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Thought for the Week
Monday, 22nd June 2020
Picture copyright to Italian Chapel, Orkney - image by VisitScotland/Kenny Lam
Where is your ‘place’?

In lockdown, we’re confined to our homes and our local area. We suddenly find ourselves having to be in one place, and often share it with people who we may not have spent so much time with, in a long time! For some, our place is out on a sports pitch, or court; being able to be part of a team. Our ‘place’ can seem distant and that’s really frustrating.

The Italian chapel in the image above was built in WW2 by prisoners of war from Southern Italy. They missed home so they recreated it using old car parts, pots of paint and odd bits of concrete. The interior is stunning - and looks like it was made from precious materials.

When they left, the chapel began to deteriorate, but years later the Islanders asked the ex-prisoners to return to their island prison to re paint the chapel. In spite of harsh memories, they did – and to this day it stands, as does a new friendship between Southern Italy and Orkney. Out of dire adversity came friendship – all because of a place.

 
Where is your place? From where do you draw your sense of security, purpose, stability? Is it from People or places? From your Faith?
‘Emmanuel’ is a name given to Jesus Christ;
it means ‘God with us.’
We are God’s dwelling place.

How might we make our place reflect who we are: what does our school/ tutor groups/ class identity look like and how can we work to keep connected with those who are not physically in the same place?
‘God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. 
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, 
though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. 
‘Emmanuel’ is a name given to Jesus Christ; it means ‘God with us.’
We are God’s dwelling place.'
 Psalm 46:1-3

Home's where you go when you run out of homes.”
John le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy

“How should a man be capable of grooming his own horse, or of furbishing his own spear and helmet, if he allows himself to become unaccustomed to tending even his own person, which is his most treasured belonging?”  Alexander the Great

To explore further:

Looking after ourselves
– see Alexander the Great quote – Wellbeing focus.
Love your neighbour as yourself – we cannot love others until we love ourselves.

Making our place reflect who we are - what does our school/tutor group/class identity look like and how can we work to keep connected?
This could be a slide show given to teachers/sent online/used within a presentation.

Links to Humanities department - cross curricular work (WW2/peace and reconciliation in R.E)

Year group or classcould use the link and story to produce a presentation. This could be in collaboration with others.

As worship - the themes could be picked up with hymns, songs and prayers.

Rebecca Ayers‑Harris - Chaplain and Head of RS Department, Warminster School
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