As we are meeting in the Church tonight, we thought it would be good to
talk about The Church
To start with, we’re going to watch a clip from the film Knight’s tale
In this clip we see William (a knight) is ‘on the pull’
[A Knights tale]
19 mins - 22 mins "you desecrate the house of God"
The middle bit
In the clip we’re just seen, William is flirting with Jocelyn and he ends
up ridding his horse into Church
The Bishop (top vicar person) is not pleased…
Why was that?
Some people think that the Church building is a special ‘sacred’ place
And you should behave in a certain way when you’re in church….
What do you think? Do you agree? Why?
What are you not supposed to do in Church?
Ideas some people might say:
swear / kiss / laugh / bring animals / eat / run / have fun / drinking /
smoking / party / wear ‘casual’ clothes
What kind of things do people do in Church?
Have you ever been?
What did you make of it?
So why do people go to Church? Why do you go?
Ideas some people might say:
‘cos their Christians / to pray / sing / ‘cos their old and they’re
going to die / it’s an insurance policy / it’s a social club / somat to do /
do good / going to Church makes you a Christian / friendship / in times of
need / for help / to feel better about themselves
So what stops people going to Church? Why don't you go?
The Bible bit
What do you think Church is about?
When many people think of Church, they think often think about the Church
building
But that’s not what it really about
All the Bible says is that it is good for us to meet together…
Read Hebrews 10:25 “you should not stay away from the church meetings, as some are doing, but
you should meet together and encourage each other. Do this even more as you
see the day coming”
What’s so good about people meeting together?
Some ideas:
Fun / friendship / help each other / learn about God etc.
One of the things the Bible says is…
Read Matthew 10:28 “…if two or three people come together in [Jesus’] name, I am there with
them.”
God promises to be with us, if a group of us get together…
So God is here now…
How does that make you feel? Do you believe that?
This is really what Church is all about…
Church happens when people get together like this…to try and learn
something / experience God
So you could say Pathfinders is Church and groups like FOCUS and T.I.T are
Church
It not just about singing hymns and sitting in Church…
Conclusion
As we’re in Church tonight
We thought we’d finish by doing something that we do in Church
If you think this is a bit odd, don’t worry, you don’t have to do this.
I’ve got a loaf of bread and some ‘wine’ here (which is really juice)
And we’re going to eat and drink
This is something that Jesus tells us to do in the Bible
So that we might remember what he did for us
So get your self a drink…
And as we pass the bread around, talk a bit if you want and if you’d like
to say a prayer, please do so
