​Saying Sorry Action: Option 1
➜ Action: growing from a seed

The Good News is:
God always wants to give us a new start!
God wants to plant a little seed,
Show imaginary seed between fingers
the seed of love, in all of us.

Let’s close our eyes for a moment.
Let’s imagine Jesus coming to us now.
Let’s ask Jesus to make our hearts ready.
Now let’s imagine Jesus planting
that seed in our hearts.

Let’s open our eyes again.
Let’s imagine we’re the little seed
that Jesus has planted in us.
Let’s curl up into a ball.
Lead the group in curling up into a ball.

Let’s show our roots with our fingers.
Lead the children in wiggling fingers.
We need to let our roots grow down deep.
Lead the children in wiggling fingers down.

Then after three, let a little shoot pop up.
1, 2, 3 . . . Pop!
Poke your hands up over your head like a little shoot.

Then start to grow up tall.
Gradually stand up, swaying like a growing stalk.
Taller and taller onto our tiptoes . . .
Reach up with pointy hands and on tiptoes.

Let’s turn our faces up towards the sun!
Then let our leaves or branches spread out wide.
Arms stretch slowly outwards.
After three, let’s say ‘God gives me a new start!’
1, 2, 3 . . . God gives me a new start!

What beautiful plants!
Let’s ask for Jesus’ love
to grow inside us today.
And let’s remember to share Jesus’ love
by caring for each other and for God’s beautiful world.

 

Saying Sorry Action: Option 2

➜ Action: planting a garden

Invite two children to give out pieces of coloured tissue paper.
Name and Name are going to bring around some paper.
If you like, you can take a piece and hold it in the air
to show that there are things that you wish you hadn’t done.
 

As the paper is given out, lead the group in singing the ‘I’m sorry’ refrain.

When the group is ready:
When we do things that make God or other people sad,
it can make us feel sad and cross inside.
Let’s crumple our paper up to show how we can feel
when we know we’ve made someone feel sad.

Crumple up your paper
Let’s put our feelings into the paper.

As we sing, let’s give our paper and feelings to God.

As leader, place your paper on the garden as an example.
Look! The paper looks like little flowers
springing up to new life.
Let’s watch God the Maker 
making something beautiful with our sorries.

Lead the group in singing again as the paper is placed. Some groups may like to ask two children to take the garden around the group as you sing so the other children can stay in their places. Once the paper has been collected, the garden can then be placed in the centre of the circle.

When the group is ready:
Look at our beautiful garden.
God can make everything new!
God can make beautiful things when we say sorry!
After 3, let’s shout, God gives me a new start! New Start sign
1, 2, 3 . . . God gives me a new start! New Start sign