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I enjoyed this morning’s RE lesson as all the
activities were very active, not just written tasks.
I think the best part was the big question activity,
also I learnt a lot today; this have got to be one
of the best RE lessons ever!
The RE lesson was good
because we got closer to God
and it was fun. The lesson was
relaxing and calm and made
you feel peaceful. I think this is
the best RE lesson so far.
Without your light I
wouldn’t be here. I
wouldn’t have these
friends, I wouldn’t be in
this school, I wouldn’t be
this happy. Your light
brings joy to my life and
the lives of others. Your
lights is what I live for
and everything I need
Dear Lord,
Please send Jesus back to
us, we need his light
Amen
Dear Lord,
Come,
Save us
Stop war
Stop sadness
Stop hunger
Wipe away our sorrow
We are waiting Jesus
Dear God,
Save your people who
need rescuing and bring
happiness this special
time of year to the
people who need it.
Amen
P.S . Let it snow!
Where are you?
Do you live in
the modern world?
Where do
selfish prayers go?
Why did you let my
sister get cancer ?
Thank you for my
LIFE
I am thankful for
my family and friends as they
will love me
no matter what
I liked thinking about
the mistakes we made
and rubbing them off
the board like you are
making a fresh start
.. It helped me...especially when
we wrote about our worries and
put it in the green box and you
said you were going to burn it so
God will get it.
That helped me a lot to let my
worries out and I felt much better
because I felt awful at the time
so thank you
http://www.stopthetraffik.org/
I liked the tent
with bean bags
and cushions
because it was
nice to look at
the picture of
Jesus quietly
...it also made me think more about others..
It helped me to open my eyes.. to realise
what’s going on around me
Dear The NonExistent
Solve world
hunger
I dare you!
This showed that God brought light
to the world and that he would take
my prayer and let it shine
Dear God Please
help me find my
dad when I’m
older
Lord please let
people know they
are beautiful just
the way they are
It was like watching all your
prayers go up
Most of these ideas, and many more, are available free at this website
www.prayerspacesinschools.com
In this part of the PowerPoint, all instruction cards are immediately followed by
set up notes which can be laminated together on the back of the instruction
cards for future reference. If appropriate, following the set up notes, there are
additional slides for display with that particular station
“ If you could ask God one question,
what would it be?”
Write it on the cardboard ......
Big Question set up notes:
This activity allows pupils to express the questions they’d like to ask God. It’s really simple and
usually one of the favourites.
Some of the questions will be simple, others silly, others profound and even heartbreaking.
It’s important that any question is accepted (with the obvious exception of offensive material)
and that pupils don’t feel like there should be ”an answer” to their question. Sometimes we
just don’t know.
If you can , transfer these questions to the staff room at the end of your prayer space – the
staff will be moved by, and interested in what their pupils are expressing.
Equipment:
•String
• Bits of Cardboard
•Somewhere to hang them such as tree branches
Look at the pictures and words on the wall.
If there is something you want to say sorry to God for, write it
on the blackboard.
Now read the Bible verse on the wall and then wipe the slate
clean.
Believe that God has forgiven you.
Being Sorry set up notes:
Images and words to help people consider things to be sorry
for.
Equipment:
•Images of people doing things wrong (ie arguing) on the
wall
•Words to go with the images (e.g. anger, frustration).
•Mini Blackboards
•Chalk
•Separate card with Acts 3.19 on wall
Being sorry
Being sorry
Being sorry
Being sorry
Acts 3:19
(The Message)
Being sorry
Read the newspaper headlines about problems in
the countries around the world.
Write prayers on the post it notes and stick them
on or near the country you are praying for.
Pray for the world set up notes:
Display the world map and any information and newspapers along
with the pens and post it notes.
This is a great place to include information a bout the charity work
the school is involved with, partner schools in other countries or
other overseas links the pupils may have. Pupils will more readily
identify with overseas connections they already know.
You could also display recent news articles connected to the
countries to encourage prayers for those situations.
