Messy Church

Another great Messy Church tonight. Big thanks to all who came and to the fantastic helpers! On the menu tonight was bangers, beans and mash, followed by the serious business of making "thank-you" crosses, personalised prayer cards (inspired by some lights not too dis-similar to the one above...), stained glass window pictures, and last but by no means least, a treasure trail in darkness, with only a head torch to light the way (oh, and a chocolatey treasure at the end..).

We thought about Jesus's words - "I am the light of the world, if you follow me you won't be in darkness" - and how we can follow Jesus in many different ways every day.

A bit of singing and dancing rounded off the night. Keep your eyes peeled for the date of the next event, hope to see you there!

Remembrance Day

Once again the Sunday Squad created a fantastic frieze for Remembrance Day. We re-used the wonderful large poppies that were made last year, each bearing the names of the countries where soldiers have lost their lives in conflicts since World War I. Everyone lit a candle in memory of those who died, and thought about the conflicts that have gone previously and continue across the world today.

PS.....

..... more pictures from last weeks Messy Church on the website.....

Fischy Music - Live in Concert - January

Sat 15th Jan - 3pm

Volunteer Hall, Galashiels

Tickets: Adults £6 / Kids £4

Well, unless you've been hiding under a rock recently, you will know that St Peter's is organising a fantastic concert in January - Fischy Music will be playing at the Volunteer Hall, Galashiels. This is a fantastic opportunity to see Fishy Music play live. Fischy Music write and perform top quality music full of hope and humour. They are loved by kids of all ages across the country. Come and experience them live in Galashiels in Jan.

Tickets are available from Book Plus and The Trophy Guy in Galashiels, or Rhona. To avoid disappointment book yours now!

Fischy Music promotes the social, emotional and

spiritual well-being of children and families.

Their resources are used at assemblies in schools across Scotland.

Messy Church - 26th October

Since it was Halloween this month, the theme for October's messy church was All-Hallows-Eve. After a tasty supper the children enjoyed a range of activities relating to All Saints Day including making their own "saint-in-training" badges, creating a fabulous string of saintly bunting (decorated with their own personal heros) and making super-sparkly lanterns. A bit of tasty fun was had dooking for apples and playing the hula-hoop game - the aim was to eat as many hula-hoops from the string as possible without using hands!

Everyone had a great time. Thanks to all who helped out with the activities, and preparing the food. We couldn't have done it without you. Looking forward to seeing you all next month. Keep your eye's peeled for the date, and tell your friends - the more the merrier!

Sunday Squad fun

This week the children of the Sunday Squad had fun making christian crispies, and once again the prevailing theme was.... you guessed it, chocolate! Some brilliant crispie shapes were made including crosses, doves and a few more obscure shapes (..rocks?). Whatever the shape they were quickly devoured.

Honest Guv.....

Today the Sunday Squad kids discussed honesty. Honestly... what would you do if you found a pound on the ground? And if it was £50? We thought about the importance of honesty in all aspects of our lives, no matter how small. The children made this great poster...

"honesty is the way to go

being honest is all I know

some think being honest is odd

but I know it is what pleases God"

Afterwards the time-served tradition of tea, toast and chocolate spread was enjoyed by all!

Long Time No Blog!

Well, it has been a truly ridiculous amount of time since the last blog update... there are no excuses for this, just me being generally rubbish!

The sad bit is that you've missed so much! We had all the Christmas celebrations, some very successful soup & puds, amazing concerts, the visitation of the whole congregation, all the Easter celebrations and the busiest Messy Church for years! Perhaps, there in lies the problem? There has been so much happening in the life of St Peter's over the last few months that blogging has seemed pretty far down my list of priorities. I think the time may have come for a wee rethink of who the regular bloggers could be so that this doesn't happen again!!!

The busyness is good though, and I think a sign of a healthy church family life. Today we had a 'Souper Lunch' in aid of Christian Aid where over £150 was raised. Many thanks to Karen and her helpers who provided a delicious lunch, and thanks to everyone for coming along to support the event.

Coming up this month;

Wed 14th April 7.30pm in the Church Hall ~ a chance to have a debrief following last weeks Messy Church and a time to plan for the first of our regular Messy Church Events (Starting Tues 27th April 5.30 - 7pm)

Sat 17th April 2-4pm ~ Daffodil teas, car boots and stalls.

Tues 20th April 7pm in the Church Hall~ Messy Church Training. A chance for folk from our congregation plus others from the diocese to come to find out a bit more about how to do a good Messy Church afternoon from Rueben Addis the Scottish Rep.