On Monday 28th July a large group of very excited children, and slightly apprehensive leaders will be gathering for the start of Holiday Club week at Holyrood school. Please pray for us.
The theme this year is Space. An adventure where imagination can run wild, where children’s minds will take them to incredible places, unencumbered by the restraints that get in the way of an adult mind.
They will be able to see things, and dream up thoughts we have long put behind us. Sadly.
In good old Star Trek words, they will go where no one has been before.
In amongst the space adventures, we will all have a travelling companion alongside us in Jesus, the children will be learning about his life and what he gives to us, they will hear the words of Jesus without preconception but just as they are.
While we were preparing for worship this week, we looked at this story of Jesus
In Matthew 19 v 13-15 we read: One day children were brought to Jesus in the hope that he would lay hands on them and pray over them. The disciples shooed them off. But Jesus intervened: “Let the children alone, don’t prevent them from coming to me. God’s kingdom is made up of people like these.” After laying hands on them, he left. ( The Message)
Do we as adults allow our intellect to get in the way, have we lost some of the wonder of a vivid imagination which is free and can take us to new places? Your answer might be yes or no or undecided. Where could we go if we just allow ourselves to receive the love of God through his Son
In these months of summer when there should be a little sun, if we are lucky, allow yourself a small privilege. Accept the words that Jesus speaks and you find hard to fathom, for the face value, allow the Holy Spirit to do the work of consideration, pondering and trying to make sense. Jesus valued everyone of all ages as children of the heavenly Father. Join us and become spacemen for a week…or more.
Rev Georgina