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I'm Nathan.
Hello.
I'm 11 and my religion is Christianity. My hobbies include playing with my dog鈥
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Say hi to the camera Ruby. 鈥nd building things. There's lots of different types of Christians but we all believe in the same God. I'm an Anglican Christian and at my church the service is led by a priest.
I'm an acolyte. My job is to help with small tasks during the service. I have to wear a special white robe called an alb. It has a belt that goes with it called a girdle. The girdles come in different colours and we change them throughout the year depending on the occasion. It is nerve-racking because people are looking at you.
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You get used to it over time.
Christianity is based on the life and teaching of Jesus the Son of God. I've learned all about Jesus by reading the Bible. It's full of stories about his teachings. It's a really useful guide in my life.
I talk to God every day. I tell him all about what's been happening in my life and ask him to guide me.
Video summary
Nathan describes what it is like for him to be an Acolyte in his church, an Anglican congregation in Liverpool.
At church Nathan helps with tasks during the service.
His special robe, an Alb, is white and he wears it during services with a rope girdle.
This clip is from the series My Life, My Religion: Christianity.
Teacher Notes
Pupils could be given an outline figure of a boy (you could use a screen shot of Nathan).
Ask them to watch the programme, then write around the figure everything they noticed and thought about Nathan as they watched.
Ask them what three questions they would like to ask Nathan about his religion.
They could imagine they were going to make a TV programme about their lives, like Nathan: what would they include in the introduction?
Ask pupils to complete a second outline figure of all the information they can about themselves.
Save these figure outlines to add to during RE lessons following as pupils find out more about Christianity.
This topic will be relevant to teaching Religious Education at KS2 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and National 2 or 3 in Scotland.
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