Staying awake for Christ

Happy New Year! - We are celebrating the start of Year B and the first Sunday of Advent. Jesus tells his disciples to "Stay awake!" and that's exactly what we're thinking about this week in school...

Quite literally, we want children to tell us about the special occasions when they get to stay up late and, as we go through the week, we hope to take this theme a little deeper to explore the many ways we can stay awake in our hearts, minds and souls this Advent.

In today's worship, we discover how falling asleep can have very unhappy practical consequences. However, as we travel through this week, we're hoping to help children see the dangers of falling asleep in their hearts to the presence of Christ in our world.