Bring your schoolbag, kindy bag, uni bag ... and we'll have a special blessing with Rev Anne to mark the beginning of our school year.
We'll have some presentations for our youth who are beginning secondary school too.
Look forward to seeing you there!
Meet at the Chapel Street Centre at 6.30pm. Make sure you have shoes suitable for walking / running around. We'll head to the park for some games of frisbee and ball tag, and return to the hall for supper and devotion time.
If you know of anyone in school years 7 to 13 who might like to come, please invite them to join us!
See you there!
Introducing... our Christmas movie for 2021...
the Doorstep Nativity
Thank you to all our Awesome Kids, Chapel Street Youth and families, for making this happen. Special thanks to our awesome videographer Izak, for his camera work and editing.
May the love, peace, hope and joy of Christmas
be with you all.
CHYPS Youth Group is for all those youth in school years 7 through to 13. We meet at the Chapel Street Centre from 6.30pm to 8pm this Saturday night, for a mix of games and activities, followed by a short 'God-Time' devotion and supper. All welcome!
Last Sunday, we had our Blessing of the Backpacks. All our young people were invited to bring along their backpack and receive a special blessing as they begin the school year. All our Awesome Leaders and our CHYPS Youth Leader were there to show their support.
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| Angie (jnr), Angie (snr) & Corban |
On Sunday 13 December, worship at the Chapel Street Centre was led entirely by the young people. The children and youth from Christchurch North Methodist Parish and community shared the story of the nativity.
There were dazzling angels, sleepy shepherds, wise star-watchers and even a cranky donkey - (a puppet operated expertly by nine year old ventriloquist, Lily). Mary and Joseph were doting ‘parents’ to a very bonny ‘baby Jesus’ and as the photos show, Joseph was a very ‘hands-on’ Dad.
The theme was ‘Counting on Christmas’, and there was a lot of counting throughout the story. Mary counted the time until the birth of her baby. The miles to Bethlehem were counted, as were the donkey’s footsteps and the twinkling stars. The angelic narrators reminded everyone that in the countdown to Christmas we know through Jesus’ birth, life, death and resurrection, we know we can count on God. So we celebrated the miracle and mystery of the gift of God’s own Son, who brings us light, love, joy, hope and peace.
The service ended with an upbeat Christmas song, led by the Chapel Street Band, bubbles and balloons.
The Christmas 2020 Movie, created by the children and youth was premiered. You can watch it at the following link: https://youtu.be/CwZpFW3bTHc
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Blessing of the Backpacks and our first Awesome Time of 2025.
