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Children's Church during "Lockdown 3" (Jan & Feb 2021)

A new Year and a new lockdown!

So once again we are sorry to say that we are closing our church building to in-person services, and so Children's Church sessions also have to stop in-person.


BUT, we're not stopping the Children's Church sessions as we are going to continue them ONLINE like we did back in November!

Re-starting on Sunday 17th January 2021 we will be using ZOOM to run LIVE Children's Church sessions, starting at 4:30pm for about 30 minutes.

To join us please contact Dan Sach - Dansach@hotmail.com - 0791 632 6141 - for the ZOOM code.

Children's Church sessions will include singing & signing, dancing, stories, crafts, bible verses and prayer.
And we're asking parents/guardians to join in with your children while using the ZOOM so you can help make sure it all works for them and join in the fun!


Finally, please check out the weekly session resources and info below to make sure you've got what you need to fully join in with the sessions... 
(although please don't worry if you can't get it all - you can still join in the fun!)

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Spring Term 2021 - Children's Church Theme
The Fruit of the Spirit - Galatians 5:22-23

Fruit of the Spirit Colouring Pictures
Fruit of the Spirit Bible Verses Graphic
What is the "Fruit of the Spirit" Animated Video
Story video about "love" - The Good Samaritan

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 Children's Church ONLINE - Sunday 24th January Resources
You will need:
- space to move and dance!
- resources for our craft:
               - paper, crayons/felts
               - something to draw around to make "circles", e.g. a cup

               - scissors & glue (not essential)

- a computer/device to connect to the ZOOM session with (with a camera & mic)

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If the LIVE session is not appropriate for your little ones, or you're wanting to do the session at another time, then please take a look at the general resources above, and the session specific one about "Joy" below.
Maybe watch the videos with your children before talking about the things and people you that bring you joy, before drawing some pictures of these people/things.
See if you can create some funny jokes that bring you joy too!
Also check out The Fruit of the Spirit listed in the Bible - Galatians chapter 5, verses 22 & 23
And read more about the second fruit - "Joy" - in Psalm chapter 16, verse 11
There are also some printable resources below too if you'd like to do more!

Fruit of the Spirit - "Joy" - Animated Video
Fruit of the Spirit - JOY - colouring picture
Fruit of the Spirit - JOY - activity sheet

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 Children's Church ONLINE - Sunday 17th January Resources
You will need:
- space to move and dance!
- a few things that you really love...
- resources for our craft - coloured paper (red if possible), scissors, glue, print outs of the "wheat stalk" picture and "heart outlines" [see links below] 
(or you can copy them out)
- paper, crayons/felts
- a computer/device to connect to the ZOOM session with (with a camera & mic)

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If the LIVE session is not appropriate for your little ones, or you're wanting to do the session at another time, then please take a look at the general resources above, and the session specific ones below.
Maybe watch the videos with your children before talking about the things and people you love, and make a picture of those things and people to colour.
Also check out The Fruit of the Spirit listed in the Bible - Galatians chapter 5, verses 22 & 23
And read more about the first fruit - "Love" - in 1 John chapter 4, verse 7.
There are also some printable resources below too if you'd like to do more!

Wheat Stalk Picture for LIVE craft
Heart Outlines for LIVE craft
Colouring Page - "Fruit of the Spirit - LOVE"
Love in the Bible activity - fill in the missing words
Fruit of the Spirit - "LOVE" - Animated Video

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Children's Church during "Lockdown 2" (November 2020)

During September & October we have been able to run "in-person" Children's Church sessions during 4:30pm service that took place, in-person, at West Kirby URC.
The relaxation of the Covid-19 restrictions allowed us to do that safely and inside our "Covid-19 Secure Venue"

However, the new lockdown - "Lockdown 2" - in November has meant that we must close our church building to in-person services, and so Children's Church sessions also have to stop in-person.

BUT, we're not stopping the Children's Church sessions as we are going to move them ONLINE!

Starting on Sunday 8th November we will be using ZOOM to run LIVE Children's Church sessions, starting at 4:30pm for about 30 minutes.

To join us please contact Dan Sach - Dansach@hotmail.com - 0791 632 6141 - for the ZOOM code.

Children's Church sessions will include singing & signing, dancing, stories, crafts, bible verses and prayer.
And we're asking parents/guardians to join in with your children while using the ZOOM so you can help make sure it all works for them and join in the fun!


Finally, please check out the weekly session resources and info below to make sure you've got what you need to fully join in with the sessions... 
(although please don't worry if you can't get it all - you can still join in the fun!)

