Elizabeth - Christianity
INTRODUCING ELIZABETH
Resources: Elizabeth’s book for recording details of her life, Elizabeth’s bag,
small box with mirror in the bottom, a book about being special e.g. Helen
Cresswell, ‘God Makes Us Different’
Name: Elizabeth
Age: 5
Appearance: reddish hair, blue eyes
Favourite Foods: Hula hoops
Favourite Activities: Skipping
Family: - bothers/sisters/parent(s) occupation(s)
Religion: - Christian
Language: - English
(Plus anything else you think significant)
Introduce Elizabeth to the children and build a persona for her. Every time you bring
Elizabeth out to be with the children you will need to bring her back pack or bag
which will contain the artefacts/ books that will help you teach the particular lessons.
The first time you introduce Elizabeth you might include in the bag some common
objects that most little girls might carry around with them e.g. pens, small doll etc.
Let me tell you about Elizabeth - what she enjoys doing, her favourite food etc. What
do you enjoy? What is your favourite food?
In some ways we are similar to each other and in other ways we are different. How
are you the same/different to other children in the class?
From Elizabeth’s back pack take a text such as Helen Cresswell’s ‘God Makes us
Different’’ and read it to the children.
Elizabeth likes this story because it tells us how we are all special, i.e. that there is
no one else in the world like us.
Elizabeth believes that God makes us all different so that the world can be full of
exciting and interesting and colourful people.
Pass around a box with a mirror hidden in the bottom.
Look in the box and you will see something very special but don’t tell anyone what
you have seen until everybody has had a chance to look.
Make a display of the children in the class and beside each person write something
that is special about them.
Copyright Catherine Coster, Diocese of Bristol
SPECIAL TIMES
Baptism 1
Resources: Baptism card
Sit Elizabeth in the circle with the children and from her bag bring out a baptism card.
Next Sunday Elizabeth is going to a special celebration at the church, and at that
celebration she will give her baby cousin William this special card.
When have you received cards? Why?
Pass around the Baptism card.
What special celebration is Elizabeth and her family looking forward to?
Little William is going to be baptised in the church next Sunday. All of Elizabeth’s
family will be going to this special event and the church will be full of people who will
welcome William as the newest member of the church.
What should Elizabeth write in her card for William?
How do you make people feel welcome? It is important to make people welcome
and to greet them. How did you feel when you first came to school? Who
welcomed you? How did it feel when somebody welcomed you?
How might we help newcomers to the class to feel welcome? We could send a card
perhaps? What might be a good thing to have on the front of the card?
As an activity the children could design a welcome card for somebody new to the
class.
Baptism 2
Resources: photograph of Elizabeth holding William, Baptismal candle,
Christening gown or shawl
Sit Elizabeth in the circle with the children and from her bag take out a photograph of
Elizabeth holding baby William in his christening gown/shawl.
What can you remember about the special occasion at Elizabeth’s church last
Sunday?
From her bag also take out the gown /shawl carefully (wrapped) and a baptismal
candle.
Elizabeth’s auntie has allowed her to borrow these things so that she can let the
children know what happened at the Baptism.
The gown /shawl is very precious because it has been worn by all the babies in
Elizabeth’s family on their baptism day.
Do you remember that Elizabeth and her family are Christians. They are followers of
Jesus and when children are baptised in the church their Mums and Dads show that
they want their children to learn about Jesus.
Copyright Catherine Coster, Diocese of Bristol
This is why William was given a candle because Christians call Jesus “the Light of
the World” and the little light of the candle will remind William of Jesus whenever he
lights it.
(Light the candle for the children to experience this) If at all possible invite your local
vicar/priest to role play what happens at a Christian baptism either in the school or in
the local church so that the children have the opportunity to experience the rich
symbolism of this event.
Set up a “font” in the classroom so that the children can role-play a baptism for
themselves.
Christmas 1
Resources: photograph of Advent wreath, pictures of angels
Sit Elizabeth in the circle with the children in your group. Elizabeth has been getting
ready for Christmas in her home and in her church family. What preparations have
you been making for Christmas?
From Elizabeth’s bag take a photograph of an Advent Wreath.
This is something special that Elizabeth has in her Church as the people there think
about getting ready for Christmas. Advent means a time of “getting ready”
On the four Sundays before Christmas red candles are lit on an Advent wreath. On
Christmas day itself the white candle is lit.
