{"id":17790,"date":"2026-10-23T10:34:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T10:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hartington.derbyshire.sch.uk\/?p=17790"},"modified":"2026-10-23T10:35:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T10:35:42","slug":"schools-together-monday-19th-october-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hartington.derbyshire.sch.uk\/?p=17790","title":{"rendered":"Schools together \u2013 Monday 19th October 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This afternoon the children have been to St. Giles\u2019 Church in Hartington for our autumn schools together, with children from Biggin C of E Primary school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The theme of today\u2019s gathering was \u2018Jesus is the light of the world\u2019. Children listened to the reading from the Bible John 8:12;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Once again Jesus spoke to the people. This time he said, \u201cI am the light for the world! Follow me, and you won’t be walking in the dark. You will have the light that gives life.\u201d\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Focusing on the memory verse \u2018Jesus said, \u201cI am the light of the world\u201d John 8:12, the children took part in a carousel of activities. There were tealight holders created, light bulb prayers and \u2018Jesus is the light\u2019 books to colour. All the children had the opportunity to engage in each of these, before taking their creations home at the end of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Together we all sang \u2018My Lighthouse\u2019 taking part in the actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The session was concluded by Reverend Nicola, who engaged us all in prayer, sharing some of the light bulb prayers the children had created today. The lights were switched off so we were in the glow of the tealights, helping us to focus on today’s message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Without light it\u2019s hard to see and find the way in the dark. It\u2019s easy to get lost and go the wrong way. Darkness can make us feel nervous and afraid. Seeds need warmth to germinate and light for saplings to grow. So light is important because it helps people to see, to find the way, to feel less afraid, and it is necessary for things to live.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bible says that Jesus is Light. Christians believe that Jesus helps his followers to find their way in life, and his presence in their life can help them feel less afraid and alone in difficult (dark) times. Christians believe that through Jesus death and resurrection, Jesus gives eternal life to all who believe in and follow him.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This afternoon the children have been to St. Giles\u2019 Church in Hartington for our autumn schools together, with children from Biggin C of E Primary school. The theme of today\u2019s gathering was \u2018Jesus is the light of the world\u2019. Children listened to the reading from the Bible John 8:12; \u2018Once again Jesus spoke to the … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17831,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hartington.derbyshire.sch.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hartington.derbyshire.sch.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hartington.derbyshire.sch.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartington.derbyshire.sch.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartington.derbyshire.sch.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17790"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartington.derbyshire.sch.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17846,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartington.derbyshire.sch.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17790\/revisions\/17846"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartington.derbyshire.sch.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hartington.derbyshire.sch.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartington.derbyshire.sch.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hartington.derbyshire.sch.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}