Holiday club ended yesterday with holiday club taking over the first half of the service, and having our final session and a pizza lunch. Sooooo good!
One of the things that I want to share with you all is the video that Debbie and I made for the forfeit. We had to do something embarrassing because the children got all the questions right from the quizes we had each day!
I have had a lot of positive feedback which is really good - and the kids seemed to really enjoy themselves so praise God for that! Please pray that they will take something away from what we did last week, and perhaps one day in the future want to explore it further.
The team did a great job - they were very commited and built up some great reltionships with the children so pat on the back for them! Now onto the new term...let's see what it brings.
(I've been trying to post this for the past week or so, but have only just managed to upload it onto the web! Dumb internet)
Holiday club 2009 - 'License to Fish'! We are half way through, and the kids seem to be loving it. We have sung the great song Who's the King of the Jungle, watched about half of Finding Nemo, and drunk ALOT of cupa soups!!
We went to the London Aquarium today, it has only just been revamped - so it was very busy. I had a great group of girls with me - the Perfect Purple Penguin People (all started from wearing purple bands to make sure we could find each other!!). It was a really good trip, and hopefully we would have built up better relationships with the kids!
I am responsible for the upfront stuff - and the lovely Debbie is helping me out. I am very fortunate to have someone so experienced and good at thinking on her feet! I am getting to play my guitar to lead some songs too - and its really good fun!
If you are reading this, please can you pray for the rest of holiday club...we have three days left, a family party, and an afternoon out with the teenage helpers who have been great!
I will post some photos at the end of the week - maybe even a video!!!
I haven't been too good at setting aside half an hour each day just to pray. It started really well, and then things got way too hectic, and I stopped trying to make time. I have to say that as soon as I stopped having that time with God, the way I thought about things completely changed! Everything seemed very difficult, and my frame of mind was not the best.
The song by MC hammer 'We've got to pray' really sticks in my head! We listened to it a while back in one of my youth groups, and it talks about praying just to make it through the day... This I have found is a vital truth to living my christian life. If I want to get through the day in a way that is most honouring to God, then my mind needs to be focussed on him. How do I do that?! I've got to pray!!!! (sung in my head to the same tune as the song)
Praying, I have been reminded this lent is vital to thinking, speaking and living like a christian, like someone who loves God! It changes me more than it changes God - which is why I need to do it more and more. Even though I know it is sooo good for me, it seems suprisingly difficult to actually sit down and make sure I have that time. There are always more fun things to do it seems...but none of them as beneficial as sitting down and having a chat with the God who loves me, and who wants what is best for me!
I have been reading this really short quiet time book thing called 'My utmost for his Highest'. It gives you a verse, and a reflection on that verse for every day of the year. Today it was talking about how once Saul/Paul had his encounter with God, and believed who Jesus was...his focus for his life was very clear. He lived for God, and was so focussed on spreading the fantastic news of God to lots of other people. This consumed his time, his thoughts, and his actions. This is where I want to be - BUT I know that without the help of God's spirit, none of this can happen.
My challenge to myself and to you all is will you take that vital time out to spend with God?
