This Easter weekend we celebrate Jesus is alive. Hallelujah!! What a week – a bit like being on a rollercoaster. The highs of the celebration of Palm Sunday, the depths of sadness and disappointment of Good Friday and now Jesus is alive… what great news. If you want to remind yourself of all the events […]
Tag: family activities
April Messy Church
Our April Messy Church continues our ‘Meals with Jesus’ series. We have seen that Jesus welcomed anyone and everyone. He shared a table with the people noone else wanted – the bad, the sinful, the broken and needy – like Zacchaeus and the woman with the perfume. Jesus was with his friends, the disciples. They’d […]
Palm Sunday: 10th April
Palm Sunday is a special sunday where we tell the story of Jesus’ arrival in Jerusalem. Crowds of people welcomed and celebrated Jesus and shouted, ‘Hosanna!’ They laid palm leaves and clothes on the path as Jesus passed by. Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week and included the Last Supper Jesus had with […]
March Messy Church
March’s Messy Church explores another meal with Jesus. We meet a really unpleasant man who wasn’t liked by anyone – he was mean and nasty and even cheated people. Jesus chose to invite himself round to his house for a meal. We don’t know what Jesus and Zacheaus discussed but after the time he spent […]
Epic Explorers Following Jesus: Sunday 20th March
Join us today Epic Explorers as we discover Rocky Road and find out that following Jesus means putting him first even when it’s tough. Over the past 5 months we been exploring Adventure Island. We’ve discovered together that Jesus is God’s Son and he came to rescue us. Last month we saw that Jesus didn’t […]
Remember Me: The last supper
Remember me: This week we look at the last meal Jesus shared with his disciples often called ‘The last supper’. It was passover and as they shared the passover meal together Jesus did something new that would mean that Christians would remember Jesus’ death and resurrection every time they met together through bread and wine. […]
Oasis: Disgust
This month the theme for our Oasis service is Disgust. The journal ‘Jesus and Emotions’ is a really good resource that families can work through together. If you would like a copy please let me know. Let’s meet DISGUST! Some questions to think about together What does Disgust usually feel like in your body? I […]
James: It’s not fair!
It’s not fair! I wonder how many times you’ve heard that – in the playground, on TV, at school, work, at home. I wonder is it something you’ve said. God is a fair God. Do you think the world is a fair place? Why not talk together about where you see things in the world […]
February Messy Church
This month at Messy Church we are starting a new series. Each month we’re exploring a different meals with Jesus. This month while Jesus is having a meal at Simon’s house when a woman pours some VERY expensive perfume over Jesus’ feet. It caused quite a stir. You can read about it in Luke 7: […]
Draw near to God: Sunday 6th Feb
Today we’re looking at James 4. There is a fantastic verse right in the middle of the chapter which says this: Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. James 4:8 I wonder what you think that means… Have a chat together as a family and see what you all think. Our […]