Mini Church Jan to Easter 2026

   Talk time :   Palm  Sunday so we will have had a donkey outside.   This might bring up a  whole conversation in itself!!!  If  not  then.......What did everyone do yesterday?   Chat about the weekend and then pray giving thanks for whatever comes up or praying about anything the children want to pray for.  Lesson ;  Show the kids an easter egg.  ( make sure that if you have any wee ones who cant have chocolate that you have something else as a treat as well - or maybe have a lactose free egg in case of intolerances)   Let them talk about what it is and ask them if they know what Easter is.   Tell them they can have some chocolate if they sit very quietly and listen really well (!) You know that over the last few weeks we have been learning about Jesus and who He is?  He is a shepherd and a door and the way and the truth.  today we are going to learn about the most important thing ...

  Talk time.    Today is Mothers day - that means its a day when we say thank you to God for our Mummy.  And we are especially kind and nice to our Mums today. We give them hugs and kisses and tell them that we love them.   We can do that every single day of course, but Church wants to make sure that all Mums know how special they are so today we think about and pray for our Mums especially hard. What does your Mummy do for you?  Mummies work awfully hard for us and they love us very much so we are going to pray and ask God to be really good to our Mums.  Lets pray that God gives them a big hug and a kiss today and makes them smile and be very happy.    Pray Lesson  ; Do you remember what Jesus's Mummy was called? Jesus loved her very much.  She is a special lady so today we are going to find out all about her. Use pictures ( I will provide) of Mary,  Mary with angel ,Mary with wise men, Mary with children, Mary with worri...

 Start with some songs Watch the video up to 2mins30   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OO-bw9m6U4&t=1s Today we are learning about someone who is very important because he was one of the first people to tell everyone in Ireland about Jesus.  A long time ago there was a boy called Patrick who was living with his Mummy and Daddy in England. One day some pirates came and stole Patrick away and took him in their boat to ireland where they made him work hard in the fields looking after sheep.  Patrick was sad and lonely. He missed his Mum and Dad and he wanted to go home. He remembered that his Mummy had always told him to pray when he needed help and God would answer his prayers and help him. So he started to pray every day.  One night Patrick had a dream about a boat and when he woke up he knew he had to get to the sea and find a boat to go back home. So that is what he did. He ran away from the people who had stolen him and he walked a long long way unti...