The Solomon Islands

Holy Thursday Liturgy

Holy Thursday Liturgy

It was now the time of Passover. Jesus’ followers came to Him and said, “We will go and prepare everything for the Passover Feast. Where do you want to eat the feast?” Jesus answered, “Go into the city. A man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him. He will go into a house. Tell the owner of the house, “The teacher wants you to prepare the room for the Passover meal.” So the followers left and went into the city and prepared the Passover Feast.

In the evening, Jesus went to that house with the twelve. While they were eating, Jesus took the bread and gave God thanks and praise. He broke the bread, gave it to his disciples, and said: “Take this, all of you, and eat it; this is my body which will be given up for you.”





  
When supper was ended, he took the cup. Again he gave God thanks and praise, gave the cup to his disciples, and said: “Take this, all of you, and drink from it; this is the cup of my blood, the blood of the new and everlasting covenant. It will be shed for you and for all so that sins may be forgiven. Do this in memory of me.”

After some time, Jesus got up from the table and went to a different part of the room.  He put a large towel around him, making himself look like a servant.  After that, he poured water into a large bowl and began to wash the disciples' feet.  He then dried them with the towel that was wrapped around Him.

When Jesus had finished washing all of the disciples’ feet, he returned to the table.  "Do you understand what I have done for you?"  Jesus asked them.
Jesus is like a King - but even greater than a king, He's the King of Kings!  By washing the disciples’ feet, He was doing something that only a servant would do.
This is an example of how you should treat others.  You don't have to actually wash other people's feet, but do kind things to others and act like a servant for Jesus.

Silhouette Art

Live Simply Day

Today is Live Simply Day. We live a Live Simply Day so that we can stand in solidarity with the poor people in our world. To live simply means to only eat fruit and rice. Also, to not have technology like computers, ipads and laptops, and to not use pens, only pencils.

Hot Air Balloon

Today the whole school and I went down to the field for a ride in the hot air balloon. The hot air balloon was called Wildfire and everyone was allowed to have a ride on it. The balloon was red, orange, yellow and there was a little word on the side. The hot air balloon was also very big. The hot air balloon sounded like flames. It also sounded like thunder.

Everyone lined up waiting for their turn.There was a squished penguin under the basket. Nearly everyone in the school went in the hot air balloon and some people looked excited and some people looked nervous. When some kids went in some of them were nervous and some of them were confident but they had a lot of fun. Some people held the ropes to keep the hot air balloon down. 

After it finished, they tried to get the hot air balloon down.

St Patrick's Day

St Patrick’s Day is celebrated on 17th  of March every year. It is celebrated all around the world.

In New York, in America, people drink green beer and they put  green lights on the Empire State Building.
St Patrick’s Day is celebrated in Auckland. The Sky Tower will be lit up in green. There will be Irish things, like Irish music and dancing and also a parade.  
St Patrick’s Day is also celebrated in Australia, in Sydney. The parade starts at 12pm. Its also a family day.
St Patrick’s Day is also celebrated in Chicago in the USA. The river is dyed green at night.
St Patrick’s Day is celebrated in Belgium. Everyone  wears green suits and there is a parade.
St Patrick’s Day is celebrated in Munich, in Germany. They are bands  and there is Irish dancing.
St Patrick’s Day is celebrated in Tokyo, in Japan, and there is a parade.
St Patrick’s Day is celebrated in London,in England. There are colourful floats and marching bands.

Symbols of the Holy Spirit

The other symbols of the Holy Spirit are fire, water and oil. You can see some of the other Room 4 pictures of the symbols of the Holy Spirit on our class blog at stproom4.blogspot.co.nz