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Written by Cheryl Govier
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Wednesday, 23 June 2010 21:54 |
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 We met again at Pitminster Old School for Messy Church, this time our theme was bible roads and thinking about journeys in life.
Pizza and garlic bread was on the menu, a very popular option it would seem!
Arriving to Scaletrix was a lot of fun, with some interesting contests being had...its lucky there aren't any speed limits on those tracks...I would have been caught for sure!
Our afternoon was a bit different this time, we headed up to the church yard and all took part in a treasure hunt finding pieces of tarmac...pictures of tarmac I must add! With such beautiful weather it would have been a waste to stay inside. The purpose of the treasure hunt was to think about different journeys that have a particular goal. We made our very own windy road through the hall with all the pieces we managed to find. We then had a contest to see who could make the best F1 junk racing car, slightly different to the modes of transport used in bible times! We held our very own F1 race outside, I'm sure it must have been a dead heat!
Our story for the afternoon was the Good Samaritan we were told just how much God likes it when we help others out, like the Samaritan. Our prayers had a different theme this time, we all drove our own toy cars around a track and said different prayers when we reached various sign posts on route.
We had 15 children with us this time and I hope everyone who came enjoyed themselves. Thank you to all who made the afternoon a great success.
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Written by Cheryl Govier
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Wednesday, 23 June 2010 21:43 |
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 April Messy Church was another exciting afternoon, in which we looked at the significance of mountains and hills in the bible.
As ever we began with some brilliantly prepared food and then had a range of particularly messy crafts to keep ourselves occupied. We had the opportunity to make some "Mouthwatering Mountains" from ice cream cones, icing, chocolate sprinkles and jelly babies! We thought about our own trips up mountains and what we see on the way and the amazing creation God has made for us.
We also made some cards with flowers on the front which allowed us to think about the fact that if we look at the flowers in the fields, we can see that God gives them beautiful petals, so of course he'll give us all that we need.
We got very messy standing in paint and then walking along a big sheet of paper, we were able to think about the good news we can take to people when we tell them what Jesus has done for us.
We also made prayer mountains to help us think about different types of prayer and ways of praying. Sue told us the story of the "Transfiguration" when Jesus took Peter, James and John up a mountain to pray. While they were there, they saw Jesus' face shining and his clothes bright as a flash of lightning and they knew that Jesus was God's very special son.
We sang a song about how great and mighty our God is and finished with some prayers thanking and praising God for the good things and asking him to help those who need it right now.
T hank you for coming to Messy Church, we hope you enjoyed it and thank you to all the leaders and helpers, this wouldn't be possible without you. |
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Written by Cheryl Govier
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Thursday, 01 April 2010 21:22 |
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 This weekend we will be celebrating Easter. As Christians we believe that on Good Friday Jesus died on the cross in our place to forgive us for the wrong things we have done. However, the story does not end there because on Easter Sunday we will be celebrating the fact that Jesus defeated death and rose again so that if we choose we may have a new life in Him. To find out more about this incredible story, why not have a look at some of the following websites:
http://www.childrenschapel.org/biblestories/easter.html
http://www.ishmael.org.uk/cartoon%20-%20father%20god.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7_HexyXXGk&NR=1
http://www.allojunior.org/english/ssdosbibl_jesus3.htm |
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Written by Cheryl Govier
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Thursday, 01 April 2010 21:18 |
 At Messy Church in March we looked at the brilliant story of "Jonah" who got swallowed by a big fish. We arrived to some great food and the opportunity to throw various items into the big fish's mouth. Sue told us the very amusing story of "Jonah" and how he ended up inside the fish which made us all laugh. We then made some exciting crafts including origami whales and paper plate blow out whales. Here we were able to think about the fact that we can never run away from God and we certainly can't hide from Him, he always knows where we are. We also made Soda bottle whales and were reminded that we do sometimes get it wrong, but if we ask God to forgive us, he will and he allows us to start all over again and will help us get things right. Finally, we made vegetable boats to remind us we need to go the way God wants, not the way we want. After completing the crafts we played a fun game of sharks with the parachute before calming down and saying some prayers together. We all had the opportunity to write our prayers on a fish before offering them all over to God. Thank you to all who came along to March Messy Church and thank you to all those who helped make it a success. |
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