After a game of ‘fill the well’ we looked at the story of the Samaritan woman meeting Jesus at the well. How Jesus ignored the rules of the day and conversed with her and how her life was changed. Offering living water over normal water was a tricky concept to grasp but we talked about…
This week we started a new series, Encounters with Jesus. We’ll be learning about individuals and groups that met Jesus, the impact he had on their lives, and what we can learn from them. Yesterday we met Nicodemus. He was a Pharisee, but didn’t hate Jesus like a lot of the other Pharisees did. He…
This week in Rocks and Topz we read the story of the feeding of the 5000. We started with some games on the playground, finding pictures of fish and loaves of bread that had been hidden (and thankfully not stolen by seagulls!), then running relay races to see who could get their lunch fastest! Back…
Rocks, Topz and Pebbles set sail in our blanket boat from Caesarea to Rome as we heard the story of some of Paul’s journey as a prisoner. We dropped sea anchors, threw cargo, grain and tackle overboard, put ropes underneath and pulled in the lifeboat. All was in vain however as the ship neared land,…
Our story was about the first miracle of Jesus. We kicked off with a water into wine game with grapes frozen in ice cubes. We talked about weddings and then heard the story including a water into wine moment (thanks to some food colouring – don’t tell the children!). Apparently it has been roughly worked…
We started off with some (safe) chariot races and then found some puzzle pieces to complete our world map. As a follow up from Around the World for Holiday Club and Passport to the World on Saturday we looked at some of the countries on the Open Doors list of persecuted Christians and churches. Why…
The children had a game of ‘blow the flame’ to start our session and we then had an interactive story about Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. We talked about their bravery. Even though they did not know what the outcome of their actions would be, they stayed true and faithful to God. King Nebuchadnezzar was astounded…
This week, we started a new series, Evan’s Child. We last did this series three years ago, so hopefully even the children who’ve done it before will get something different from it this time! The series as a whole teaches us what it’s like to be a child of God, and our first session is…
We started off by having huge amounts of fun and mess with shaving foam and food colouring to produce some beautiful marbled paper to represent Earth (apologies if some children came home a bit green!) Whilst these were drying we heard a story about Mr Earth and some of the ways in which Earth is…
With so many families away for half term, Pebbles joined forces with Rocks & Topz! We had a lot of fun together, starting with some songs, then doing a treasure hunt to find pictures of animals. Of course, we made lots of animal noises as we talked about the pictures – but what noise does…
After a fun game of finding socks and trying to guess the contents without being able to see, we looked at the story of Saul on the road to Damascus. A major encounter with Jesus transformed his life and gave him a completely new way of seeing things. He was blind spiritually and for a…
This week, we looked at the story of the disciples being confused and afraid after Jesus left them. Waiting and praying…but not being quite sure what they were waiting for. Then it happened – the Holy Spirit came like fire that did not burn. To live in them, make them bold and heal broken hearts.…