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Seventy Going Out in Twos

Bible ref: Mark 6:1-13 and Luke 10:1-11
Although there is reference to holidays and leaving school or moving on, this assembly can be used to demonstrate the value of friendship and the love of those who care for us.

Story
(Hold up the number card when it appears in bold.)
Today we will be remembering how Jesus sent seventy of his helpers to go out into the countryside and towns to tell people of God’s great love for them. Jesus told them to travel light and not clutter themselves up with too many possessions.

He then told them something very important. Jesus told the seventy to go out in twos. Does anyone know how many pairs of people that would be? That’s quite a difficult sum but perhaps some of you can manage to work it out? The answer is thirty five...

Created by Christian Assemblies Team for Schools, Wellingborough
Edited by twelvebaskets
This is one of the assemblies in a series based on the use of numbers in the Bible. To view others search for CATNB in the written section.

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