- team games
- Bible stories and songs based on a theme
for the week.
- craft activities
- indoor games
- field games to suit boys and girls
- refreshments to keep the energy levels up
in a busy 3 hours!
- Bible lesson time when children are taught
in their own age group
In their teaching groups they learn in more
detail about the story for the day and are encouraged to talk
about it.
At the end of the week, the children's parents
are invited in to see the craft items made, join in with the
songs learnt during the week and hear a summary of the Bible
stories.
Open air services
For one Sunday afternoon in each
of the summer months we gathered at in the Chester city centre to
hold open-air evangelistic services. The afternoon slot
has proved to be better than our usual evening time -
there were more strollers happy to stop and listen. We were encouraged by the
level of interest and plan to continue this work.
Gideons International
A number of our members are actively
involved with the local branch of Gideons
International The local branch makes the Scriptures available
to residents of nursing homes, to hotel and B & B guests, to nurses, to business
people, and to school children as they enter secondary
school.
Bible Study Fellowship
BSF International is an interdenominational,
not-for-profit, lay organisation which aims to establish
people in a knowledge and understanding of the truth
of the Bible. This is achieved using questions for personal
study, participation in discussion groups, lectures and
printed notes.
Please visit the BSF
International website if you would like to know more about
the organisation and its work.
Chester Schools Christian Work (CSCW).
Chester is privledged in that our senior schools have a christian witness through the Schools Worker project, an initiative which is part of Scripture Union. For more details see Chester Christian Schools Work
Go Teach Publications
Our Sunday School teaching material has to reflect our biblical stance and we regularly use material produced by GO TEACH. Please visit the "GO TEACH website for more information.