1. Word of the Week Abscond Synonyms: - Escape, flee, run away
W/b: 24th September 2018
Abscond
Verb
To depart secretly and hurriedly (to avoid punishment).
Synonyms:
- Escape, flee, run away
Examples:
He absconded with the money from the till.
2. She absconded from the house when she heard the police arrive.

2. Message for students in years 7 and 8
Your parents and carers have received a text invitation to this fund raising event for Macmillan Cancer Support, at school on Friday 28th September.
Please encourage them to come along.

3. Bishop Justus Church of England School
Morning Worship
Harvest Appeal – Bromley Foodbank
24th September 2018
Bishop Justus Church of England School

4. 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

5. Receive
How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help?
From the first letter of John, chapter 3, verse 17

6. Engage
In our Year Group Eucharists towards the end of this term we shall be celebrating harvest.
As part of our Harvest Celebration we shall be remembering those who are in need. To do something about this we are asking everyone to bring in some food that can go to a local Food Bank and present these at your Eucharist (see next slide).
To make the gifts special please create and decorate a container (or containers) e.g. a cardboard box, with pictures and colours which celebrate harvest.
Continues ….

7. How you can help …
The organisers of our local foodbanks supply bags of food to people in need.
To help the Foodbank have a good range of food available, Bishop Justus School has been nominated as ‘a dinners school’
Please donate items to make up a dinner: tinned meat suitable for a main meal (e.g. chunky chicken, stewed steak, minced beef, ravioli, hot dogs, corn beef, ham) as well as tinned vegetables.

8. The foodbank has asked for no baked beans please.

9. Engage
Video suggestion … Feeding Britain: Food banks on the rise as 'hunger stalks the UK‘
Activity suggestion …
Find out about Food Banks. Plan and create your Harvest Gifts containers. Find out what food and other items Food Banks need.
Discussion ideas …
Why are there still people in the UK who don’t have enough money to buy food?
Why is there social inequality in the UK?
Discussion techniques - Go back to the Bible passage ask “How does the theme link with the Bible passage?”
Discuss the question in pairs for 30 seconds then invite a response from each pair.
Use quick-fire answers e.g. throw a soft bean bag / toy to a student, when they answer they throw it back and you quickly throw to another student.
Simplify the question - Invite quick one-word answers, write them on the board, then reflect on the answers – see connections.

10. Respond Amen God, we give you thanks for good food
[Reflect for a minute on the worship theme and our engagement …]
God,
we give you thanks for good food
and for all the people who grow
and prepare our food.
We remember those who struggle
to pay for enough food.
We pray they will get support
and that there will be an end to unfairness.
Amen
Prayer / reflection technique – Give a summary of the theme and any responses that students may have made, then invite everyone to be still (remind no books open etc – lessen distraction). To pray or reflect on today’s worship. Be quiet for one minute. Then say the prayer …

11. 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