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What is it? Our resource recommendation this week is the Dreamworks film The Prince of Egypt. You can find it on DVD available at most DVD retailers (HMV, Amazon etc.) You may also find a copy at your local Christian bookstore.  Who is it for? This movie is suitable...

You can download today’s reflective colouring sheet here: The Lord is my Shepherd Take a moment to read the lyrics of this song: The Lord is my shepherd.     I will always have everything I need. He gives me green pastures to lie in.     He leads me by calm pools of...

Our resource recommendation this week is for: The Guardians of Ancora app You can find it in the Google Play store and the Apple app store. What is it? Guardians of Ancora has been created by Scripture Union. It is a high quality, free app that gives children the...

What you need: Some coloured paper, felt or card (if you don’t have coloured paper, don’t worry, you can just colour in plain paper!), scissors, blue tack or something else to stick these up with.   Seeing as we’ve had such a strange variety of weather recently,...

You can find today's colouring sheet here Matthew 5:23-27  Jesus and his disciples were crossing a lake when suddenly a fierce storm swept in. The sky was dark with thick clouds and the water of the lake was whipped up into huge waves that battered the boat. Some of...

Our resource recommendation this week is: Superbook Bible App You can find it in the Google Play store and the Apple app store What is it? It’s a free app that helps explore the Bible in fun and interesting ways. Who is it for? It’s designed for primary school aged...

What you will need: Paper squares of any size. (If you only have A4 paper, you can easily transform the paper into a square by folding one short edge corner towards one of the long slides. You can trim off the additional strip and save it for another craft project!)...

We Recommend… Our resource recommendation this week is for the Lightkeepers book series You can find them at any Christian book store or online here: https://www.thegoodbook.co.uk/children/lightkeepers/      What is it? Easy to read books that tell the life stories of...

Anne-Marie here! I’ve made a post before on this blog about how much I enjoy and miss figure skating. The rinks are still closed and I’m still working on doing what I can off ice to stay in good condition. But today I thought it would be fun to show you what I keep in...

Take a moment to look at the tip of one of your fingers – did you know that the swirls and whorls you can see there are completely unique to you? No one else has ever had the same fingerprint as you and no one ever will! Christians believe that God made us with great...

You can find today's worksheet here: http://icetrust.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/peacebringers.pdf   ‘God blesses those who work for peace, for they will be called the children of God.’ Matthew 5:9 When Jesus taught what we call the sermon on the mount, he...

What is it? A short Youtube video giving some advice on how to talk to children and young people about race. You can find the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNEKbVq_ou4 Who is it for? Adults who find themselves needing a bit of help with an often...

Anne-Marie here, today I want to introduce to you a fun way of praying using a music playlist. What you will need: A music playlist. I personally use Spotify most of the time, though I also like to findplaylists or radio stations on Youtube as well. You can use a CD...

Here is the link to today’s downloadable worksheet: God looks at the heart Have you ever looked at a book and decided that you want to read it, just because of the cover? Or perhaps you’ve decided to put it down for the same reason. What about a cake – has a cake ever...

Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!     Your workmanship is marvellous, how well I know it. Psalm 139:14 (NLT) Psalm 139 is one of the most well known Psalms in the Bible. Written by King David, this song expresses his wonder and amazement at how well God...

                                                                                                                               Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash   Have you ever been unsure about what to pray for? Sometimes it can be helpful to have a starting...

Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!Your workmanship is marvellous, how well I know it.Psalm 139:14Worksheet PDF: How our Bodies Work  In Psalm 139, King David talks about how amazing God is for having created people so lovingly and carefully…we’re going to...

This week’s prayer activity is going to be a nice simple one. All you need to do is remember how to spell the word, ‘pray’! Earlier on in the year, when we were still going into schools to do our regular assemblies and clubs, we explored a way of prayer using a...

Since we started to make our regular online content, we’ve been tackling some big questions on Thursdays. We hope that our answers and thoughts around some of those questions have been helpful so far! We’ve always found that our Q+A times have been really special...

Our resource recommendation for this week is: the Thy Kingdom Come family resources pack. You can find it here: https://www.thykingdomcome.global/resources/digital-family-prayer-adventure-map What is it? Lots of resources to help encourage families to pray together....

Anne-Marie here! This week I’ve been enjoying watching a series of voice actors playing an imaginative table top role-play game together and it got me thinking about how wonderful it is to use our imaginations. I’ve always been an imaginative person. As a kid I would...

