We have an ecumenical team from several churches in & around Redditch which is a true blessing and a great exercise in growing unity.
Today's Messy Church focussed on Noah and his Ark which gave us lots of scope for animals and colours. I wanted to create a prayer station that would be appropriate both for the children to use and also to remain open for the coming month.
Trying to work out from where to run the string, running it from the old wooden cross we already had seemed very fitting. The other ends are attached to curtain poles that are gaffer-taped to the dais.
The ribbons are 10mm wide and about 30cm long. I got them all from one eBay site: 22m of each so there's plenty left over for other projects.
The instructions were adapted from ones that I found here
The Bible passages with God's promises were copied from this blog and are mounted on A6 sized funky foam. (Who doesn't love a bit of funky foam?!?!)
I'm more pleased than I should be about putting up the fairy lights however I think they are important. They do draw the eye and invite people into the space. We've put them on a timer, to be on during the time that people are in the church.
There is a title but the picture I took with it in came out fuzzy. Rainbow-bordered notices have been put up in 7 different locations, inviting people to "Come & Pray", including one facing into the shop.
It was great to see the children engage with the prayer station.
Explaining it, I suggested that they thought of someone that they'd like God to help or care for; choose a ribbon for them & then tie it onto the string like saying a prayer. I also suggested they could "pray" for as many people as they liked.
The written instructions seemed a bit over-complicated. It's possible that some people will find them helpful, we shall see.
This station will remain in place until it's time to put in an Advent-themed one.
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