Pancake Party 2012:
Tuesday 21st February 4:30 – 7:30pm @ All Saints Church

The Pancake Party is the biggest family event of the year in the Parish and local families and children are invited to come join us. Throughout the party we’ll have different activities for primary school aged kids, a play area for under 5s and a cafe area for those just wanting a nice sit down and a chat. Oh and of course lots of pancakes to eat.

Throughout the evening we’ll have three different kids activities at three different times:

• 4.30pm Action stations featuring Wii, games and crafts.
• 5.30pm Team challenges where teams battle it out to see who wins.
• 6.30pm And finally we ended with the ever popular bouncy castle.

Come join us for as little or as long as you want!

Starchasers is back on Sunday 8th January. We’ll be meeting at the usual time (10.45am – 12.15pm) and at the usual place (St. Andrew’s School).

This term we’re going to be looking at some of the people who met Jesus in Luke’s gospel. Through these encounters with Jesus we learn about Jesus Himself and we learn about how other people responded to meeting the ‘Son of God’. And the challenge to us today is how will we respond to discovering Jesus and meeting Him?

The weeks when we have Starchasers and the message of the mornings are:

8th January – Luke 2:22-40
Theme – Simeon & Anna
22nd January – Luke 2:41-52
Theme – Religious teachers
29th January – Luke 5:1-11
Theme – Simon Peter, James & John
12th February – Luke 7:36-50
Theme – A rejected woman
26th February – Luke 8:40-56
Theme – A ruler & an ill woman
11th March -Luke 10:38-42 (John 11:1 – 12:10)
Theme – Mary & Martha
25th  March – Luke 19v1-10
Theme – Zacchaeus

Carol Service & Christmas Fun

Sunday 11th December
3.00pm to 5.00pm
Paget Centre (near Bingfield Park)

The summer, and Bemerton Soul, might seem like a long way away but December means that it’s time for Bemerton Carols!
Bemerton Carols is an afternoon of Christmas fun and Carols for all ages. If you want to get into the Christmas spirit, sing a few carols and hear about the Christmas story then come along. We’ll have:

• Christmas Crafts & Activities
• Tea / Coffee / Hot Chocolate
• Mince Pies
• And, of course, lots of Carols

The Carol Service will be from 3.45-4.30pm and there will be crafts and activities before and after the service.
It all takes places at the Paget Christian Centre (Randells Road near Bingfield Park).

Hope to see you there!

Superheroes Party 2011

The Superheroes party is a party organised by Starchasers on the 31st October each year and anyone who is aged 5 to 11 years old is invited to join us.

Come dressed as your favourite Superhero or as a person who is a hero of yours as there will be prizes for the best costumes. As well as the fancy dress parade we’ll also have Games, Team challenges, Superheroes snacks, Kids talk and more.

The Superheroes party is at St. Andrew’s Church and runs from 5.00pm to 7.00pm.

To download a leaflet of the party click here.

Starchasers is back on Sunday 11th September. We’ll be meeting at the usual time (10.45am – 12.15pm) and at the usual place (St. Andrew’s School). Our theme this term is  – Long Way From Home.

This term we’ll be looking at the exile of the Jews and the return home. We’ll start by looking at the warnings and promises in Jeremiah, then life in exile in Daniel and finally the return to Jerusalem in Nehemiah.

The weeks when we have Starchasers and the message of the mornings are:

11th September: Jeremiah 18 v 1-12
God is in control and wants His people to change
25th September: Jeremiah 31 v 1-6, 32 v 1-15
Theme – Trust God and His promises for the future
9th October: Daniel 1
Theme – Standing out for God.
23rd October: Daniel 3
Theme – Standing out for God II
13th November: Daniel 6
Theme – Standing out for God III
27th November: Nehemiah 1, 2, 4, 6
Theme – The return: Pray and keep going!
11th December: Nehemiah 12 v 27-43
Theme – Praising God and celebration

THE GAP is a club to support those who are either side of the gap between primary and secondary school. It meets every Monday during term time at St. Andrew’s Church and it’s for anyone aged 11 to 14 years old.

This term we’ll be looking at at the Holy Spirit. We’ll look at the promise of the Holy Spirit, its arrival, the fruits of the Spirit, the gifts of the Spirit and the Holy Spirit in action.

