Working in partnership with the Circuit Children and Youth team we continue to welcome families for a fun afternoon during each half term break.
This time we held a fabulous Family Activity afternoon on Thursday 30th October. It was a joy to welcome approx. 60 visitors (we welcomed 80+ last time so we did have to limit numbers, we are always oversubscribed). We all enjoyed celebrating Our Superheroes!
Firstly, children decorated a gift bag, ready to take various goodies home in. They visited the photo booth and dressed up as a superhero to have their photo taken. Then completed a Lego Challenge to build our Lego City, whilst younger ones built in Duplo. After playing Superhero Bingo, they coloured sheets describing Jesus as our hero and enjoyed firework painting. After games including the impossibly heavy box, we sat and considered how Jesus is better than any of these heroes. He is always with us and, compared with Hulk Superman or Spiderman, He is more powerful than them all! Families enjoyed plenty of tea time treats and told us it was the best ‘non-Halloween’ party they have ever attended before collecting gift bags with a bookmark, stickers, some sweets and invitations to Lego Church 9th November and our All-Age Nativity 14th December.
We have a clear gospel to share – Jesus is the best Superhero! I do want to thank the Circuit Children and Youth team for their inspiration and support which made this event possible
At Greasby our mission is to build relationships with families who attend weekly Church Mice, monthly Lego Church, the Summer Holiday Club and our special events eg Easter on The Car Park and the annual Celebrate Greasby Day, as well as sharing the gospel in assemblies on alternate weeks at all three local schools in Greasby. It is a joy that the schools continue to engage in all 7 Hope Journeys (one for each year group). HJ Remembering took place on 6th November. The Year 6 children have attended a HJ every year throughout their school life and shared lots of their memories from each one. What a joy that every (non catholic) child in Greasby attends Greasby Methodist for a Hope Journey once a year. Working ecumenically each school attends our churches for Christmas and Easter worship. We are now planning our annual Breakfast with Santa and hope to welcome more families into All Age Worship. Make every contact count! Our prayer is that more families commit to a life of following Jesus as a personal Lord and Saviour. – Sue Elliott, Steward /Schools, Children and Families co-ordinator
