‘G etting on….and….falling out.’ This is our Friendship Week School Council Worship.

‘Getting on….and….falling out.’

This is our Friendship Week

School Council Worship

Working together and playing together is not always easy, as we

all know.

We have rules and codes of behaviour to help us get along and

grown ups to help us along the way.

As we grow up we learn social skills to help us work together to solve conflicts when things go wrong.

Co-operate

Talk and listen

Respect others

Help

Share

Control anger

Negotiate

What things would we prefer our friends NOT to do? Any ideas?

What characteristics would we prefer our friends NOT to have?

Here are some ideas we had…

-Saying horrible names to my face.-Being ready to start an argument.-Not sharing things.-Having unkind hands.-Talking behind our backs.-Sending hurtful texts or internet messages.-Showing embarrassing pictures of a friend.

What qualities do we want our friends to have?

What qualities do we want our friends to have?

Here are some ideas we had…

Be kind

Be honest

Be thoughtful

Have courage

Being truthful

Be respectful

Have confidence in themselves

Sharing

Helping in the bad times.

We all need good friends.

Good friends make our lives happy and friends look after us, they share their toys and listen

to us when we need to talk.

Sometimes we do fall out with our friends.

What could friends fall out about?

How could friends get together again and ‘make

up’?Co-operate

Talk and listen

Respect others

Help

Share

Control anger

Negotiate

When Jesus lived in Palestine his

homeland wasn’t ruled by his own

people, but by the Romans, another

country.

A huge Roman army had marched into

Palestine and conquered it and the people had to serve the Romans and do as they were told.

Every family in Palestine had to pay taxes to the

Romans and all the money was sent to Rome.

The Romans made local people collect the taxes, these people were called ‘tax collectors’ and they

were hated by the people in Palestine.

The man they hated most was Zacchaeus because, not only did he collect the

taxes for the Romans, but he also overcharged people and made money for himself too.

Zacchaeus was shouted at by everybody and no one wanted

to be his friend.

One day, Jesus visited the town where Zacchaeus lived. Zacchaeus wanted to go and hear Jesus speak, but he knew he would have to be careful because if people in the

crowd saw him they would shout at him.

So, he climbed a tree and watched as Jesus spoke to

the crowd.

All the people in the town were gathered there

and they invited Jesus back to their homes so he could

eat and rest.

“Come and eat at my house, Jesus” said one.

“Have a rest at mine,” invited another.

But Jesus, politely, turned down their invitations and he looked around the crowd.

Jesus saw Zacchaeus and called out, “Zacchaeus, Zacchaeus, come down from the tree. I am tired and hungry and I am coming to eat and rest at your house, with you.

Zacchaeus was shocked and nearly fell out of the tree!

The crowd was angry and they yelled and shouted, “He is a thief!”

“He steals our money!”

“Why are you going to eat with him?”

“A holy man should eat with honest people!”

Jesus and Zacchaeus talked.

After Jesus left the city, Zacchaeus changed.

He was so affected by what Jesus did and said to him, that he gave all

of his money to the poor.

What do you think Jesus might have said to Zacchaeus?

What do you think

Zacchaeus might have

been thinking?

We all need good friends.

Zacchaeus was a mean, greedy man who took money from people.

Until Jesus was kind to him Zacchaeus had no friends and was

very lonely.

After Jesus showed him how to be friends Zacchaeus became a

generous, caring man and he felt much happier.

We are going to think about how important our friends are to all of us.

We are going to think about the things we can do to make friends and to be a good friend.

Think about this whilst you listen to this song…

A Time for ReflectionA Time for Reflection

What can YOU do if you feel sad because a boy or girl is not your friend?

What could YOU do if you knew someone wasn’t making friends and this kept happening, again

and again and again and it became bullying?

- Talk to a teacher or adult in school.- Talk to your Mum or Dad or someone

who looks after you at home.- Talk to big brothers and sisters or

cousins.- Make sure you TELL someone.

If you want to have friends, be friendly!Sometimes we need some extra help to

sort this out! Just like Zacchaeus needed help from Jesus.

Friendship WeekSchool Council Competition

Can you help?

We would like to help remind everyoneto be good friends around school.

We want to put up some friendship ‘Super Heroes’

around our school to show what good friends we can be and how to help each other

build bridges if we do fall out.

How to enter our competition …

• Your teacher will give you a competition sheet, during Friendship Week.

- Think carefully about your super hero and write your final idea on your sheet. (You might want to label it too with all the qualities of a good friend.)

• Write your name and class on your sheet.• Hand your entry to your School Council rep. or your

teacher.

Some ideas could be:Captain Kind

-Always greets his friends with a smile.-Always listens to what his friend’s side of an argument.-Always shares his x box and football cards.-Has a super laser zapper which beams out the word SORRY if he has done something to hurt one of his friends, to ask for forgiveness.

We look forward to seeing your ideas and we will announce the winners after Friendship

Week. There will be prizes for the best entries judged by us!

Thank you for listening to us today.We hope that the School Council is helping

everyone in our school to stay friends.

We know everyone in our school is very special and we need to thank God for our

friends and for the strength to forgive others when we do fall out.

Let us pray.

Dear Lord, Please help us to understand how important friends are to all of us.

Please help us to be try to be a good friend, to care for our friends and treat our friends with respect.AmenAmen

Dear Lord God,

We should be good friends to each other and try to see the good in other people. Please help us to be good friends and when we fall out with our friends help us to make friends again and have the strength to ask for help if we need it. Amen.