Equipment:
• Large world map
• Post it notes
• Pens
• Newspaper headlines
What makes your life good?
What are you thankful for right now ?
Write one thing you are thankful for on a heart
shape and add it to the board.
Set up notes:
Arrange the noticeboard/ cross shape somewhere easily reachable so that people can read
what others have written. You might want to decorate the board in bright colour or with
images of things to be thankful for (this is especially helpful with younger age groups).
Have heart shaped notes and pens nearby with the instruction card.
Students write on the heart shaped notes things for which they are thankful. You may want
to cast an eye over what’s posted from time to time to check for anything inappropriate.
On or two inappropriate posting can inspire others to copy.
Equipment:
•Notice board or cross shape
•Heart shaped pink paper cut outs
Human Trafficking is forcing, tricking or threatening people
to work for little or no pay. The person cannot leave, even if
they want to. Read the information about Trafficked
chocolate. What does Victor say?
Write a prayer or your thoughts on one of the paper strips.
Or you could just write your name as a way of saying “I
believe this is wrong”.
Add your link to the paper chain.
Stop the traffic set up notes:
Students read a story about Trafficked chocolate printed out on cards. They are invited to
respond by writing on paper strips with the STT Logo. Then staple to form paper chains.
Set up the space and display the stories around – you could hang them from a poles lay
them on table or the floor, or stick them to the walls, Start some paper chains so that
student can reach to add their link. Put some paper strips, pens and stapler on a table.
Equipment:
• Stories from Stop The Traffik chocolate
• Stapler
• Pens
• Somewhere to hang the chains.
Stop the Traffik
Chocolate unwrapped
Over a third of the cocoa that makes the world's chocolate comes from
the Ivory Coast, Africa. It's highly likely that the beans that make your
favourite chocolate bar come from here.
Thousands of boys as young as 10yrs old, from the Cote D'Ivoire and
neighbouring countries, are trafficked to pick and harvest these beans.
Their freedom is taken and they are forced to work long hours on the
cocoa plantations without receiving any money for their work. They are
beaten and work in dangerous conditions using machetes to open the
cocoa beans.
Victor, trafficked from Mali says:
"Tell your children that they have
bought something that I suffered to
make. When they are eating chocolate
they are eating my flesh"
Stop the Traffik
"We want traffik free chocolate!"
Since 2007, STOP THE TRAFFIK have been raising awareness about this issue and
together with activists from around the world we've been campaigning to the
chocolate industry to say "We want Traffik-Free Chocolate".
Join our campaign and enjoy chocolate without the bitter aftertaste. The first step is
to change your buying habits. Think about it, if your chocolate bar is Traffik-Free the
manufacturers are going to tell you, so look for labels like Fair-Trade, Rainforest
Alliance and UTZ certified.
Together we're changing an industry
We have already seen change, bowing to STOP THE TRAFFIK's campaign and
consumer power, five major chocolate manufacturers (Verkade, Swiss Noir, Cadbury,
Nestlé and Mars) now supply us with traffik-free chocolate bars.
However, there is still more to be done. We will not stop until trafficking has been
eliminated from all chocolate supply chains and every bar is traffik-free.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa15686731
A challenging video to watch
Stop the Traffik
Look in the mirror. What do you see ?
What are the things you like. What are the things you
don’t like ?
Do you know that you are beautiful in God's eyes ?
Tell yourself that as you look in the mirror, Or maybe
read out some of the things written around the room as
you stand.
Mirrors set up notes:
Create a space for this activity which is quiet and relatively secluded in relation to the
rest of the space. Hang the mirror and make sure the area is well it so pupils can see
themselves in the mirror but not so bright so to be uncomfortable.
Hang the positive quotes around the mirror and make sure the instruction card is clearly
visible. You might like to print the instruction text reversed so pupils have to look in the
mirror to read it.
Encourage students to use this area on their own, looking in the mirror, identifying
positive aspects of themselves and absorbing the quotes and works displayed around. It's
not really a spectator sport !
You’ll find this is one of the activities the students struggle with the most but that's’
exactly why it’s worth including .
