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Emmanuel... assemblies for Christmas
A musical and dramatic retelling of the Christmas story
Mark Baxter

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Outlines for Collective Worship

Old Testament assemblies

Crossing the Reed Sea: a dramatic re-telling
The Burning Bush: a reflective story
David and Samuel: not judging by appearances: an assembly idea
Psalm 139: we are special to God
Psalm 139: an easy to learn Psalm about our uniqueness
The rainbow that nearly wasn’t: a story about working together and appreciating difference
Ten commandments: exploring the theme of rules for life
Creation poem

Assembly stories about Jesus

Jesus calms the storm: a story for an assembly about trust
The widow’s offering: a nursery rhyme version (Foundation/ Key Stage 1)
Zacchaeus the naughty man: a retelling (Foundation/Key Stage 1)
Zacchaeus: a rhyming story for assembly

Assembly stories Jesus told

The Good Samaritan rap
Good Samaritan: helping others
House on the rock rap
The Sower
The Prodigal Son

New Testament assemblies

Peter and John: standing up for what you believe

Lent and Easter assemblies

Pancake day
Jesus' temptations: a reflective story
Temptation rap
Palm Sunday: the horse and the donkey
The Sounds of Holy Week

Advent and Christmas assemblies

Advent: Annunciation
The Cross and the Crib: a class assembly presentation for Christmas
Introducing Advent in an assembly
Christmas: new version of the 12 days of Christmas
Christmas: the story through sounds
Christmas: the real meaning
Christmas: suffering world
Christmas: Operation Christmas Child

Harvest and Halloween assemblies

Harvest: where food comes from
Harvest: the sower: an assembly story
The Harvest Surprise
This is the harvest that God made
The rainbow that nearly wasn’t
The Sower
An assembly for Halloween

Pentecost and Trinity assemblies

Pentecost: an assembly story and a poem
Pentecost: a dramatic reading for an assembly
Pentecost: a response story
Pentecost Power

Values assemblies

Introduction to the Values assemblies
Care
Compassion
Cooperation
Courage
Creativity
Forgiveness
Friendship
Happiness
Honesty
Hope
Humility
Justice
Love
Patience
Peace
Quality
Respect
Responsibility
Simplicity
Thanks
Thoughtfulness
Tolerance
Trust
Truth
Understanding
Unity

Assemblies for special days and special people

Candlemas: Jesus the Light of the world (2 February)
A story for Candlemas: Great Grandma Anna (2 February)
Janani Lawum from Uganda: (17 February)
Anniversary of the abolition of slavery (March): A force for change
St George's Day (23 April)
Ascension Day: a whole school assembly presentation
Ascension Day: an assembly idea on the theme of saying goodbye
Education Sunday - Caring for God's World (8 February)
Encouragement Day: an assembly presentation on St Barnabas (11 June)
Elizabeth Fry: the prison angel
St Francis' day: (4 October)
St Luke’s day: (18 October)
Remembering Peace (Remembrance Sunday)

Assemblies for special weeks

A World of Hellos
One World Week
Week of Prayer for World Peace

Assemblies about the Bible

Images to describe the Bible

Assemblies and Classroom activities about 'What Christians believe'

What Christians believe about the character of God
What Christians believe about the Holy Spirit
What Christians believe about the Trinity – a classroom activity
What Christians believe about God’s love
What Christians believe about sin
What Christians believe about forgiveness
What Christians believe about the Bible: a classroom activity for Key Stage 2