Christians get ready for Christmas by telling the story of Christmas and by thinking
about how God would want them to be ready in their hearts as they think about how
Jesus came as God’s special gift to the whole world.
Light the first candle and tell the first part of the story, e.g.
An angel messenger came to bring the news of Jesus’ birth to Mary and Joseph. An
angel came to Mary to tell her that she would have a baby. The baby boy would be
called Jesus who will be a great king. Joseph also saw an angel who told him that
Jesus is God’s Son and that Joseph must take care of Mary and help her look after
Jesus.
I wonder what Mary and Joseph felt when they had this message from the angel?
Make representations of angels, record in the children’s words the message of the
angels to Mary. Use a real Advent Wreath and light the first candle. Remind the
children of the angel messenger who brought the good news of Jesus’ birth to Mary
and Joseph.
Copyright Catherine Coster, Diocese of Bristol
Christmas 2
Resources: Advent wreath, nativity figures
Sit Elizabeth in the circle with the children in your group.
Can you remember what picture Elizabeth showed us ?.
Light a candle on the class wreath.
Do you remember that when the first candle is lit in the church it reminds the people
there of the important messengers. What important messenger did we hear about
last time?
Elizabeth has brought something else to show us today.
Light the second candle and use the figures to tell the story
When it was nearly time for Mary’s baby to be born Mary and Joseph had to go on a
long journey to a town called Bethlehem. When they got there the streets were full
of people looking for a place to spend the night. Mary and Joseph could only find an
old stable to sleep in. During the night the baby was born in the stable.
You could use a stable made from a box with manger and straw etc. to tell this part
of the story.
Light the third candle.
That night some other people had a message from lots of angels; so many that they
made the sky light and bright. Some shepherds were looking after their sheep on
the hills outside Bethlehem and it was the shepherds who saw and heard the angels.
The angels told them to go to Bethlehem where they would see Jesus in the stable in
the manger.
Light the fourth candle and tell the story of the visit of the Wise Men/kings using
Nativity figures.
Later there were some more visitors. Some Kings came to see the baby Jesus and
brought some very special gifts for him.
The children could sort some Christmas cards showing the parts of the story they
have heard.
Or retell the story using nativity figures
Light the white candle in the middle of the Advent ring.
On Christmas day the white candle in the middle of the wreath is lit. The white
candle is special because it marks the end of the time of waiting. It tells Elizabeth
and all the people in the church that Jesus has come.
Copyright Catherine Coster, Diocese of Bristol
Allow the children to sit quietly looking at the candles.
I wonder what Elizabeth feels when she sees all the candles lit in the church? How
do you feel about getting ready for Christmas?
Christmas 3
Resources: Wrapped present for the class.
Sit Elizabeth in the circle with the children in your group.
Today Elizabeth has brought a gift to share with us all
Slowly unwrap a present in beautiful paper bearing a label saying –“To the Class
with love” This could be some homemade biscuits.
At Christmas Elizabeth and her friends and family give each other gifts because they
believe
that God gave the whole world a very special gift – the gift of the Baby Jesus. It is at
Christmas that Christian people remember especially God’s gift of the baby Jesus.
They give cards and presents to each other to remind themselves of God’s gift of
Jesus.
Easter 1
Resources: palm cross, small Latin American cross, children’s Bible or Lion
Story Teller Bible by Bob Hartmann
Sit Elizabeth in the circle with the children in your group.
Take the Palm cross from Elizabeth’s bag.
What is this? What is it made from?
Elizabeth got the cross when she went to the Church on a special day for her family.
This day was Palm Sunday. The cross is made from the leaves of the Palm tree,
which are twisted into the shape of a cross. The cross is a special symbol for
Christians. When they see a cross they think of Jesus. When Elizabeth sits in
church she can see a big golden cross on the altar at the front of the church (show a
picture)
Show the little brightly coloured Latin American cross that Elizabeth also has in her
bag
Which cross do you like? Elizabeth likes her little palm cross because she can use it
for a bookmark in her Bible. Today Elizabeth has her bookmark/cross in her Bible at
the story of the first Palm Sunday. We are going to hear that story so that we know
why this is a day of celebration for Christians everywhere.
Copyright Catherine Coster, Diocese of Bristol
Tell or read the story from a children’s Bible.