Equipment:
•
Full length mirror
•
Positive quotes about image / self beauty
Genesis 1:27
God created humans in his own image and
God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.
Mirrors
Luke 12:6-7
Are not five
sparrows sold for
two pennies? Yet
not one of them
is forgotten by
God. Indeed, the
very hairs of
your head are all
numbered. Don't
be afraid; you
are worth more
than many
sparrows Mirrors
The Call of Jeremiah Chapter 1
The word of the LORD came to me,
saying, "Before I formed you in the womb I
knew you."
Mirrors
Psalm 139:13-16
You shaped me
first inside, then
out;
you formed me
in my mother's
womb
Mirrors
Body and
soul, I am
marvellously
made!
I worship in
adoration—
what a
creation!
Mirrors
You know
me inside
and out,
you know
every
bone in
my body;
Mirrors
You know exactly how I was made, how I was
sculpted from nothing into something
Mirrors
Like an open
book, you
watched me
grow from
conception to
birth; all the
stages of my
life were
spread out
before you,
The days of my
life all prepared
before I'd even
lived one day.
Mirrors
God says ‘You are
precious and honoured
in my sight’
Mirrors
God says 'I have loved you with an
everlasting love'
Mirrors
What’s on your mind? What are you worried
about? What do you need? Are there things you
want to see changed? Maybe there’s something
you want to say thank you for?
The bubbles in the lamp represent our thoughts
going up to God, who hears all our prayers.
Write the things you are thinking about on the
paper and lay them round the bubble tube.
Bubble lamp set up notes:
Set up the bubble tube and leave post it notes and pens around the area. Make sure the
power cables are safely taped down, and that the instruction card is clearly visible.
If you can, use the fabric and alternative lighting to create a low-lit environment, which
will be a calming and relaxing place for people to sit. Cushions, beanbags and other
comfortable seating will add to this. You might also want to cover the floor in lining paper
for people to use to draw or write prayers on.
Encourage people using this space to remain quiet and reflective and not to distract
others.
Equipment:
• Larva Lamp/ bubble tube
• Post – it notes
• Pens
This is a special place – some might call it “Holy”.
For hundreds of years people have discovered that
being peaceful enables them to be more aware of
God.
In our busy work, this isn’t easy. This is a place to
be still. To be a peace. There is no need to talk, no
need to do anything.
Just “be”.
Be still set up notes:
Set up the Gazebo frame and use the drapes to create a space which is almost completely
enclosed, allowing for some level of privacy for those inside. Make sure that the
entranceway cannot be closed completely to discourage inappropriate activity and ensure
the personal safety of students in the space.
Use the white lights to light the space and create a focal point. Arrange the beanbags
around this so that pupils can sit and be still.
It may help to limit the number of people to a maximum of two. More than this can be
distracting. You may need to supervise the entrance – people can tend to hang around
which detracts from the experience of peace for those inside.
Equipment:
• Drapes
• String of white decorative lights in a glass vase or some type
of optic fibre changing colour lights
•Bean bags
At advent we think about the coming of Jesus as a baby into
our dark world of sin. He came to bring God’s light.
“In Jesus was life, and that life was the light of men. The light
shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not overcome it.
The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the
world”. John 1:4,5,9.
Write an advent prayer telling Jesus how much we need his
light in our world. Then light a candle. As you do
so, ask God that his light will shine through you.
Light of the world set up notes:
Candles in a safe place, like a votive candle stand
Somewhere to pin prayers next to candle stand
Equipment:
• Pens
• Paper
• Candles and tapers for lighting
Advent Prayer
Dear Lord
Come,
Save us
Stop war
Stop hunger
Stop sadness
Wipe away our sorrow
We are waiting Jesus .
Light of the world
Write a prayer about anything you want to say
to God.
Stick your prayer on the window.
As the light shines through the window,
imagine Gods light shining on your prayer.
Prayer window/ wall set up notes:
Make sure the window wall is accessible and arrange the post-it notes and pens nearby.
