Tales From The Miracle Book

30/10/2024

What makes someone special?

In the story ‘Bigger Than Giants…
Wise old Samuel had come to town to choose a new king…
Everyone was wondering who he might choose for such an important job?
The oldest person?
Or maybe the tallest?
Or perhaps the most talented? The best singer & dancer? The most stylish? The coolest?
The strongest? The fastest? The most sporty?

That’s certainly what David’s brothers were thinking. So imagine their surprise when Samuel chose… David!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmBEox4Cae0

There's to be a new king in Israel...Everyone is invited to enter the contest. Apart from David. But what really makes someone special...?For all our films &...

29/10/2024

Here's the first part of our resource pack to accompany Episode 1 of 'Bigger Than Giants'

(more coming tomorrow...)

28/10/2024

I'm very aware that I haven't posted anything for a long time.

However I just wanted to say that this term we have our fantastic film resource for Anti-Bullying Week - ‘Bigger Than Giants’

And the good news is that it’s available for FREE. All the films in the series are available on our Youtube channel. And I'll be posting the accompanying resources here

Based on the story of David & Goliath, 'Bigger Than Giants' tells of David - a young boy for whom life is tough. The youngest, smallest, least important member of family who is constantly picked on by his brothers. Pushed… shoved… called names… and always left out… it seems like things will be that way forever.
Until…
One day, a mysterious old man called Samuel arrives in town and tells David that he has a bright future ahead of him… that he can be anyone he chooses to be… that he is important.
The question is…
Who will David listen to?
Who will David believe?
And how will he find the courage to face his own giant?

‘Bigger Than Giants’ comes complete with a jam-packed, bumper resource pack plus lessons & assembly plans - based years of running anti-bullying workshops in primary schools - to help explore the story & further engage with the themes of bullying & self-esteem and which voices to listen to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W04zhIlSg0c&t=149s

David isn't having a good time...The youngest, smallest & least important member of his family - things just never seem to go his way. But all that's about t...

08/07/2024

The Parable of the Lost Sheep is now available on our YouTube channel. Click the link to see! 🐑

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02/05/2024

The Prodigal Son is a really challenging story - because the young boy isn’t treated in the way that he deserves.

When people do us wrong we expect there to be some sort of justice… we expect that there I a price to pay. And yet when the young son returns home after wasting all his money and treating his family badly… his father gives him a warm welcome.

It’s upside-down… it’s topsy-turvey…
It’s the exact opposite to what we expect.

It’s a really important. Story in the Christian faith. In telling it, Jesus introduces us to a radical new way of relating to God and each other…

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30/04/2024

The Prodigal Son is all about making fresh starts and new beginnings.

Here’s a great little ice-breaker from our assembly to help you introduce the theme…

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29/04/2024

This week’s highlighted story is ‘The Prodigal Son!’

You can watch the video here (or of course by signing up for a FREE account at talesfromthemiraclebook.co.uk)

We’ve got some great teaching resources to go alongside this story, and I’ll be sharing a few over the next few days…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvwRFqlb2Uw

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26/04/2024

Next week I'm going to start sharing some more stories from our 'Miracle & Parables' collection.

I'll be featuring a new story each week - starting on Monday with The Prodigal Son.

It the meantime here's a quick taster of what's to come...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrCzOXl2Ma8

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29/03/2024

27/03/2024

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This is "Easter Thoughts - Part Eleven" by Mike Peacock on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

27/03/2024

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27/03/2024

Easter Countdown #11

Easter morning…
The day that everything changed….
Jesus’ friends began the day, still feeling puzzled…
And sad and confused about the events of the Friday before…
But they were about to get the biggest surprise…

They went to visit the tomb…
Where Jesus’ body had been placed…
But the door way was open…
The body was missing…
And and an angel greeted them instead…

And suddenly Jesus was there!
As alive as ever before!
Standing… talking… laughing and joking with them…
It was the most amazing miracle of all…

Soon the news spread…
Throughout the city… and far and wide…
About the amazing events of Easter Sunday morning…
It travelled through Jerusalem…
Then throughout the country of Israel…
And before long…
The news had travelled all over the world…

26/03/2024

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This is "Easter Thoughts - Part Ten" by Mike Peacock on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

26/03/2024

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26/03/2024

Easter Countdown #10

The soldiers took Jesus…
They were cruel… and mean…
They hurt him… they laughed at him… and called him cruel names…
They placed a crown of thorns
And then they led him off…

Jesus was put on a cross…
On a hill outside of the city…
And all the people came to watch - his friends, his enemies…
(and those just curious…)
The came to watch to see if this was the end…

Jesus died…

Was it really all over; was there no more to say?
Would the adventures really end in this way?
Was it really all over, when it had barely begun?
Or had something rather extraordinary been done?

22/03/2024

'Hosanna!'

Palm Sunday is coming up...

(Gosh, where did the year go?)

So I thought I'd share a little extract as Newly-Qualified Guardian Angel Gabe prepares for what (he think) will be the most wonderful week of his life...

22/03/2024

Angels Surprise

22/03/2024

22/03/2024

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This is "Easter Thoughts - Part Nine" by Mike Peacock on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

22/03/2024

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This is "Easter Thoughts - Part Eight" by Mike Peacock on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

22/03/2024

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This is "Easter Tales 9 (sample)" by Mike Peacock on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

22/03/2024

Easter Countdown #9

Jesus was taken to Pilate…
The head of the Roman authorities…
Now, Pilate was puzzled…
You see, he knew that Jesus had done no wrong…
And yet he’d been arrested…
Pilate thought… and thought…
And then he had an idea…

There was a tradition…
At that time of year, to set one prisoner free…
So Pilate called the people and gave them a choice…
Release Jesus…
Or a man called Barrabas…

Now, Barrabas was a criminal - a nasty type…
And thoroughly deserved to pay for his crimes…
Whereas Jesus…
Well, he’d done no wrong…
Surely it was obvious to tell who was guilty…
And who should be set free…

But the crowd called for Barrabas…
(The Pharisees had stirred them up… telling them what to say…)
‘Free Barrabas!’ they cried…
And as for Jesus…
They called for him to be be punished instead…

21/03/2024

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This is "Easter Tales - Part 8 (sample)" by Mike Peacock on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

21/03/2024

Easter Countdown #8

Simon Peter was scared…
Jesus had been arrested… his friends were all scattered…
And Simon Peter found himself alone…
On the unfriendly streets…
Of Jerusalem…

‘Are you friends with Jesus?’
Asked unfriendly voices…
Peter was scared…
So, even though he knew the truth in his heart…
Out loud he said:
‘No.’
Three times…
He said: ‘No, I’ve never met him before in my life.’

Meanwhile…
Jesus was put on trial…
In front of the Pharisees - the religious leaders of the city…
However…
Although they accused him again and again…
They could find nothing that he had done wrong…

But…
There was one thing…
One thing that made them truly angry above all else…
The fact that people were saying Jesus was God’s own Son…
This, they could not stand…
So in a fury, they condemned him…
And sent him off to the Romans to be punished…

20/03/2024

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This is "Easter Tales - Chapter 7 (sample)" by Mike Peacock on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.