Jesus had come with his friends to the big city of Jerusalem. The city was very busy
with people rushing about. Jesus told his friends to go and fetch a young donkey so
that he could ride it into Jerusalem. When the people saw Jesus coming they were
very excited. They remembered all the things that Jesus had done to help people in
trouble and they were so pleased to see him.
Some people took off their cloaks and laid them on the dusty street so that there
would be a carpet of cloaks for the little donkey to walk on. Lots of the people cut or
pulled down palm branches from the trees that lined the road. They waved the Palm
branches and shouted a welcome to Jesus. They shouted “Hosanna, Hosanna!”
I think it must have been very noisy and exciting to be part of that big crowd that
welcomed Jesus.
On Palm Sunday, Elizabeth and her friends and family march into the church behind
a real donkey. They all shout Hosanna to welcome Jesus. There is lots of singing
and excitement and the vicar reads the story of the first Palm Sunday to all the
people there. Everybody is given his or her Palm cross to take home.
This is one of the times that Elizabeth enjoys best in her Church. Have you ever
celebrated a special story with lots of other people?
Easter 2
Resources: bulbs, seeds, pots, compost
Sit Elizabeth in front of the children and from her bag take a bulb and some different
kinds of seeds.
Elizabeth and her Mum have been to the Garden Centre and have bought the bulbs
and seeds to plant in pots. These were some left over and Elizabeth has brought
them for us to plant.
These seeds and bulbs seem to be dead. What do you think will happen to them
when we plant them? How will we help the seeds and bulbs to grow?
Spring is a time when lots of things grow. Elizabeth likes the Spring because she
can see signs of new life and growth everywhere.
Plant the seeds and bulbs with the children and get the children to suggest
appropriate information to display beside the pots.
Copyright Catherine Coster, Diocese of Bristol
Easter 3
Resources: hollow Easter egg
Seat Elizabeth in front of the children and from her bag take a hollow Easter Egg.
Just like you Elizabeth will have an Easter egg made of chocolate but at Easter
Elizabeth also hears some special stories about Jesus.
Unwrap the egg and separate the two halves.
When Jesus was killed by some angry people his body was laid in a tomb but when
his friends came to the tomb the next day, the tomb was empty. Easter is the time
when Elizabeth and other Christians remember what happened to Jesus and how he
came back to share his new life with his friends. Spring seems a very good time to
celebrate this because in Spring we see how things which seem to be dead come to
new life.
The hollow Easter egg reminds Elizabeth that the tomb was empty and that at Easter
Jesus began a new life.
Harvest
Resources: Elizabeth’s bag with various fruits inside
Sit Elizabeth in a circle with the children in your group.
Today Elizabeth’s bag is very heavy because she has brought some of her favourite
fruit.
Before opening the bag describe the fruit for the children and see if the children can
name the fruit you are describing. As the children guess the items of fruit, take them
out of the bag and talk about colour, shape, texture etc
What fruit do you like? We know that fruit is very good for us and it is wonderful that
we have so many fruits to enjoy. Every year in her church Elizabeth has a special
celebration called a Harvest Festival Service. All the people who belong to the
church bring all sorts of fruit and vegetables and put them around the church so that
they make a beautiful and colourful display. Then they say special prayers and sing
special songs to say thank you to God for all the good things that grow in the world.
When the Harvest Festival is over the food is shared with other people in the town,
often people who are older and find it difficult to get to the shops.
Make a fruit salad with the fruit from Elizabeth’s bag to share.
Learn a Harvest Song.
Copyright Catherine Coster, Diocese of Bristol
Prayer
Resources: book of children’s prayers
Sit Elizabeth in a circle with your group and take out a book of children’s prayers.
Today Elizabeth wants to tell you about a special time for her family. This is a
special time that happens every day in their house, a time when Elizabeth and her
family talk and try to listen to God. Elizabeth uses her book of prayers to help her
talk to God. Her Mum and Dad help her with the words and say the prayers with her.
Here are some of the prayers that Elizabeth says in her special quiet time at home.
Choose some prayers to read
Which prayers did you like? When Elizabeth talks to God, sometimes she says a
thank-you prayer, sometimes a sorry prayer and sometimes she uses an asking
prayer when she asks God to help and look after the people she loves. Sometimes
Elizabeth and her Mum and Dad don’t use any words at all. Sometimes they just sit
very still and are very quiet. Elizabeth calls this listening to God. When Elizabeth
does this she tries to think about the things that God would like her to do.
