Just a reminder of some things that are happening locally over the next few weeks…

Don’t forget to pray for the youth club which meets every Monday evening from 6:30 -8:00 p.m. and for all who are involved in this ministry. It’s a great chance for kids to play in a secure environment, with crafts always available.

On Tuesday 29th January we have our ‘Churches Together’ Prayer Meeting at the Salvation Army at 10.30 a.m. Join with us to pray for our churches, outreaches and local community. We serve an awesome God who longs for His people to join together and bring our petitions, requests, thanksgiving and worship to Him! We will also be praying at our own church prayer meeting on Thursday 31st January at 7:30 p.m.

Our Parent & Toddler group meets every Friday morning during term-time and it’s been great to welcome new Mums and toddlers since the Christmas break. If you fancy a cuppa and a chat, with the opportunity for your little ones to play together, come along for 9.30 a.m. on Fridays. We have been given some money for the group recently and have bought some new puzzles and books and are waiting for our new carpet! It costs just 50p per family, and toast/grapes, hot drinks and squash are included in this, so it’s great value for money!

Please don’t forget to let people know about the ‘Little Movers’ session for children aged 18 months to 4 years run by the Family Centre. This is held at GPCC on Friday afternoons, 2-3 p.m., and is a great opportunity to let little ones play with some great equipment and get to know other parents.

There is a special service at the Pentecostal church in Wath (Father’s House) on Saturday 2nd February at 7 p.m. with Jordan Morris. All welcome.

There are lots of activities for children and families planned for the half-term holiday. On Tuesday 19th February (11 a.m. – 2 p.m.), the Dearne Area Team will be hosting a family fun day at St Helen’s Church Hall on High Street in Thurnscoe, where there will be the opportunity to meet a variety of creatures (of the animal and insect types!), face painting, ping pong and various arts & crafts – and tuck into hot dogs or pie n peas. They are also hosting another fun day on Thursday 21st February at Furlong Road Methodist Church in Bolton-on-Dearne, where there will be the chance to meet Woody and Jessie from Toy Story, among other things!

On Wednesday 20th February, ‘Churches Together’ will be hosting a family fun day at GPCC from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. Looking at the theme of new life and transformation, we’ll be meeting Claudia the Caterpillar, getting involved in a huge collage caterpillar and butterfly to be displayed at the Dearne Community Arts’ Festival later this year and having fun with painting, clay modelling and other crafts and games! Free refresments provided – hopefully we’ll be making butter and bread and pizza too!

So, lots to be involved in – if you can help at the February fun day, please let Julie know. We also need brightly coloured socks to transform into caterpillars, so please bring these too if you can!