8-4 End of Year Form Time Devotion

8-4 End of Year Form Time/ Devotion

Theme: "REFLECTING ON TIME"

Welcome

Good morning and Happy Friday! Welcome to each and everyone this morning as we share together and say goodbye to each other and to an interesting school year. I invite you to participate and indulge in the offerings of this session. Welcome!

Reflections

1. the throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it.

"the reflection of light"

2. serious thought or consideration.

"he doesn't get much time for reflection"

Source: Oxford Languages (https://languages.oup.com/google-dictionary-en/)

Let's look at the second definition this morning.

Synonyms for REFLECT

• thought

• meditate

• contemplation

• thinking

• studying

Reflection

• "serious thought or consideration."

• What does the term "reflection" mean to you in this sense?

• Do you reflect on the past, present or future?

• Do you believe it is important to reflect?

^{Psalm 77:12}

New International Version

"I will consider all your works and meditate on all your mighty deeds.”

Lively Choruses

• Thanks, Thanks (I give you thanks) - To the the past

• This is the Day (That The Lord has Made) - To the present

Prayer

Heavenly Father, we thank you for choosing us to be here. Thank you for our past and the lessons we have learnt from it & that you brought us through our difficulties. Our memories encourage us and remind us that You have always been there with us. Thank you for the present, a continuous gift that we have been blessed with throughout our lives, Lord, please do not consider us presumptuous to thank you for the future we hope for. Please give us the opportunity to do even better and to be even more than we are now. Help us to remain faithful as you have been faithful. In Jesus' name. Amen.

What is time?

How do you think of time or understand it?

"As Dawn Adès wrote, "The soft watches are an unconscious symbol of the relativity of space and time, a Surrealist meditation on the collapse of our notions of a fixed cosmic order"" Source: Wikipedia.com

The Past

• Is there something good that happened to you over the past school year (last Sept to now) that you would like to share?

Poll

Using a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best you have experienced so far, how would you rate this past school year (Sept. 2020-July 2021)?

• 1-2

• 3-4

• 5-6

• 7-8

• 9-10

Poll

How would you rate your experience with online school?

• I hated it. It did not work for me.

• I didn't like it but it was ok. I managed.

• I don't have any feelings about it either way. I did ok or great.

• I liked it but it didn't work as well for me as face-to-face school did.

• I loved it. It was the same or better for me in comparison to face-to-face school.

Poll

Did you learn any new skills over the last year?

• yes

• no

• no sure

The Present

• How would you compare where you are now with where you were at the start of the school year?

• Are there any lessons or new understanding that you have gained over the last school year that you would like to share?

The Future

• What are your hopes for the future?

Poll

How do you feel about the future?

• I don't think about it.

• I am not sure.

• I feel sad/scared/apprehensive of what I think the future will bring.

• I feel hopeful/positive about what I expect in the future.

Hope for the Future

There is hope if you keep it alive. Our hearts are the gardens in which hope flourishes. If we have no hope then there is no future. Hope is where the future lives.

Summer is Here!

Thank you for a good year. I wish you all the very best for the future and have a wonderful summer!