Activity: Making bunting full of ‘thank you’ prayers. Resources: Some paper, some scissors (ask an adult for help), some string, a stapler or hole punch, pens.   I wonder what kind of things make you happy? How many can you count? One thing that can make us happy...

This is one of the activities we found on the incredibly useful blog: https://www.prayerspacesinschools.com/resources/50  You can download our reflection sheet here: http://icetrust.co.uk/lettersfromgod/ One of the nicest things is to receive a letter from a friend...

We Recommend… This week we would like to recommend: Sporcle https://www.sporcle.com/ What is it? A website dedicated to quizzes and puzzles Who is it for? Anyone who likes quizzes will enjoy Sporcle! We recommend this as a family activity or playing with adult...

This week we’re going to set aside some time to pray for our world.  What do you need: Go to this website MapCrunch. https://www.mapcrunch.com/ You can also use an atlas or world map if you have one at home. You might also like to have a separate web page open to do...

Here is the link to today's downloadable worksheet: http://icetrust.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/fortress.pdf Today’s activity is a colouring page for you to enjoy making as bright and colourful as you would like. As you colour it in, take some time to read the...

For God speaks again and again, though people do not recognise it. (Job 33:14) The Bible tells us that God does speak to people, in lots of different ways, but sometimes we miss it. We have to be ready to listen in lots of different ways. Christians believe that God...

We Recommend… Our resource recommendation this week is for the Animated Bible Stories playlist created by Saddleback kids. You can find their Youtube playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5aPdmniG3y_n7hXEKTV4qQnIeCe-p6Ws What is it? Stories from the...

Anne-Marie here this time! I know a lot of workers and students will be struggling to get along with working at home. It’s a lot harder, isn’t it? There are so many other distractions, such good weather to tempt us into the garden and a thousand other things we might...

Today we’re going to use our shadows to help us to reflect and pray. Have you ever noticed your shadow before, how it grows and shrinks during the day? Sometimes when you’re in-between two lights you might have multiple shadows and end up looking like a three headed...

Our resource recommendation this week is: Story Keepers    What is it? An animated series set in the early days of the Christian faith during Roman times. Who is it for? Children and families. What can I find there? You can find the Story Keepers YouTube channel...

Activity: Using chalk to draw prayers Resources: Some chalk, a place outside to draw on (like the pavement or driveway)You don’t need very much for today’s prayer activity! Once you have some chalk and an idea of what, or who, you’d like to pray for, head outside and...

Activity: Saying ‘sorry’ using coins to help. Resources: Some old 1p or 2p coins, a dish, some vinegar, some kitchen roll.In today’s prayer space activity, we’re going to think about saying sorry. I wonder if you can think of something that you have ever needed to say...

Worksheet Download - I am loved - I can love If you flick through the Bible there is a word that turns up 551 times. It is the word love. That’s a lot of love! Today’s reflection worksheet is here to help you think about love and what it might mean to you. First of...

We recommend... This week’s recommendation is for the Flame Creative Kids blog. You can find it here: http://flamecreativekids.blogspot.com/ What is it? This blog is full of resources to inspire creative reflection, crafts and prayer at home or at church. It has pages...

I’ve been inspired by this blog to try a prayer activity: flamecreativekids.blogspot.com. Why don’t you join me? There are lots of other great activities on her blog too so why not give it a look! Activity: Creating prayer collages with random objects. Resources: A...

I wonder how many things you can count? Take a moment to count how many books you can see right now. What about how many things that are red in your room - can you count all of those? Why not try and count how many breaths you take in a minute. I’m pretty sure you...

Worksheet Download - 3things Not so long ago, the ICE Primary team did an assembly focusing on part of the life of Corrie Ten Boom. Many readers will know of her incredible and inspirational faith and the dire circumstances she often found herself in. During the...

Activity: Carefully stacking stones to make a balanced tower. Resources: Some stones or pebbles of various sizes, or any collection of small to medium objects you can stack together to form a tower. In the Bible, people often setup stones as reminders of the things...

We Recommend... This week’s recommendation is for Crossroad Kids’ Club Youtube channel. You can find the channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmMySSzKknjgAVVCOPXu_qg What is it? A channel full to the brim of fun resources for children, to help them get stuck...

I wonder what you’re thankful for? In difficult times it can be hard to think about what makes us say ‘thank you’ but it is important to keep on looking out for those things. They remind us of the good still all around us, they remind us that God provides for us every...