St. Peters

Today we paid a first time visit to St.Peters Ireleth. A small school in the village of Ireleth. We sang Great Big God, which the children seemed to pick up very quickly then I told the story of Peter and Andrew when Jesus called them - the children had to respond to certain trigger words and chant back a response which they found exciting. The story was finished by telling the children that we are all special no matter what we look like, smell like, dress like or do as a Jesus still loves us and wants us to follow him. We sang Touch a Finger to finish our part but were asked to sing Wonderful Lord as some of the children had been learning it at their newly form Christianity Club.

A great day Praise the Lord.

What a Busy Day

Well today has been a rather full day. We started with an assembly at St. Marys RC Ulverston at 9:05 then we went onto Pennington School for 10:15 followed by a meeting at St. Peters Ireleth and finaly found ourselves at Kepplewray for a meeting to talk about Christmas.

The two assemblies were based on the bible story of Jesus calling his first followers and we told the children that no matter what we look like, sound like and even smell like we are all special to God. We sang Great big God and Touch a finger.

Our meeting at Ireleth was to discuss with the head about taking assemblies and we start next week and will be doing them once every two weeks which is great news. I also managed to talk a bit about the fundays we do as well as Bible Explorer - watch this space!!

Onto Kepplewray - we have been asked by the staff to do something at Christmas time as a way of telling school children the real meaning behind Christmas so we have been booked for 4 days in December.

So we have had a great day today felling really Blessed and up lifted. Praise God.

Croftlands Schools

Had a great time today at both of the Croftlands Schools. We sang Our God is a Great Big God and I told them the story about Jesus calling Peter and Andrew. And that despite they were dirty, smelly, and not very nice to look at Jesus still wanted them to be His followers. I told the children it doesn't matter what we look like, smell like, etc we are special to God. We then finished with Touch a Finger which reminds us that we are special.

Low Furness School

Today was the first of this terms and in fact this years assemblies and we went to Low Furness School. The story we told was a modern day version of the Good Samaritan. Our story took place on a train from London to Birmingham which the children chanted as the story was told. The man in the story fell ill on the train and was pass by a policeman, a nurse, a pop star celeb and then a young hoodie came to his aid. It was still the same basic story but in a modern setting. The children enjoyed it as they chanted the London to Birmingham bit and as their friends got dressed up as the various characters.

A great start to the year I feel.

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