Do you have a special time in your house?
How does it feel to be really still and quiet?
When do we pray together in school?
SPECIAL PLACES
Nature 1
Resources: Bag with natural objects
Sit Elizabeth in front of the children and from her bag take some natural objects e.g.
pebble, feather, fir cone etc.
Elizabeth went on a walk with her family on Saturday beside a river in a forest and
she has brought some beautiful things to show you.
Pass the objects around so that the children can touch and describe them.
Is there anywhere special that you like to visit with your family, a place where you
can see beautiful things?
The children could bring in postcards, photographs of beautiful places they have
visited.
Copyright Catherine Coster, Diocese of Bristol
Nature 2
Resources: Book about the Creation story e.g. God said World by Steve
Go on a senses nature walk with the children, bringing back objects to create a
display titled ‘Treasures of the World” to which children can add over time.
In her bag Elizabeth has a book that we are going to read, a book that her Mum
reads to her about the beautiful world God has made.
Read a version of the Creation story.
Elizabeth’s Mum tells her that God made the world a good and beautiful place.
Elizabeth’s Mum says that God wants her to play her part in taking care of the world.
Elizabeth’s Mum and Dad try to help Elizabeth think of ways she can do this e.g. She
has her own little garden at home where she is growing some flowers. Can you think
of other things Elizabeth might do ?
Church 1
Resources: photograph of church
Sit Elizabeth in front of the children and from Elizabeth’s bag take a photograph of
the local church
Elizabeth has brought some photographs of her church to show us. Soon we will be
going on a visit to Elizabeth’s church. What questions would you like to ask about
the church? What do you think that you might see there? Here is a photograph of
the cross at the front of Elizabeth’s church, and here is the font where William was
baptised. Here are some very beautiful widows made with coloured glass, and all
the seats where the people sit. I wonder what else we might see in the church? I
wonder if we will meet any people there?
Encourage the children to think of questions and things they would like to find out
about the church building before they visit. Record these for the children so that you
can refer back to them later.
Church 2
Make a visit to the church in the company of Elizabeth and the local minister or a
church member if available.
Using Elizabeth explore what happens in the church.
When Elizabeth comes to the church on Sunday she comes into the church quietly
and sits with her Mum and Dad and Gran. There is plenty to look at while she is
waiting for the service to begin. She can hear the church bells ringing to tell people
that the service will soon begin. and the music group playing to help people to
Copyright Catherine Coster, Diocese of Bristol
worship God. (Explore with the children the Christian signs and symbols that
Elizabeth can see, the stained glass, burning candles or anything else significant in
your particular setting)
Elizabeth joins in with the singing, and kneels on her hassock to say her prayers to
God. She listens to the big Bible being read from the lectern. For some part of the
service Elizabeth goes to another room with the other children to listen to a story
about Jesus. Sometimes there is time to play a game or draw a picture as well.
At the end of the service she comes back to the church and goes up to the altar at
the front of the church with her Mum and Dad and Gran to have some bread to
remind her of a special meal that Jesus had with his friends before he died. After
this the minister/vicar might ask the children about the story or ask them to show
whatever they have been making or drawing. After the service is over there are
drinks and biscuits and everyone gets the chance to talk to their friends.
Ask the minister or church member to talk about why the church is a special place for
them.
What special buildings do you go to, to share a special time with others?
SPECIAL BOOKS
Bible
Resources: ‘grown up Bible’, The Lion Storyteller Bible, Miracles, Whales and
Wonderful Tales
Sit Elizabeth in front of the children
Do you remember when we went to visit the church and saw the big Bible on the
lectern that was read in church every Sunday. (A picture or photograph would be
useful.) In the Bible there is a lot of writing that tells Christians about God and what
God is like. Today Elizabeth has brought some books to show us.
From the bag take a small bible: This is the Bible that Elizabeth’s Mum and Dad read
at home
From the bag take a Bible story book: This is Elizabeth’s book and it has some of the
stories from the bible in it. The Bible is a very holy book for Elizabeth and her family.
As well as telling them about God, it helps them to understand how they should
behave towards other people.
Elizabeth especially enjoys hearing stories about Jesus from her book and we are
going to hear one of those stories today.
