St Mark's Church Sunday School & YF
I hope that the children of the Sunday School and the young people of our Youth Fellowship will come to see this as their own part of the website and will contribute "stuff" - (any type of stuff - poems, stories, drawings, pictures etc) as time goes on.
The 2010/2011 Sessions Starts Sunday 22 August
This will be an historic day in the life of St Mark's and its Sunday School. Sunday 22 August sees Rev Diane Hobson preach as Sole Nominee in the vacancy and she will conduct worship, starting off by speaking to the children. All of the children will receive a "Welcome Back" letter from the Sunday School staff giving details of important dates for the first part of the session. You can download it here.
2009/2010 Session comes to an end.
The Sunday School and Youth Fellowship Promotion Service was held on Sunday 27 June 2010 and led by the teachers, helpers and young people of the congregation. Their theme for the year had been "The Creation" and so this was the theme for the service. The younger children dressed up as animals and told the congregation the day by day story of the creation. They also, through drama, told us about some of their Sunday School lessons. We heard about the children's contribution to Sports Relief, how they look after their pets and about planting seeds. Allan and David took us back in time to the SS&YF version of "Take Your Pick" with everyone "winning" as the children handed out God's Love gift cards with unlimited value. Rev Michael Phillippo handed over the end of term promotion prizes with Keith Low receiving a travel bible to mark his departure from YF as he moves on to college in Edinburgh to study for a degree in dance. If you were there you will have seen it all, if not you can see some of the service here.
From the Summer 2010 "Messenger"
The children of the Sunday School and Youth Fellowship joined the congregation on Easter Sunday before going down to the hall to get ready for their Easter Egg Hunt in Union Terrace Gardens. We are very fortunate in having wonderful Sunday School teachers and the pictures show how well the Sunday School and Youth Fellowship get along together; the smiles on the children’s faces says it all. Anyone wishing to join them on a Sunday morning will be made very welcome.
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| Lynn Low showing the Sunday School how it should be done | Finally - exhausted | They found all the eggs |
From the Spring 2010 "Messenger"
The Sunday School had a fabulous time at the Inverurie Panto. We particularly enjoyed cheering on our own Rachael and Kirsty Watson. Ricky Garden’s catch phrase ‘easy peezy lemon squeezy’ is still being repeated by some.
Our Nativity went well with our Sunday School children and Youth Fellowship working alongside each other to deliver our Christmas message.
The Christmas party was a great success and we must have been very good because Santa made a surprise visit.
So far this term we have been thinking about love: God’s love and our love for God and our neighbours. With this in mind we made a contribution to the Haiti fund from our Sunday School collections. We started our preparations for Easter by looking at Lent and plan to continue along this theme for the rest of the term. This will hopefully be concluded with our annual egg rolling trip to the park.
We would like to thank Leona for sharing her musical talents with us, Uncle Sandy (aka Alex McConochie) for his IT skills and printing contributions, those who helped with and supported the Sunday School coffee morning and all the ‘Grannies’ who organised our Christmas party snack. You all made the festive period lots of fun for us.
The Sunday School Team
From the Winter 2009 Messenger
The children, young adults and teachers of the Sunday School had a great Summer outing to Brechin Castle. The weather stayed nice for us and we made the most of our time there.
The ride on tractors were well utilised, although we admit not sticking to the age restriction! We are sure the red tractor Sarah Low peddled frantically was wobbly before she got on it! Allan Cunningham did a wonderful job of giving struggling drivers a push on the go-karts. However, I was a bit peeved when he and Christina-Ann did an illegal manoeuvre to overtake me on the race course!
The horses got more than their fair share of grass that day and quite a few people went home with sand in their shoes. Our competitive streaks were evident during the races but there was absolutely no cheating, not when I was looking anyway! The high-light of the day was a barrel buggy ride round the park. The photographs of our day are in the hall. Feel free to come and have a look.
We are looking forward to making some prayer boxes this term, learning about the meaning of the advent candle and, of course, getting ready for our nativity. As a reward for our hard work we are planning some festive treats, the traditional Christmas party and a trip to Inverurie Panto. Any children or young adults who haven’t been to Sunday School for a while should make the effort to join us in the coming weeks and be included in our plans.
We would love to see you.
Jo Donaldson
From the Autumn 2009 "Messenger" - a request for help.
The Sunday School is looking for helpers on a Sunday morning. Please contact the Church Office, Ian Lord or indeed any other office bearer before or after a Sunday service.
19April 2009 Update
Today I have added the following from the Easter 2009 "Messenger"
The Sunday School and Youth Fellowship would like to thank everyone who came along and supported us at our Nativity Service. We hope you enjoyed the World Premiere of "Tinsel and Teatowelsl" which was written especially for us by Matthew and Jamie's mummy and Aunty Leona. We have a special thank you to everyone who joined in on the day and dressed up with their own teatowels and tinsel. This made it feel even more like one big family service.
This session, as well as working on our lessons, we may be thinking about some special events which we will be able to share with everyone in the congregation. Watch out for more information in the coming months in the pew leaflets or the next magazine!
Best wishes to you all from everyone in the Sunday School and YF
29 March 2009 Update
The children were today learning about different strengths and this involved, among other things, blowing up ballons - some with more success than others. Have a look.
1 March 2009 Update
Today the Sunday School children were learning about helping others and "First Aid" was the order of the day. You can see what they got up to by looking here. Don't worry, it doesn't look like anyone was harmed in the production of these photographs!