Children's Extra

Lent: What's That all about then?

A Shrove Tuesday Children’s Workshop.

On a damp Shrove Tuesday morning, 18 youngsters aged 5 to 11 headed for St George's church hall for a fun workshop.The children enjoyed hunting for ‘pancakes’ in the church and then drawing and writing about things they can thank God for. They were in fine voice as we sang a thank you song. Then it was off to the hall for pancake racing, Eve Inwood demonstrating the perfect pancake flip. They cooled off with drinks and, you guessed it, jammy pancakes. We made palm fronds and chocolate crispy ‘bonfires’ in our craft session and then Fr Mike took us back in time to Palm Sunday where we sang and waved our palm fronds. We processed back to church where the children wrote sorry prayers on paper crosses and Fr Mike burned some palm crosses with their paper ones and talked about the ash for Ash Wednesday. Back to the hall for a circle game of ‘fires’, ‘palms’ and ‘pancakes’ and a final prayer and farewell. The children all went home happy with their palm fronds, chocolate crispies, and a ‘cross in my pocket’ disc.A big thank you to Eve, Jules, Lindsay, Dawn and of course Fr Mike, for helping to make this a very successful morning.

Julia Spurgeon.

COMPETITION

Design the front cover of the Waterlooville Music Festival programme.

Prize winners in each age group will have their design displayed at the ­Waterlooville Music Festival at St George’s Church in June and printed in the next magazine. The overall prize winner will feature on the Waterlooville Music Festival 2007 programme.

Your design should have a musical theme. It should be on A4 paper and must be produced by hand - no computer designs please. You can use any medium, e.g. pencils, crayons, felt tips or paint. Please remember that it will be printed in black and white.

Prizes for winners in 3 age groups.

6 years and under
7s to 11s
12s to 16s.

Send your entry to: Julia Spurgeon, 11 Sandy Brow, Purbrook, Waterlooville, PO7 5JP or hand it to Julia or Fr Mike in church on any Sunday. Remember to include your NAME, AGE & ADDRESS

Closing Date for Entries: EASTER DAY, Sunday 8th April 2007The winners will be chosen by members of the Magazine and Music Festival Committees and will be notified as soon as possible after the closing date.

(The Festival programme cover winning entry may need to be adapted to include festival and sponsorship logos and other essential details of the event. No overall winner will be declared if no suitable entries are received).