Read the story of “Fishes, Loaves and Miracles”. Let the children imagine that they
are the little boy in the story and to record their thoughts/feelings in bubbles.
Copyright Catherine Coster, Diocese of Bristol
Bible 2
Resources: a book telling the story of Mary Jones and her Bible
Seat Elizabeth in front of the children and from the bag take a version of the story of
Mary Jones and her Bible.
Do you remember the name of the Book that is very special to Elizabeth and her
family? Today we are going to hear a story that Elizabeth’s Mum read to her, about
a little girl like her who really wanted to own a bible of her own.
Her name was Mary Jones and she lived in Wales and spoke the Welsh language.
Her family could not afford a bible and Mary used to go to the home of her neighbour
Mrs Evans to read hers. When Mary was ten she began to do all sorts of odd jobs
so that she could save up for her own Bible. She washed, sewed, looked after
children, did gardening. Mrs Evans gave Mary some hens and she sold the eggs.
Mary saved her money for six years and then walked 40 kilometres to Bala to buy
her bible. When she got there she found that the last Welsh bible that was available
had been promised to someone else. She was heartbroken, but when she explained
her story to Revd Thomas Charles who sold the bibles, he let her have the last copy.
There is a monument to Mary in the Welsh mountain village where she grew up.
Today Bibles are translated into many different languages for people all over the
world. Elizabeth didn’t have to save up all her money to buy her Bible story book.
She had it as a present from her Auntie. But because the Bible is a really important
book to Elizabeth’s family , Elizabeth can understand how important it was for Mary
to have a Bible of her very own that she could read in her own language.
Why do you think it was so important to Mary to have her own Bible? What would
you save up for?
The children could create a drama to retell the story OR give the children a set of
Bibles and ask them to find some words that they really like to copy out and
illustrate.
SPECIAL PEOPLE
Jesus 1
Resources: Lion Storyteller Bible
Seat Elizabeth in front of the children in your group. Take the children’s Bible
storybook from Elizabeth’s bag.
Do you remember why the Bible is such a special book for Christians? The Bible is a
book that has important stories about God but Elizabeth especially enjoys the stories
that are about Jesus. Today we are going to hear a story about Jesus from
Elizabeth’s Bible, and about how Jesus chose some special friends to help him.
Copyright Catherine Coster, Diocese of Bristol
Read the story from The Lion Storyteller Bible
In the story Jesus called the fishermen and told them to follow him. Jesus chose
some friends to help him in the important work he had to do. The friends were called
disciples or learners.
Elizabeth has lots of friends who help her in all sorts of ways. Who are your friends
and how do they help you? When you have an important ob to do its always good
to have someone who can help you.
The children could make a class picture of the fishermen at work, with speech bubbles from
their mouths recording what they might have said when Jesus asked them to follow him
Jesus 2
Resources: hair decoration, Lion Storyteller Bible
Seat Elizabeth in front of your group of children. From the bag take an appropriate
small gift from one little girl to another e.g. a colourful hair decoration.
Look what Elizabeth has in her bag today. This was given to Elizabeth by her good
friend Jane. Elizabeth and Jane are very good friends. They enjoy doing lots of
things together. Once when Elizabeth fell down and cut her knee, Jane helped her
up and took her to (school secretary, teacher) so that she could get the cut cleaned
up. The next day she went round to Elizabeth’s house to give her this lovely slide.
Giving presents to one another is a special part of being a friend but Elizabeth was
most grateful for Jane’s kindness and friendship when she hurt herself. Has a friend
been kind and helpful to you today?
Today we are going to hear a story (Lion Storyteller Bible - page 72) about four
friends.
Read the story
The four friends knew that the best gift they could give to their poorly friend was the
chance to meet Jesus. I wonder what Jesus said to the friends? I wonder how it felt
to the man who could walk and run and dance again after such along time?. This
story is important to Elizabeth because it helps her to understand what sort of person
a good friend is and what sort of person Jesus was- i.e. a good friend to those who
were ill or sad.
The children could complete the following sentences or draw a picture and use
speech bubbles
When the man came through the roof:
The friends said----The crowd said----The sick man said----
Copyright Catherine Coster, Diocese of Bristol
Jesus 3
Resources: Lion Storyteller Bible, story bag with figures
Seat Elizabeth in a circle with the children in your group.