People write their own prayers on the post-notes and then stick them to the prayer
window/wall. Once this gets going , it will need no introduction or explanation. You
might want to ask your team to write a few post- notes to get things started.
You may want to cast an eye over what’s posted from time to time to check for anything
inappropriate. One or two inappropriate postings can inspire others to copy.
Equipment:
• Pens
• post-it notes
Prayer window
Prayer window
In front of you are some stones. Take one and hold it tightly in
your hand Let the stone represent the pain you feel when you
remember what the other person said or did. Hold it tight for a
moment – you will probably have strong feelings: anger, sadness,
a heavy heart. You may long for justice or even revenge. Write
your feelings on the stone. What will you do with your hurts? Will
you carry them forever or will you choose to let them go? If you
don’t feel you can let them go, put the stone back.
If you have chosen to let the hurts go, place the stone in the bowl
of water. Watch the water cover it and wash the feelings away.
Remind yourself that you have chosen to let go. You may need to
remember this moment in the days ahead.
Know that as you forgive, so you are also forgiven
Forgiveness stones set up notes:
Create a calm, relaxing area using low lighting, comfortable seating and fabric. Place the
bucket of water and a basket of stones in the middle.
Students take a stone to represent the hurts they feel and have the option of placing in in a
large bowl of water as symbolic of letting go and forgiving, or of putting the stone back if
they do not feel ready to forgive. It is important that people have this option so that you’re
not boxing them in to a particular response and they feel they have made the choice for
themselves.
Equipment:
• Buckets
• Stones
• Water
• Water-soluble felt tips pens
. have the capacity for great acts of
Relationships can be fragile. Just as we all
love and kindness, so too we all have the capacity to cause pain and sadness.
As someone once said “ the line between good and evil runs through the
middle of every human heart”
We can sometimes hurt others by the things we do or the things we say.
What hurtful things have you said or done to others ?
Other people can hurt us by the things they say or do. What hurt or painful
memory are you carrying because of something said or done to you ?
The other person may not know or care how you feel – they may never say sorry.
We can’t always see justice done, but we can be set free from the hurt.
Do you want to take these feelings with you? Or would you rather let them go?
To choose to let go of the hurts is to forgive.
Jesus said “If you forgive someone's sins, they’re gone for good. If you don’t
forgive sins, what are you going to do with them?”
Extra instructions
Take a piece of paper. Write down one word, or just one
letter, that, to you , represents each thing that ‘s causing you
to worry or feel stressed. This is just for you – it’s completely
anonymous.
Fold the paper a couple of times and hold it in your hand, as
if you are holding onto the stuff you wrote down.
Worrying about something doesn’t usually make it any better
or make the problem go away. Usually it just messes with our
heads and stops us feeling any kind of inner peace. For the
few minutes you’re here. This is your chance to put those
worries to one side. When you’re ready, relax your fingers
and hands. When you want to let the paper go. Drop it into
the box in front of you.
Letting Go set up notes:
Choose a place which is calm and relaxing – you could use drapes lighting and soft
furnishing to create somewhere.
Put the pens and paper next to the box, within easy reach of the seating. Students read
the card and are invited to pray a prayer that gives their worry to God as they drop the
paper into the box.
Equipment:
•
•
•
Paper
Pens
Box with slot in the lid
Life can be so busy.
Whether at home, at school, or college, or being with
family or friends, we can so easily fill our time with things to do, things to
think about and the demands of all the people that fill our lives.
Often the last thing we want to do is take a bit of time out just to stop; And
it’s even more difficult to take a break when there’s something on your
mind that you’re worried about. Be still for a moment and think about the
things that worry you.
When you hold on to it tightly no one else can see it, no one else can help,
no one else can take it away. Imagine that you could give these worries to
someone who really cares for you.
How does it feel to release your worries this way?
Talking to others about the things that worry us can help. Who can you talk
to about the things that worry you ?
A wise religious man once said “Pray- and let God worry”.
Christians believe that God loves people, knows them completely, is more
powerful than any worry and is always there to listen.
Extra instructions