The Parish Magazine July and August 2021

the parish noticeboard — 2
STAY
St Andrew's Youth
from page 7
STAY on Friday
To end the half term in the last week
of May we hired a super fun bouncy
castle. We also had the donut wall
stocked to the max and provided
some fun indoor activities such as
temporary tattoos, coloured hair
sprays and a nail bar.
STAY in Summer
We are planning a few summer
activities, including but not limited to:
— Aqua Park
— Paddleboarding
— Canoeing
— Rounders
— Football
— Frisbee
— Wide games/hide and seek games
— Footgolf
— Cinema
— Coral Reef/inflatables in a pool
— Bowling
— Go Ape
— Escape room
— Open bus tour
— London museums
— Beach trip
Please email me, Westy, on:
youthminister@sonningparish.org.uk
for more details as these will be
confirmed in the coming weeks.
The question cards ask about mental health,
emotional wellbeing and how to deal with hard
situations.
STAY on Sunday
Being back 'in person' makes all the
difference to our faith deepening. We
have had fun watching Kleer Series
videos from Urban Saints Energize
Resource. We have looked at questions
around:
— Is Jesus real and what’s the
evidence for his existence?
— Is Jesus still relevant today even
though his teaching is 2000 years old?
— What is prayer and does it change
anything?
— Why did Jesus teach his disciples
the Lord’s Prayer?
STAY Detached Project
Having continued our Wednesdays in
Emmer Green and Fridays in Sonning
and Charvil we have seen an increase
in numbers of young people about.
This has created great opportunities
to check how they are doing, what
pressures they are currently under
and what they hope for in the future.
We use packs of question cards from
the Luton based youth charity and
give out stress balls, sensory fidget
toys and sweets as prizes.
Cheers!
Westy
The Parish Magazine - July/August 2021 9
The boys love the nail bar, and roped me into it!
Alex painting my nails a deep purple! Went
great with my eyes!
Year 6 girls use the new hair sprays and mirrors
A moment of reflection…
Utilising what was around us, the final thought was
all about a story of when I was a donut at school but
bounced back by changing my ways.
Jaiden following in his mum's
hairdressing footsteps by spraying
Oscar's hair multi coloured!
The bouncy castle proved to be a
hit for all the young people.