We have now moved our Collective Worship news to our JAM (Jesus and Me) page. Have a look here for what has been happening
https://www.ortoncofeprimary.co.uk/jam-cornerjesus-and-me/
As we are still in our Class Bubbles
much of our Collective Worship is delivered via Zoom.
Our Collective Worship visitors still contribute
and have mastered the technology very well!
We are in the process of sharing these with you via youtube.
Please visit our JAM page to share some of our worship until we have set this up.
https://www.ortoncofeprimary.co.uk/church-corner/
Summer Term 1st half 2021
Our Christian Value for this half term is Humility
Spring Term 2nd half 2021
Our Christian Value for this half term is Koinonia
Spring Term 1st half 2021
Our Christian Value for this half term is Reverence
Autumn Term 2nd half 2020
Our Christian Value for this half term is Service
As we are still in our Class Bubbles
much of our Collective Worship is delivered via Zoom.
Our Collective Worship visitors still contribute
and have mastered the technology very well!
We are in the process of sharing these with you via youtube.
Please visit our JAM page to share some of our worship until we have set this up.
https://www.ortoncofeprimary.co.uk/church-corner/
Autumn Term 1st half 2020
Our Christian Value for this half term is Creation.
Spring 2020
25.2.20 Moses in the Bulrushes
A new king had come to power in the land of Egypt where the Israelites lived. The king was not a good king. He wanted to harm the Israelite baby boys. But God was more powerful than the king.
One day a baby boy was born to a family that loved God. The mother and father were very careful to hide the baby so the king would not harm him. At first it was not so hard, but as the baby boy grew, his baby noises and cries got louder. It was hard to keep the little boy quiet!
God helped the baby’s mother to think of a plan. She took a basket and covered the outside with a special material to keep out any water. She wrapped the baby snuggly in a blanket and placed him in the basket. Then she carefully placed the basket among the high grasses in the water of the Nile River.
The baby boy had an older sister named Miriam. Miriam watched the basket carefully from a distance as it sat among the grasses.
The king’s daughter happened to be near the water that day, and she saw the basket. She may have even heard a cry coming from the basket. She asked her helper,” Bring me the basket.” The princess opened the basket and saw the baby boy! She felt sorry for the little baby and decided she would not let the king hurt this baby. The princess named the baby Moses.
Miriam was still close by and she asked the princess, “Do you want me to find someone to help take care of the baby?”
“Yes!” said the princess. So Miriam got her own mother, who helped to care for baby Moses. Moses’ family knew that their baby would be safe.
Exodus 1:1—2:10
Joseph interprets the King's dreams.
13-01-2020 Joseph and His coat of many colours
On Joseph's seventeenth birthday, Jacob gave him a magnificent present. It was a coat woven with a beautiful pattern that contained many different colours. Joseph loved the coat, but when his older brothers saw it they became even more jealous, and their dislike for him grew even stronger!
Genesis 37
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Autumn 2019
18.11.2019
7.10.19 Jesus raises Lazarus
Jesus had three very close friends who lived in Bethany. They were Lazarus and his two sisters, Mary and Martha. One day, while Jesus was on the other side of the Jordan, Mary and Martha sent him an urgent message: ‘Lazarus is very sick. Please come quickly!’ But Jesus did not go right away. He waited for two more days and then said to his disciples: ‘Let’s go to Bethany. Lazarus is sleeping, and I am going to wake him up.’ The apostles said: ‘If Lazarus is asleep, that will help him to get well.’ So Jesus told them clearly: ‘Lazarus has died.’
When Jesus arrived at Bethany, Lazarus had already been buried for four days. Crowds of people had come to comfort Martha and Mary. When Martha heard that Jesus had come, she rushed to meet him. She said: “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” Jesus told her: ‘Your brother will live again. Do you believe this, Martha?’ She said: ‘I believe that he will rise in the resurrection.’ Jesus said to her: “I am the resurrection and the life.”
Then Martha went to Mary and told her: ‘Jesus is here.’ Mary ran to Jesus, and the crowd followed. She fell down at his feet, and she could not stop crying. She said: ‘Lord, if you had been here, our brother would still be alive!’ Jesus saw how much she was suffering, and he also began to cry. When the crowd saw his tears, they said: ‘See how Jesus loved Lazarus.’ But some wondered: ‘Why didn’t he save his friend?’ What would Jesus do next?
Jesus went to the tomb, where a large stone covered the entrance. He commanded: ‘Roll the stone away.’ Martha said: ‘But it has been four days! His body will smell.’ Still, they rolled the stone away, and Jesus prayed: ‘Father, thank you for hearing me. I know that you always hear me, but I speak aloud so that these people may know that you sent me.’ Then he called out in a loud voice: “Lazarus, come out!” Something amazing happened: Lazarus came out of the tomb, still wrapped in linen cloths. Jesus said: “Free him and let him go.” John 11:1-44
23.9.19 Jesus heals a blind man.
Jesus was walking with his disciples when they saw a man who had been blind since birth. The disciples thought that man was blind because he or his parents had sinned, but Jesus told them, "It is not because of his sins or his parents' sins. This happened so that the power of God could be seen in his life." Then Jesus knelt down, spit on the ground, and stirred up some mud. He took the mud and put it on the blind man's eyes. He told him, "Now, go wash yourself in the pool of Siloam." The man went and washed the mud from his eyes and when he came back, he could see!
