We have a Sunday School in Weobley at the Parish Church on the 2nd 3rd and 4th Sundays of the month. The 1st Sunday is a family service designed to be suitable for children staying in church and on any 5th Sunday we have a joint service with the other six churches in our group, moving round them so that we all get a chance to enjoy each of the churches.

The children who come to Sunday School start in the congregation with everyone else and then after the opening hymn they go back to the Tower Room with a teacher and at least one adult assistant. The teaching is Bible based and the children follow up the lesson and discussion by drawing or modelling or some such activity. Children of any age are welcome and the teacher will adapt the lesson to suit them. If a parent wants to come in with a child that's just fine. The children and adults rejoin the congregation in time to go up to the altar to receive Communion or a blessing. After the service we chat over a drink and a biscuit.

This term we are following the theme used in many services of Nine Lessons and Carols, to show the background to Christmas. We started with Creation. When God makes something, anything, it is GOOD. Has to be if He makes it! But when we look around at our world or at individuals we see a lot that is not good. So we looked at the story of Adam and Eve and thought about how people mess up. Then on from individuals to whole societies living with false values; this took us to the story of Noah and the flood. From there we thought about how we could get back to the Good that God planned. We'd need help! We thought about what a perfect world might be like and saw what Isaiah had to say about that. Our list wasn't so very different from his. Who could help? We learned the word Messiah and learned about David, the great Shepherd King. Would the Messiah be like that? Well, not quite, David had a man's faults, too, but we found out who Jesse was and what David had to do with Bethlehem so when we come to sing our Christmas carols they'll make more sense now! Then we heard about the message preached by John the Baptist. Now we're getting really close to the birth of the Messiah…

If you'd like to talk about Sunday School do email The Rev Bob King at: bobking@weobleyandstaunton.co.uk

Or just come along one Sunday at 10.30 to the Parish Church. You'd be very welcome.