 Children's Church - Sunday 29th November Resources
You will need:
- some plain paper & blue coloured paper/card (if you have any)
 - playdoh if you have any (but don't worry if not, as you can still join in)

- some paper for the prayers
- pencils, crayons and/or felts to draw and colour with
- space to move about for our game AND to dance and move along to our song this week

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 Children's Church - Sunday 22nd November Resources
You will need:
- some plain paper & any other coloured paper/card/tissue paper etc you have for the craft

(red, yellow, orange, green and brown will work best, but anything is fine!)
- You can also download and print off the "Moses & Burning Bush Craft" and/or the "Burning Bush Picture Template"  below

- some paper for the prayers
- pencils, crayons and/or felts to draw and colour with
- space to move about for our game AND to dance and move along to our song this week

Moses & Burning Bush Craft Part 1
Moses & Burning Bush Craft Part 2
Burning Bush Picture Template

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 Children's Church - Sunday 15th November Resources
You will need:
- random non-breakable/expensive items from your home... (all will be explained!)
- printed "Moses Basket" resources (click the buttons below) BUT don't make it yet...
if you can't print, don't worry you could try to copy the template onto paper, OR just join in with the alternative option
- paper, scissors, glue/sticky-tape
​- pencils, crayons and/or felts to draw and colour with
- space to dance and move along to our song this week

Moses Basket Template
Moses Basket Instructions

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Children's Church - Sunday 8th November Resources
You will need:
- soft cushions and pillows from your home for a game... (all will be explained!)
- paper to draw on
- pencils, crayons and/or felts to draw and colour with
- space to dance and move along to our song this week

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Breakout! for children aged 5-10

July Update...
After 4 months+ of lock-down provision we are going to have a break from activities, as we would normally do as the schools "break up for the summer" But, please do make use of the catalogue of resources on this page - including the fantastic sessions in the "Families on Faith Adventures" below,  the "Urban Saints: Kid's Klub by Post" range and all the resources from the past four months of Breakout! just in case you're bored! As well as checking out the church Facebook www.facebook.com/westkirbyurc/
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We don't know what the new school year will look like or mean for the children's programme yet, and we probably won't know until we get there...so we'll keep you informed! ​But until then we hope you have the best summer you can and please stay safe.

​Dan Sach - West Kirby URC's Youth & Children's Work Coordinator


Families on Faith Adventures

 We'd love to see photos of your Family Faith Adventures this summer

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National United Reformed Church has produced a great children's and families resource! We've had them available for a while but would REALLY recommend them for family fun this summer.
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The national Children's and Youth Work team have worked together to produce Families on Faith Adventures @ Home , drawing on the materials from Pilots and Friends on Faith Adventures (FOFA) as a starting point. These materials are a  'pick and mix' selection of activities and prayers and challenges based around a different Bible reading each week. No matter what your family make-up, you will find something useful to you among the suggestions here.
You can do these whenever you like, you don't have to wait for Sundays. But if you'd like a bit of structure, here's a suggestion...

Adventures for the week beginning Sunday 26 July...
Families on Faith Adventures 1 - A Supper to Remember
Families on Faith Adventures 2 - Listening to God

Adventures for the week beginning Sunday 2 August...
Families on Faith Adventures Resource 3
Families on Faith Adventures Resource 4

Adventures for the week beginning Sunday 9 August...
Families on Faith Adventures Resource 5
Families on Faith Adventures Resource 6

Adventures for the week beginning Sunday 16 August...
Families on Faith Adventures Resource 7
Families on Faith Adventures Resource 8

Adventures for the week beginning Sunday 23 August...
Families on Faith Adventures Resource 9
Families on Faith Adventures Resource 10

Adventures for the week beginning Sunday 30 August...
Families on Faith Adventures Resource 11
Families on Faith Adventures Resource 12

Extra Adventures...
Families on Faith Adventures Resource 13
Families on Faith Adventures Resource 14
Families on Faith Adventures Resource 15
Families on Faith Adventures Resource 16

Urban Saints : "Kids Club by Post" Activities

Urban Saints are producing some wonderful children's resources from their Energize course.
Each session contains a story, colouring picture, activities (such as a word-search/puzzles), discussion questions, challenge, crafts, recipes/food activity, creative prayer, games, and music activity.
It really is an EXCELLENT resource from Urban Saints, so check them out below!
A Second Chance For Peter
The Shepherd
The Way, Truth and the Life
Jesus' Ascension
Pentecost
In The Name of Jesus
Philip and the Ethiopian
Saul Meets Jesus
The Loving Father
The Lord's Prayer - Part 1
The Lord's Prayer - Part 2
The Good Samaritan
The Parable of the Talents

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Story Videos

Grace reads "The Smartest Giant in Town"

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Sunday Live Stream Service Resources

If you have a printer you could print off the PDFs ready for the Sunday live streamed service.
If you don't have a printer you can show them to your children and ask them to create their own pictures
We'd love for them to do the activities DURING each live service, and then parents/guardians could take pictures of what the children been doing to share on social media if they're happy to.
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PLUS sometimes the children (with parent help!) will be invited to do one more activity during the service which they might like to take part in....................these will be revealed during the service they apply to!

