Learning Objectives:
- Students reflect on their beliefs about what’s wrong with the world, and their reaction to the concept of sin.
- Understand how Christmas fits into the biblical narrative of sin.
Toy Story 4: How should we respond to feeling not good enough?
Assembly Objective:
- How should we respond to feeling not good enough? This assembly explores different responses to self-doubt and references the biblical claim that God’s love is unconditional.
Avengers Endgame: How can we face death with hope?
Learning Objectives:
- Students reflect on their own reactions to human mortality.
- To understand how the Bible gives hope to Christians facing death.
The Measure of a Hero
Assembly Objective:
- How does failure help us shape our futures? This assembly considers the idea that by failing, human beings learn from their mistakes and are able to succeed. It examines how shame over past mistakes can stop people living fully, and considers the biblical teaching on forgiveness and redemption through the story of Zacchaeus, the tax collector.
Missing Link: How should we respond to being ‘the odd one out’?
Assembly Objective:
- How should we respond to being ‘the odd one out’? This assembly explores feelings associated with being excluded and references a biblical call for inclusion.
The Lego Movie 2: Is there hope for the world?
Assembly Objective:
- This assembly explores the theme of hope and affirms the Bible’s positive response to the question: Is there hope for the world?
The Lego Movie 2: Who are we?
Learning Objectives:
- Consider the person they are and who they would like to be.
- Understand how the Bible shapes a Christian’s sense of identity.
Instant Family
Assembly Objective:
- What does it feel like to be part of a family? No family is perfect, but part of the purpose of family is to teach us how to negotiate relationships in the wider world. The Bible uses the picture of a family to describe the church, and talks about how believers are adopted into God’s family. This is not a perfect family either, but it’s important for people who follow Jesus to know that they belong because God has chosen to include them.
Smallfoot: Why is the truth so important?
Assembly Objective:
- Why is the truth so important? This assembly asserts the importance of truth and references Jesus’ teaching in the Bible about the truth’s liberating power.
Film:
- Smallfoot (Warner Bros, 2018) certificate PG, click here to buy the DVD online.
Trip a Little Light Fantastic
Assembly Objective:
- What difference can an individual make to someone else’s emotional and mental wellbeing? This assembly examines the idea that human beings have an opportunity to bring hope and joy to those around us and to impact the wider community through our actions and reactions. The Bible contains many references to light and darkness, and Jesus is described as the Light of the World.
Film:
- Mary Poppins Returns (Disney, 2019, certificate U). Click here to buy the DVD online.
