CICS Report for the Website May 2009

Wednesday 13th May 2009 1:42 PM

Assemblies
Successful weeks of assemblies at Brooksbank school and Brighouse High were held.

• Brooksbank- focus on Choices, ours, and the choice Jesus made as he died on the cross for us.
• Brighouse - school choice of subject - Fear; focus - Jesus fear before the cross didn't stop him achieving all God's plans for him.

Lessons
March 30th RE Day Hipperholme and Lightcliffe High school Remit - run an hour long session for Y11 students, topic Euthanasia
Ice breaker - Which 4 fictional characters would you save from a list of 6, to challenged young people about the value of human life. The session went on to look at the Christian perspective of the value of life, with handouts to assist with revision. Positive questions about Tony and Esther's faith resulted from this very challenging session.

Lunch Clubs.
Attendances remain about the same.
Topics since last report

• Rules - These are generally for our own benefit, not to spoil our fun! A game of Uno with no rules proved the point! Discussion on rules in the Bible, particularly in New Testament. General agreement - Jesus covered most aspects in life, if everyone followed these rules the world would be a better place!
• Forgiveness - How easy is it for young people to give and receive forgiveness? God's forgiveness explained and illustrated by the shredding of written 'confessions'.
• Easter - The Easter story re- told using quiz format.

Easter Activity Day, March 31st for 90 Holy Trinity Y7 pupils at Halifax Parish Church
Students moved around 3 activities

• Design a stained glass window in keeping with Easter
• Easter egg hunt with opportunity to learn about the Easter story and some history of Parish Church.
• Young people looked at 8A4 posters while listening to themed tracks on an MP3 player. These had been designed by young people from Luton ( where the idea originated) and their themes were: Choices, Betrayal, Accused, Suffering, Denial, Life and Hope. They were then encouraged to draw their own pictures.

The day represents a great deal of hard work. Thanks Tony & Esther!

Training
March 19th, Esther attended a SU Writers Training Day. This gave an insight into SU material and helped in the development of own writing skills.

16+ Group
A Takeaway Night has been planned to look at possible out of school provision for this age group.

Gala 2009
Each group CICS is involved with to have opportunity to create a piece of art work for display at Gala, that reflects their own life. Supporters can be involved ! Prayer and Paint Evening Mon May 18th Make your own contribution, help with preparations and pray! Look out for CICS in procession and on field on Gala Day.

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