Harvest Service - 27 September

Our Harvest Service this year is at 10:15. This year the teenagers have put together the display at the front of the church, so come along and see what it's like!

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Elijah and the prophets of Baal

This week we met Elijah. A man who faced many challenges. One of the accounts of Elijah is his encounter with those who put their faith in Baal, a man made god. Elijah challenged them to a contest. Elijah was so sure of his Lord, that he stacked the odds against himself. The challenge was to call out to Baal and to God to light the altars. However much the other prophest called to Baal, there was no response, yet Elijahs call to the Lord saw the altar fire lit in spite of the vast ammounts of water that had been used to wet the wood.

Do we have that same faith in God?

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Come and meet Job...

This week we started a new topic: People from teh Old Testament, in order for the children to develop and grow, it is impotant for them to be introduced to some of the people they will come to meet, this week we met Job. It can be a confusing story even for adults, so we didn't try and cover the whole book. Instead we looked at Gods awesome power and knowledge andJob's and our own limited understanding of life. When God spoke with Job, he did not condem him, though hed did make him realise how little Job could understand, yet God also saw that Job had been faithful to him inspite of his circumstances.

Are we able to keep our faith fixed in God, when we find things difficult?

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Learning about God

Well after a bit on an unusual break, we're back.

Over the past few weeks the groups have been looking at responding to God, covering topics such as learning who God is, how can we be friends with God, how do we talk with God. This week was the final week in the series and we reminded the children that we are all learning new things. We're never too young to start learning and we never grow out of learning new things about God and His love for us.

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Praise the Lord for...

This was our final week looking at some of the aspects of prayer. We really have only scratched the surface, but at least the children have been introduced to an important topic. The prayer that Jesus taught his Discliples, saying sorry for the wrong things we do and trusting God for the answers.

So this week we rounded it off with praise and thanks giving. Reminding ourselves not to forget God's goodness to us, for He is a God worthy of our praise.

Trust

This week sees possibly the most challenging aspect of Prayer. Trusting God for the answer! We are perhaps more comfortable with actions that we can have responsibility for, trust takes away our control. But what an example of trust David was, as a shepherd he had faced very difficult situations, and was quick to acknowledge that it was God who had seen him through these trials. This knowledge that he could trust God served him well when he met Goliath. Davis was also the writer of many psalms including Psalm 23, which indicates his trust in God.

Honour

Well this week we were all together again for a Praise Party. It was a challenge to present what it means to Honour God. Not in the material things that we can offe, but with the attitude of our hearts. We identified 3 key elements.
1) Respect- The god who made the universe, how awesome is that, we must remeber and respect the awesomeness that God represents.
2) Pride - to remember in positive and pleased way that the same God, takes an interest in each of us as individuals.
3) Honesty - afterall if God made the whole universe, and knows us better than we know ourselves, how can we think we can deceive Him?

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