Concluding church service

We invited the Holiday Club children to participate in tonight’s service, and invite their parents to spectate, the same as we did to wrap up last year’s Club. We had a fantastic response! The church was fuller than it usually is for a combined service…only the front three rows or so were unoccupied, the rest of the church was packed. We had the kids up on stage to sing two songs, and at a guess there were about 20 kids there, which is definitely more than we were hoping for. For his sermon, Nick did a summary of what we had been doing in the week, which amounted to the gospel – creation, sin, judgment and salvation. It was very clear and compelling, and then he urged the parents to encourage their children to follow Jesus as their Saviour – to help them build a solid foundation in Him which would then help them avoid the many pitfalls in life. A couple of people spoke to Nick after the service, just to say that it was very good. We’ve had a lot of positive feedback generally about the week. Gary from Radio St Helena, the father of two of the girls who came for the week, was in church to record some bits – not the whole service, just the kids singing, and then after the service he tried to interview some of the older girls from my group, but they were all too shy to say much, and then he interviewed Nick and me, and that will be broadcast on the radio some time this week. All in all, it was an excellent church service and we are very blessed and encouraged. This has wrapped the week up so satisfactorily for us.