It has been an excellent week at the Razzmatazz Robots holiday club. Each day we have learnt a new story from the book of Genesis from the creation of the world to Adam and Eve disobeying God. It’s been a great opportunity for the children to understand and observe the wonders of God. Day by day we have had a section of the holiday club to talk about the story of Genesis.
Monday the first day of razzmatazz Robots: We started off by designing our name tags. Then we learnt our first song by John Hardwick – I think the kids definitely enjoyed it! After a bright start to the day we rolled on to the Watt family drama including a nutty professor, a glamorous grandma, chatty Wendy, gangster Rick, and a wacky shopkeeper.
Tuesday 2nd day of holiday club: With another day ahead we started off by singing our waking song again. A little later on we had a extravagant puppet show hosted by Chris and Kate talking about different versions to refer to the stories of God. Everyone had a vocal farewell as we played our song and the parents heard us singing our theme song.
Wednesday 3rd day of holiday club: As the past days have gone on we have started with our song but this morning we started off by having fitness and learnt a few jazzy moves. We also have a daily memory verse we learn in between the stories! Later on in the day we move on to craft – and what’s more exotic but making robots out of crackers, cheese spread, peppers, cucumber and cress. Then the best part eating it!!!!
Thursday 4th day of holiday club: More songs, more dance moves, more games and a lot more fun! Today we got the face paints out and a lot of people ended up looking like robots. Everyone is looking forward to the evening event with the parents and finding out what will happen to the Watt family!
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die (Ecclesiastes 3:1)
Unless Jesus returns first, we will all die. When we do, our families will have the task of making our funeral arrangements for us. This can be a time of great difficulty for a family who are trying to deal with the death of a loved one, while being asked a host of questions:
Burial or cremation?
Who will carry the coffin?
What songs would you like used at the funeral service?
What Bible reading would you like to be used?
Which cemerery? Which church? Which minister? etc!
How much thought have you given to your funeral arrangements?
We believe it’s important for people to prepare for death. One way of doing that is by leaving clear guidance for your family.
Stuart preached a sermon on this subject this week:
We aim to make all our services accessible to visitors, but from now on, the 3rd Sunday will be a bit special. We’re tweaking our Sunday format to make it just that bit easier to invite friends along to.
We want to scratch where you (and your friends) are itching, and tackle some of the Big Questions people have about life, faith, Jesus and Christianity. A few weeks ago, we did some research on Facebook, asking what troubled people most about the Bible. The results were fascinating, and we’re planning a series of talks to address some of those questions.
The first is on the 3rd Sunday in February and is called, “Why is the Bible such a big deal to Christians?”
OK, so let’s be honest here. Christians take the Bible really seriously. Other people think they’re nuts. Why do Christians say it really does matter? And when Christians say that the Bible is “God’s word”, what does that actually mean? I mean, if the Bible tells us about God, and God wrote the Bible, isn’t that a bit, well … circular? Jon will be unpacking those questions and more.
Come along and see. Or listen online afterwards. But it’s better in real life.
