Calendar

Set up a Google Calendar which can be accessed via our website. It shows all the meetings, assemblies and events we are currently involved with, call back to it frequently to see all the up dated assembly dates etc.

Fancy Dress Day

Well it is Thursday and that means it is fancy dress day at holiday club. The children came in a variety of costumes from home made to shop bought. The KS2 children did really well and a number of them dressed up which was great however only a few of the KS1 children dressed up.

Tomorrow is the last day and the final part of the Joseph story followed by the picnic and water fight.

The children have really enjoyed themselves this week and we pray that they will also enjoy the last day tomorrow and come along to the Sunday service as well.

Day 2 Holiday Club Up Date

Well we had a good start yesterday with 30 children, today some were on holiday but we had 32!

The children and adults alike are having a great time. Gary has had a number of letters and jokes from the children. The games are going well as we are able to get them outside, crafts going well too. Tomorrow we have the fancy dress day which we hope will be as successful as todays wacky hat and hair day.

Continue to prayer for the children and leaders as well as Sarah and myself.

God Bless from St. Helens

Holiday Club Set up Day

Today was the set up day for the holiday club at St.Lukes. Everything was set in place and is working and ready for the kids to arrive in the morning. There are 50 children booked in already. We are all excited here and just can't wait to get started in the morning.

Please pray for the children and their parents for safety in the morning, also for the leaders involved particularly the team leaders as they will have the most contact with the children also for Sarah and me as we lead the team and the children.

This weeks Assemblies

Well we have taken on a new school this week - Leven Valley CE School and did an assembly there on Tuesday morning. The children loved seeing us and Gary was a big hit with the children and staff I think too! We have also done assemblies at Low Furness this week and I have been into Pennington School for the second week of Bible Explorer. Next week is half term and we are off down to St. Helens to run a holiday club for my parents church - Pyramid Rock - which we did up here back in 2007 for Croftlands and 2008 for Urswick - should be a good week with almost 50 children pre-booked into it.

Pray for the team down in St. Helens as well as Sarah and myself as we taken on this holiday club, Sarah still has a bit of a bad back which is a best painful and sometimes very un-comfortable. The wheel chair has broken down several times this week which could (if we let it) stress us out but we serve a Great BIG God and it is now fixed.

Great Day at Millom

Had a great day today over in Millom for the church's fun afternoon. Did a total of 5 shows during the afternoon, 3 magic shows, 1 Gary slot which led into an interactive bible story and 1 other interactive bible story.

The magic shows were designed to entertain families and towards the end of each one I increased the Christian theme until the last show which was all based on gospel illusions. The room we were in was full to the door each time with standing room only for most of them. During the final show I talked about the 4 points and explained that God loves us so much, but we do things wrong and that Christ died for us and we need to ask the question. A few people responded and took the card I offered someone talked to me and seemed very interested in what I had said.

All in all praise God for the afternoon for what seeds have been shown.

Easter Assemblies

This is a bit late - been to Spring Harvest and couldn't get a signal for Wi Fi The week before Spring Harvest Sarah and I did 4 Assemblies Monday at Pennington, Tuesday at Low Furness, Wednesday Croftlands Juniors and Thursday Croftlands Infants. We did the same talk to each school - Resurrection Eggs. The idea is that in each of the 12 eggs there is an object that relates to the Easter story Day 1 Donkey - which reminds us of the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem Day 2 Silver coins - although there is only 3 of them it reminds us that Jesus was betrayed for 30 silver coins Day 3 Cup - which is to talk about the last supper Jesus had with His disciples Day 4 Hands - in fact they are praying hands to show us that Jesus prayed in the garden after His supper with the disciples Day 5 Leather - it looks like a shoe lace made of leather but it is to focus on the fact Jesus was beaten and whipped by the Romans Day 6 Crown of Thorns - although it is made of metal it serves to remind us that Jesus was forced to wear a crown of thorns as the Romans mocked Him as King of the Jews Day 7 Cross - the cross is made of nails which is a good way of talking about Jesus being nailed to the cross Day 8 Dice - the Romans gambled for His clothes and belongings Day 9 Spear - which represents the spear that was thrust into Jesus' side as He died Day 10 Cloth - Jesus was removed from the cross and wrapped up in a linen cloth Day 11 Stone - which is rather an odd shape but reminds us that a big stone was placed over the tomb Day 12 - as the space is blank and empty so the last egg is which is a reminder to us that on the Sunday Jesus rose from the dead and went back to the Father. Sarah and I were amazed at how much of the Easter story the children knew. Resurrection Eggs can be bought from www.onewayuk.com