Last week, our school celebrated its feast day with a liturgy from both Chaplaincy teams on their respective sites. The children all wore blue and yellow (our school colours) and enjoyed special CTK biscuits at breaktime.
Our Junior Chaplaincy team led a liturgy asking the children to think Jesus as a King; he is not a king with jewels, and servants and a fancy palace. He is a King of kindness and love, mercy and forgiveness.
The Gospel chosen was Jesus’ Greatest Commandment: to love one another. This is how we get into God’s kingdom: by following his example. We, as Christians, are all called to build God’s Kingdom here on earth in how we treat one another; in what we do and what we say. The children were asked to reflect if Jesus is more a King of their hearts this year than last, and how they have done this past year at following Jesus’ example.
As they thought about this, a member of each class added a Lego brick to a Kingdom of God built by the chaplains, to show that we all play a part in making God’s Kingdom a reality. The children took away a brick template; their mission was to write on the template how they could build the Kingdom of God here on earth today, and to begin building this Kingdom in their prayer areas in classrooms and how they act towards one another.
