20^th August

Hello to all Sunday School children and their families, especially the Grans and Grandpas. Here are the pictures Kathryn took last Sunday ... her favourite is the one where you all shouted hooray! We need more pictures for this Blog because some of you were on holiday, and busy being other places. You will be in the next picture – promise! We said goodbye to Marie and Georgie last Sunday too.

NEWS for families and children. Remember Ten Pin Bowling last year?? That is going to happen again soon. AND remember the great time at Parish Camp...well that is going to happen again soon; but your Mums think it will be best to go to camp when the weather is warmer, and also soon we will have a new Vicar, and we hope he or she likes Parish Camps too.

29th July 2009

We have great children in Ellesmere: lots of them attended our 3^rd Parish KidsFest, which was held in the warm cosy hall at St James Southbridge.

As usual we had a Biblical Theme relating to creative drama, and art work – hopefully you can view some of that in the pics. Great great stuff!!

We also did cooking (thanks to our parish helpers – we promise we will never again ask you to cut up marshmallows for fudge with Sunday School scissors!!)

One day we had a treasure hunt in the churchyard and found beautiful leaves left from autumn, and the first of the spring flowers. Another day we did “brass rubbings” like people do in great Cathedrals around the world; we started with the tombstone of Gooey Soo who as far as we know is the only Chinese pioneer of Southbridge.

Kathryn thought the children would enjoy the chinese writing – they did – but then they found angels, beautiful writing, and little decorations of great beauty which escape most of us as we mow, rake and chain saw in the churchyard. Thank you Sarah and Jan for pics.