Rocks & Topz are starting on a journey through the Bible, using Sally Lloyd-Jones’ The Jesus Storybook Bible. Each child receives their own copy of this Bible when they’ve attended Rocks & Topz for 10 weeks. This week they looked at the story of creation. They talked about how the world was empty, but God…
In our Vision Sunday meeting, the first Sunday of the year, we launched this year’s theme verse and focus. Drawn from 2 Corinthians 5:17-21, we are exploring the depths of the new creation made possible by Jesus’s death on the Cross; the work he has done to reconcile all who will have faith in him…
This week, we had fun making gift boxes. Each one had a mini message and a little treat hidden inside. Hopefully, some of them will actually be given to a recipient rather than just gobbled by the children! We then spent the rest of the session practising for the nativity service. Rooted came to help…
The children started by making a nativity scene from lolly sticks, then decorated some pretty star shaped tea light holders. You can see some below. We thought about some of the journeys that people made that first Christmas – the shepherds having a very little way to go, and the wise men taking more than…
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
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…