years to the time of Jesus birth and pretended to arrive at Elizabeth’s kitchen, where we met Elizabeth and listened to her story recounting events that she witnessed.
Afterwards, children were invited to choose an “Explore Zone” where they could delve into the story further.
The children created “Thank You” prayers to God and messages to God asking for things they need help with. They also created star decorations for their Christmas tree and retold the story using practical resources. All of these reflected on Elizabeth’s story.
All the children. and many of the adults, enjoyed a biscuit break, kindly made for us by Katie kitchen in the shape of a star to represent fulfillment of a promise that God’s chosen person would bring peace, healing, and forgiveness to the world.
The final part of the morning was spent making links between Luke 1:26-48 about the birth of Jesus being a reason for great joy and celebrations:
‘The angel said, “Don ‘t be afraid! Look! I bring good news to you – wonderful, joyous news for all people.”
