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.
April Messy Church
We played games including a Skittles challenge which had a message for us all – ‘Jesus loves me!
Our activities told the Easter story in lots of ways
We made angels, who were by the stone which was rolled away from the tomb, and painted eggs.
We made Easter cards using potato prints (very Messy!) to share the Easter story with our family and friends, and we did a wordsearch.
We explored the taste of different spices to help us understand some of God’s creation, and we used one of them to flavour the hot cross buns we made. Can you guess which one?
In church we thought about Easter and new life!
It’s the season of spring … and all around you will see new life bursting out in blossoms, flowers and leaves on the trees. These all come from tiny seeds.
If you think about a caterpillar, when the time is right, it makes itself a cocoon – a bit like a sleeping bag. Then suddenly the caterpillar changes into a butterfly!
Some of us made hot cross buns. We often eat these on Good Friday. They remind us that Jesus died on a cross – so that we could be forgiven and be free. He was laid in a tomb – with a big rock put in front of it.
But three days later – very early in the morning –the tomb burst open, and the rock was pushed aside – there was no body inside the tomb, because Jesus had risen from the dead – alive again with a new body.
And He is still alive today and forever. Because he lives today, we can know him as our friend to help us every day.
THAT’S AWESOME AND IT IS GOOD NEWS FOR US ALL!
All we’ve done today reminds us of the new life in Jesus at Easter and the new life that we can all have in Jesus, if we believe and trust in Him.
We sang a song called: God’s not dead – no He is Alive!
Before we went off to eat together, we said ‘Goodbye’ and ‘Thankyou’ to Rev John and Marian who are about to leave the Island.
But Messy Church will still be here- see you all on May 14th!