Joseph
This timeless story tells, in floral arrangements, of a man destined for an early death but saved by his trust in God and his compassion towards his brothers.
1. Joseph’s coat of many colours.
Jacob had a favourite child, Joseph,
the son of his beloved wife, Rachel.
Jacob gave Joseph a special present.
A beautiful, long sleeved coat.
It was elaborately woven in many
different colours and pattern
By Marion Chandler, Melissa Linforth and Pat Phillips
2. Joseph’s first dream.
“We were in the fields, tying up sheaves of corn.
All of a sudden your sheaves turned to mine and bowed down!”
By Sheila Wilkes and Eirlys Wright
3. Joseph’s second dream
“In my second dream,
the Sun, the Moon and eleven stars all bowed down to me.
By Gillian Griffiths and Gwyneth Walters
4. Joseph is attacked by his jealous brothers in Egypt.
“Here comes the dreamer ….
Let’s kill him.”
Instead they sold him for
twenty pieces of
silver
and he became a slave.
By Ursula Wilson.
5.Joseph recognises his brothers.
“Where do you come from?”
and they said
“From the land of Canaan to buy
food.”
By Pam Begley and Brenda Maslen
6.Joseph interprets some prisoner’s dreams.
The butler’s dream was about grapes and the bakers dream was about cakes! The butler was released but Joseph remained locked up in the dark damp prison as the butler broke his promise
By Maureen Burns and Pat Gullidge
7. Joseph interprets Pharaoh’s dream.
“There will be seven years of excellent harvests
and
then there will be seven years of famine.”
I By Sue Evans and Lesley Kay.
8.We all have dreams.
We all have dreams
and the children of our Sunday School present some of theirs for us.
The story of Joseph begins in the Holy Bible at the book of
Genesis, Chapter 37.
He was Jacob’s eleventh son but Rachel’s first born and the favourite of Jacob and therefore resented by the brothers.
Web page set up by Ian Banbury
Samuel Anstee: samuel@caerphillymethodistchurch.org
Philip Begley: philip@caerphillymethodistchurch.org
