Join us for our Christmas celebrations: 27th Nov, 10.30am – Nativity Service 8th Dec, 6.30pm – Carol Service (with the Zembard Singers and Little Cellos) 22nd Dec, 6.30pm – Focus on a Song 25th Dec, 10.30am – Christmas Day Service All services held at Holyrood Academy, Upper Site Hall
Nativity Club: Send an Angel
The children started by making some very shiny stars. It was a bit fiddly at times, but the kids all did a great job, and it was lovely to see them helping each other with some of the tricky bits! They played a game where the children were split into 3 groups around the room. […]
Nativity Club: A Long Time Coming
Christmas is coming and Nativity Club has started! The children began by making some fabulous craft angels. You can see some of them below including a few double sided. We all had fun with water, Lego, dice and rescuing some drowning people. Some children also were brave enough to put their hands into bags of […]
The Healing of the Ten Lepers
Today’s story involved 10 lepers and we started off with a ‘hopping on one leg and not touching one another’ game to get a glimpse of the difficulty of life for those with this disease. We looked at some pictures and talked about how those with leprosy were treated and how in Jesus’ time they […]
Bartimaeus
This week, Rocks and Topz looked at the story of Bartimaeus. Even though he was just one person in a huge crowd, Jesus saw him and helped him. They talked about how Jesus sees and knows all of us, too! They used paper plates to make happy/sad faces to show how Bartimaeus must have felt […]
Walking on the Water
After a fun game of swimming to the islands we heard the story of Jesus spending time alone with God and then miraculously walking on the water to his disciples. They were on the lake, at first terrified to see a figure coming towards them! Jesus called out, ‘take courage! It is me. Don’t be […]
Chard Churches on Halloween
Chard Churches Together are offering a couple of activities on Halloween night along with other businesses and organisations on 31st October. The roads will be shut between 6-8pm leaving youngsters and their families with the opportunity to enjoy Halloween as a community. Forefront Community Centre will be open for young people to make a pumpkin […]
Lego Morning
We are excited to have the Lego robotics club Just the Chillis come and join us on Tues 29th October, during half term. National finalists in the First Lego League, they will demonstrate this year’s robot and challenge as well as let you have a go at coding. As if that weren’t enough, we’ll also […]
Nativity Club
Every year, Forefront Community Church runs a 4-week programme for primary-school-aged children in the build up to Christmas, culminating in the opportunity for children to take part in performing a play at our nativity service. Filled with games, Christmas crafts and the chance to learn about the story of Jesus’ birth, the children have a […]
Carnival @ Forefront
Once again, Forefront Community Centre will be opening for carnival night as a warm space offering free tea, coffee and cakes as well as the use of a toilet. From 6.30-7.30pm families will be able to take part in a craft activity. We’re strategically placed along the carnival route, so why not pop your head […]