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Bishop Justus Church of England School Morning Worship St Valentine 10th February 2017 Bishop Justus Church of England School  

Let the light of Christ shine in our lives Gather The Lord be with you And also with you Let the light of Christ shine in our lives

Receive Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. From Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians, chapter 13, verses 4-8

Engage St. Valentine's Day began as a celebration of one or more early Christian saints named Valentinus. A popular story of Saint Valentine of Rome states that he was imprisoned for performing weddings for soldiers who were forbidden to marry and for ministering to Christians, who were persecuted under the Roman Empire. According to legend, during his imprisonment, he healed the daughter of his jailer, Asterius. An embellishment to this story states that before his execution he wrote her a letter signed "Your Valentine" as a farewell.

Engage Some discussion ideas … What is love? What things could you add to Paul’s description of love? Activity suggestion … Create a Valentine Card… What colours will you use? What kind of message could you write? Write a love poem: this could be cheesy or serious… Video suggestions … Linus buys a valentine gift - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIt0-Cu2fts End of term dance! Michael Bublé - Haven't Met You Yet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AJmKkU5POA

Respond Amen All-loving God, teach us to love unselfishly and to find great joy in giving. Enable us to bring out the best in each other and for us to live in Your love. Amen

Go out into the world with the light of Christ Let us bless the Lord Thanks be to God Go out into the world with the light of Christ