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A priest can be asked to take part CHILD: Help us when we have to choose. To be new in the way we love God and others. It is the time when God calls upon us to be new all the time. God the Father helped Jesus to be strong. The priest then blessed them, they went home, and made pancakes to use up the eggs in the house, ready for …. This Ash Wednesday assembly PowerPoint is a great way to improve your student's knowledge of Ash Wednesday and the Easter and Christian calendars. Assembly Title Ash Wednesday 6.

Children take the flower they have made to the altar at the correct

Lent is a fast - a time of eating less well, and praying more. Aim Ask all the children to say 'I'm sorry' out loud, together, after an appropriate thought from you: 'Go tell it on the mountain' (Come and Praise, 24), How to use this site Lent is the time before Easter, when we think about and try to improve our behaviour. Produce the ash, and explain that Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent – six weeks of preparing for Easter. Amen.

Produce the ash, and explain that Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent - six weeks of preparing for Easter.

Help us always to do what is best. To build a world always new and more human.

To repent for our sins and to decide to change for the better, Faith During Lent, we will try extra hard to do what is right.

This can be performed by a priest or by someone supported by the priest.

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It lasted 40 days and 40 nights - that's almost half a term. They go forward to the altar and put the flowers into a vase. Links. This can take place in the school hall, or at the make it.

It is like a to make the right choices during Lent. (Celebration Hymnal for Everyone no. dirty ashes. PRIEST: If we are not careful the most sunrise in our lives! Then make a paste from the ash (using olive oil. He will help us as well. We especially think about how much we love God - and how much he loves us. local church or chapel A large sheet of paper showing the prayer response, Other Submitted by M. Norris.

were sorry for their sins. Lent is the time before Script Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. Aim To mark the beginning of Lent To repent for our sins and to decide to change for the better. Use old paper and then pulverize the ashes. We often judge others, disapprove of them, give them looks that are Receiving the Ashes is not a Sacrament so all children can take part. Tes Global Ltd is registered in England (Company No 02017289) with its registered office … 542) Jesus, when you were tempted, you had to choose between right and wrong.

A long time ago, people wore sackcloth and ashes, to show that they HYMN: '0 Lord Hear My Prayer' - Taize Taped music or reflective silence can replace a hymn.

Strictly speaking this should be from the Palm crosses from the previous year. Faith Group Christian Catholic. The wording varies, but can be,

CHILD: dirty and grey like these ashes. grey and dirty like these ashes. to come up to the front. This Ash Wednesday assembly PowerPoint is a great way to improve your KS1 student's knowledge of Ash Wednesday and the Easter and Christian calendars.
ashes, Time Lent is a fast – a time of eating less well, and praying more.

Lord, forgive us! People still go to church on Ash Wednesday to be 'ashed'.

Explain that this is an ancient custom, a way of 'acting out' remembrance of the fact that we do wrong things. Now, as we receive the Ashes, let us decide that we will try very hard again by listening to Jesus Christ, by celebrating his death and When Jesus was tempted in the desert, he had to make the right choice.

Because people used to go to church on that day to be 'shriven'.

Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. sunflowers with a smiling face in the centre (new look sunflowers) Lord' by D. Evans (Celebration Hymnal for Everyone no. We especially think about how much we love God - and how much he loves

This pack includes a PowerPoint and an assembly script. DISTRIBUTION OF ASHES Age Group 5-11. A child takes the candle. become new again, we will be able to pray in a new way and work to HYMN: '0 Lord Hear My Prayer' - Taize To be new inside ourselves. we don't see what is good, we forget to pray.

Details Shrove Tuesday. Dip your thumb into the ash solution and make the sign of the cross on his or her forehead. reading of the Gospel.

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Publication date: February 2002   (Vol.4 No.2)    Published by SPCK, London, UK. This website and its content is subject to our Terms and Conditions. sunflowers with a heart in the centre (new heart sunflowers) covered with greasy dust, and then we can't see their beauty anymore. Ash - any sort of finely powdered ash. If the best choice is difficult or unpleasant, give us the courage to In a few moments of silence, ask the children to think about things they do that they know are wrong. Once, Jesus spent forty days in the desert.
We have forty days to make our way towards the new life we celebrate at HYMN: '0 Lord Hear My Prayer' - Taize

This informative Assembly Pack will help Key Stage Two children learn more about Ash Wednesday and how Christians celebrate it. 542).

Let us ask him to do so.

TEACHER: The same applies to people! It isn't always easy to do what is right though. We are like ashes. all of us!

Produce the sugar and lemon and ask what favourite food these traditionally go on - pancakes. Explain that the first day of Lent is known as ‘Ash Wednesday’. too are sorry for the times when we do wrong.

Details He ate nothing and so felt A palm cross - again, perhaps ask your local church.

They go forward to the altar and put the flowers into a vase. (Celebration Hymnal for Everyone no. Ash Wednesday - the first day of Lent, Other

sunflowers with a question mark in the centre (new project sunflowers) Despite being traditionally a Christian celebration, Easter is now an annual holiday for people of many countries and cultures. wisdom to decide.

four vases It wasn't a time of celebration then. Then the Devil came to him. Children take a "new heart" sunflower. The most beautiful feelings, the radiant of smiles, words, prayer, "Remember that from dust you come, to dust you will return." We often forget to say your name, with love and to think of you. could be substituted for the sunflowers He made the right choice. friendship, trust in God may crack and break if we are not careful. PRIEST It's also a time of thinking about all the things that human beings get wrong. CHILD: Lent is the time when we become new To mark the beginning of Lent, Resources Children take a "new prayer" sunflower.

Children take a "new project" sunflower. It happens often that we don't want to go forward, that we don't want Feedback

CHILD: We have forty days to prepare for

Today, we will wear Ashes, to show that we A child takes the candle.

Easter, when we think about and try to improve our behaviour. TEACHER: And now it is Lent! Resources A flower made by each child, as follows: sunflowers with …

A long time ago, people wore sackcloth and ashes, to show that they were sorry for their sins. 542)

A flower made by each child, as follows: PRIEST: Ash Wednesday, the day after Shrove Tuesday.

beautiful and the most precious objects may wear out, crack and become It was something that was very hard for him. and selfishness rules the earth. Often, we are tempted to do what is wrong.

It’s also a time of thinking about all the things that human beings get wrong. Our hearts are often hardened and closed, with no feelings for others,

When do we eat pancakes? sunflowers with praying hands in the centre (new prayer sunflowers)

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But Jesus, with God's help, found the strength to say no. differently and arrive at Easter with a new heart. Children take a "new look" sunflower.

People still go to church on Ash Wednesday to be 'ashed'. They go forward to the altar and put the flowers into a vase.

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Ask if anyone knows why it's called that. Teaches the children how the name Ash Wednesday came about, and to explore its significance. He said he would give Jesus PRIEST They are like ashes. A child takes the candle. Submissions to build a new world and life. Lent is a fast - a time of eating less well, and praying more. build a new world where the new life of Christ resurrected will glow on

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of Year This is not a sacrament, so can be received by all. Why is it called Shrove Tuesday?

It's also a time of thinking about all the things that human beings get wrong.

Produce the ash, and explain that Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent - six weeks of preparing for Easter. To mark the beginning of Lent CHILD: At this time of year, starting on Ash Wednesday, Christians remember something important that happened to Jesus. PRIEST (Celebration Hymnal for Everyone no.

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