Children's Liturgy, Sunday July 6th 2008
Noah's
Ark
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Today, we began our Summer project, Noah's Ark. |
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We
listened to Noah's story.
We find the story of Noah in the Book of Genesis, Chapter 6. It is one
of several stories in the Bible which show how people worry about evil
in the world. By telling this story, the Israelites explained how they
thought God would want to wipe out bad things every so often. One person
who was pleasing to God would then be asked to carry on in a new way.
In the story, Noah was someone who believed in God and co-operated with
God to save the world. He did as God asked him, building the Ark, which
is a large boat, even though it may have seemed a silly thing to do before
the water came.
He was told to take his familyaboard the boat he had made, along with
pairs of every living creature, so that when the flood waters finally
disappeared, all life could begin again in a world which would be as God
wanted it to be. |
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In
the New Testament, we realise that Jesus is the person who really does
come from God to make it possible for everyone to be with God in the way
God wants.
The Ark story has shown how much people longed in their hearts for his
coming, even before they knew he would come.
In our hearts, we all feel uneasy about bad things in the world- but we
know Jesus came to make all things new between us and God. |
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