FRIENDS OF GOD
We meet during the 10am Parish Church service in term time at the Parish centre. We leave near the beginning of the service and return for communion. We welcome all children, their parents and young people. We greatly appreciate the help and support of the parents who come with the younger children.
We have fun sharing news and what we know, singing together, praying, playing games and doing arts and crafts and learning Bible stories. On many Sundays our theme is based on one of the readings used by the rest of the church. We have made posters to put up in church, the children have prepared for their parts in all-age services and we have acted out some of the stories.
Most importantly we aim to learn and explore together and grow with the help of God’s Holy Spirit to be friends and followers of God, trusting our Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ and our loving Heavenly Father.
As part of learning to love our neighbour we help to support Mark and Giselle in the Philippines through our collections through the Philippines Community Fund. We enjoy hearing about their progress and sending and receiving letters and cards.
Highlights of the year included our summer and Christmas parties, where food and games were enjoyed by all and the Nativity Crib service in Church where many of the children dressed up and took part in the story.
Some of our older children are no longer able to come and we pray for them as they continue as friends of God and followers of God. It has been a pleasure to welcome new, younger children and families and we pray for them and all those who come to the fog club that they may continue to do the same.
With many thanks to all who have helped Fog Club in any way. Your help has been much appreciated. Christine Greaves
Little Angels
LITTLE ANGELS
As always it is sad to say goodbye to those who have loyally attended over the years and are now off to school. The numbers during last summer seemed to tail off but with the new school year we have had more and more attendees. Since Christmas the numbers are averaging 16 children and we have two sets of twins which is lovely. The Parish Centre has proved a popular meeting place but the feeling is that it is important to move back into St Johns for the children to become familiar with the church setting. Over the summer we are beginning to move back and hopefully by September will once more be meeting regularly there.
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Trinity Kids
TRINITY KIDS
Trinity Kids meets on Sundays at 10 am in the hall during term time. Children of all ages are welcome. Once a month our teenagers join us. After Trinity Kids, we go into church in time for a blessing, share our news with the congregation, and join in the final hymn with worship flags. There is usually a supervised area in church for pre-school children with small toys, books and crafts. This past year we have welcomed many new families to the Holy Trinity family. The first Sunday of the month is usually ‘All Age’ worship in the church. In January we enjoyed a family Epiphany party. We acted out the story of the Three Wise Men, played games and Father Howard, with his guitar, led us in singing. Our last family event was a ‘Donkey party’ following the All Age service on Palm Sunday.
Our Teenagers have just learnt about Fairtrade and run a very successful sale at coffee during the Fairtrade weeks.
The Trinity Kids Leaders, joined by other volunteers from the parish, have run two most enjoyable Messy Church events for Harvest and Epiphany.
Dawn Miller
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