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Category Archives: Assemblies (Years 7-11)


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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Home Sweet Home

Assembly Objective:

  • Why is the experience of ‘being home’, in its various forms, so important? This assembly explores the Bible teaching about ‘belonging’.

Film: 

  • The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Warner Bros, 2013, certificate 12). Click here to buy the DVD online.

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Doctor Who: The Snowmen: Everybody’s Problem; Everybody’s Solution

Assembly Objective: 

  • What impact do we have, as individuals, on the world around us? This assembly explores the Bible’s teaching that we can all make the world a better place by the things we do.

Film: 

  • A copy of the Doctor Who episode The Snowmen (on the BBC DVD, Doctor Who – The Time of the Doctor & Other Eleventh Doctor Christmas Specials, 2012, certificate PG). Click here to buy the DVD online.

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The 100-year-old man who climbed out of the window and disappeared: Listen and Learn

Assembly Objective: 

  • How can we best show respect and tolerance as we communicate with others? This assembly explores the Bible’s teaching that we should have open ears and open hearts.

Film:

  • The 100-year-old man who climbed out of the window and disappeared, (StudioCanal, 2014, certificate 15). Click here to buy the DVD online.

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The Imitation Game: Making the Right Choice

Assembly Objective: 

  • How should we face difficult choices? The Bible teaches that the best way to live is to ‘act justly, love mercy and walk humbly with your God.’

Film: 

  • The Imitation Game (StudioCanal 2014, certificate 12). Click here to buy the DVD online.

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Snow White and the Huntsman: Light in the Darkness

Assembly Objective: 

  • How can we bring hope to those who feel that the world is a very dark place? In the Christmas story the Bible teaches that Jesus’ birth marks the dawn of a new light in a dark world.

Film:

  • Snow White and the Huntsman (Universal, 2012, certificate 12). Click here to buy the DVD online.

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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Light vs Dark

Assembly Objective: 

  • Is good more powerful than evil? The Bible teaches that light will shine in the darkness.

Film:

  • The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Warner Bros, 2013, certificate 12) click here to buy the DVD online.

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The Lone Ranger: Facing the Truth

Assembly Objective: 

  • Must we accept the truth, even when it’s inconvenient? This assembly explores the Bible’s teaching that truth sets us free.

Film: 

  • The Lone Ranger (Disney, 2013, certificate 12). Click here to buy the DVD online.

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