This week was the last on our Encounters with Jesus series, and we looked at the story of the men walking with Jesus on the road to Emmaus. They had no idea who they were walking with until he broke bread with them – at that point they remembered the last supper, and realised who had…
After a money hunt and game, we thought about things you might have if you were rich. From Jacuzzis to rockets to pet horses we labelled various items to fill a backpack with. We then heard the story of the rich young ruler and his disappointment at Jesus telling him to give all his possessions…
This week we looked at Jesus’s encounter with Martha and Mary. We started playing a game of ‘Would you Rather…?’ which included the question, ‘Would you rather clean the whole house or listen to stories?’ Everyone in the room – including the adults – chose stories over cleaning! But when we thought about what we’d do if…
After finding some odd items and a pass the parcel game, the children worked out our theme – Jesus healing sick people. We talked about a few but specifically the story of the Roman centurion and how Jesus healed his servant from Luke 7. This all happened without them meeting each other which made it…
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…