Children's Liturgy, Sunday September 21st 2008.
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Sunday
September 21st 2008
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we introduced a new idea at our church.Some children waited with our Saint
Francis cross at the back of the church, in the narthex. As people arrived,
they were invited to leave 'post-it' notelets on the cross, with the names
or initials of anyone for whom they would like prayers during our mass.
At the offertory procession, some children carried the cross to the altar.
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The
Wonderful Harvest Pie!
We all like to think we are more deserving. We are anxious about receiving
enough love, so we grow worried when new people turn up in our families
at home and in God's family.
Today, Jesus tells a story which explains that, to God, everyone is
welcome. No matter when we accept God's love in our lives or in the
history of the world, we are all equal. (Mattew 20: 1-16.)
Throughout history, God has called different groups of workers to the
vineyard: Abraham and his family; Moses and his people (we can hear
about them in the Old Testament) and now Jesus wants his disciples to
know that God invites all the nations of the world.
We talked about how we feel when late-comers seem to be receiving more.
New members of our football club might be chosen over us to play for
the match. Younger brothers and sisters might seem to be getting more
attention, just because they are younger.
We are not satisfied with the share we are given; it only seems this
big when we are afraid- |
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we realise that when we really need our Mums and Dads, they are always
there for us; we really have THIS much- |
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Mums and Dads love us just as much when new brothers and sisters arrive.
There isn't just one amount of love to go round- love grows so that all
the love is given to all of us.
We are able to feel this sometimes, when the world seems wonderful. Some
children wrote in the fruit shapes of the pie about times when they felt
they had the whole world. Somebody felt this way when they went to Pioneer
Camp. One of the leaders felt like this each time one of her children
was born. |
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talked about how God's love is the most wonderful love of all- and is
there for all of us all the time, if we could only realise that. Here
is the wonderful harvest pie of love; all the pie is inside every bit.
The younger children drew or coloured the fruits on the outside. |
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