Hello from the Third Sunday Team! We are a small group of volunteers who help our Vicar, Rev. Phil, to run the all-age worship service on the Third Sunday of each month at St John’s. We believe that it’s important that the congregation of St John’s should come together to worship together as one big family, to learn from one another and to grow in our Christian faith together. This means that we aim to put together a service that is accessible for the youngest members of the congregation but that contains depth to help the adults think, too. This service does not have holy communion.
Our services often include drama, Lego animations or other activities (like playing frisbee, archery or painting, to name a few) to bring the Bible lesson to life and draw out the meaning for an all-age audience. If you haven’t joined us for a Third Sunday Service, we really hope you will come and worship with us soon. You are warmly invited and very much welcome!
Past Third Sunday Activities:
To give you an idea of what a Third Sunday Service is like, here are some pictures of some of our past activities.
Stones painted during the March 2023 service.
Angels made by folding paper into concertinas to remind us of the lesson that we can do the tasks that God has given to us because we have His strength.
Shake up jar to help us remember the kind of king Jesus was.
Prayer trail behind the church.
Prayer trail activity.
Easter cross in the church.
Hope Lanterns – to shine the light of hope into our streets and communities.
Springtime nature weaving – to think about the beautiful, diverse world that God has given to us, and to encourage us to think about our own God-given gifts and how we are all part of God’s creation – interdependent and intertwined.
Transformation pictures with kitchen roll and pens, to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus.
Who could forget the gritty, Oscar-nominated* short film, retelling when Jesus Calmed the Storm. (*May not actually have been nominated for Oscars. I presume our paperwork got lost in the post, but with such talent amongst us, who can tell where the young starlets at St John’s will go next?)
The Parable of the workers in the Vineyard (click here to watch on YouTube).
Lego animation of David and Goliath (click here to watch on YouTube).
Christingle
Harvest @TheShed, (a space in the church carpark where the church sometimes holds outdoor services, or prayer trails).
Remembrance Day @the Shed