Messy
Church
Week 2....what to expect?
Numbers are down...naturally. It
is a beautiful day and many will have headed for the local park; some
will have assumed last week was a one-off; some may not have enjoyed
it; the bug may have got others.
Anyway, in they come and head for
planting seeds, stencils, pipe cleaner flowers.
K makes ham and
cheese sandwiches, which the youngsters fall on as if they haven't
eaten since last week. Peace descends.
Suddenly it's 4.30pm and I'm
still rubber stamping with a small group.
Leap into action, ringing bells
wildly and gradually everyone gets into the sanctuary. We have a
couple of short hymns then it's story time. I have plastic eggs with
fluffy chicks inside as an illustration of 'New Life'. Mayhem ensues
but I get them all back eventually.
A percussion accompaniment hymn
next then quiet time for prayers.
Our going home hymns follow and
then everyone collects their works of art/ seed pots and heads off
home.
clip art from clip art guide
clip art from clip art guide
Week
3 HOLY WEEK
In
spite of the fact that we stress that Messy Church happens EVERY
week, bar Christmas week and August, by 3.40pm no-one has arrived so
I start to pack away the craft stuff. I have severe doubts about the
Easter egg hunt anyway; it's turned very cols today and is trying to
rain. The best laid plans...........
3.45pm
L arrives with her Mum, M, and we have a great time making cards and
finger puppets. K has made pizzas today and we share them.
K
and M ask about tomorrow's Passover and book in with their children.
As
we finish up M arrives to help set up Passover.
No comments:
Post a Comment