Messy Church 'In The Light' was held on Sunday 17th June 2012 at Dapto
Uniting Church.
Over 120 kids and adults enjoyed the variety of
'light'
themed activities and experiences on offer. These included: paper
lanterns, fireflies, sparkly playdough, shadow play, candle decorating,
mini candle making, wooden candle holders, glass painting,
glow-in-the-dark painting and sparkle collages.
Our families
also experienced a special science 'Light Lab' that featured: glow sand,
glow slime, glow water, glow jars, glow playdough, light tables, glow
facepaint, glow nail polish, lava lamp, plasma ball and much more!
We
then moved into the church to learn about how
Jesus is the 'Light of
the World'. After a quiz, glowsticks, singing and dancing to a couple of
songs, we headed back to the hall for a delicious jacket potato and
salad dinner. We ate jelly and fairy bread for dessert!
ENJOY THE PHOTOS!
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| setting up the candle making |
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| getting ready for the firework spin art |
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| adding a few finishing touches to the Light Lab |
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| special visitor Judyth Roberts (on right) - Messy Church Australia rep |
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| June 2012 team photo |
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| always need a silly team photo! |
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| signing in |
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| more people arriving |
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| happy faces! |
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| catching up with friends |
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| wooden candle holders |
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| firework spin art - great fun! |
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| light houses |
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| candle decorating |
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| mini candle making |
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| sparkly collage |
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| lava lamp in the 'Light Lab' |
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| glowing slime |
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| glowing sand - very popular! |
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| light table |
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| glowing water! |
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| light table #2 |
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| floor mat of glowing fun |
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| glow in the dark playdough |
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| plasma ball |
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| glow jars |
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| fireflies |
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| making the fireflies |
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look what I made!
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| sparkly playdough |
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| glow in the dark painting |
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| glow in the dark paint |
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| paper lanterns |
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| paper lanterns |
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| glass painting |
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| a hive of activity in the hall |
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shadow fun!
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| celebration time in the church |
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| dancing with glowsticks |
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| saying grace together before dinner :) |
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| our amazing kitchen team! |
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| look what we made! |
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| checking out photos from previous Messy Church events |
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| yum - jelly for dessert! |
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filling out feedback forms - very important!
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| take home box |
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| time to head home |
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| packing up |
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| see you next time :) |
Hi There. Totally love your blog and your messy church activities. I follow you on pinterest (i think you follow me too) any ways thank you, we are in the process of considering setting up messy church in our small village church in England and your blog has given us the best content anywhere online, and seems to be consistent with our other ministry to children and families. I was wondering if you had considered sharing your how to cards on line, I know there is the time constraints etc. I barely manage to blog let alone up load as much as I could. But anyways thank you sooo much
ReplyDeleteHi there :) thank you for your feedback! We would love to share our activity how to cards with you. If you let us know your email address we can send some info through to you.
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