'WASTEWATCHERS' Holiday Bible Club - Monday 23rd to Friday 27th July 2007
What a wonderful week we had – 87 children came along for 5 mornings of fun, games, crafts, drama and stories. Almost 40 helpers gave their time to help – and they seemed to have as much fun as the children, particularly the teenage helpers who were fantastic this year! The drama was the highlight of the morning and was well co-ordinated by Gill Griffin; set in a park the week saw a transformation from a messy place, which no one could enjoy to a beautiful welcoming place where everyone was welcome. The stories were all from the gospel of John this year and were all about transformation too – how Jesus can change things. We saw how Jesus changed nothing into something when he created the world, how he turned water into wine, darkness into light, how he overcame death into life and how the sadness at his death was changed into joy when he rose again. A memorable moment was when one little boy left at the end of the morning excitedly telling his parent that Jesus really is alive! The games, the crafts, the leaders challenges and the singing filled the mornings too and by the end of the week everyone was tired but happy. The annual Sausage Sizzle was well attended again and the bouncy castles and face painting went down well with the children – well done to Dennis Chang, Steve Groome and Jonathan Lee who BBQ’d all the food beautifully. Then to finish the week on a high we had a Waste Watchers Celebration on the Sunday where we took the church through a whirlwind tour of our week – Joseph Beadle, (aged 6 yrs) played the piano as the children sang Our God is a Great Big God which was superb! All in all it was a brilliant week and my thanks go to all the helpers who were a fantastic team and who worked so hard, and my prayer is for the children who came along that the things they learnt and experienced this week would stay with them for a lifetime.