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Sunday 29th March 2020
Daniel in the Lion's Den PDF (colouring, dot-to-dot, word search page)
Prayer Activity PDF (Letter to God)

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​Palm Sunday Service
5th April 2020


Children's Resources:

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Palm Sunday Colouring Page
Church Cartoon Palm Sunday Picture
Hosanna Colouring Page
Palm Branches Craft Activity
Palm Sunday Newspaper Cover
Donkey Craft Activity
Palm Sunday Word-search
Palm Sunday Animated Story Video
Prayer Activity Sheet
Prayer Activity Instructions Video

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Easter Sunday Service
​12th April 2020

Children's resources:

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EASTER SUNDAY "What you'll need" Video - WATCH BEFORE SUNDAY!
Easter Garden Craft Instruction Video
Easter Garden Craft Equipment Needed List
Easter Garden - Good Friday Additions Instruction Video
Easter Garden - Good Friday Story Words
Easter Garden - Easter Sunday Additions Instructions Video
Easter Garden - Easter Sunday Story Words
DON'T FORGET - you need to play the part of God and remove 'Jesus' from the tomb, but leave the 'grave clothes' behind. This is the Easter Day Story - ideally it should be told fairly early on Easter Day....
Easter Means Hope Rainbow Colouring Picture
He is Risen Colouring Picture
A Cross Shape Book Craft Activity
Easter Activities
The Last Supper Story Video (Animated)
Good Friday & Easter Sunday Story Video (Animated)

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Sunday 19th April 2020

Children's Craft Activity Video for Sunday 19th April 2020
Seed Growing Stages Picture
Love Grows Colouring Picture
Growing Vegetables Picture

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Sunday 26th April 2020

Lego Challenge & Paper Basket Craft Video
Paper Basket Weaving Instructions
Paper Basket Template
30 Day Lego Challenge
Dot-to-Dot Pictures

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Sunday 3rd May 2020

Vine Crossword Puzzle
Vine Word-search Puzzle
Vine Word Jumble Puzzle
Vine Decoder Puzzle
Vine Story Puzzle
Vine Colouring Puzzle
Vine Colouring Picture 1
Vine Colouring Picture 2
Grapes & Branches Pictures for Craft
Vine and Branches Animated Story Video

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​Christian Aid Sunday
10th May 2020 

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Christian Aid Week 2020 Children's Activities
Christian Aid Week 2020 Messy Church Activities
Christian Aid Week 2020 Video
Fantastic Children's Resource Page from the charity Open Doors (who support the persecuted church)

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Sunday 17th May 2020

This week in the Morning Service Stream we'll be hearing about "connecting with others" and so with lock-down and so many people still having to social distance it would a good time to maybe write a letter and include some pictures and info about yourself to maybe send to a neighbour or one of the elderly residents in a local nursing/residential home.
​If you send any photos of letters and pictures you do to West Kirby URC (either via our Facebook page or e-mail them to Dan) and we can get them passed onto Riversdale Residential Home in West Kirby, where the residents love to receive pictures and letters!
VIDEO - Letter Writing Instructions
Letter Writing Template 1
Letter Writing Template 2
Letter Writing Template 3
All About Me Template 1
All About Me Template 2
God Made Me Special Template 1
God Made Me Special Template 2
God Made Me Special Template 3

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Sunday 24th May 2020​

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Thursday 21st May is the start of this year's "Thy Kingdom Come" - www.thykingdomcome.global
And even though we're all still social distancing there are still many ways to get involved as families!
Check out the links below and see what would work best for you and your children:
Digital Family Prayer Adventure Map Webpage - all the info needed is here!
Digital Family Prayer Adventure Map Download
Digital Family Prayer Adventure Map APP Instructions
Kingdom Kit Webpage - all the info needed is here!
Kingdom Kit Download
Bright Ideas for Families Download - full of activities!
Prayer Spaces at Home Webpage

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​Pentecost Sunday
31st May 2020

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Urban Saint: Kids Club Session - Pentecost
Families on Faith Adventures Session - Pentecost

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Sunday 7th June 2020

God Loves Me 4-Points Gospel Session
The 4-Points Explanation Videos
The 4-Points Colouring Page
The 4 Gospels Colouring Page
Matthew 7 v24 Colouring Page
Animated Video - "God's Story: The Good News"

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Sunday 14th June 2020

Identity in Christ Video
Identity in Christ Children's Session
Identity in Christ Verses
I am Perfectly Loved Colouring Picture
Various Colouring Pictures

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Sunday 21st June 2020

Praying for our World Activity
Printable World Map Picture
Animated Video - "God's Story: Prayer"

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Sunday 28th June 2020

Joseph & his Family Session 1
Joseph & his Family Worksheet
Joseph & his Family Session 2
Joseph & his Family Wordsearch
Joseph & his Brothers Maze

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Sunday 5th July 2020

Let Your Light Shine Video
Let Your Light Shine Song Video
How will you let your light shine devotion
Let Your Light Shine Puzzle
Let Your Light Shine Crossword
Let Your Light Shine Wordsearch
Let Your Light Shine Decoder
This Little Light Colouring Picutre
A City on a Hill Colouring Picture
Let Your Light Shine Colouring Picture

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Sunday 12th July 2020

Children's Session about Welcoming Others
Welcoming Others Crafts (used in session)
Welcoming Others Colouring Pages
Animated Video - "God's Story: Jesus Was Like Us"
Animated Worship VIdeo: "Gonna Serve"

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Sunday 19th July 2020

Child of God Story
God Made Me Colouring Pages
Child of God Crossword
Child of God Maze
Child of God Wordsearch
God Made Me (Like the Sea) Song Video
Child of God Anagrams

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