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
October: misty mornings, shorter days, with the leaves on the trees turning to shades of orange, yellow and red. It’s time for Messy Church to say “Thank you, God for the harvest”. We made harvest wreaths by sticking pictures of fruit, vegetables and flowers on a wreath to giving thanks for the harvest.
We made autumn leaf pictures with stickers.
Trees give us a harvest of leaves which feed the earth.
We made a tree of thanks by writing on leaves the things we are thankful for.
We played a conker challenge – rolling conkers to see who could score the most points.
The conkers were a harvest from our trees.
Starting with a tree with bare branches, we added leaves and apples to thank God for the harvest.
We printed patterns with fruits and vegetables and thanked God for the food we eat and his gifts to us.
In church we thought a bit more about saying ‘Thank You’ to God for all the good things he has given us to eat and for all the things that grow.Here’s a picture of a field of wheat. When the wheat is fully grown and ripe, it is harvested then turned into
flour which is made into bread.
There are all sorts of bread
And here’s a wonderful harvest display of different fruits and vegetables
Pictures: veg & fruit 1 veg & fruit 2
Do you remember when we grew sunflowers? They didn’t start as sunflowers big and tall. They started as tiny seeds which we carefully planted in a small tray. We patted them down gently to make sure they were safe and secure then left them to grow.
They needed good soil, and sun and rain to grow into seedlings which then grew into young healthy plants.
They grew taller and taller and taller into the sunflowers here, next to the wall of the church.
We watched a video to show how a sunflower starts out from a tiny seed and grows to a big sunflower in 83 days! It’s speeded up to show the growth.This is a sunflower showing a smiley face – reminding us of God’s smile over us.
And then we sang along to the Harvest Samba before we went off together to enjoy a meal of pizza and salad,
followed by cakes and fruit.