What, when, where?
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What? A holiday club for the whole family
When?
Dates Times Where?
Why?
• Outreach
• Getting to know our community
• Giving families an opportunity to enjoy being
together
• Introducing something of Jesus
• Having holiday fun together
• Belonging, believing, behaving, blessing
Daily Programme
10.00 Welcome chill time
10.10 Short get-together (Gathering)
10.20 Fun activities with Bible theme: free-range
11.00 Coffee break
11.10 Extreme family skills: stick with one
11.45 Short celebration
12.00 Hot lunch
Theme: Who is Jesus?
Monday: Jesus’ stories
Tuesday: Jesus’ friends
Wednesday: Jesus’ miracles
Thursday: Jesus and prayer
Friday: Jesus dies and rises again
An example set of Bible-based
activities: Day 1
1 Good Samaritan: Donkey balloon racing
2 Prodigal Son: Pig biscuits
3 Lost Sheep: Sheep badges
4 Lost Coin: Coin purse
5 Treasure in the field: Mini mosaics
6 Jesus story bag
7 Great Banquet: Table mat
8 Mustard Seed: Giant tree
9 House on the Rock: Building a house on jelly in a large shallow
bowl
10 Unforgiving servant in a real mess: Shaving foam marbling
Prayer station: Items from stories (seed, coins, sheep) for
tactile prayer
An example set of options for the
Extreme family skills slot
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Cook banana cake, banana ice-cream
Sport
Safety visitor
Bike maintenance
Other ideas for extreme skills
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Safety visitors – lifeboats, bomb disposal, first aid, fire service
Photography
Sport
Drama
Dance
How to make the perfect cup of tea
Extreme ironing
Fun ways with faith at home
Singing
How to wallpaper a wall
Car or bike maintenance
Extreme cleaning (dusting, window cleaning, bed-making, hoovering...)
Carpentry
Or, better still, your skills???????
Remember...
• It’s fun! Not school! We’re on holiday!
• Jesus is at the centre of everything –
conversations, welcomes, friendships,
teamwork, activities, meal – he’s everywhere
• Make space for creativity
• Everything is for adults as well as children
• Hospitality depends on every single team
member
What you can do
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Be excited!
Bear with the planning team in love!
Sign up your contacts / availability
Sign up your skill
Sort your DBS if necessary
Tell your friends – word of mouth will be the
best publicity
• Pray
• Invite other church members to join in the fun
Q&A