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SUMMER <strong>2017</strong> ISSUE 132<br />
Messy Church “Thy Kingdom Come”<br />
Pentecost Celebration.<br />
We finished for the summer on a real high sending water rockets<br />
into the sky, over the yew trees and beyond, spraying water as<br />
they went. Look on St Thomas’ Facebook page to see the<br />
children, small and grown up, enjoying getting wet & imagining<br />
how Jesus’ disciples must have felt as Jesus ascended into<br />
heaven. A hidden angel painting showed Jesus ascending into<br />
heaven with angels welcoming Him. Both activities led to<br />
discussion on how the disciples were feeling - were they lonely,<br />
worried or afraid or waiting for the Holy Spirit to come?<br />
Painting “Amen” onto<br />
bread with milk & then<br />
toasting (followed by<br />
eating it of course),<br />
spiral prayer plates and<br />
t h e L o r d ’s P r a y e r<br />
spinner game helped the<br />
families discover more<br />
about prayer.<br />
Play dough was used to make the disciples sitting in an<br />
upper room waiting for the Holy Spirit to arrive. Here<br />
we talked about could you be too old, too young, not<br />
clever enough to share the Good News of Jesus with<br />
our friends.<br />
Good News to the World game showed with mini<br />
smarties how the Good News spread across the world.<br />
It was great to welcome a new family to our Messy<br />
Church and spread the message further.<br />
Following our worship session, we had an excellent<br />
sausage and chips tea (thanks’ to King’s Street<br />
Chippy) followed by cake - a real party atmosphere<br />
ensued.<br />
Thank you to all who have helped run Messy Church.<br />
We are having a long summer break & intend to come<br />
back in the Autumn with a new programme based on “Church Celebrations” but following the<br />
same Messy Church ideals. Look for the dates in the church magazine and on the website.<br />
Sheila Lamming<br />
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