This week the children learned about how Jesus called James and John to follow him – pretty much the same story as last week when he called Peter! We talked about how John ended up being a biographer for Jesus, writing what he’d seen during his time with Jesus. They also found out that he […]

This week we took a brief look at Peter’s story, how he met Jesus after an unsuccessful fishing trip and how he left everything to follow Jesus. We talked about how Jesus calls us to follow him too, and how sometimes that might mean giving up things that are important to us. However, at that point […]

After a quick game with a saboteur element we looked at the story of Judas. One of the disciples who was close to Jesus and part of the group. Judas had the teaching of Jesus, he saw the miracles. He loved Jesus but sadly he loved something else more – money. Despite seeming to be […]

This Sunday, Rocks and Topz looked at Mary Magdalene and how her broken and difficult life was completely transformed by Jesus. She spent time travelling on the road with Jesus and his disciples. She was present when Jesus was crucified but in an amazing encounter she was the first person to see Jesus after he […]

This week’s Rocks and Topz started with a quick memory game of baby items and this led us into talking about two amazing Bible characters – Joseph and Mary. As one of the children remarked – they had a ‘mind blowing’ experience when their lives were turned upside down at the first message from the […]

This week, we heard about a relative of Jesus – John the Baptist. He was called to prepare the way for Jesus and to tell others of the coming King. Some loved him…but many did not, nor did they like the fact that he pointed out their wrongdoings. He spent a lot of time in […]

This week in Rocks and Topz we were learning about Job. When things were brilliant or when things were awful, he chose to praise God! And even though he never found out why he went through so much suffering, he learned that he could trust God no matter how he was feeling. We also talked […]

We tried to work out what some small and unusual objects might be useful for or what purpose they had. The children did really well – can you? Afterwards, moving from table to table and exploring different items from the story, we heard about the life of Esther and had a banquet of grapes at […]

This week, Rocks & Topz were looking at the story of Nehemiah, and how he helped the people of Israel to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem when they returned from exile. This wasn’t an easy job, as lots of people didn’t want them to finish the walls. The people ended up building with one hand, and […]