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Twenty Five children and a number of adult leaders had a great time at our annual Good Friday Children’s Workshop. 

Firstly, the children undertook three craft activities: making bracelets, decorating Easter Eggs and making wind chimes. 

Everyone then went over to the church to hear the Easter story through song, teaching and video.

The morning finished with an easter Egg hunt around the church with each team having to find twelve eggs which spelt out “Jesus is Risen”.

Our next big children’s event will be “Saddle Up” our Holiday Club which will run 11th to 15th August. 

As we did last year we are planning to hold a special Children’s event on Good Friday morning, hoping to help children learn more about the cross and the Easter story. This will be on Friday 18th April, 11-12:45pm beginning in the hall and then moving over to the church. The first part of the session will involve the children doing different Good Friday and Easter related craft activities in different areas of the hall. After refreshments we will then go over into church in order to hear the Easter story in a fun way before finishing the morning with a team Easter egg hunt.

The event is free, however we do need to know exact numbers in order to buy in the necessary resources so if you would like your child or children to come, please complete a registration form by Sunday 13th April at the latest. You can find booking information HERE.

Please on the day would you bring your child into the hall and collect them from there too as you will need to sign them in and out. The event is geared towards children 5 and over, however any children under 5 are welcome as long as a parent stays with them and supervises them throughout the event.

I can promise you that this event will be great fun and at the same time will help your child or children to better understand the events of Good Friday and Easter; if you have any questions or need more information then please feel free to ring me or E mail. We look forward to seeing you and your child on Good Friday.

Many thanks to everyone who contributed to and worked so hard at our  Craft Fair on Saturday 23rd November, and thank you to all the crafters and everyone who attended, despite the terrible weather.

We raised an impressive £1,625  during the day.

Our Mothers' Union members have been busy over the past few months, buying items for emergency toiletry packs which are given to patients being admitted to hospital through A&E.

Our members have also been busy knitting baby items.

Today 60 emergency toiletry packs were delivered to A&E at Antrim Area Hospital and 100 baby hats, cardigans and incubator blankets were delivered to the Neonatal Department. The staff at both departments were delighted to receive these items on behalf of the patients and really appreciated these contributions.

Thirty-nine children and their parents, as well as a large number of adult leaders from the church, enjoyed our traditional Good Friday workshop.

For the first hour the children undertook three craft activities: making Easter cards, an Easter wreath telling the story, and a model of Jesus’ empty tomb. Everyone then decamped to the church for singing and teaching on the Easter story, before the highlight of the morning, our Easter Egg Hunt around the church. They were well hidden this year but eventually all forty-eight eggs were found and the children worked out the hidden message: “Easter is Hope”.

We look forward to welcoming many of the children back to our Holiday Club which will be held from 12th to 16th August this year.