When I watch the news it often reminds me of how much darkness there is in our world and the important job we, as Christians, have to share Jesus’ light, hope, love and peace. On Tuesday we had our annual Light Party and it was an absolute joy to have 79 under 11s and members of their families come to church, have fun and hear about Jesus being the Light of the World but also challenging them with the words we find in Matthew 5 “You are the light of the world”. We hope and pray for each person that came to our Light Party that they would know Christ’s light for themselves and then share that light with others they meet. For party bags we gave out the Arise Bags of Hope, which had some Bible stories and an invitation to know more about Jesus, as well as a card inviting them to our Christmas services, chocolates, an LED toy and some sweets.
Please do join me in praying that God would work through the things the children and adults heard and experienced at the party and through the Bible stories and invitations, so that each person would be drawn to Christ and meet with Him in a transformative way.
Please also join me in giving thanks to God for the marvellous volunteers who worked very hard to make the party such a wonderful evening and for the many answers to prayer. Despite having more children than we expected, there was enough food to go round, everyone stayed safe, had fun and all the technology worked, improving the way we could deliver the talk. Praise God!
Rosie Blackett
Children’s Minister
