Barnhill St. Margaret's Parish Church

A Church of Scotland Parish

OSCR SCO 11017

Junior Church

It seems a long time ago now, but the children and leaders of the Junior Church very much enjoyed their first Christmas in the new hall. We had lots of space to rehearse our Nativity Play and when we had our Christmas Party the hall really came into its own. The kitchen facilities were fantastic and the children had lots of room for some energetic games. Many thanks to everyone who donated food and came along to help prepare it. Thanks also to Santa for making time to visit us at such a busy time of year.

 

We have now just about settled into a routine on Sunday mornings. Now that we have a piano in the hall we all join together when we come down from church to sing a song and then have juice and biscuits. After that, we split into a beginners group and a group of older children - but every so often , usually at the start of a term we enjoy having a ‘games and songs morning’ when we are all together. It is really good to see all the children from the very youngest to our Primary 7 children all co-operating and having fun together.

Susan Martin, Junior Church Leader


Sunday School - Then & Now

Bible Studies Learning Bible stories

One of the joys of running this website is that I get involved in areas of the church's activities that I would not normally participate in. One such occasion was my first attendance at Sunday School for the first time in over half a century!

Sing-a-long
Musicians in the making.

Needless to say things have changed a bit from the early 1950s, when we learned to recite the books of the Bible parrot fashion, and to recite passages of text from the Old and New Testaments. Looking back on it the emphasis would appear to have been getting the passages word perfect rather than understanding their message!

Fun & Games
Time for games.

The purpose of my visit was to get some photographs for the website, and as the photos show there is now much more active participation - and fun! - in finding out about the Christian message.

To see larger versions of these photos, and a further selection, please click here. You can then either play a slide show (link on top left of page) or click on individual photos.