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Wicked or Good? The Cost of Doing What’s Right

ASSEMBLY OBJECTIVE

To explore whether being good is the same as being seen as good, and why doing the right thing can sometimes come with a cost. Using clips from Wicked: For Good, students will reflect on reputation, peer pressure, courage, integrity, and the choices people make when faced with injustice or public opinion. The assembly will encourage students to think about how quickly people can be judged or labelled, and whether popularity always reflects truth or goodness. Through links to the Bible, students will explore the Christian belief that God looks beyond outward appearances and sees what is truly in a person’s heart, and that living with justice, mercy, honesty, and courage matters more than image or reputation.

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Mercy: Can Justice be Truly Fair?

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Students will:

  • Develop some understanding of human justice systems
  • Explore whether human justice systems can be completely fair
  • Consider the strengths and weaknesses of potentially using artificial intelligence in the judicial process
  • Understand the biblical concept of ultimate divine judgement
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Title: How To Train Your Dragon: Is there a way to train your tongue?

Learning Objectives:            

Students will:

  • Consider how truthful or untruthful language can enflame situations locally and globally.
  • Examine Christian teaching on ‘taming the tongue’ and the exercise of self-control as an area of spiritual growth.
  • Reflect on the wider topic of social media and truth in contemporary settings.

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Elemental: What does the Bible say about immigration?

Learning Objectives:

  • Awareness of the economic and social factors causing mass migration.
  • Awareness of the causes and consequences of prejudice against immigration.
  • Understanding of Christian teaching about welcoming the stranger.

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Spider-Man: No Way Home

Assembly Objective:

If given the chance to start again, would we choose to wipe away our past? Are our relationships contingent on life going smoothly, or can we trust that our friendships and family relationships will stand our mistakes? This assembly invites students to consider how they respond to life’s uncertainties and their own mistakes. Through the words of a psalm about God’s love and forgiveness, students will reflect on Christian teaching on fresh beginnings, and on the importance of forgiveness in relationships. Continue reading →


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Respect

Assembly Objective:

  • Who do we turn to when we hit rock bottom? In our darkest moments, can faith in God provide help and a way out of trouble? This assembly invites students to consider the words of psalm 40 that speak of God as a rescuer. Students will reflect on the place of confession and forgiveness in dealing with problems, in this case alcoholism. Continue reading →


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Cruella

Assembly Objective:

When someone hurts us, how do we choose to respond? And if we choose revenge, do we end up hurting ourselves?  This assembly invites students to consider their responses when someone offends or hurts them. Through Jesus’ teaching on revenge, students will reflect on the challenge of forgiveness.

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