This story appears in the Old Testament and forms part of the story of Israel. This assembly explores the story of Mordecai, a Jew who rose to an important position working for the King. He uncovered a plot to kill the king which he told Esther; this saved the King’s life. Haman, one of the […]
This assembly explores how Esther, a poor, orphan, Jewish girl became Queen. Esther kept her Jewish heritage quiet until she heard from her Uncle that there had been a plot planned to kill all the Jews, and the plot was from one of the King’s servants. Esther took a risk and told the King about the plot, and that she was Jewish, this saved all […]
Gideon was not a brave man but he was chosen by God to lead an army. Gideon collected a group of soldiers to fight the Midianites but God said that the army was too big. God made the army smaller and smaller until only 300 soldiers remained to fight the Midianite army of 135’000. But […]
This Assembly is based on the story of Abraham and his son Isaac. The context for the story is that Abraham and his wife Sarah waited a long time to have a child and eventually, even though they were old, they had one and they called him Isaac. God then asked Abraham to sacrifice his […]
The story today is about John the Baptist. He was challenging and uncompromising in his words and actions. John did not follow the crowd, instead a crowd followed him! This wandering prophet had one goal, one aim, one purpose in his life – to prepare the way for Jesus. The value for this assembly is […]
This assembly is part of the ‘Giants of Faith’ series which explore the dramatic stories of key figures in God’s people. Job’s story delves deep into the mystery of why suffering still happens to those who love and follow God. Trust between God and man is put to the test. Songs Used in This Assembly: […]
Today we are looking at a very famous story. In fact, it’s possibly one of the most famous stories in the Bible. So much so that there are many phrases used today that link back to this story. David’s fight with Goliath has become the standard when it comes to victory by the underdog. Goliath […]
Some people think that the Bible only talks about men. This is not true. Today we will be looking at the story of Rahab and the value of trust. Rahab is one of many women that the Bible commends as heroes of faith. Rahab belonged to a nation and a city that was the enemies […]
In this assembly we will be looking at the story of Ruth, a real giant of faith in the Bible. It’s a short book in the Bible so it’s worth reading the whole story before delivering the assembly. Essentially the story is about two women, Ruth and Naomi, her mother in law. Ruth was brave […]
This assembly is the second part of the story of Ruth. As we have already seen, Ruth is a real giant of faith in the Bible. Today, we will be looking at how Ruth put others first and served them – Naomi and then, later, Boaz who she went on to marry. This assembly focuses […]
In this assembly we will be exploring part of Elijah’s story. By the time we meet him, Elijah has already stopped rainfall, miraculously provided for a widow and has brought a boy back to life! The story we will explore is his epic face off with the prophets of Baal (a false god that Israel […]
This assembly explores the story of how Daniel ended up in Babylon as a hostage. Babylon was a very different place to Daniel’s home, Jerusalem. In Jerusalem it would have been easy for him to eat the diet his beliefs required but in Babylon he would have been going against the crowd. This assembly focuses […]
