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Talents and pounds

The Parable of the Talents and the Parable of the Pounds

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Lent - Cross (7) The Palm Cross

The following outline for children's work, a special event or Lenten display provides a link to further work during Lent on crosses that are found in the Barnabas book A-cross the World.

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The Pearl of Great Price

An outline for an activity with a children's group or for all-age worship that explores Jesus' teaching on gifts and giving

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The Treasure Chest

A modern-day parable about working together for the season of Pentecost.

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Weeds among the wheat

This is an outline for reflective storytelling using one of the seed parables of Jesus from Matthew's Gospel. It makes use of a PowerPoint presentation as well as wondering questions designed to get a group thinking more about what God is like and who they are meant to be. It is suitable for a session with 8 - 11 year olds or could be used as part of a Harvest Thanksgiving service.

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The great feast

In sporting terms, 'the first coming last and the last first' doesn't make much sense! What is this important saying of Jesus all about? This idea explores its meaning through the parable of the Great Feast and offers an active way to tell the story.

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