Year Two Diaries of Reflection Overview

Year Two Diaries of Reflection overview

Week Theme Reference Suggested music 1 Drawing a line Forget past mistakes, forget failures, I am a new creation forget about everything except what Lord I lift you name on high you are going to do now.... and do it’ : My God is so big John Dryden Jesus died on the cross to wipe away our sins 2 Kindness Never look down on anybody unless Lean on Me : Bill Withers or you're helping him up. ~Jesse Jackson Glee Brother sister let me serve you When I needed a neighbour 3 Acceptance 1 God grant me the grace to accept the How great thou art things I cannot change, the courage to The Lords my Shepherd change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference’ Reinhold Niebuhr 4 Acceptance 2 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are different We’re all in this together : High kinds of service, but the same Lord. School Musical There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men. Come on and celebrate I Corinthians 12 v 4-6

5 Harvest The man with two tunics should share Harvest for the world with him who has none, and the one who has food should do the same Luke 3 v11 I the Lord of sea and sky When I needed a neighbour 6 Freedom There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave Free nor free, male nor female, for you are Make me a channel of your all one in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3 v peace 28 7 Black and white My command is this: Love each other as Black or white I have loved you. Greater love has no Make me a channel of your one than this that he lay down his life peace for his friends. You are my friends if If I were a butterfly you do what I command. John 15 v 12- 14 Amazing grace..linked to the story of the hymn 8 Spiritual Healthy Eating Man does not live on bread alone but on O lord my God (how great thou every word that comes from the mouth art ) of the Lord. (Deuteronomy 8:3) 9 Remembrance They will beat their swords into No Bravery ploughshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up Peace is flowing like a river sword against nation, nor will they train Make me a channel of you for war anymore. Isaiah 2 verse 4 peace 9a Remembrance Primary KS1 They will beat their swords into Peace is flowing like a river ploughshares and their spears into Make me a channel of you pruning hooks. Nation will not take up peace sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore. Isaiah 2 verse 10 Anti Bullying He (Jesus) died for us so that we may Build Up Fischy Music live together with him. Therefore Shine Jesus shine encourage one another and build each If I were a butterfly other up, just as in fact you are doing. 1 Thessalonians 5:10-12 11 Uniqueness But if serving the LORD seems Come on and Celebrate undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD." Joshua 24 15 12 Advent Advent Virus threat O come Emmanuel 13 Christmas 1 Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord; Luke 2 v10 14 Christmas 2 The virgin will be with child and will One of us give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel" —which means, "God with us." Matthew 1 verse 23 15 Self Control But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, You shall go out with joy peace, patience, kindness, goodness, Peace is flowing like a river faithfulness, gentleness and self- control. Against such things there is no law. Galatians 5 v 23 16 Equality So God created man in his own image, in When I needed a neighbour the image of God he created him; Brother sister let me serve you male and female he created them. Genesis 1 v 27 17 Equality 2 I have a dream that my four children We are marching will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character. (Martin Luther King)

18 Never Again ‘We carry on telling our stories I the lord of sea and sky because we were eye witnesses. The Make me a channel of your most important thing is to tell people peace so this can never happen again’ Ibi Ginsburg Holocaust Survivor 19 Peace Peace is not the absence of war but You shall go out with joy the presence of justice. (Harrison Peace is flowing like a river Ford) I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. John 16 v 33

20 Joy The LORD is my strength and my Faithful One shield; You shall go out with joy my heart trusts in him, and I am helped My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song. Psalm 28 v 7 21 Patience But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, Patience: Take that peace, patience, kindness, goodness, The Lords my Shepherd faithfulness, gentleness and self- control. Against such things there is no law. Galatians 5 v22-23 22 Fairtrade Fortnight 1 He has showed you, O man, what the When I needed a neighbour LORD requires of you? To act justly I the Lord of sea and sky and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. Micah 6 v8 23 Fairtrade Fortnight 2 He has showed you, O man, what the God of Justice Need to do a reflection LORD requires of you? To act justly Brother sister let me serve you and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. Micah 6 v8 24 Respect 1 When we show respect to others, they respond with respect for us. (Arapaho Proverb) Show proper respect to everyone: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, and honour the king. 1 Peter 2. v17 25 Respect 2 Then God said, "Let us make man in our Earth Song image, in our likeness, and let them look How Great thou art after the fish of the sea and the birds My Jesus My Saviour of the air, the livestock, over all the My God is so big earth, and all the creatures that move along the ground." Genesis 1 v26 26 Easter 1 Symbols of Easter Lord I lift your name on High From Heaven you came 27 Easter 2 The Bible says: ‘Sacrifice without love Sacrifice Elton John has no value’ (Corinthians 13.3) Lord I lift your name on High 23:34) From Heaven you came 28 Forgiveness Jesus’ last words on Earth were I could sing of your love forever “Father, forgive them, for they do not Amazing grace know what they are doing.” (Luke Shine Jesus Shine 29 Good Samaritans Quote: The first question which the When I needed a neighbour priest and the Levite asked was: ‘If I From Heaven you came stop to help this man, what will happen to me?’ But… the good Samaritan reversed the question: ‘If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?’

Martin Luther King

30 Honesty . Matthew 26 v 28 Kings take pleasure Honesty : Billy Joel in honest lips; they value a man who Everything speaks the truth Be Still Make me a channel of your peace 31 Justice 1 Follow justice and justice alone, so that Where is the love you may live and possess the land the Shine Jesus Shine LORD your God is giving you. I the lord of sea and sky (Deuteronomy 16:20 32 Justice2 The LORD loves righteousness and God Of Justice justice. (Psalm 33:5 Shine Jesus Shine I the lord of sea and sky 33 Mustards Seeds He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches” Matthew 13 v31-32

Last six weeks focus on Olympics 3 4 Excellence Do you not know that in a race all the Proud Heather small runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. 1 Corinthians 9.24 3 5 Hurdles? Wilma Rudolph Never underestimate the power of Stronger ; Mandisa dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion. The potential for greatness lives within each of us

Wilma Rudolph 3 6 Courage Tom Daley This is no time to lose your nerve, Build up Fischy music victory is within your grasp press on Hebrews 10 35-36 3 7 Friendship : Luel Deng Sudan Link Even in our darkest times there are When I needed a neighbour lesson to be learnt and treasures to be discovered. Isaiah 45 v 3 3 8 Respect : Eric the Eel I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4 v 7 3 9 Inspiration Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever Come on and celebrate is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy— think about such things.

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