{"content":[{"text":"DIOCESAN COLLECTIVE WORSHIP FRAMEWORK \n we read about a woman who pours expensive perfume on Jesus’ feet and wipes his feet with \n her hair. She did this because she believed she was a bad person (and many of the people \n eating with Jesus thought that too). Jesus shows how the one who is forgiven most, loves \n most. The woman needed to be given assurance that she was forgiven and with this assurance \n of forgiveness comes peace. I wonder what this teaches us about forgiving others? \n MAY THERE BE PEACE? (whole school) \n Mark 11:1-11 \n Show a clip of Palm Sunday from the DVD ‘Miracle Maker’ (available from the Bible Society) \n and ask the children what the people shouted when Jesus rode into Jerusalem. (“Peace in \n heaven and glory in the highest” – depending on translation). Alternatively, tell the story a \n different way. Explain that nearer to Easter we will visit this story again but for now we are \n looking at what we can learn about peace from it. The Jews were expecting a Messiah, \n someone who was going to come and save them. Many Jews thought that the Messiah would \n come as a powerful earthly King, someone who would lead them in a revolt against the \n Romans who occupied Palestine. As usual, Jesus surprised everyone. He didn’t enter \n Jerusalem riding a war horse but instead chose a humble donkey. This journey was the \n beginning of the end of Jesus’ time on earth. Contrary to what many people expected, Jesus \n came to bring peace and to make peace. \n ANGELS ARE NOT JUST FOR CHRISTMAS! (class or key stage) \n Luke 2:14 \n You will need a box with angels inside it. \n Take out of a box the angels, one at a time (they may be different or the same). Ask the \n question What do angels remind you of? In the Christmas story angels appear 6 times. Very \n often they said “do not be afraid”. Why do you think they said this? The absence of fear is \n peace. They wanted the people they were speaking to, to be at peace. But Christmas isn’t the \n only time angels appear. They appeared in the Easter story at Jesus’ tomb. There is also \n another occasion in the Easter story when angels appeared but we’ll come back to that. Angels \n are creatures of peace and can be found throughout the Bible. I wonder, do angels appear to \n people today? Discuss with your talk partner. Certainly peace is something most people seek. \n They might be looking for peace and quiet, or peace in a relationship that has had difficulties, \n or peace of mind that they have made a right decision. Do you think that the angels message \n of “peace to His people on earth” is important today? Why? How can we be peaceful people?","bbox":{"left":0.198819,"top":0.182423,"width":0.499586,"height":0.648018}},{"text":"We pray for all those \n who seek peace, \n reconciliation and \n fullness of life for all \n people. \n Grant them \n understanding, courage \n and determination to \n work for your peace, \n relying \n on your Spirit and \n power. We pray for \n ourselves that your \n peace may become \n more present in us. \n (A prayer from Cafod)","bbox":{"left":0.711944,"top":0.342263,"width":0.12468899999999994,"height":0.312944}},{"text":"Possible song: \n Peace, perfect peace is \n the gift of Christ our \n Lord","bbox":{"left":0.711944,"top":0.670615,"width":0.123896,"height":0.08117700000000005}},{"text":"I wonder if \n anyone can tell \n me the other \n time an angel \n appears in the \n Easter story?","bbox":{"left":0.850912,"top":0.690089,"width":0.07986499999999996,"height":0.11957300000000004}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.08565,"top":0.074767,"width":0.076551,"height":0.110865},{"left":0.73482,"top":0.059565,"width":0.178998,"height":0.125997}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.08565,"top":0.074767,"width":0.076551,"height":0.110865},{"left":0.73482,"top":0.059565,"width":0.178998,"height":0.125997}]}