The man could see because he believed. John 9:6-7
9.9.19 The Lord is My Shepherd/ The Lost Sheep was our Open The Book Bible story today.
Reminding us all that whoever we are we all belong to God's family.
( Spot the mischievous sheep!) Matthew 18:12–14 and Luke 15:3–7
Service Washing feet
Our Class 4 Children led our first virtual Child Led Worship. They linked it to our current Christian value of Service and took the opportunity to thank God for all those people who have served others during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Well done Class 4 a great start to Children's Led Worship in our new world.
Spring 2020
The story of the Good Samaritan.
Song ~When I needed a neighbour
Joseph and his coat of many colours
Autumn 2019
21.11.2019 An exciting worship about Healthy Eating, which included a short play, a word search (competitive parents and grandparents also taking part!) a song, a healthy food hunt around the hall by some younger pupils in school and a prayer.
7.11.19 Standing up in front of the whole school to deliver Collective Worship can be quite daunting , even when they are your friends. We were treated today on an informative worship about Healthy Food. These two year 2 pupils were supported by a year 5 pupil who has given up his play times this week to advise, encourage and practise. The result being two little boys who managed to deliver a confident and enjoyable assembly.
We finished by singing Harvest Samba, a favourite with everyone.
17.10.19 Rugby may not be for everyone but these three young men certainly are good advocates for the sport. They all play for Upper Eden RUFC U9. We were treated to an informative look at kit worn, safety features and equipment. A demonstration was delivered which was very exciting.
10.10.19 Be bold, be strong because the Lord your god is with you.
A lovely worship reminding us to look after each others physical and mental health.
26. 9.19 Today's worship was family lead by a brother and sister team.
They shared with us the story of the Sam Houghton Mountain Bike Challenge, raising money for Cancer Research. The Challenge is a timed mountain bike ride starting and finishing in Staveley, covering the Longsleddale, Kentmere and Troutbeck valleys and taking in the Garburn Pass. It is organised in memory of Sam Houghton, a keen mountain biker who sadly lost his battle against cancer and died aged only 22 in May 2006.
http://www.samhoughtonchallenge.co.uk/
19.9.19 The girls delivered a fun packed assembly on Competition, being fair and being a good sport if you don't always win: and Hope, how to do your best and hope to improve another time. This included a play and a quiz with prizes. Worship finished with everyone singing ( and dancing) along to The Proclaimers 500 miles and a lovely prayer written by the girls.
Happy Retirement Reverend Alun
We would like to wish Reverend Alun a Happy Retirement.
We shall miss his amusing stories, his guitar playing and of course Gerald the Gorilla.
Thank you for helping us to learn more about Jesus in a fun and meaningful way.
We shall miss you.
9.10.19 Two volunteers from class 4 assisted Reverend Alun today. Blindfolded they had to guess items from Reverend Alun's bag. It proved tricky and involved more than just guessing by feel ( the ticking clock ). We all agreed that it was much easier to see the items than guess blindfolded. alun reminded us that God is always with us even though we can't see him.
20.11.2019 Thankfulness
16.10.19 Hope Reverend Stephen left us a bar of chocolate, which Mrs Pomfret divided up so that everyone in school could have some. Thank you Reverend Stephen ...and Mrs Pomfret.
Autumn 2019
6.11.19 Have an attitude of Gratitude.
Ruth and Fahita told us today the story of Jesus and the Ten Lepers.
The story appears in Luke 17. Jesus of Nazareth is travelling along the border of Samaria and Galilee when the lepers call out to him. “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!” ... Jesus healed them all but only one of the ten lepers healed, returned to say Thank You.
11.9.19 Ruth and Fajita told the story of Josiah who became king of Judah at the age of eight, after the assassination of his father, King Amon, and reigned for thirty-one years, from 641/640 to 610/609 BCE.
Spring 2021
We were filled with great sadness this week to hear of the passing of Reverend Ian.
His contribution to the Open the Book Collective Worships
were always greatly enjoyed.
Even through Lockdown Ian and Ronnie
mastered the technology to keep in contact via Zoom.
His kind and gentle manner in helping us learn more about Jesus through Bible stories will be greatly missed by us all at Orton School.
We offer our heartfelt condolences to Ronnie and family.
Autumn 2019
18.9.19 Reverend Ian lead our collective worship today by showing us an anchor ( not a real one).
He shared with us that:
Hope in God is like an anchor, solid, secure and with us when things are difficult and frightening.
Harvest
8-01-2020 Epiphany
Reverend Fran told us about Epiphany, which falls 12 days after Christmas.
After Jesus was born, Wise Men came to look for Him, probably from an area which is now in either Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia the Yemen, or an area in what's now southern Turkey, northern Syria. They are often called the 'Three Kings' .
They were certainly men of great learning.
They had seen an unusual new star in the sky, and knew that it told of the birth of a special king in Israel.
- Gaspar (or Caspar), who has brown hair and a brown beard (or no beard!) and wears a green cloak and a gold crown with green jewels on it. He is the King of Sheba. Gaspar represents the Frankincense brought to Jesus.
- Melchior, who has long white hair and a white beard and wears a gold cloak. He is the King of Arabia. Melchior represents the Gold brought to Jesus.
- Balthazar, who has black skin and a black beard (or no beard!) and wears a purple cloak. He is the King of Tarse and Egypt. Balthazar represents the gift of Myrrh that was brought to Jesus.
Reverend Fran brought in to school some Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh for us to look at.
