The theme of the family service was ‘marbles’. Now, you may not necessarily think of this as a biblical theme and admittedly the connection is not immediately obvious. But we had a lot of fun as we explored the theme of right thinking and the peace God promises to those whose minds are fixed on Him.
First of all, the quiz. Mark took this, looking at some ‘crazy’ TV/film characters. How many of these can you name?
Maybe you are all better than I am at this, since I only named 2 of the many people! But, to put you out of your misery, the ones shown here are:
1) the Mad Hatter
2) Willy Wonka
3) Stacey Slater
4) Krusty the Clown
Then, the custom-written children’s song: Garry’s own composition, called ‘The Marble Song’. I reproduce the lyrics here (with full permission) as I have to say I think it’s pretty good to be able to get a Bible verse in a song about marbles! Can you work out the reference?
Found the reference? Yes, Isaiah 26:3 was the theme for the evening:
“You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.”
There was indeed a serious point to all this, but for now I will leave you with a photo of some people actually playing with the marbles they had won!
