Dear Messy Family
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As you know, Messy Church has happened monthly on a Wednesday from 4-6 p.m. for many years. It’s a time for children and their carers to have a fun and creative time together while learning more about the Christian faith and events from the Bible. There is a celebration time in church which is usually led by our minister and this is followed by a meal which we all share together.
October Messy Church
When we arrived at Messy Church we had a drink and biscuit, played some games and talked to each other until everyone had arrived.
In October, it’s autumn and our theme was Harvest – crafts, stories and a song to celebrate the season of beautiful colours and ripening crops and fruits and giving thanks to God for them.
We painted leaves and made a big picture of leaf prints to show their beautiful colours
We cut out leaves and made autumn trees. We thank God for trees which are beautiful and give us so many things.
Our game challenge this month was rolling conkers, harvested from a chestnut tree, to see who could score most points. We all improved with practice and the highest score was 40.
We used some dough to make bread rolls and sprinkled when with seeds before they were baked. When farmers plant wheat seeds, they grow, with sunshine and rain and they make more seeds. When the seeds are harvested, some are kept for next year and the rest are made into flour so we can make bread.
We have so many things to say ‘thank you’ for. Here’s our collage to show our ‘Thank you’s’ to God
In church we thought about all the things we can thank God for, and how we can share these with other people who do not have as much as we do. Sharing, caring and making people happy is pleasing to God.
We joined in singing the Harvest Samba before we went to share a meal together.