Assembly: Who do you trust with the truth?
Aim: To explain how Jesus offers to tell us the
truth, and therefore we can trust him for our lives.
Equipment: “Call my bluff” cue cards (see end)
Done at two Swindon schools
1. Get three teachers to play “Call my bluff”,
using the cue cards. You say the first
word, and then each teacher reads out the first “definition” on their sheet and
so on. After each round, pupils vote on
who is telling the truth.
Platitude:
Someone with a very flat
face
A plate for astronauts to
use in space
Something you say to
help people, but which doesn’t give them real help.
Gavotte
A girl’s name, similar to
the boy’s name Gavin
A kind of sword used by the
Romans
Palfrey
A small boat used on the
river Pall
A hat worn by German men
Southpaw
A bear that lives in the
artic
Someone in Kent with no
money
Widgeon
A painful growth on your
toe
A special kind of glass for
drinking milk
2. Ask why is it important to tell the
truth. Elicit:
People can trust you.
Bad things don’t happen.
God wants us to tell the
truth.
Ask: Would you trust someone who told you the
truth?
3. Explain that Jesus said, “I am the
truth.” He had the best word on
everything. And so he wants us to trust
him. When you know someone always tells
the truth you can trust them with your lives.
Tell the story of Blondini
in your own words, and perhaps embellish with actions!
Blondini was a tightrope
walker in the last century. He used to
walk over the Niagara Falls, and people came from far and wide to see him. He would carry all sorts of things over the
water. One day a famous duke and his
entourage visited the Niagara Falls.
They watched Blondini walk over and clapped. They watched him walk back and shouted for more. Then Blondini asked, “Who believes I could
carry this wheelbarrow over the waterfall?”
“Of course you can!” said the duke and his friends. Blondini took the wheelbarrow over. Everyone was ecstatic. “Do you believe I could carry this sack of
potatoes over the waterfall in the wheelbarrow?” “Yes!!” He duly did. Then he asked, “Who believes I could carry a
human being over the falls in this barrow?”
“We all do!” they chorused.
After a pause, Blondini asked, “Who will get in the wheelbarrow
then?” There was an embarrassed silence
– the Duke suddenly felt he had better things to do. Suddenly a little old lady came out of the crowd and got in the
wheelbarrow. Blondini pushed her over
the falls and back again, to the astonishment of the crowd. The lady was Blondini’s mother.
4. Explain that if we really believe in someone
we can trust them with our lives. Jesus
said we can trust him, like Blondini’s mother, because he promises to always tell
us the truth about life.
5. Pray:
Thank you that you tell us the truth.
Help us to trust you with our lives.
Cue cards:
1. Someone with a very flat face
2. An old French dance
3. A horse
4. A bear that lives in the artic
5. A type of duck
1. A plate for astronauts to use in space
2. A girl’s name, similar to the boy’s name
Gavin
3. A small boat used on the river Pall
4. Someone in Kent with no money
5. A painful growth on your toe
1. Something you say to help people, but which
doesn’t give them real help.
2. A kind of sword used by the Romans
3. A hat worn by German men
4. A left handed person
5. A special kind of glass for drinking milk