The Great Banquet

Hello and welcome to Christchurch Kids. Today we're having a party! In fact, we all invited to a big banquet. Let's hear all about it.

Jesus was great at telling stories to explain more about God and what it is like following him. It's such a good thing to love God that Jesus says that it's as brilliant as being at a huge party with lots of delicious food. The only people who weren't at the party were people who had been invited but chose not to go. We can all choose to go to God's big party and ask him to be in our lives.

Let's celebrate

Why don't you celebrate this story by making your own delicious food? Maybe you could make your own pizza? 

Pizza is such a fantastic thing to make as you can use so many different ingredients.

A pizza base: You could make your own bread dough as a pizza base or you could use some toast, a pitta, a wrap or even a crumpet.

Tomato sauce: Maybe you have some tomato puree or you could use some pasta sauce or red pesto also tastes delicious.

Cheese: You can use any cheese you like - or even leave it off  if  you aren't keen.

Toppings: This is the really fun bit. You can add so many different vegetables to a pizza. It's also the perfect way to finish up a little bit of ham or bacon that might be left in the fridge. You can arrange your pizza to make all sorts of designs. Here are some fun ideas.

You could cut a wrap into any shape pizza. Beware the Pizzasaurus!

There is a very famous Bible verse that is our colouring page today. It is all about how we can choose to follow God , just like the people choosing to go to the banquet. It says,

For God loved the world so much that he gave his only son, so that everyone who believes in him may not die but have eternal life. 

John 3: 16

Here's our colouring page. You can download it here.

I filled in the heart in the picture with lots of patterns. You can colour it in or you could design your own heart. Here's a blank version of our colouring page for you to get creative.

Prayer

When we cook food, it makes the most delicious smells. In Psalm 141 : 1 , the Bible says "May my prayers be like special perfume before you". We are going to use some special smells in our prayers today by making a spice painting.

Spice Painting from Flame: creative

You can put a small amount of spice into a cupcake case and mix it with a little bit of water to make a paint.You could use it to paint a picture saying thank you to God that we are all invited to his amazing party.

If we are having our party, we will need some music and dancing! This is the perfect song to have a dance along to.

We hope you have enjoyed our party today. It's an end of term party too as, for most people, the summer holidays start next weekend. Next week we are going to have a new look blog and we have some friends who have popped in to say "Hello!". They are called Larry and Joy and we are going to see more of them over the summer.