End of Year Liturgy 2020 - 2021 Pupil: Reading: Lord, you have examined me. You know all about me. You know when I sit down and when I get up. You know my thoughts before I think . You know where I go and where I lie down. You know well everything I do.

Lord, even before I say word, you already know what I am going to say. You are all around me - in front and in back. You have put your hand on me. Your knowledge is amazing to me. It is more than I can understand.

Rev Lisa: Reflection

Pupil: Prayer: Father, I live in awe and reverence in the vastness of who you are. You know the number of sand on the shore; you call every star by name; you know the year we have had; you know the joys and the sorrows. And the wonders of your knowledge and love are too great to comprehend. Pupil: Reading: You made my whole being. You formed me in my mother’s body. I praise you because you made me in an amazing and wonderful way. What you have done is wonderful. I know this very well.

You saw my bones being formed as I took shape in my mother’s body. When I was put together there, you saw my body as it was formed. All the days planned for me were written in your book before I was one day old.

Mr Doust: Reflection

Pupil: Prayer: Lord, I thank you because I am relevant in your kingdom. You, God made all unique. Lord, please let me be the change that the world needs. Use me for the world, let me be the salt that will sweeten this world, and let me be the light that will shine in this world. Pupil: Reading: Where can I go to get away from your Spirit? Where can I run from you? If I go up to the skies, you are there. If I lie down where the dead are, you are there. If I rise with the sun in the , and settle in the west beyond the sea, even there you would guide me. With your right hand you would hold me.

I could say, “The darkness will hide me. The light around me will turn into night.” But even the darkness is not dark to you. The night is as light as the day. Darkness and light are the same to you.

Mr Doust: Reflection

Pupil: Prayer: Father, you permeate our lives regardless … you are an ever presence. Be with us over the summer break. Help us to use the time wisely with our family, friends and loved ones. Never leave our side, Lord. May you continue to be our rock and our strength and bring us safely back to our school community in September. Pupil: Reading: God, your thoughts are precious to me. They are so many! If I could count them, they would be more than all the grains of sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.

God, examine me and know my heart. Test me and know my thoughts. Lead me in the way you set long ago.

Rev Lisa: Reflection

Pupil: Prayer Lord, may we …

Take time to claim our strength; this is a gift from God. Take time to have fun; it is God’s way of teaching us our strengths. Take time to grow ourself; only we can grow ourself. Take time to trust ourself; God trusts us. Take time to be self-reliant; it is better than being dependent. Take time to share with others; they will bless us and we will bless them. Take time to have hope; we are all children of God. Teacher: Poem: The Point by Kate Tempest

The days, the days they break to fade. What fills them I’ll forget. Every touch and smell and taste. This sun, about to set

can never last. It breaks my heart. Each joy feels like a threat: Although there’s beauty everywhere, its shadow is regret.

Still, something in the coming dusk whispers not to fret. Don’t matter that we’ll lose today. It’s not tomorrow yet.