In the week of Monday 29
July to Friday 2 August 2013 we held a holiday club at
St Matthew’s. The programme for the week was taken from
a Scripture Union book called Wastewatchers which
focuses on themes of transformation in the Bible. Each
day was structured to include games, a Bible story which
was included on a DVD, crafts and activities – all in
the space of just under 2 hours!
On day one the theme was From Nothing to Something which
looked at the creation story in Genesis. The activities
were planting seeds, making flowers out of tissue paper
and pipe cleaners and finger paintings of
different kinds of
insects – all encouraging the children to think about
the world God created. On Tuesday and Wednesday
the themes were From Water to Wine (The Wedding at Cana)
and From Darkness to Light (Jesus heals the man born
blind). The last two days focused on the Easter story –
From Death to Life and From Sadness to Joy. This gave us
a great opportunity to look in a bit more detail at what
happened on Good Friday and Easter Day and to explore
the range of emotions Jesus’ friends must have felt over
those few days. The children’s work was displayed in the
church afterwards for the congregation to see.
The children who came along were a joy to have in the
group and they all said that they had enjoyed themselves
very much and would come back next year if they had the
opportunity. I hope that they have all learnt something
of our Christian faith during this week that they can
take away into the rest of their lives. A small army of
helpers and young leaders came along to help lead
activities and games, make refreshments and help with
setting up and tidying away every day. Without these
people, the holiday club would not have run and
certainly would not have been as successful as it was.
Please find below a selection of photographs from the
week.
The Director of Music, Thomas Moore, is
looking to recruit BOYS from school year 4
to 7 and GIRLS from school year 5 upwards
who are keen to sing and eager to learn.