Children’s Ministry – Junior Soldiers

Today Emily has made an update on the Junior Soldiers page which contains a number of activities to download / print off and complete over this weekend, as well as an animated video explaining Pentecost.

Although this weekend we can’t gather together to celebrate Pentecost Sunday as we would normally do, maybe you can spend some time around the dining room table printing off the activities available and playing some games with the children in your care. Regardless if you are a junior soldier or not 🙂

Pentecost is a time to celebrate because it is the day we celebrate the ‘birthday’ of the church, the day the Holy Spirit came.

So why not celebrate it! There is no place better to celebrate it than in the home! So why not even throw a mini birthday party with some snack foods and cake.

Don’t forget their is also a range of activities and games that are available on the Children’s Ministry page that you can check out as well, that I hope our children will enjoy.

Also check out this resource that has been prepared by The Salvation Army NZFTS Children’s Ministry department for celebrating Pentecost at home with the family here.

Enjoy a fun and creative Pentecost celebration at home with the whole family. Explore a range of activities and enjoy the story of Pentecost. 

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Join Us For Church

The Salvation Army New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa Territory – Salvation Online is happening every Sunday, until May 3

Salvation Online is a reimagining of what a Corps looks like.

Join us every Sunday at 10am as we explore the gospel and gather as a connected, unified church community – wherever we are!

There will also be a service on Good Friday, 10 April.

Services will go live every Sunday (and Good Friday) at 10am at http://www.salvationonline.org.nz/ and The Salvation Army New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa Territory Facebook page.

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You can also join the Wellington City Corps online on Sunday from 8am, via Perry’s blog as we explore the ‘Journey to the Cross’ that Jesus took, to reconcile us back to God.

We have created links to songs that would have featured during our morning service and presentations of Annette’s message, along with an animated kids video explaining Palm Sunday.

If you missed last week’s service links, you can view them here.

Junior Soldiers can check out the Children’s Ministry page and their Junior Soldiers page to see what activities they can be involved in this week.

We pray that you will be uplifted this weekend as you worship with us.

Don’t forget that Daylight Saving Ends at 3:00am on Sunday 5 April. 

 

 

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Introducing a New Page – Children’s Ministry

Today I have included a couple of new pages on this blog for Children’s Ministry predominately so that the Junior Soldiers can continue to do their passports during this time of lockdown.

You’ll also find additional links to the International Day of Prayer for Children & Youth, and the Central Division facebook page Whanua Time, which has been set up to encourage daily Whanau (family) time whilst in lockdown.

It is envisaged that over time I’ll also include other links to activities and games etc. that I hope our children will enjoy.

 

 

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Children’s and Youth Ministries Christmas Service

This morning we were privileged to hear the Christmas Story from the mouths of our young people at the Children’s and Youth Ministries Christmas Service. During the week the auditorium has been transformed with a number of Christmas decorations, streamers and wrapped presents adding to the atmosphere.

Over the past term the young people have been exploring the Christmas Story by focussing in on the key characters. This morning the whole congregation, which included a large number of friends and family of those young people who are associated with our pre-school, children’s and youth ministries were introduced to the angel Gabriel, Joseph, Mary, Jesus, Shepherds, Kings and the angelic host.

Emily and Madison (our two active Junior Soldiers) narrated the story and received their Bronze and Gold Awards respectively as part of this mornings celebrations, well done girls! And a huge thank you to Raewyn for teaching them throughout the year all about God and The Salvation Army.

It was fantastic to see the amount of young people in attendance (and of course their families as well). Well done to all those that were involved and also to all those that helped with the planning and decorating. Talking to a number of the visitors this morning they really enjoyed the service and were blessed by the atmosphere.

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