Children's Liturgy Sunday, January 24th 2010
In today's Gospel (Luke !:1-4, 4:14-21), we hear Jesus
telling people why he has come- to bring "Good news to the poor,
to proclaim liberty to captives and new sight to the blind; to free
the oppressed..."
We spent some time thinking about what this meant and how we would
tell everyone good news today.
We decided to produce our own newspapers.
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We wrote our own articles, first of all about
the poor:
Who are the poor today?
What would we like to do to help?
Do we, ourselves, ever feel poor?
When do we feel rich?
What would we like to give and receive in our lives?
We thanked God for the things we have. |
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| We thought about ways of not being free:
Who do we know of who is not free?
When do we feel free?
When do we feel we are not free?
How can we be free?
How can we help other people be free?
We thanked God for the freedom that we have.
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We thought of ways of not seeing clearly:
Who do we know who cannot see? Does this mean being blind literally, or
are there other ways of not seeing?
When do we feel we cannot see?
How can we see more clearly and how can we help other people see?
We said we were sorry for the times we didn't see. |
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Jesus says he comes to help people who get
pushed around:
Who do we know of in this position?
When do we feel pushed around? Why is this?
Do we ever try to push others around?
What can we do when we feel pushed?
How can we help others who feel pushed around?
We said we were sorry for times we have done the pushing. |
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| The younger children made television screens
to tell their good news. |
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| When we went back into church, we pretended
to be newspaper sellers, shouting,"Read all about it!" Some
children wore caps. It was very exciting and a little scary being allowed
to shout in church! |
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