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10 The Parish Magazine - June 2022 the parish noticeboard — 3 They hunted high . . . STAY at Easter Over the Easter school holidays we had a full programme of activities and fun events for the youth. We kicked off with a favourite drop-in sports session in Charvil. We played football, uni hoc, dodgeball and had free ice pops and lemonade. We also went bowling and allowed the young people to make up our names, never again! At the end of week one we arranged a football match with our friends from the SYNC youth club in Emmer Green, but we don't dwell on the 7-1 win score line. The rematch is already in place for May half term. Easter Saturday was a knock out day. We had a soft obstacle course, a bouncy castle, Messy Church activities, tower tours, a BBQ, drinks and two massive Easter egg hunts for the children and youth! 500 eggs across 75 children and young people! That’s a lot of chocolate eaten! The second week 20 of us went to Thorpe Park and all the amazing roller coasters they have on offer — we all agreed that: Swarm, Saw, Nemesis, Stealth, Detonator, Colossus and Rumba Rapids all were the best rides! To end week two we took a few young people to see Lost City at the Cinema. It’s always enjoyable watching a movie together with popcorn, drinks, sweets and mates. On your marks for The Easter Saturday obstacle course STAY on Friday Our weekly Friday youth club has continued to be really popular with 50-60 young people attending each week. We’ve baked fairy cakes and cookies, played football and swing ball, we’ve double dutched on the jump rope and we’ve had final thoughts on being generous, working as a team and how life can sometimes feel like the game ‘shot in the dark’. We can sometimes feel like we are winging it at life, but with good friends, a supportive family and a God who loves us, it makes life that bit more manageable. STAY on Sunday Our STAY on Sunday sessions have been lots of fun. The theme of relationships has continued and as we thought about our relationship with creativity. Do we consider ourselves to be creative? What do we think of when we hear the word creativity? Do we ever think that a creator, created us to be creative? STAY Detached Project Our detached work on Thursdays in Charvil still sees up to 45 or so local young people taking part. We engage in positive conversations, we give out lemonade and ice pops and we get them to think about important topics such as revision, exams, work ethic and planning our futures. STAY Schools Work We were invited to do a Blue Coat assembly about Easter, so Rev Kate and I did a double act and got the students to think about what eggs have to do with it. We thought about the old Cadbury's creme egg adverts asking ‘how do you eat yours?’, and watched a video of young people talking about what Easter means to them. We ended by asking them what Easter meant to them? We also had the privilege of speaking to years 7-11 at The Piggott School in Wargrave on Jesus feeding the 5,000. With a couple of stories and a game called SHARE or STEAL we made the point that Jesus’ heart is always to see us fulfilled and our needs met, just like the 5,000 people he fed! For more info, to chat or grab a coffee, email me on youthminister@sonningparish.org.uk — Westy they hunted low . . . . . . and between! Bowling is always fun
The Parish Magazine - June 2022 11 GO! One of two massive Easter Egg Hunts begins Hundreds of of Easter eggs were hunted by different age groups inside the church and in the churchyard When the egg hunting was over there were plenty of other activities for all the family including, egg and spoon racing, a bouncy castle, an assault course and a very popular Messy Church tent. Pictures by: Indy Biddulph
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