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2. Bishop Justus Church of England School
Morning Worship
St Valentine
12th February 2016
Bishop Justus Church of England School

3. Let the light of Christ shine in our lives
Gather
The Lord be with you
And also with you
Let the light of Christ shine in our lives

4. Receive
Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never ends.
From Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians, chapter 13, verses 4-8

5. Engage
St. Valentine's Day began as a celebration of one or more early Christian saints named Valentinus.
A popular story of Saint Valentine of Rome states that he was imprisoned for performing weddings for soldiers who were forbidden to marry and for ministering to Christians, who were persecuted under the Roman Empire. According to legend, during his imprisonment, he healed the daughter of his jailer, Asterius. An embellishment to this story states that before his execution he wrote her a letter signed "Your Valentine" as a farewell.

6. Engage Some discussion ideas …
Valentine’s Day is about romantic love, our reading today is about Christian love, are the two connected at all?
Activity suggestion …
Create a Valentine Card… What colours will you use? What kind of message could you write?
Write a love poem: this could be cheesy or serious…
Video suggestion … The story of St Valentine of Rome -

7. Respond Amen All-loving God, teach us to love unselfishly
and to find great joy in giving.
Enable us to bring out the best in each other
and for us to live in Your love.
Amen

8. Go out into the world with the light of Christ
Let us bless the Lord
Thanks be to God
Go out into the world with the light of Christ