Truth

FACTS

In the 10 minutes or so this assembly takes you will..

- Blink 300 times
- Pump 59 litres of blood through your heart
- Breath 120 times using 56 litres of air
- Grow 0.0023 millimeters of hair on your head
- Sweat enough to loose 4 grammes of water from your body

In Britain we'll..

- Eat 13,500 kg of sweets
- Use 25,000 rolls of toilet tissue
- Change 97,000 nappies (diapers!)
- Harvest 3 tonnes of brussel sprouts
- Receive 100,000 pieces of junk mail

GAME

Get some people up the front. Keep them standing up and tell them to sit down when they think 1 minute has elapsed. To make this inclusive, if anyone is in a wheelchair, get them to raise their hand or make a sound / movement. (Remember to time it and no watches or mobiles allowed - make sure no clocks are in sight either - blindfold them if necessary!) You may need to adapt this by getting people to put their hand up and put it down when they think the time's passed instead. A prize may help for the person closest to 1 minute!

POINT

Time is really important. Before we know it, it's gone so make sure you make the most of it. John Erskine wrote a famous book called 'Helen of Troy' almost completely in cars commuting between home and university. How do you use your spare time? Stephen Hawking the famous scientist/physicist hasn't let the fact that he has motor neurone disease stop him - no, he has determined to make the most of his time using his mind.

YOU MATTER

It is easy to feel a bit left out in this world of ours of 6 billion people but God created you in his image. Don't spend time on things that aren't really important but on what really matters - how you treat other people, how you value yourself and making the most of every opportunity. God created the world in 7 days - what a way to spend 7 days! The best part of his work in his own words is you and me! Don't waste your time but make it count.