Once a month we hold a service specially designed for families, to which everyone is welcome.
We choose a theme and try to find imaginative ways to present it, with questions and activities.
Here are some of the things we have done recently:
We have been following the progress of Mary and Joseph towards Bethlehem. A big star is in the sky. Wise men are on the distant hills. Shepherds are watching their sheep. Mary and Joseph have found somewhere to stay - but it's only a stable. Mary has given birth to a son.
Christmas
Christmas
Local farmer Emily Greening spoke about the farming process and the farmer's dependence on God for the rain and sunshine needed to grow their crops.
We brought gifts for the Foodbank.
Sheila made us toffee apples - yummie!
We heard the Parable of the Sower, which Jesus told. This parable talks about sowing seed on different kinds of soil. We made our own planting trays, with gravel, sand and compost, and sowed our mustard and cress seeds into all three. Then we waited to see what happened...
Harvest Service
Harvest Service
Harvest Service
Sunday - Just watered
Tuesday - Shoots appearing
Wednesday - Wonderful growth
Friday - Ready for harvesting
There was something fishy going on in the church...
Jonah and the Whale
Jonah and the Whale
Jonah and the Whale
Jonah and the Whale