Kids Alive on a Wednesday continues to be a great hour plus each week at 6pm

Our new KIDS ALIVE group at 5pm, on a Wednesday, is now in its second week and attracting a good number of children.

Bromley Temple Songsters on Sunday Past

APRILS PRAISE PARTY

Pentecost - the birthday of the church - will be with us at the end of May. We will be holding a bbq and lunch following our celebration. ~Tickets are £3 adults and £2 children available from Sue and Ian

HOPE TO SEE YOU THIS SUNDAY!!!

We are grateful to our brothers and sisters in Christ from The Salvation Army in Bromley, who came across and shared in our worship meeting this Sunday. The Songsters, shared much music, which helped us to worship God and Lift Him Up! Candidate for Salvation Army Officer Ashley Prodgers spoke on Spirit and Truth, and encouraged us to know God as the Holy Spirit. During a time of prayer, many people made prayers to God, and someone knelt before the cross. It was a real blessing to share in this way. Equally for the children, they enjoyed their monthly PRAISE PARTY, which looked at Forgiveness and Saying Sorry. All sorts of games and activities helped to issustrate this.

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We are grateful to Major Nigel Bovey who led worship and taught from The Word this past Sunday. Ian was ministering at Plumstead. Major looked at doubting - but despite how Thomas started he went on to influence many for Christ after truly meeting with Him.

Members of the church took time out in their Easter Holidays to enjoy a day out in London, which included a full tour of the Palace of Westminster.

Easter Sunday started with a breakfast together at 8.30am, and attended by three people. However it was nice to have some time together at the start of this special day. It was good to be able to celebrate Easter Together with members and friends of the church, and part of our celebration included personal testimonies of peoples experiences of Jesus, and also songs from the Holiday Club, to which many joined in. There was also time to look at Pictures from the Holiday Club. Adults who helped with the week were presented with a gift and certificate for helping. MAD were featured in our worship meeting, and started with a short drama, and also an Easter Dance. This was so good it was repeated at the end of the meeting. Songs today included:- Christ the Lord is Risen today, He has Risen, Lo in the Grave He Laid, Thine be the Glory. We also sang God Your so cool, We celebrate, Good News with the Holiday Club Children. Ian summed up the church's week of following through Crosswords, and encouraged people to pick up their cross and follow Christ in this amazing eternal Life that He has for them. Many people came and knelt before the Cross and prayed indiviaully and with others. Following this, a number returned to the home of Sue and Ian and enjoyed an Easter Meal together.

Twenty Four Children gathered together for KIDS ALIVE on Good Friday. This was an ideal opportunity to explore the reality and true meaning of this day with the many who attended.

A large number of families gathered together for our Good Friday Family Event, which also gave us opportunity to share what we had been doing throughout the week, and to share the reality of Good Friday with them. FREE craft, food and an easter egg hunt formed part of the day, with also a Stations of the Cross Prayer Zone. Face Painting and Nail Painting were also part of the event. We are grateful to the many who joined us to help in this and make the event so successful.

Good Friday: the day started with the traditional Churches Together Service and walk of Witness. A number from the church attended this. Additionally we held our own reflection in the late afternoon, attended by a small number. At the same time the children had their own programme.

Maundy Thursday Evening: A small group of people met together for reflection together, and shared the Love Feast Together.

Thursdays Holiday Club saw nearly 40 children gather to focus on the account of Good Friday. A film depicted the story for us, after which around a cross children nailed nails to symbolise the amazing work that God wants to do in our lives when we surrender to Him at the cross. A large number prayed the prayer of Salvation. A highlight today was being able to ring our very own Maggie, who has been in hospital this week and not able to be part of things. Loads of games, craft and singing helped the day - and red team were the team of the day. A group photo was taken.

Wednesdays Holiday Club celebrated Maundy Thursday, and we remembered Judas who betrayed Jesus, and the celebration of the passover meal. As part of our prayers the children prayed through a re-enactment of what Jesus shared with His Disciples. Forty Children attended today, which caused great noise - but it was fun!!! Games, Craft, and Lots of Worship Singing also helped to make the afternoon a great time together. Team of the day was not blue today for a change - but actually was the Yellow, Red and Green team. In fact this was such a surprise there was not enough medals for everyone. The 3 o clock challenge today was eating cream crackers in a minute, and seeing how many could be eaten. The adults were challenged to the fluffy bunny game, and Ben did very well indeed!!!

Day Two of Easter Holiday Club saw over thirty children sharing in two hours of endless fun!!! Our focus today was on the Freedom that God gives us, and we enjoyed games and craft and more. We enjoyed some great outside games as well - as the weather was so good. Music played an important part of the afternoon - and a special activity was feet painting - which ended in feet washing - for many quite an emotional part of the day. Team of the day again were the Blue Team!!

Thirty Children turned up at Courtwood School for the first day of our Easter Xpedition. Today we explored Palm Sunday and games helped us to recognise the coming of the King. Various songs were also used, to which the children enjoyed dancing, clapping - and more. Susan told the account of the Bible that helped everyone to get into what the story was all about. There was also lots of craft and indeed the 3oclock challenge - today an exciting game of Fluffy Bunnies. Team of the Day was Blue Team and one of the pictures reflects the presentations made to this team. We are so grateful to the team of adult helpers/leaders that were part of this day too.

Holy Week Reflections started this morning with three people gathering to open The Word, and explore the power of CROSSwords. We do hope more will share with us throughout the week. We meet 9.30am in various venues - please contact us for these.

Majors Joan and Mike are preparing to engage in a trip to Africa to reach out to suffering and needy people, especially affected by human trafficing. As a church we have wanted to bless them in this important journey, and presented them with a love offering we had taken, plus a couple of books to help them through the days ahead. We spent some time praying God's blessing on them.

PALM SUNDAY saw our monthly special - THE EVENT, which included presentations to the children for what they had done throughout the month, and lots of things to consider through games, craft and reflection, all linked to Palm Sunday - and led through by Susan. Major Nigel led us in a couple of 'Palm Sunday Songs' which saw the children using their own 'church made' palms to celebrate what the day really meant for us and the day traditionally. Children also enjoyed making crowns, and we all were encouraged to make a donkey jigsaw, bearing the message - King of kings and Lord of lords. Green Team were announced as team of the month again - and the team of the day was red and yellow teams combined - well done all!!! During the meeting also some of those who recently attended the Safe and Sound Training received their attendance certificates.