Do you remember how Jane helped Elizabeth when she fell over and cut her knee,
because they were special friends? Elizabeth knows a story in the Bible about a
man who helped someone when they were in trouble even though they were not a
special friend. I expect if you saw someone hurt in the playground you would help
them even if they were not a special friend of yours
Read the story from the Lion Storyteller Bible (Page 80) from Elizabeth’s bag. You
could use a story bag and figures available from www.tts-group.co.uk
In this story who do you think showed friendship to the injured man?
How did the Samaritan help the man who was hurt?
Why do you think Jesus told this story?
Why do the children think that this might be one of Elizabeth’s favourite stories of all
those that Jesus told?
The children could think about all those who they might show friendship to and how
they might do this to those who are not their special friends.
Either - Make a display of “Neighbours who need our help”
Or – retell the story in comic strip format creating “thought “ or speech bubbles for
the different characters.
Jesus 4
Resources: figures for telling story
Sit Elizabeth in a circle with the children in your group.
Do you remember some of the stories we have heard about the ways in which Jesus
was a friend to others? Today Elizabeth would like us to hear about what happened
when Jesus made friends with a man who was lonely and sad because no-one
wanted to be his friend.
One day Jesus met a man called Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus was a man who nobody
liked. This was because his job was to collect money from the people in his town to
pay for the army. But everybody was afraid of the soldiers in their town, they were
cruel and unkind.. They made laws that everybody had to follow even though they
were unfair.
Not only did Zacchaeus take money from the people to pay for the Roman army but
he also took extra money for himself. No wonder he had no friends.
One day Jesus came to the town where Zacchaeus lived. Everybody wanted to see
Jesus the kind and good man who did his best to help others.
Copyright Catherine Coster, Diocese of Bristol
Zacchaeus thought it would be nice to see Jesus too but there were so many people
around. Zacchaeus was only a short little man.
He decided to climb a tree so that he could see Jesus as he walked past.
But what do you think happened? As Jesus reached the bottom of the tree he
stopped and looked up into the branches “Come down Zacchaeus” he said “I would
like to come to your house and have a meal with you”.
Zacchaeus was astonished and so was everyone else, and they were angry too.
Why was Jesus bothering with such a horrid little man! They muttered and grumbled
but Jesus knew that it was Zacchaeus he wanted to meet. Jesus knew that
Zacchaeus was sad and lonely and that he wanted to change.
Zacchaeus came down the tree as fast as he could. He felt that Jesus had forgiven
him for all the bad things he had done. “I will give all that I have to the poor people”
he said and if I have cheated anyone out of their money I will give it all back. I will
give them even more than I took”.
Jesus smiled at Zacchaeus, “Today you have been saved,” he said.
When you have finished the story ask the children:
How Zacchaeus felt before he met Jesus?
How did he feel after Jesus had spoken to him?
How did Jesus save Zacchaeus?
Elizabeth likes this story because she likes to hear how Jesus became Zacchaeus
friend even when nobody else wanted to bother with him.
The children could use drama/hot seating to explore the story further
Jesus 5
Resources: Lion Storyteller Bible or children’s bible
Sit Elizabeth in a circle with the children in your group.
Do you remember that we have been listening to some stories about Jesus and his
friends? Jesus often told his friends stories and today we are going to hear one of
the stories that Jesus told.
From Elizabeth’s bag take the children’s bible storybook and tell/read the story of the
lost sheep.
Show pictures of a shepherd looking after sheep, if possible how this might have
been done in Jesus’ time with the shepherd leading the sheep, constantly with them
and enclosing them in a sheep fold for the night- as well as a modern picture of a
shepherd with dog and tractor.
Why do sheep need a lot of looking after?
Copyright Catherine Coster, Diocese of Bristol
What makes a good shepherd?
Elizabeth loves this story because she knows that Jesus called himself a Good
Shepherd.
Elizabeth thinks that this is because Jesus takes care of people and helps them.
Elizabeth believes that she is as important to Jesus as the little sheep was to the
shepherd. The shepherd went to search for the sheep when it was lost, so Elizabeth
knows that when she feels alone and afraid she can ask Jesus to help her.
The children could write a few sentences on how a shepherd might take of his sheep
and suggest why Christians call Jesus ‘the Good Shepherd’.
Copyright Catherine Coster, Diocese of Bristol