THE GAP is meeting weekly on Mondays:

Sep 12th – I Love Music party
Sep 19th – John 14
Sep 26th – Acts 1
Oct 3rd – Acts 2
Oct 10th – Galatians 5
Oct 17th – 1 Corinthians 12 & 13
Oct 24th – HALF TERM, NO GAP
Oct 31st – Halloween alternative special
Nov 14th – Acts 12 v 1-19
Nov 21st – Acts 17 v 16-34
Nov 28th – TBC
Dec 5th – TBC
Dec 12th – TBC

6pm – 7:30pm at St. Andrew’s Church

Join us if you can and please feel free to invite your friends.

THE GAP is back on Monday 12th September with a ‘I Love Music’ party to start the year.

There will be games, food and an opportunity to make your own music video!

Here are the key details:
Date – Mon 12th Sep
Time – 6.00pm to 7.30pm
Place – St. Andrew’s Church

Thornhill Gardens, Barnsbury

This remarkable photograph is of the war memorial in Thornhill Gardens (here) taken on Remembrance Day in 1929.

It is always fascinating to learn more about the history of the parish, and this image belongs to Anthony Baxter, who’s grandfather is to the lower right of the cross holding the Colours. The poignant aspect of this picture is that Anthony’s Grandfather, who was a veteran of WW1 passed away two weeks after this picture was taken.

(Please note we’re not putting any photos of kids on here but we’ll put together a DVD of photos and videos of the week that we’ll send to those who came along in September)

Mary & Kathleen – two of our Paget team providing lunch

Passport control await the new arrivals

The Queen of Bingfield Park – Queen Audrey

Her son Guy often disappointed her

Queen Audrey, Guy and Di

Di & Guy invite the kids to join the drama

At the end of the week Guy fell on hard times

The leaders enjoying the drama

One of the key bits of the day for the teams – the scores

We even celebrated two birthdays during the week

The ladies on the craft table

Exactly

Bee shows off all the flags made at the craft table

The scores, and Steve, get a soaking on Messy Water day

Rach and Greg on the Youth Bus

Hail to the bus driver, bus driver man

Coffee needed for those early starts on the Youth bus

Team Youth

London Vocal project entertain the crowds

Pslam drummers led the kids drumming performance…

… which delighted the crowd

The leaders took on the kids at tug-of-war. And lost.

Ted shows off the work of the face-painting team

Sally on the barbecue stall

Jess (suspiciously) surveying the Friday night party.

All over for another year.

Our day began as usual with the afternoon kids club and youth bus but as it’s Friday that means one thing – our drumming workshop. A huge thank you to the Psalm drummers for leading this again and certainly one of the highlights of the week.

And things were only to get better as the evening meant our end of week celebration. We had football on the sports pitch, the youth bus was open for business, the barbecue was in full flow and lots of kids stalls including face painting, craft and treasure hunt.

For those who wanted something a little more sedate they could relax and enjoy the sounds of the London Vocal Project. It was great to have them on board and it added a real party feel to the Friday evening.

It was amazing to look around the park and every corner of it alive with fun, laughter and people having a good time. As one kid said, ‘I thought this going to be boring but it’s actually good’. High praise indeed!

More? As the evening progressed it was time for the kids to shine. They showed off what they learnt at the drumming workshop to parents and friends getting a rapturous round of applause at the end.

As ever we had our annual tug-of-war. The result. As ever the kids won.

The kids also sang their team songs to everyone and the National Anthem of Bingfield Park - Lead me Lord.

And finally the bit everyone was waiting for, the prizes. There were prizes for every team but the wining team was … Green Forests.

Well done Green and well done everyone for making it such a great week. 40+ kids in the kids club, 20+ young people on the youth bus and the park buzzing on Friday evening. What a week!

Message additional – Bemerton Soul Sunday. We looked back on the week that was at St. Andrew’s and All Saints church on Sunday 14th. A chance to share the highlights of the week, interview some people who were there and for one last story about Bingfield Park and the Kingdom of Heaven. A real celebration and a chance to praise God for the week.

So that’s it for another year but we’ll be back on 13th August 2012 for Bemerton Soul 2012. And keep checking this website for news of what else is happening in our parish.