Children's Liturgy, Sunday August 10th 2008
Sunday
August 10th 2008
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In today's Gospel (Matthew 14: 22-33), Jesus tells the disciples to get
into a boat without him. The weather becomes bad and they are afraid.
He comes to them, walking on the water, but they are unsure if he is a
ghost. When they cry out, Jesus tells them not to be frightened. At this,
Peter asks Jesus to call him to him, saying he, Peter, will walk on the
water, too.
He begins, but loses his nerve and begins to sink. Jesus saves him and
they both enter the boat. The wind drops. The disciples are amazed, saying
surely, Jesus is the son of God.
Jesus asks Peter why he doubted.
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Two
children, Tsitsi and Mwaita, acted out how dogs are trained. They showed
the commands for sit, stay, stand and come, using a 'clicker' to reward
the 'dog' as it obeyed. They were brave enough to give a demonstration
back in church. Do you think this was like walking on water? Most of us
would have been too afraid to take this chance!
Well-trained dogs do as they are told. They always recognise their owners
and do the same thing when the command is the same.
God gives us freedom to have faith and follow Jesus' teaching- or not.
Peter wanted to show his faith by walking on water like Jesus. If we had
enough faith, we would be able to act for God- but sometimes we don't.
The important thing is to keep on trying and to ask God for help. Peter
was a trier. Hurray!
The older children thought about how we are different from trained animals.
What does it mean to have freedom, to grow frightened and to have doubts?How
does freedom make us feel about God? How do we grow and change?Should
we always seek rewards ? Do we get them?Why did God give us freedom? |
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The
younger children made dogs which looked like our mascot, Frankie.
Just when
you thought the flood had retreated, we put our 'Frankies' on our alternative
Ark. |
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