The Story Keepers - Episode 1

Hi everyone. Over the next few weeks, here on Christchurch Kids, we are going to be watching episodes of  The Story Keepers. It's a great series following a family in the year A.D.64 as they try to spread the good news about Jesus. This is tricky for them as they are living in a time when the Romans were in charge and being a Christian meant that you could be thrown in prison or facing the gladiators - as we will see in our first episode. 

Here is Episode 1...

The whole of the church are looking at the book of the Bible called Acts for the next few weeks. Our stories are set a little bit after the book of Acts but it was a similar time. Churches didn't meet in big buildings but in small groups in people's homes. They were groups of people who looked after each other and learned about God together. We aren't in our big building either at the moment but God doesn't wait for us to be in a big building to talk to us and help us. He is there with us every day.

It's great that we can be Story Keepers too. By watching the video and learning the stories from the Bible we can share them with others and pass them on. Today, maybe it's enough to watch this video. If you would like to find out a bit more, keep reading...

There were three stories in the episode today where Jesus helped people in a surprising or unexpected way.

Feeding the 5,000

Jesus took the boy's small lunch and made it feed over 5,000 people - with leftovers!

Meeting Zaccheus

Jesus surprised everyone by choosing to spend time with someone that everyone else thought was doing the wrong things.

Healing Jairus' daughter

Just when everyone else had given up hope, Jesus healed the little girl.

Our BIG question today is... 

Who is Jesus asking you to help?

Maybe it is someone in your own family, maybe it is someone at school or it might be a neighbour.

Have you received your Story Keepers activity book this week? 

In the back is a page all about Episode 1. You can fill it in and think about what we heard in the video. 

If you haven't received a Story Keepers Activity Book and you would like one, please get in touch with Emy at sundaychildrenandfamiliescoordinator@christchurch-clevedon.org.uk

Prayer

We are so blessed to live in a country where we can talk about being a Christian. We can meet together and we don't have to hide our faith like those early Christians in The Story Keepers.

 This month we are going to be looking at a charity called Open Doors who work around the world helping Christians in countries where it can be dangerous to follow Jesus. We will be finding out more about what is like for Christians around the world and praying for them together. 

Here's an introduction to Open Doors. They show us that even in the most difficult situation, God is with us and sends people to help us. 

In our prayers today we can say Thank You to God that we live in a country where we can tell everyone the good news about Jesus without trying to keep it a secret. 

We can pray for Christians around the world where it is difficult or dangerous for them. We can pray for the work of Open Doors who help these Christians.

Let's finish today with one of our favourite songs. It reminds us that Our God really is a Great Big God.

We hope you all have a great week and we will be back next Sunday with more adventures with The Story Keepers.