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Messy Family Fun Holiday Club
“rocks” at St. Columba's!
St. Columba's Parish Church held its annual Summer Holiday Club
for children in early August when over 70 children attended - bringing
lots of parents with them, for this year’s was a very different style of
Club. Billed as Messy Family Fun, parents were actively encouraged
to come along with younger siblings of the primary schoolchildren.
This meant various new challenges had to be met, taking in account a
wider than usual age-spread with its variety of expectations. It worked
well. All who attended enjoyed taking part in the daily programme of
games, crafts, music, aerobics, film clips, storytime and refreshments. This year we put
out feedback forms encouraging families
to mark us of out 5 in five different
categories and to tell us what they each
got out of the experience. The response
was mainly very positive. There is strong
interest among the families in being part
of a monthly "Messy Church" mid-week after
school event which we hope to progress this autumn.
One of the older boys chose to decorate his Messy Family Fun Tee
Shirt with his 'feed-back' slogan "Summer Club Rocks". That slogan
said it all! The Holiday Club All-Age Celebration Service in Church
was highly participative and ended with cake and juice - and the
surprise presence of a bouncy castle in the Church Hall. The Minister
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The Cubs and Scouts are preparing to go to their Summer camp at
Lochgoilhead on September 18th to 20th. They will take part in lots
of outdoor activities on land and water. The Scouts had a successful
sponsored cycle at Lochwinnoch at the end of June to help with the
cost of this.
The Scout Group are always looking for new Leaders so if anyone can
give up some time please contact Annette Waddington on
01560 482770.
All sections of the Scout Group meet at the
Scout Hall at Corsehillbank Street.
BEAVERS
CUBS
SCOUTS
Monday or Wednesday, 6.15 – 7.15pm
Tuesday or Thursday, 7.00 – 8.30pm
Friday, 7.00 – 9.00pm
The District Explorer Scout Unit meets after Beavers on a Wednesday
and MFF Team are very grateful to Annick Art for its generous
discounts and to all the families for their enthusiasm and donations.
We look forward to staying in touch.
au tu mn w h at ’ s on
Sunday 4th October at 11am in Church
All-Age Harvest Festival
Monday 12th - Friday 16th October in Church Hall
Senior Citizens Holiday Club
Sunday 25th October
Communion in Church at 11am and at 3pm in Lochhead Court
Sunday 1st November at 11am
“Crossreach Sunday” and at 2.30pm in the Hall: Pastoral Care
Communion followed by Afternoon Tea
Sunday 8th November 10.45am in Church (note earlier time)
Remembrance Day Service followed by Joint Service at the War
Memorial. 3pm Lochhead Court Remembrance Service.
Sunday 15th November 11am
Service marking the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted
Church.
Sunday 22nd November 11am Guild Awareness Sunday
Sunday 29th November 11am
Stewardship Sunday followed by Stewardship Campaign Event at
Café Time in the Hall
Stewarton Drama Group
Dates For Your Diary!
Stewarton Drama Group's next production will be 'An Evening of
One Act Plays' which they will perform in the Stewarton Area Centre
at 7.30pm on Thursday 8th October and Friday 9th October 2015.
Tickets, priced at a flat rate of £8.00 each, can be reserved now by
emailing [email protected]
Check out their website at www.stewarton-drama-group.co.uk
or follow them on Facebook for more details!