Children

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Childrens Voices

• Things real children have said

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What they say

• .where children do not share the bread and wine.

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• Its not fair I cant have some bread and wine.
  I love Jesus just as much as anyone else.

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• Why does the vicar say we are one body because
  we share one bread, when I dont get any?

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• I think if I had been in that room with Jesus
  and the disciples, and I was hungry, Jesus would
  have given me something to eat and drink the same
  as the others.

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• There are lots of things I dont understand
  yet. But my family still feed me.

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And what they say.

• ..if they do share bread and wine.

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Q Why do you think Jesus wants us to share
bread and wine?

• A So that He can be really near us.

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Q. What do you think about when you are having
the bread and wine?

• A. That Jesus is with us. Its a good feeling.
  Yeh!

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Q. What do you like about having Communion?

• A. It makes us feel happy.and not alone.

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Q. What do you think about when you have the
bread and wine?

• A. Being at the Last Supper with Jesus and His
  friends. Its like being one of them.

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Q. What do you like about the Communion part of
the service?

• A. Doing it with everybody else.

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• I like carrying the bread or wine up to the
  front. Its like youre helping Jesus get things
  ready for the supper.

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Q. Does the communion part of the service feel
different?

• A. Yeh. Everyone joins in. Individuals feel
  special.

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• I like it when we have a baptism in church. Its
  a bit like having a new baby in your family.

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Q. Anything else you want to say?

• A. When the choir sings its a bit off-putting
  if people want to pray.

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• I felt really special when I got confirmed..and
  really. well, energetic. A bit hyper really. I
  wanted to go out and shout to everyone, but they
  would have thought I was mad!

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