Dear Messy Family
Please let us know that you will be attending by emailing
nmcmessy@gmail.com
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
It’s the Easter holidays and school’s out – but it’s time for Messy Church! Together we did activities and crafts and told the Easter story about Jesus dying on the cross and being raised to life on Easter Day.
There was a big picture to colour – eggs, chicks, bunnies, flowers and hearts
We made Easter gardens to remind us of the place where Jesus’s friends buried his body in a tomb, with the entrance closed up by a very large rock.
We rolled out dough and cut out Easter biscuits. Why Easter biscuits? – they are slightly spicy reminding of us of the two Marys who brought spices to the tomb.
But when they got there the big rock had been rolled away and Jesus wasn’t there! And an angel told them that Jesus had risen from the dead .
We rolled away the rock in our skittles game
We painted an egg shape, which opened up to show us the message ‘He is risen’
So what does that mean? It means new life- a bit like a plant growing from a seed., a chick hatching from an egg or a caterpillar turning into a butterfly . Here’s a picture of the sweetcorn we planted last month becoming a plant
In church we helped Jane to tell the Easter story in pictures
It all starts with God’s love – sending Jesus to show us what God is like- helping, caring, healing and making people new.
When Jesus came to Jerusalem the crowds cheered and clapped and waved palm branches to welcome him.
But some people told lies about him and had him put to death on a cross.
His friends buried his body in a tomb in a garden, but when they went early in the morning, they found the rock in front of the tomb had been rolled away. God had raised Jesus to life.
Perhaps that’s a bit like the new life that comes from a seed or an egg?
Then we sang an Easter action song before we went to share a meal together